Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-04
REBELS HOLD OFF
FROM CONFERENCE
Belief Growing That They Will
Decline to Meet the En-
voys of Huerta.
HAVE SERIOUS CONFLICT
WITHIN THEIR RANKS
Attempt to Adjust Carranza- Villa
Dispute Overwhelming Feature
of Mexican Situation.


R. S. Naon. minister to the United
States from Argentina, who has been one
Of the South American mediators at Mag
| ara Falls trying to compose diplomatic
ally the affairs of Mexico, returned to
went into a conference.
| 1t is expected that he will hold another
conference this afternoon with some of
| the agents of the constituencies In an
effort to have them use more persuasion
upon Carranza and his generals to depart
| from the plan of Guadalupe sufficiently
to enter into an agreement with the
Huerta delegates for the provisional gov
eminent of Mexico. The general feeling
among officials here is that there will be
no such deliberation between the Huerta
and Carranza representatives.
Eyes on Torreon Conference.
restore peace in Mexico by mediation
still awaiting Carranza's decision on
the invitation to enter into negotia-
lions with Huerta, administration Of
fcials today keenly watched develop
commission was trying to patch up
differences among the constitutional
ist leaders.
Messages from the border. express
ing confidence that at least tenn
] porary compromise between Villa and
Carranza would be effected. encour-
aged President Wilson and his advisers
and the Washington agents OF the rev.
| dictionaries.
Court proceedings over the delivery
of some currency engraved in Wash
ington for the constitutionalists are In
| terpreted as one development of the
dissension among leaders Of the north
ern faction.
| Attorneys for Senior Felicitas F. Villa
real, subsecretary of the treasury In the
cabinet of Carranza, have filed suit Tor
| injunction in the District Supreme
Court against three express companies
to prevent the delivery of 100000
pesos in paper currency for the use of
the constitutionalist government of the
republic of Mexico. The notes are in
transit consigned, it is claimed, to San
tiago S. Winfield or to some friend at
the Mexican border.
Fears Diversion of Money.
! The petition declares there is dan
ger that the money may be diverted
| from the constitutionalist cause"
Justice Anderson signed the order.
| which is returnable Monday.
The court is told that April 81 last
| the plaintiff entered into an agree
| ment with an engraving company to
engrave 100000 notes for the con-
stitutionalist government and to de-
| liver as designated by him. The plain
tiff left Washington May for Mexico
and designated Santiago S. Winfield to
receive the money to be consigned to
the plaintiff at FL Paso, Tex.
Certain notes were received from
| Winfield. but the final tnstallment. de-
livered by the engravers to Winfield.
has not reached him, the plaintiff says.
In nf oh no l..
legged, Winfield has consigned the
| money to himself or to some con
federate." Attorneys Douglas, Ruffin
& Obear appear for the plaintiff.
junta decline to discuss the action
| brought in the District court. Charles
A. Douglas, attorney for the constitu-
tionalists, said the matter was purely
private, and refused to go into details
Soon after the court action Mr.. Doug
las had a conference at the State De-
fpartment with Secretary Bryan.
Views in Junta Clash.
Differences of opinion over Carranza's
probable action on the invitation to send
ENJOYS to discuss Mexico's internal COM
plications with Huerta's agents. excited
much discussion here today,
Fernando 1glesias. personal friend of
Carranza, authorized the statement that
the constitutionalist leader would not en-
ter conference except upon terms of
surrender. Rafael Zuburan, head of the
constitutionalist junta in Washington.
and Luis Cabrera, a member of the
agency. still chung to the hope that Car
rama would make a favorable reply to
the mediators. That was not expected for
some time, however, because Carranza's
canvass of his military leaders on the
proposition was said to be far from COM
plete.
Justice Lamar and Mr.. Lehman ex-
pect to see the President again, prob
ally Monday. They will remain here
subject to call. should the constitu-
tionalists agree to meet the Huerta
delegates. The American commission
ers did not confer with any of the
constitutionalists nor do they expect
to until some definite plan of action is
agreed upon.
Worried by Internal Strife.
At the constitutionalist headquarters
it was apparent that the immediate
source of anxiety was not so much the
proposed meeting with Huertas dele
gates but their own internal troubles,
chiefly the differences between Gen.
Villa and Gen. Carranza. The confer
ence at Torreon, with a view to set
Ting these differences. was reported
still to- be in progress, and unofficial
statements were made here that all
differences would be satisfactorily adj
justed within a short time and that
the military campaign against Mexico
City would be renewed shortly with
increased vigor.
News that the miners strike at Can
anea, Mexico had been settled. the men
to work, satisfied with their
agreement with the operators. came to
the State Department through Vice
Consul Bowman. at Nogales, from Con-
sular Agent Montague at Cananea,
The dispatch said that with the eX-
ception of the disturbances Wednesday,
when the miners prevented the depart
ure Of Supt. Kingdom from Cananea and
CAUSED him to seek safety in Consular
Agent Montague's home, there has been
no demonstration.
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