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Show Says Mexicans Would Resist Intervention President Chazaro Notifies U. S. That Government He Represents Will Maintain Dlgn'ty of Mexican People Washington, June, 18. The United States government was Informed today to-day In a noto from Francisco Lagos Chazaro, presldont of tho Villa Zapata Za-pata convention government at Moxi-co Moxi-co City, that it President Wilson's recent stntcment warning tho Mexican Mexi-can factions to composo their differences differ-ences should signify "pressuro or threat" tho conventlonlst government, govern-ment, "still harboring tho conscience ment, "still Harboring tho conscience of Its sacrifices, will mnlntaln tho dignity dig-nity of tho Moxlcnn peoplo." After declaring a willingness to make peaco with tho Carranza faction fac-tion tho note ns mado public tonight by tho stato department says In part: Considers Note Advisory "Tho lonventlonlst government does not see, does not wish to see, In the substance of tho declarations mado by his excellency Pres'dent Wilson, anything more than nn advice, ad-vice, a friendly suggestion to Induce tho contending groups to wlpo out their differences and lead them into tho path to tho end pursued bv tho tho path to tho end pursued by tho revolution. Coming to tho declaration that If wo Mexicans cannot settle our d (Terences within a very shorl tlmo tho government of tho American union will find itself constrained to decldo as to what means it shall uso to bring It about, tho onventton!st government cannot understand how President Wilson previously declares In tho samo noto that the United States does not doslro or claim any right to scttlo tho affnlrs of Mexico nnd moro to tho same effect. Tho chief of tho American nation mado nt Indianapolis tho following categorical categor-ical declarations: "I am proud to belong be-long to n poworful nation which soys that that country, Mexico, which we could crush, will enjoy tho samo liberty lib-erty In tho management of Its nffalrs ns wo enjoy. If I nm strong I should be nshnmed to dlctato to tho weak in tho measure of my strength freo nnd I not in oppressing nnother pcoplo with I it |