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Show RECOGNITION GIVEN TO GEiTGARRANZA UNITED STATES AND EIGHT SOUTH AMERICAN GOVERNMENTS GOVERN-MENTS TAKE ACTiON. Each of the Governments Send Letter to Personal Representative of Carranza, Advising Him of the Action Taken. Washington. Venustiano Carranza was formally recognized on October 19 as the chief executive of. the Republic Re-public of Mexico by tne fcovtruments of the United States. Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Guatemala, Bolivia, Uruguay, Uru-guay, Colombia and Nicaragua. iWplomatic representatives of the first six Latin-American countries, selected in the order of their ranks here, were parties to the Pan-American conference on Mexican affairs, but the action of Colombia ana Nicaragua Nic-aragua indicates that all the other re publics of the western nemispnere will follow the lead of their sister nations na-tions in extending recognition. Each of the governments sent a letter let-ter to Eliseo Arredondo, personal representative rep-resentative here of Carranza. All were couched in the same form, and that of the United States added a formal for-mal expression of an intention soon to accredit an ambassador to Mexico. Henry. Prather Fletcher, at present American ambassador to Chile, practically prac-tically has been decided upon as the next ambassador to Mexico. Although a Republican in politics, he was elevated ele-vated from the rank of minister to ambassador by President Wilson, after af-ter a long and successful record in the diplomatic service. He was educated edu-cated for the law and practiced in Chamhersburg, Pa., for many years. He enlisted with the Rough Riders and later served in the Philippines. He began as second secretary to the American legation in Cuba in 1902 and has been in the diplomatic service ser-vice ever since, serving in China, Portugal Por-tugal and Chile. |