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Show CARRANZA IGNORES PEAGE OVERTURES iTHREE OFFERS, ONE FROM THE UNITED STATES, REMAIN UNANSWERED UN-ANSWERED BY CHIEF. Proposal of Thirty Day Armistice, During Which Arrangement Could be Made for Provisional Government, Gov-ernment, Made by Villa. Washington. General Carranza has declined, for the present at least, to j accept overtures for peace in Mexico I by the Villa-Zapata faction. Three ' such offers have gone unanswered, j The latest, it became known on i Wednesday, was transmitted through the medium of the United States j without comment. A few days ago (the convention assembled in Mexico City, over which Francisco Lagos j Chasaro presided, formally presented ! to the Brazilian minister, as the rep-I rep-I resentative of the American govern- ment, for transmission to General Carranza through diplomatic chan-1 chan-1 nels, a proposal for a thirty-day ar-I ar-I mistice, during which arrangements 'could be made for establishing a provisional pro-visional government. It was suggested that both sides should maintain a military status quo i and that the armistice be extended j from time to time while the parleys continued. The plan included the holding of a popular election to be supervised by the factions in control of various sections of the- country. The proposal was communicated to General Carranza by American Consul Silliman. On inquiry as to whether there would be any reply General Carranza is understood merely to have said there would be none. |