The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-06-06
.HU|ERIA IN FLIGHT.
DICTATOR DECLARED TO HAVE
LEFT CAPITAL FOR SOUTH
ERIN PORT.
GERMAN SHIPS ARE READY

Banker lntrusts Institution - Frsnoh
consul Following psmsRde Made BY
MsxIoo's Head consul eiIIIman 10
ssfs.
Vera Cruz. May 3S.-Ah uncor
firmed rumor II in circulation that
Gen. victoriano Huerta has ned nom
Mexico City. s
The statement comes from man
who occupies high position In Mex
leo City. The color Of verisimilitude
IL given by the fact that the German
cruiser Dresden and the steamship
1piranga of the Hamburg-American
line steamed from Vera Cruz Tues
day night for Puerto Mexico. the Dres-
den following closely behind the Ipir-
anga. Il was believed that the Ger
man government will offer General
Huerta asylum on either the Dresden
or the Ipiranga and protect him.
Vera Crus, May 2S.-ThS wife Of
Jose Simon. president Of the National
Bank of Mexico City. arrived nom
Mexico City with q report thst HUI
erta had demanded the payment Of
100000 pesos by the banker on
threat Of placing troops in the bank
Simon refused to submit to the de-
mand and telephoned to the French
minister, placing the Affairs Of the In
stitution In his hands.
John n. 1illiman. viceconsul at Sal
tillo. whose arrest BY federal ofacers
brought vigorous protests from the
state department at Washington. ar
rived at Vera Cruz from Mexico City.
bearing passports issued by the Bra
Eilian minister.
Describing his trip from Saltillo to
Mexico City, the vice-consul said:
Il was kept in confinement by Cen
eral Mas In the penitentiary at Sal
tillo for 81 days"
MT. Sflliman's attention was drawn
to Joseph A. Marchani's reported state
ment that the Mexican federals seised
Mr.. Silliman's state department code
and accused him Of transmitting to
Washington and possibly to the con-
stitutionalists the dispositions of the
federal garrison Of Saltillo.
my lips must remain sealed on all
these points," said Mr.. Silliman, ''un-
til have conferred with my superb
ors."
It is learned from other sources that
the code books were not returned
when the consul was released.
Mrs. Silliman IL still IN Saltillo nm
der the protection of the British con-
sulate. Her husband apparently feels
NO anxiety regarding her safety.
Niagara Falls. Ont. May 27.--Much
progress was made in the mediation
negotiations within the ~ hours pre-
ceding Monday and gave substantial
grounds for the belief that an agree
ment between the American and the
Mexican delegates will be reported BY
the end Of this week.
This agreement will provide NOT
only for an adjustment Of the quarrel
between the Huerta administration
and the United States. but viii contain
. declaration on the land question and
provide for the organization Of . pro
visional government for Mexico to suc-
coed that Of President Huerta, who
will voluntarily retire from once.
The persons to compose the pro
visional government win be named in
the agreement
One important development Of this
24-hour period was that notice has
been served on the constitutionalists
by the Washington government that
II they send . representative to the
mediation conference he will not be-
received. The evident intention IL for
the United States and the Mexican
delegates to enter into an agreement
to bring peace To- Mexico and ask the
constitutionalists to conform to IT.
conditions. 49,
1t appeared from hints given out
that the peace conference was trying
to establish . provisional government
In the place Of Huerta's before the
constitutionalists could capture Mexi-
co City and attempt to set up their
own.
Aho tuIo0 COutu Amof1ce0o maze IL
plain that while every aspect Of the
Mexican situation, both internal and
had been laid before the
delegates from the United States and
Mexico. no formal basis had been
reached for the treatment In any spsci-
ned order Of the issues involved.
II = the hope Of the Husrta dels-
gates that new provisional govern
ment win b ~ up In the Nexican
capital which the United 6tates vfll
recognise
With new government established
ln Mexico CITY the Mexican dalegnses
believe The oonstitutionalists would b.
compelled 70 accept Il. II th1y ~
fused the constituted eovernment.
duly recognized and able thsrsforo to
Eet a,imrniticn, would crush rsvoln- |
lions quickly. ( y
Washington. Nay s1-eafisfactory
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