Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-04-26
Latin American Diplomats Plan
to Bring Pressure 10 Bear
Upon Huota to Get Out of
Office.
GOOD OFFICES" DOES
NOT MEAN ARBITRATION
-.rSt Question 10 Be Deter
mined Is Whether Mexican
Dictator viii Agree 10 Ac-
CeDt Mediation

w l-0H dittDtlnrt oi tho good ul
iIces If Brazil Argentina and Chile
o. compose the Mexican conflict, has
ccutcred the attention of international
authorities on Just SHAT the proceed
ure win bc ana what good offices
ARE under tia practice uf nations The
offer Of the South American ENJOYS
speaks of good offices, and the reply
of the United states government makes
reference to INTERPRETATIONS
Juhn Bassett Moore former couu-
sellor of the state department and am
authority ON international law points
out % distinction between the ease of
good offices and mediation and SAYS.
"The demand of good offices ON
their acceptance does not confer the
right of mcdiating
John Hays Definition.
John Hay, when secretary of state
said
"The phrase good offices being
somewhat elastic should be confined
TO two contingencies In it's first sense
10 corresponds TO the French term,
ufficio.' In it's second sense il Is APP
piled to arbitral INTERPRETATION aus am
impartial advisor of both parties, and
not only mpli 8. hut requires the ass
nt of both parties and oftener. a
spontaneous Invitations from each.
The Hague convention uses the two
terms good offices ana mediation in-
tcrchaugt ahly. The Hague provisions
follow
Article LIN case VI serious dis
agreement or conflict before an ap-
peal 10 arms the signutorN powers
n2rcr to have recourse. So far as cir
cumsancUs allow, To the good offices
or mediation " one or more friendly
powers
Article independently of this
recourse the sipnatory powers rccom-
mend that one cor more powers,
strangers to the dispute, should, ON
their own initiative. and as far as cir
cumstances may allow offer their
good offices or mediation To the states
nj variance
Powers Within Rights.
Powers strangers 20 tho dispute,
have the right Ia offer their good Of
Gccs or mediation oven during the
course Of hostllities
Tho exercise Of This right can ncv-
en- hc regarded ly one or The other
of the parties i'm conflict ms am UNI
friendly act.
That the work Of the three South
American ENJOYS Ia the present ease
will be purely advisory and not De OF
"a binding character appears 20 follow
from Article VI. OF The Hague con-
vention which provides;
Good offices ana mediation, either
az the request Of tho parties AT Nari-
ancc, on ON the initiative of powers,
strangers to the dispute, hoyc cNclu-
siveiy the character of advice ano
never have binding force
The Hague convention also pre-
yides that "thc acceptance ot media
ton cannot. unless there ho agree
mtnt 10 the contrafy have The effect
of intcrruptlng. delaying or hinder
ing mobilization or other measures OF
preparation for war. if mcdiatiou oc-
ours after the commencement ni hos-
Ulitics it causes no interruption % me
military operations i'm progress, I'M
loss there ho 9n agreement to the
GO utratX
Established Governments.
Mosl of the prcccdouts ON good OF
fees ana mediation are those ma
concerned. and 10 Vhat extent the
practice would apply tu "a do ttcto
government is not clear But the
adoption i'm the present cnse " the
usual course If rendering good Of
neos and its acceptance los the niied
States probably would result in the
usual procedure being employed.
one Of the prccedrnts ON good Of
fees was during the Cleveland admin
lstration and involved McXico At that
time Secretary Bayard rendered 70
Mexico the luod offices of the Unit
cd states In settling the conflict he-
tween Mexico and Guatemala. Anoth-
er precedent involving Mexico was
when that country and France wore
In conflict in 1883 Then the American
minister to Paris Mr. Cass was m
structcd 10 offer his assistance In amy
form which might prove beneficial,
and Il was added that the president
would feel no delicaey I'm tendering
his good offices" President buchanan
also sought SO employ his good OFFICES
in the war between Great Britain and
France and the Chinese empire ana
there were numerous other presidents
under later administrations
latin American Representatives.
The Brazilian ambassador ana inc
Argentina ana Chilean minister, upon
receiving information that their Of
fer Of good offices hud been accepted
hv the United states, agreed !" con
fer tonight to discuss what thcH
next step in the mediation would De
The Costa Eica envoy, joaquin cal
20. ranking minister Of tile diplomatic
corps, and Alberto Membrane minis
tar from Honduras. joined the three
south American plcnipottntlarle
while thty were comforting ON lheH
plans for mediation.
1pnacio caldcrOn. minister OF so
livu: Federico Alfon2o Pczct mlnla-
ter OF peru, Euzhio Morllrs minister
frcre ran1me al Manuel DE u
Vega -Calderuu. charge d afflires oi
Cuba. Joined the conferecs lator.
The Latin-America diplomats
spent an hour and half in discussing
the move for mediation.
Plans MOI Outlined.
NO plans for the future We're con
sidered. declared Peruvian Minister
pezet. after the conference, but We
have the best hope
The three south American enjoys
who proposed the intermediaiion TO
he United States laid before their con-
ferees the notes that had passed be-
.woon them and the American gov
,rnment They explained their plans