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Show PROPOSE MAKING CAPITJy EUTBAL VILLA AND ZAPATA AGREE TO PLAN OF UNITED STATES REGARDING RE-GARDING MEXICO CITY. Purpose is to Assure Safety of Foreigners, For-eigners, Local Council Made up of Prominent Residents to Govern at Capital City. Washington. With the hope of securing se-curing permanent protection for ths 25, COO foreigners in Mexico City the United states government has proposed pro-posed to the Villa-Zapata forces and to General Carranza that the Mexican capital be declared neutral and outside out-side the field of operations hereafter in Mexico's civil war. The Villa-Zapata forces have agreed to the proposal and are willing to evacuate the city as soon as a similar agreement is obtained with the Carranza Car-ranza authorities, who are now being negotiated with. On General Carranza depends also J whether or not the effort of the United I States to neutralize the railway between be-tween Mexico City and Vera Cruz shall succeed, as the Villa-Zapata officials offi-cials have likewise given their assent as-sent to this proposal. State department officials decline to discuss the status of the two proposals pro-posals beyond saying that they still were under consideration. The plan with respect to Mexico City contemplates contem-plates an arrangement whereby order would be maintained there by a locat council, made up of prominent residents resi-dents selected by mutual agreement between the opposing factions. The capital would not then, under the terms of the proposed agreement, be subject to further attacks, nor would there be any more changes in government govern-ment until a central government had been established. Should the capital be declared neutral, neu-tral, much of the apprehension for the safety of foreigners would be removed re-moved and the famine menace eliminated, elim-inated, since such a step would lessen les-sen the likelihood of complication with foreign powers the plan, in the opinion of American officials, should appeal to all Mexican factions. |