Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-18
HARMONY
ONLY HOPE
OF REBELS
Leaders of Both Factions
Await Carranza'S and
Villas Replies to APP
peal to Heal Breach.
ANSWER TO RABASA
PREPARED BY LAMAR

Ell PASO Te3., June 1g.-The sue
cess or failure of the Constitutional
list cause depends upon a compiete
settlement Of the difficulties between
General Carranza, political head Of
the Mexican revolutionists, and Cen
eral villa, his chief military leader,
in the opinion Of prominent members
Of both factions here, who today
anXiously awaited developments fol-
lowing the dispatch last night Of a
joint appeal for harmony to both
leaders.
With the belief general here in
Coustitutionalists circles that the
Federals at Zacatecas have been re-
inforced recently. and that they are
determined to defend the city to the
last, the hope of speedy capture OF
this important point is far from
bright only immediate action on
the part of the com bined available
Constitutionalist forces viii accom-
plish this, In the estimation Of the
revolutionary leader.
Hope to Restore Harmony.
The rumer that the cargo of the
steamship Antilla, which was landed
for the Constitutionalists at Tam
pico a fortnight ago. had fallen into
the hands of Villas lieutenants. has
served to intensity the feeling of un@
easiness. Hopes of settlement OF
the reported breach are based upon
the concerted appeal of leaders il
both factions to bury all differences
50.
overthrow the Huerta government.
NIAGARA FALLS. Ont, June r.
Justice Lamar was at work early to-
day on a reply TO the statement IS
sued last night by Emilio Rabasa- OF
the Mexican delegation but waited
word from President Wilson and Sec
retary Bryan as to whether it should
be made public
Mr. Rabasa's statement was para
| phrase of a memorandum given 70 the
/ American delegates last Friday cratl-
e,.ising their plan for the establishment
/ Of a provisional government.
The statement declared tina insists
cnce by the United States on Con-
stitutionalist for a provisional Press-
dent would be ..tantamount to abes-
b
violence at the elections There WAS
q great deal of speculation as TO tue
reason for publishing the Mexican
statement at this time. The Ameft-
can delegates were not offended. but
they thought that notice OF publlea-
tion of the substance Of the memo
randum, to which reply had a.
ready been given. should nave 9een
convened to them SO that Response
could have been published at the
same time In the Mexican state
/ ment no reference was made to the
fact that the American delegates had
replied.
While I was said in some quarters
that the action of the Mexican dele
cation savored OF discourtesy, the
American delegation felt that the
responsibility for any i'll effect upon
negotiations that might be produced
by airing an exchange of personal
opinions in the press, would fail on
I the Huerta delegates.
! It was made known that the Amer-
lean delegation answered almost M
mediately the memorandum received
/ from Alr. Rabasa. The response was
considered by the American delegates
as an adequate defense OF the posi-
tom tbev had assumed toward the
esta blishment Of new proVislonai
government
1t is said to declare that the Mex
tco delegat ton had not taken into
I consideration the fact that the United
States had no candidate for perTna-
nent president of Mexico. and that
/ under no circumstances would the
American government be party 70
anv influence on the elections of any
country. Its preference for q Constl-
u1tionalist for provisional president
, was due wholly to the conviction that
q man from that party must be taken
/ in order TO insure the disarmament
Of all factions that otherwise would
menace the new Mexican government
II a man not satisfactory to the Con-
stitutionalists should be installed IN
place Of Huerta-
The position Of the American gov
ernment is that an agreement be-
tween the United States and Huerta
on q neutral basis would be value
less, unless the great body of Gon-
! stitutionalist troops were ready e.
accept him which did not seem
likely from their expressed attitude.
The United States has argued for the
/ Constitutionalists on the theory that
;his vas the dominant military force
and that its conquest of Mexico City
was inevitabie that the installation
Of a capa BILE and broad-minded Con-
/ stitutioualist government by peacefal
means would prevent bloodshed and
loss of life. and bring Mexico back
10 normal conditions more rapidly
than through military triumph OF
| a revolutionary army