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Show 3w.,,,f WWII, IH ImeIaF 1 appeal sent i Message Calling on Mexican Factions to End Civil H Strife Dispatched in . 'B Original Spanish. ;. fH COPY FOR ALL CHIEFS l H General Scott Expected to Ex- Sl 7 ert Powerful Influence lll Among Military Leaders. i'l Washington, Aug. 14. The Pan? H American appeal to all Mexican lead- H ers and factions to restore peace will bo published in the United States in H tomorrow morning's papers. It will jH be given out tonight by the state de- IH partment. IH Then will follow a period of possl- H bly ton days or two weeks of wait- jH Ing of momentous importance to Mex- IH ico, for It will determine whether the H country has among its leaders men H capable of restoring her sovereignty aud constitutional government with- out outside aid. H Brief Friendly Note. jH Brief, and couched in terms of ' friendship and helpfulness, the appeal contains nothing which, the Pan- H American conferees believes, patriotic JM Mexicans can resent. It is rather ex- jH pected to assure them of the disinter- estednesB of the American nations and probably even soften tho attl- -JH tude of General Carranza. ' H The final copies of the appeal were IH going out today by telegraph, cable H and wireless. There have been no assurances IH that its transmission will not be in- IH terfered with by chiefs hostile to its H interest and neither have there been H intimations that it may be. ' M Informally, those European powers M Interested In Mexico have, in one way jH or another, signified their approval IH of the effort to restore government. H Washington, Aug. 14. The Pan- H American appeal to all of the Mexi- M can factions, calling upon them to M end their civil strife, was being dis- iJH patched from the state department )j today, In original Spanish, directly to ijl Generals Carranza, Villa, governors of ll states and to other Mexican chiefs. IH Tho plan has-been sent in Englash to the various Latin-American Iega- H tions in Mexico City to be, translated IH into Spanish for delivery to the mill- JH tary leaders In that vicinity. fM Persistent Efforts to Be Made. IJ The next step in the administra- H tion's plan for restoring peace In H Mexico would bo persistent, though il friendly, efforts to persuade the Mex- rl lean leaders, who have indicated op- vl position to the movement, to eliml- : jH nate themselves for the common wel- jH In this connection it was said that M Major General Scott, chief of stare H of the army, who is known personally H to many of the Mexican military H leaders, might exert a powerful lnflu- Villa For Peace. IH Now that General Villa and his ad- IH herents have indicated their readl- H ness to join in a peace conference IH provided the old clentifico group is , IH not recognized and that a stable gov- UH erument Is established, no opposition MH is looked for, except from the Car- H ranza element, although In many M quarters it is felt that they might H acquiesce after giving careful study H to the friendly tone of the appeal. H Austin, Texas, Aug. 14. Mexicans H in Guadalupe. Hays and Gonzales VM counties are forming secret societies jH which are a menace to the safety of IH Americans, according to S. F. Wei- JH nert, manager of the state cotton H warehouses, who yesterday returned IH from a trip to Seguin, where he was called to advise a group of farmers, M who had received threatening letters. jH "These Mexicans aro organized by H agitators from San Antonio," said Mr. H Welnert "The agitators have one IH argument that always bringB results. H They say to the peon, 'these lands are JH really ours and incite him to seize H them." ilH The agitators, after organizing se- 'H cret societies for the "redemption" of M lands to Mexicans, generally dlsap- H pear after collecting dues from the tM members. IH Bandits at Zapata. H Laredo, Texas, Aug. 14. A party of H eighty Mexicans, under a leader nam- "dM ed Cabrera, has appeared between VH Zapata and Rio Grande City, 90 miles jH below Laredo, on the Texas side. A 1 detachment of the Fourteenth caval- H ry Is stationed at Zapata and, with jH tho aid of citizens, is prepared to H resist the bandits if they reach that H News of this was dispatched hero H from Zapata today. H Nogales, Ariz., Aug. 14. Mexican H soldiers entered American territory H fifteen miles west of Nogales today JH and began slaughtering cattle, accord- H Ing to a report from the Harrison IH ranch. Three automobiles loaded with JM armed men started for the scene soon IH after the report reached here, JH San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 14 A rec- H ommendation to the war department l-JH that a battery of artillery and an aer- ll oplane bo sent to Brownsville will bo IH made by Major General Frederick IH Funston, according to a committee that conferred with him this morning H on tho border situation. H Washington, Aug. 14. General Car- ,H ranza summarily dismissed the mayor H of Vera Cruz from office for permit- H ting the recent anti-foreign demonstra- H tions which aroused apprehension of 'H the American government. Official notification of General Carranza's ac- 'jH tlon reached here today. jl |