Carbon County News | 1915-02-26 | Page 8 | First Chief Stands upon His Dignity

FIRST CHIE STANDS UPON HIS Y CARRANZA MAKES BID FOR recognition OF FOREIGN governments issues an order that all communications to his government from outside sources must pais pass through him iv washington ashington genelay genera venustiano Venust lano carranza as first chief of the constitutional tut ional army notified the world on sunday that all communications to his government from outside sources must pasa pass through him hirn if directed to any general ho he said they must be referred to him anyhow Carran zes decree reached washington through rafael capmany his minister of the interior inte Elor who telegraphed it to edisom arrondo arredondo ca ara local representative the order apparently III make it impossible for diplomatic representatives of foreign governments to deal with the carranza government except by going to vera cruz which they have been unwilling to do lest such action be construed as formal recognition already most of the diplomats at mexico city hav hava asked their governments for permission to leave when the situation becomes in tolerable and some of them have been advised to use their own discretion the order may affect the activity of american consular representatives who heretofore have dealt with the ie de facto government whatever it happen C oi 4 1 to be