Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-06-05
DELEGATES Auntt
ON MEXICAN PLAN
Huerta Must Surrender Power to
Provisional Gov srnment
of Five.
AMERICAN TROOPS TO LEAVE
All Factions Will Share in Control Of
Country Until New President Is
Chosen by Popular, Fair
Election.

Niagara Falls, Ont, May 28.-The
American and Mexican delegates to
the mediation conference have
reached complete agreement on a
plan for the pacification of Mexico.
Details have not been made public,
but the main points of the scheme
are as follows:
The transfer of the executive power
at Mexico City from the hands of Gen.
Victoriano Huerta to a provisional
president and four cabinet ministers.
This body has often been referred to
as commission, or junta.
These fivt men will share equally
the responsibility of putting into oper-
alton program adopted at the con-
ference for the conduct as soon as
practicable of new elections for presi-
dent, vice-president and members OF
congress. The five men would be neu-
trail persons as far as political affilia-
tions are concerned, but would be rep
resentative men, as nearly acceptable
as possible to all factions in Mexico,
including the constitutionalists, and
approved by the American govern
ment.
Prompt recognition of the provi-
sional government would be given by
the United States.
Withdrawal Of American troops Is
expected by the Mexican delegates to
follow as matter of course as soon
as the new government is installed.
To Back Present Congress.
While there may be no formal dec
laration on the subject, the Mexican
delegates expect a tacit understanding
to be reached that the United States
will regard as legal the financial trans
actions of the present Mexican con-
gress.
In the protocol there will be pro-
claimed principles on which study
of the agrarian and educational prob
lens of Mexico would be based, but
there will be made no mention of in
dividuals to compose the government.
The mediators and delegates intend
to use every effort to maintain the Sc
crecy of the names of individuals until
all elements in the proposed new gov
ernment have assented to the plan
or the actual change In government i'd
accomplished.
Arrange for Fair Elections.
1t is understood there win be no
reference in the protocol to the de-
tails of future elections, either as to
| forestalling any individuals from be
coming candidates or prescribing the
electoral machinery.
The protocol will declare simply for
a general election, fair to all factions
and looking to the restoration of per
manent government The new presi
dent would serve until 1916, filling the
unexpired term of the late President
Madero.
The Mexican delegates have looked
with disfavor on the proposal that Q
commission government should be es
tablished Professionally pending an
election. They have contended that
it would be unconstitutional. The me
diators, who are understood to have
conceived the idea originally, have
found way to bridge that difficulty
by preserving the forms of the Mexi
can constitution. The provisional pres
fdent and four ministers, to all intenti
and purposes, will act as unit in re
solving the various questions incidenl
to re-establishing permanent govern
ment.
The executive power, according t.
| H., <~l g.
the president, who can bestow 1t upor
cabinet officials. The four men wht
would act with the new provisiona
president doubtless would take charge
of the departments of foreign rela
tions, finance, war and interior. Sub
secretaries would continue In charg'
of the other departments.
Huerta has approved the mair
points in the plan. The Mexican,
came with plenary powers. but hav'
been referring vital issues to him, ant
he has been giving his approval o
their work. Interests of the constitu
tionalists are being kept in mind b.
the mediators. Names agreed upor
for the new provisional government
are expected to be such as the consti
tutionalists might indorse.
The mediators do not expect th'
question of constitutionalist repre-
sentation here to be reopened. Th'
conferences have progressed too IA
for that. The belief is that the Amer
tcan government is sounding out th'
constitutionalists on details of th'
plans.