The Washington herald., 1914-06-19
PATCH UP THEIR QUARREL.
Dispatches Say villa IL on Way to
to the Front.


The only developments Of positive
character here with regard to the Aexi-
can situation yesterday was the receipt
Of dispatches at the State Department
from American consular Representatives
In the northern states confirming the
statement that the revolt Of Villa against
Carranza had been patched up and that
the military leader Of the revolution was
on his way to the front to assume COM
mand at Zacatecas-
No reports were received at the depart
ment Of the serving OF an ultimatum
upon Carranza by villa and his support
divorced absolutely from the politics said
to ramify the civil government at Sal
tillo. the seat OF the rebel government.
Administration officials apparently are
convinced that Villa has returned to Q
nominal state of subordination to the su-
preme chief Of the revolution and that
for the present at least the same author
tiles of the constitutionalists must be
reckoned with as In the past. They are
by no means confident. however, that the
Villa -Carranza alteration will not crop
up again and further change the COM
plexion Of the government Of northern
Mexico.
bryan Il Silent.
President Wilson has no evidence that
the incidents growing out Of Villas tenn
porary insubordination and their demon
stration that the general IL the actual
dominating influence In the constitution
alist camp will alter the policy Of that
party toward mediation The United
States Is watching for developments At
Niagara Falls. maintaining an unchanged
attitude toward the propositions being
debated there.
Reports were. current throughout the
day that Secretary Of State Bryan at
last had relinquished his optimism that
the mediation Conference would event6ate
successfully. but these lacked official con-
firmation. a high Official of the govern
ment was authority for the statement
that the issuance Of the statement by
the Mexican delegation at Niagara Falls
Wednesday had not convinced this gov
ernment that further interchanges were
doomed. On the contrary this ofYicial
interpreted this statement and another
which was given out charging villa with
the killing Of twenty-five persons cap
tured when the Carranza authorities at
Juarez were overthrown. as evidencing
disposition on the part Of the Mexican
delegates to argue. None of these de-
velopnents are regarded by the admin
istration. 1t was said, a. Indicating that
the Mexican representatives have decided
to serve final notice upon the mediators
that the propositions Of the United States
are rejected
Position of UaiteA States.
The position of this government is that
IL Huerta chooses not to accept his
dose" now, he must do % after the
termination Of the conference. Should
the Mexican dictator choose to reject the
demands Of the American government
that he practically surrender to the con-
now. this government viii
resume the policy adhered to after the
seizure of Vera Cruz. which was to keep
the federal forces bottled up pending the
ultimate success Of the army under villa
1t was learned on high oficial authority
yesterday that the policy Of the United
States following the Unsuccessful termi-
nation Of the mediation conference will
be Of the same "watchful waiting as
that which obtained before the confer
ence began
From a source close to the constitu- |
tionalist special agency In Washington
last night the statement was made rela- |
tive to the group of constitutionalist Of
hcials arrested and Jailed by Gen. Villa |
that they were men Of q class which |
every great political movement brings to |
the surface. The Herald's informant |
said:
These arrests have served to clear the |
air. The men whose activities Gen. Villa |
70 abruptly curtailed are Of the type
,f fntriguers which every great political |
revolution develops. They are the men |
who have endeavored all along to OBJ |
tain as much glory as possible out Of |
he revolution without doing the serious |
work. No one will appreciate more than
ien. Carranza what Gen. Villas outburst /
mas accomplished. Now there will be |
! severance Of the mixed relations be- /
.ween the civil and military edministra- /
ion OF the Mexican government. These /
men have been magnifying their powers |
md their influence with q view to over
lwing the ignorant. villa has taken /
heir measure and they will trouble no