The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-06-12
j. S. BALKS At PLAN
MEX|CANs SUGGEST
DETAIL BECOMES A SNAG TO
MEDIATION AT THE NIAGARA
FALLS CONFERENCE.
WAY OF NAMING PRESIDENT
Huerta Seeks Recognition by Being
Permitted to Name Man Chosen by
Arbitrators-Two Hours Arguing
Ends in Flat Disagreement.

Niagara, Falls, Ont, June 1.-THE
United States is unwilling to extend
recognition to a new provisional presi-
dent if named according to the method
prescribed by the Mexican delegates,
which is that General Huerta would APP
point as minister of foreign affairs the
man who is agreed on here to head
the new government.
Contention of United States.
The Washington administration con-
tends that if General Huerta is per-
mitted to name the foreign minister,
who by constitutional succession would
be elevated to the presidency, even
though the selection be made here,
such an act would be construed as rec
ognition of the Huerta government
On this issue the mediating plenipo-
tentiaries came to fiat disagreement
at a conference held for consideration
of the exact method by which the new
provisional government in Mexico
would be created
For more than two hours the media
tors and American delegates argued in
vain and it was apparent when the
conferences ended that what hitherto
had been considered matter of detail
had suddenly developed into a snag.
Mediators May Not Insist.
The Mexican delegates had not dis
cussed the point at any length with the
mediators when the latter took it up
with the Americans. Although the
three South American diplomats ar
gued strongly from the Mexican view
point, there is good reason to believe
that the Mexican delegates will not ia
sist upon hits arrangement if they find
the United States absolutely determin-
ed against it.
One of the Mexican delegates in
sisted that they regarded the form of
transition as technicality which
could be dispensed with if the Ameri-
can government found it impossible to
agree to the method suggested by the
Mexican delegates. The mediators
contended with vehemence that the
forms of the Mexican constitution
should be preserved in the present in
stance. ssl@i%lM
Americans Remember Rebels.
The American delegates are under
stood to- have pointed out that the
Constitutionalists certainly would new
er agree to a plan of transition which
legalized Huerta's status. Also the
American government, it was declar-
ed, could not, consistently with it's
previous course, extend what would
be tantamount to recognition if Huer-
ia actually appointed his own success
sor.
There is a possibility that a COM
promise method will be agreed upon.
Pedro Lascurain, who was minister
of foreign affairs when President Ma
,dero was assassinated, could be re-
appointed to the cabinet and succeed
to the provisional presidency and then
appoint as foreign minister the man
agreed upon by all parties for the
new provisional executive. Lascurian
is persona non grata with the Consti-
tutionalists, but it is not believed
there would be objection from them to
his brief tenure of Office in order that
the transition might be constitutional
ly effected.
Will Take Time.
The divergence of opinion which de-
veloped over the method of succession
illustrated the difficulties before the
mediation principals. Predictions that
an agreement would soon be reached
were abandoned in quarters hitherto
optimistic for quick conclusion. The
counter proposal of the American gov
eminent to the Mexican plan has not
yet been taken up with the Mexican
delegates, though they received them
from the mediators earlier in the day.
A point which gave the Mexican
delegates much satisfaction was that
no war indemnity would be demanded
by the United States as a result Of the
occupation of Vera Cruz The Ameri-
can government has taken the position
that the only reparation it desires for
past offenses is the establishment of a
sound and stable provisional govern
ment which all factions will accept.