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Show CARRANZA REPLY p . RE TRANSLATED 1 Washington, D. C, April 23. Secretary Sec-retary of State Bryan and Secretary of the Navy Danlel3 were called to ( the White House late today. Prior to the conference the secretary ot state bad communicated with a. rep- , resentatlve of the Mexican Constltu- j tlonallsts and It was reported that indications in-dications had been received of a more j friendly attitude on the part of the , i Constitutionalists than that expressed i In the Carranza note last night. After the conference It developed that local representatives of the Con-, stltutlonalists had criticised the trans- ; lation of the Carranza note of last night. They declared that several Inaccuracies made the note appear j less friendly to the United States !' than was Intended The conference made It clear, however, that the two main points, that Carranza considered ' the taking of Vera Cruz an act "hos- tile to the Mexican people," and that .-he .-he demanded the withdrawal of the y American troops, were not effected j by any error6 In translation. . |