Show MAING IWI 1 I r NEUTRAL VILLA AND ZAPATA AGREE TO PLAN OF UNITED STATES RE GARDING MEXICO CITY purpose Is to assure safety of foreigners local Cou council made up of prominent residents to govern at capital city washington with the hope of se curing permanent protection for thi foreigners in mexico city the united states government has proposed to the villa zapata forces and to general carranza that the mexican carl capital be declared neutral and outside the field of operations hereafter in chil war the villa Vila zapata forces force have shave agreed to the proposal and are willing filing m to evacuate the city as soon as a similar agreement is obtained with mith the car ranza authorities who mho are now being negotiated v alth on general carranza depends albo au Aliet whether ber or not the effort of the united states to neutralize the grafl railway ay be tween mexico city and vera cruz shall succeed as the villa zapata officials hae bare Il likewise keIse ghen glea their as 8 sent ent to tills this proposal state department officials decline to discuss the status of the two pro beyond saying that they still were nere under consideration the plan with respect to mexico tex ico city bontem plates an arrangement whereby order would be maintained there by a local council made up of prominent resi dents selected by b mutual agreement between the opposing factions the I 1 capital would mould not then under the terms of the proposed agreement bo be I 1 subject to further attacks nor would I 1 there be any more changes in govern goer ti j ment until a central government had been established should the capital be declared neu aral much of the apprehension for the safety of foreigners olied be removed and the famine menace elim clim since such a step ioui les sea sen the likelihood of complication compiler tion with foreign powers the plan in the opinion of american officials should appeal to all mexican factious |