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Show HAN LEADERS TO WORK TOGETHER FEAR OF TROUBLE BETWEEN VILLA AND CARRANZA S APPARENTLY DISPELLED, Have Agreed That No Military ivia May Be Candidate for President and That Reforms Shall Be lnj. tiated in Energetic Manner. Washington The basis for the recent re-cent assertion of President Wilson that he believed Carranza and Villa would co-operate in restoring consti. tutional government in Mexico iM revealed Tuesday when it became known that General 'Obregon, person, al friend of General Carranza, haj signed the proposals of General Villj for an electoral program. General Villa's proposals were laid before Paul Fuller, personal representative repre-sentative of President Wilson, at a re cent conference in Chihuahua. - The president later told callers the proposals did not appear unreason-able; unreason-able; Mr. Fuller had an interview with General Carranza in Mexico Citj Tuesday, and it was reported that the first chief also indicated his assent to the program mapped out by Villa, which is as follows: That a convention of the delegatei of the constitutionalist army b5 called to arrange- the date of the elections elec-tions for congressmen, president and vice-president. That no military man be a candidate candi-date for president or vice-president or for governor of any state. That a civilian take charge of the provisional government to hold elections. elec-tions. That, a general amnesty be declared, de-clared, except aa to those who committed com-mitted the crime or participated ii the assassination of Madero and Sua-rez. Sua-rez. That the officers of the old federal army who can show clean records shall be taken into the new national army. That all reforms shall be pul through in an energetic manner, but on a legal and constitutional basis. General Carranza already has complied com-plied with the first proposal by calling call-ing a general convention for October 1 to select a provisional president Under the Mexican constitution, the provisional president cannot be a candidate can-didate in elections held under his administration. ad-ministration. General Carranza, therefore, if desirous of becoming provisional president, will not 'be in office longer than the period necessary neces-sary to conduct an election. |