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Show mm Is HOT ACCEPT THE " MM H Refuses to Ratify Protocol Signed at Atlantic City, but May Change His Mind. PHir.Ar'KI.PIirA. fr IS -nr;. ( 'arranza's repr ;ii t :i r r. -s on t ! if M ! - an-Amfrlcan .Joint " m nu.i dor; a 'I mi ' f to thft American nit-nj..-. h lodav that th'-pro th'-pro mm algued tlii'.-f v.'f e a jo ji ! Atlantic At-lantic City had not b'-en ratilied by i:nr-rinza. i:nr-rinza. Thay supple rnf nted that admission, admis-sion, hnwwpp, with a de la rat Inn of t h1 attitude of the Carranza. government and assured the Amerl'-mis that Iho drlay in rittlnVntlnn did not sU'idi'y the rejection of the agreement which they had Higned nfter almost thrr-o months of consideration. considera-tion. TIia exact character of the communication communi-cation from I he M c i- -a tin was not made fin blip, but It was evident at the close of the conference tha t butli A mcr leans rind Mexicans regard --d as probable th'--official sanction of th1 piotocol and the resumption of the .se.-sion at which it lias bffii planned lo discuss ue.st ions at Issue between I hp governments of the United St.itt-s and Mexico. Carranza's Reasons. U was indicate d that CarranJii. had withheld rat i lira tin n when t lie protocol was suhmittwl to him by Albert J. Pani, the commissioner who carried the document docu-ment from Atlantic Clt y to Queretaro, not so much because he found the terms of the agreement impossible, as because lie f.'lt that the declaration of the United States gove rnment's attitude, which made Secretary of the Interior Lane chairman of the commission, made It inconsistent for 1dm to accept It without in turn deli de-li ii in g the position of his government. Secretary Lane had placed before the Mexican commissioners a supplemental statement in which lie had clearly Indira Indi-ra led that the American government was determined to witness an improvement in conditions in Mexico and that if it became be-came necessary American troops would be sent across the border In pursuit of bandits and that no restrictions as to how soon the pursuit wuuki be carried out w.uild be tolerated. Considered Vital. Although not imirdet in the protocol, Car rams. i in tt.-rpt vied this statement as viialiv connected vi;h the. agreement and has p''o:vl! aituinM ihe pursuance of such a ponce by the Timed Staits. To the cuidii ions na in. d in the nro-to. nro-to. il f.r the wiiiidta.wil of American t loops now in Chihuahua under (.leneral Pershing, it is understood iie made no sc: icus ob tec t ion. The terms for their withdrawal nr.- that they shall be taken nut within forty davs alter raiiilcation of the pnuocol if in that lime bandits have not altered conditions in tliat part of the country so materially that the peace of the border wouid lie menaced and that Carranza would garrison the territory as the Americans are withdrawn. Carranza signed no coniinunlcation to t lie commission, but authorized Mr. Pani to draft and to submit the statement intended in-tended us a counter-declaration of policy. II was learned that the Mexican commissioners com-missioners were empowered to use their judgment in phrasing the document and that they were urged by Carranza not to cause a lire:;!; with the Americans if it could be avoided. Attitude of Americans. Tonight the attitude of the Americans appeared to be that the measure wouid be considered carefully, and it was indicated indi-cated that they perceived In it no insuperable in-superable bar to further debate. Unless a break in the con fere noes, now unexpected, unex-pected, occurs, it was believed tonight that the sessions might be continued until near the end of the week, when nn adjournment would be taken until after New Year's day. Mr. Pani appeared today as the dominant domi-nant member of the Mexican commission, commis-sion, although Luis Cabrera retained ofii-cially ofii-cially the chairmanship. Ho explained verbally to the Americans at the forenoon fore-noon session he manner in which Carranza Car-ranza received the protocol and later discussed dis-cussed the details of his visit to Queretaro Quere-taro with Dr. J. R. Mott of the American commission at lunch. The written report was placed before the commissioners at the afternoon session. The Americans did not give the Mexicans Mexi-cans a reply, but after the late session considered the counter-declaration at a meeting by themselves. Mr. Pani said after the conference that he believed a satisfactory arrangement would be reached, and the Americans weie hopeful that the meeting tomorrow-would tomorrow-would bring them nearer to an under-Pi under-Pi and ins; that would be followed bv the ratification of the protocol either by' Carranza Car-ranza himse'.f or by someone he might authorize to act for him. |