The Sentinel=record., 1914-06-05
coNFERS WITH MEMBERS REP PRESENTING CARRANZA INTER
 ESTS AT WASHINGTON.
BADGER MAY STOP ARMS
Shipment Made From New York to Carranza to Be Landed at Tampico Causing Government Officials Con siderable Worry.

wv dHuluElOHt June S.- inc wash lngtOn government today waited on Carranza insofar as progress in MeXi- can mediation was concerned It was c.early apparent that the constitu- tionalist leader was expected to make the next move in the diplomatic negO- tiations toward composition of MeXi- can affairs, but tonight no word has come as to what that move would be.
 At constitutiOnalist headquarters here no immediate action was expect ed, Rafael Zubaran, General Car ranza's chief representative in Wash ington, said.
 "l transmitted the note to General Carranza last night. It probably will be two or three days before a re- sponse is despatched. General Car ranza is about to leave for Saltillo. which also will operate to delay his decision
 Asked directly about the chances for constitutionalist representation at Niagara Falls. Mir. Zubaran said.
 Affairs are getting better, or to quote Mir Bryan's phrase. the stua- tion is encouraging.
 Washington officials today would not discuss the situation for publica- ton. John Lind who represented the state department in dealing with the constitutionalists conferred with the members Of the agency here throughout the day, urging them to use their influence to have their chieftain reply favorably to the pro posals of the South American media. tors.
 Iuis Cabrera, mentioned as a prob able delegate to the peace conference should Carranza agree to participate was in conference with Mir. Lind for several hours, after which Cabrera joined his colleagues, Mir. Zubaran Jose Vasconcelos and Juan F. Urquidi
 While mediation waited on Car ranza, the subject of ammunition bound from the United States for General Carranza's forces was upper most in discussion in official quar- ters. It became known that Admiral Badger had been cabled to keep watch on the Mexican federal gun boats in the vicinity of Puerto Mex ico in view Of reports from Mexico City that Huerta proposed to prevent if possible, the landing at Tampico of munitions en route 10 Carranza on the Cuban steamer Antilla.
 Naval officers expressed doubt as to whether the Mexican boats could maintain a successful blockade of Tampico with their base of supplies so far removed.
 It was generally regarded here as likely that ammunition shipments would reach Tampico unmolested.
 Conflicting statements as to the probable attitude of the United States regarding shipments of arms to the Mexican coutendins factions were difficult to reconcile. Today 8 developments threw little light on the subject, thotgh in some quarters the view was expressed that the American government would en- deavor to prevent the delivery ol arms to General Carranza's forces to influence him to incline a favorable ear toward peace proposals at Mag ara Falls.
 Gt is pointed out it would be easy for Admiral Badger 70 stop any am- intuition consignments from enter ing Mexican ports if -e were ordered to do so. but while officials have as serted the right to stop such shlp- ments at American ports, they have not yet made up their minds to eX' tend their authority to ,ae high seas to prevent the delivery of goods.
 In accounting for a large shipment of arms from Galveston, Secretary Garrison today said that from time to lime he had informed American arms makers that rifles and ammunition detained at various points along the Texas border by army officers could he taken away provided they were removed entirely from the border, This they had undertaken to do' anl if was inferred that the goods hau been concentrated at Galveston to seek the water route still open after ,he closing of land channels.