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Show DEGIDb OfiCOURSE ' TOWARD IK o -i THE PAN-AMERICAN CONFEREE AGREE THAT RECOGNITIOr, - SHOULD BE GIVEN MEXICO. Factions Having Failed of Agreemer Recognition Should be Accorded Party Having Capacity to Protect Pro-tect Lives and Property. New York. Secretary Lansing, r resenting the United States govor ment, and the diplomatic: repress tives of Brazil, Chile, Argentina, I livia, Uruguay and Guatemala resoh at their meeting here on Saturd, that the time had come for the ext. sion of formal recognition to a gove: ment in Mexico. Three weeks hence another meel;: of the conference will Be held Washington, at which a decision is be reached as to the elements up which recognition should be conferr- A formal statement issued by t conference declared that inasmuch the factions themselves had failed come to an agreement, recognit would be accorded to the de facto a thorities possessing the "material a moral capacity necessary to prott the lives and property of natior,,. and foreigners." Each of the several governments, was announced, would itself "ju ; such capacity, and recognition likewise be extended by each govt: ment separately at such time as may deem proper." Unless the military situation Mexico takes a decided turn wit: the next three weeks in favor of G eral Villa, who has concentrated : forces for battl? with General 01-gon, 01-gon, the Carranza commander chief, at Torreon, most of the tor.: ees were of the opinion that the C. ranza government would logically entitled to recognition. The several governments will deavor to learn, however, not c: what territory each faction contri but what promise of stability the i tions give that aspire to recognitit: |