South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-23
~ IAURENCE TOD.
Staff COrresDOndent.

MEDIATION HEADQUARTERS,
Clifton Hotel, Toronto, Ont, May 20
A new angle was added 10 the confer
ences being conducted by the media
ton cOnferees when code messages
were vent to the South American rep
1-esent,Stives today. They came from
Buenos Ayres, Santiago and Rio ia
metro. capitals respectively OF Argen-
tine, Chile and Brazil and also from
London.
1t is understood mat IN the Lohdon
despatches q powerful appeal was
made to protect the business interests,
not only OF Mexico but OF all LatlA-
America against the "dictatorial policy
OF the United States The ta1l OF
Hderta was pictured as the torerun-
ner Of anarchy and wholesale murder
throughout Mexico to be followed Dy
American conquest. This in turn, the
British petitioners declared. would
mean a further conquest or CentraI
America by the Yankees and would
impern the republics still farther
south.
The mediators were begged to take
n stand that would prevent aggression
by the United States.
Concede Rebel Triumph
Conceding the probability or COM
plete triumph by Gen. Villa and Gen
Carranza IN the present mllltaIy cam
paigp against Pres. Huerta- the con-
serVatfve interests OF Mexico repre-
sented at the mediation conference are
looking forward to a new revolution
against the constitutiOnalists.
The slogan Of this hOped-for uprls-
ing will be Down with the friends oil
the GrinSOes'.
This view Of the immediate future
OF war-torn Mexico was revealed to-
day by a member OF the Mexican party.
''Villa's success is born defective,
ne said. "Our people will not toler-
ate any man 20 whom the demagogue
can point as the tool Of the Amerl-
cans. lie may seize the country for a
little while, but the nation viii over
throw him"
VIII Take Up Land Question.
At the same time the Mexican dele
gates are allowing themselves TO be
understood as ready 10 take up the
land question in this mediation con-
terence. Members OF the Huertistas'
guite saw that the entire Mexican pub
Ifc is agreed that the problem Of dis
tFibutIon OF the land must be solved
The cientifcos. they maintain, are
ready to begin the solution by Great
ing "A commission to draft plan OF
putting the Indians and other poems
under some such scheme as the Eng
Hsh small holdings act. Long term
contracts for settlement on the land
would be offered and the government
would finance the original purchase
from the present holders by bond
issue.
Would Retain Arid Regions.
Senor Algara. recently charge
d'afraIres at Washington, says that the
entire question can be disposed OF
without stripping the great land own
ers OF any part OF their wealth. he
would have the government undertake
irrigation projects throughout the arld
regions where water is available. lie
asserts that. but for the revolution.
this would have been done by Portrtn
Diaz.
But the Mexican delegates who
came Go Niagara Falls to parley with
the American government viii not
easily agree TO giving up the landed
interests at once. T'Iey have told the
mediators that they should be allowed
for gradually working out both a
scheme of purchase and system OF
farm loan banks, in order that the re-
form shall not utterly fail
Long code messages came over five
special wires 20 the meGiatOrs this
forenoon Ambassador pa Cana
NaOn and Minister SuareZ had elabO-
rate reports sent ont yesterday. and
the replies were transmitted today.
From the white house and state de-
partment at Washington are coming
l new instructions 90 the American COM
4mission. From Mexico City are COM
y ing dispatches What Huerta is say
fnC is n less consequence. except as it
may hasten the end.
No Parry Back of Iiucrta
''So party in Mexico b. backing
Huerta" was the way q Mexivan put
the situation The cienunco group IS