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Show ' BBpl POLITE NO I Constitutionalist Chief Refuses to - BBh Participate In Convention to Which ' H Villa Is a Party; Says Adversary VH Is Beaten BBJ Vera Cruz, Sept. 10. General Vo- M nustlano Carranza's reply to tho ap- , peal of tho United States and tho H Latin American countries for a con- : H ferenco between tho leaders ot tho IBBm various Mexican factions having In H vlow an adjustment of Mexico's in- fH tcrreclna struggle, is a polite, but uu- -tVflH equivocal, "no." iBBH In a noto Issued by Foreign Minis- H tor Acuna, nnd handod to J. R. BII- H llman, President Wilson's rcprcsenta- BBpJ tlvo in Moxlco, at noon today, Goner- - BBpJ nl Carranza told tho diplomats that M ho can permit no Interference what- H over by foreign governments. Ho ex- BBJ Plained that ho is in control now ot BBH All Moxlco except tho states of Chi- ' huahua and Morolos and a part ot H tho stnto of Sonora. Tho signers of B tho noto to Carranza aro Invited to JBHb como themsolvcs, or to send roprc- BBpJ sentntlves to somo point along tho BBpJ Rio Grande for a conference nt which H tho affairs of Moxlco may bo discuss- BBpJ ed, solely from un International lulnt BBpJ ot vlow, and with tho idea that Cir- ' M ranza's government bo recognized as BBpJ the do fncto government In Moxlco. BBH Claims Much Accomplished BBH Tho diplomats aro told in tho noto BHB thnt tho first chief of tho constltu- 'BBH tlonnllsts now commands an army ot 'iHHl H.0,000 men; that tho functions of public scrvlco havo boon restored, HH tho railways repaired and railway iHBJ truffle resumed. Tho noto ndds thnt JBHB In tho Holds and tho cities thero havo ll been reborn tho activities of normal HBfl llfo. Stress is laid In tho noto on tBBpJ tho assertion that soon tho cntlro -,Bh country will bo at peace. BBpJ Tho reply Insists that tho first flBH chlot Is actuated by tho highest mo- HBJ J tlvcs in declining to participate in HBJ I tho confcrcnco. It is stated In tho 'BBH noto that tho fact that tho revolution- ''VflH lsts had entered into a part at Juar- ' HBJ oz with tho old government wns ono BBpJ of tho weaknesses of President Fran- BHB clsco I. Mndero'a arrangement for BHa tho rehabilitation of Mexico and that HJ this alleged trafficking with tho op- HBJ position was ono ot tho reasons for BBpJ tho disagreements that culminated In BBB tho tragic battlo in Moxlco City in BBB February, 1013. ,BBB Accuses Some Diplomats I BBB Incidentally It la stated In tho noto BKB that Bomo forolgn diplomats wero BBB Involved In that affair. BBB Tho reply of General Carranza ox- ipBfl plains that a conforenco with any HH conquered faction would mean tho iBkB sacrlflco by Carranza of tho first (Continued on pago six) 'HBJ CIM'S ANSWER jS POLITE HO .Continued from pago threo) chieftaincy of tho army and his oxec-utlvo oxec-utlvo power, nnd n betrayal of tho faith and confidence now roposcd In him by tho pcoplo nnd the nrmy. That Carranza represents tho army In mnklng such a reply Is Indlcntcd In a paragraph ot tho noto In which tho diplomats aro told that thoy will bo ablo to obsorvo from tho answers they received to tholr notes from tho mllltnry chlofs and tho civil subordinates subor-dinates of Carranza that tho first chlof Is tho only authority that could decldo nnd who, In fact does dccldo, matters submitted to them. |