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Show COMMISSION WILL " HAVE BROAD SCOPE QUESTIONS ARISING FROM THE BORDER SITUATION TO BE DISPOSED DIS-POSED OF FIRST. Withdrawal of American Troops From Mexico to be Discussed at Conference Con-ference of American and Mexican Mex-ican Representatives. Washington. Formal announcement announce-ment that a Joint International commission com-mission will seek a solution for border bor-der disputes between the United States and the Mexican de facto government gov-ernment has been made. Acting Secretary Sec-retary Polk and Eliseo Arredondo, General Carranza's ambassador, virtually vir-tually concluded their preliminary conferences Tuesday. It Is regarded as Improbable that additional diplomatic correspondence will he necessary. Mr. Arredondo assured as-sured Mr. Polk Tuesday that his government gov-ernment was -willing that the commission commis-sion should have a broad scope, but that it wished to see the Immediate questions arising from the border situation sit-uation disposed of first. State department depart-ment officials agreed with that sentiment". sen-timent". Delay in consummating the commission commis-sion plan was due to conflicting translations trans-lations of that portion of General Carranza's Car-ranza's last note dealing with the sug-gwtion sug-gwtion to give a broader scope to the commission. Withdrawal of American troops from Mexico, negotiations of a protocal covering future border operations oper-ations and investigating of the interests inter-ests behind border raids first were outlined by General Carranza for discussion dis-cussion 'by the commissioners, and when the United States suggested a wider latitude General Carranza indicated indi-cated that ie desired the three specific spe-cific questions named taken up "preferably." "pre-ferably." Whether he meant to close the door on wider inquiries into relations rela-tions between the two countries and means of restoring economic and financial order in Mexico was not certain. cer-tain. Held on Serious Charge. Atlanta, Ga. G. J. Vanson, . doorkeeper door-keeper or the Georgia house of representatives, repre-sentatives, was indicted Tuesday charged with assault with intent to murder Thomas B. Fe'.der, and be cause of the lawyer's critical condition condi-tion was held without bail. Felder was stabbed last Thursday night in a P ght with Vanson in the lobby of a hotel after the two men had heated words over the defeat in the senate of a bill for the recall of the mayor of Savanah. |