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Show RECOGNITION GIVEN 10 GENCARRANZA UNITED STATES AND EIGHT SOUTH AMERICAN GOVERNMENTS GOVERN-MENTS TAKE ACTION. Each of trie Governments Send Letter to Personal Representative of Carranza, Advising Him of the Action Taken. Washington. Venustiano Carranza was formally recognized on October 5 9 as the chief executive of the Republic Re-public of Mexico by the governments of the United States, Brazil, Chile', Argentina, Guatemala, Bolivia, Uruguay, Uru-guay, Colombia and Nicaragua. Diplomatic representatives of the first six Latin-American countries, selected in the order of their ranks here, were parties to the Pan-American conference on Mexican affairs, ibut the action of Colombia and Nicaragua Nic-aragua Indicates that all the other republics re-publics of the western hemisphere will follow the lead of their sister na tions in extending recognition. Each of the governments sent a letter let-ter to Eliseo Arredondo, personal representative rep-resentative here of Carranza. All were couched in the same form, and that of the United States added a formal for-mal expression of an Intention soon to accredit an ambassador to Mexico. Henry Prather Fletcher, at present American ambassador to Chile, practically prac-tically has .been decided upon as the next ambassador to Mexico. Although a Republican In politics, he was elevated ele-vated from the rank of minister to ambassador by President Wilson, after af-ter a long and successful record in the diplomatic service. He was educated edu-cated for the law and practiced in Chambersburg, Pa., for many years. J-Ie enlisted with the Rough Riders and later served in the Philippines. He began as second secretary to the American legation in Cuba in 1902 and has been in the diplomatic service ser-vice ever since, serving in China, Portugal Por-tugal and Chile. |