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Show MEXICAN CHIEFS REPLYJOWILSON GENERAL CARRANZA ASKS FOR SUPPORT OF HIS ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRA-TION BY AMERICANS. I Villa Declares That He Has Telegraphed Tele-graphed Carranza, Urging a Con-, ference for Restoration of Peace in Mexico. Washington. President Wilson had before him Saturday night the first reply to his recent statement regarding regard-ing Mexico. It consisted of a "proclamation "proc-lamation to the people" issued Friday by General Carranza, asserting the right of the constitutionalist government govern-ment to recognition by the United States and other foreign governments. Lack of recognition is declared to be the one difficulty remaining in the way of restoring constitutional government gov-ernment in Mexico. The statement asserts: as-serts: "At this time we believe ourselves to be in a position to overcome this last difficulty because the constitutionalist constitu-tionalist government is now actually in definite possession of sovereignty and the legitimate exercise of sovereignty sov-ereignty is the essential condition which should be taken into account when deciding upon recognition of a government." The United States was formally notified no-tified on Monday by General Villa on behalf of the Mexican convention forces that he had telegraphed General Gener-al Carranza urging a conference for the restoration of peace and constitutional constitu-tional government in Mexico. This step is the first tangible development devel-opment resulting from President Wilson's Wil-son's recent warning to all Mexican factions that unless they came to an agreement among tjiemselves soon, some other means would be employed by the United States to relieve the suffering population from further devastations dev-astations of the military element. On General Carranza's reply depends the next move in the situation. |
