Bisbee Daily Review

CABRERA DENIES ULTIMATUM EVER WAS SENT TO CARRANZA

NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-Luis Cabrera, chairman of the Mexican delegation of the Mexican-American joint commission, said here late tonight that no time limit had been fixed for General Carranza either to accept or reject the protocol proposed by the Mexican-American conference at Atlantic City. There was no understanding during the sessions of the joint commission, he added, which gave the American commissioners authority to impose such a time limit.

General Carranza, Mr. Cabrera declared, would have ample time to consider what action he would take. Mr. Cabrera said he was surprised when informed that a reply was expected by the United States government today. He asserted that he had intended to take a vacation beginning tomorrow, but that he had altered his plans and would remain here.

Up to a late hour tonight, Mr. Cabrera said, he had received no instructions from General Carranza.

The relations between the United States and Mexico, he continued, are the same as when the tentative agreement was first signed by the commissioners at Atlantic City.

"Remember," said Mr. Cabrera, "that the next move in adjusting the relations between this country and Mexico is not General Carranza's."

Questioned as to the significance of this statement, Mr. Cabrera would give no explanation. He said, however, that he knew nothing concerning General Carranza's attitude toward the American demand that he ratify or repudiate the protocol.

When the joint commission adjourned in November, Mr. Cabrera added, the understanding of the Mexican members was that the joint commission would meet on January 9, in probably New York or Philadelphia. No word, Mr. Cabrera declared, had been said in the session of the commissioners concerning a loan to Mexico.

The call of the Mexican treasurer upon him in New York Sunday night was a social call only, he declared.