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Show - m WILL CONSIDER PEACE REPLIES H M Latin American Diplomats to Meet M Next Week; No Answer Recelv- M ed From Carranza M Washington, Sept. 7. Secretary :fl Lansing and tho Latin American dip- i lomnts cooperating with him In tho H effort to reestablish constitutional i government in Mexico will meet noxt fl week to oonsldcr replies to their ap- M peal to tho Mexican factions for a M pcaco conforenco and to foruiulato H tho noxt stop In tholr plan. M Mr. Lansing said today tho meet M lng had not been definitely arranged ' but that it would bo held before Sep- M tember IS, becauso tho Argentine nin- M bassador, Naon, leaves on that dato M for a visit to his homo, As to what tho noxt mo.vo Is to be, ll nothing has been disclosed. General i Carranza has not yet replied to tho appeal, although ho has given Judlca- ll tlons imolllcially that ho will decline M the offer of nsslstanco rando by tho H Pan-American conferenco General M Villa nnd Zapata and many U-adcrs H I nfllllated with them havo agreed lo B the proposed peace conforenco. H Gonoral Carranza may reply be- H foro tho conferenco meets again nnd H thoro nro so,mo ofllclals who bollovo H that he at least will leavo tho wuy H open for further negotiation. OITIclals B aro convinced, however, that Cnrrnn- HHJ za will make a tremendous effort with BBb in tho noxt fow weeks to drlvo Villa BBb i from bin strongholds nt Torroon n:ul jH ! Chihuahua and thus ostnbllsh virtu- j nlly completo supremacy of his gov ornmont. General Obrcgcn inj nth- jH I cr Carranza commanders hnvo Veen lfj I unusually nctlve within tho lnst ton Jfl days. A statemont of- tho military H ' operations issued tonight by tho Cat' H ranza ngency described tho enpturo H of Icnmnlo, Saltlllo, Pnredon end fj other cities from tho Villa forces. H Again today Carranza and his com- H mandcra on tho Mexican border is- BBJ suod statements disclaiming any paf- H j tlcipatlon by their forces In border H j raids and assorting thnt orders had been given for cooperation with Unit- iJ cd States forces, to avort border hos- jH I tllttlcs. 'H |