The Detroit times., 1914-06-02


on TO the last. as they are anxious
for a speedy CONSTITUTIONAL agree
ment that will save the face or llu-
erta The mediators may be expect
ed TO continue their efforts until con
WINGED that a settlement Is impossl-
Bile, when they would then suggest
that the conferences be terminated
BY WILLIAk q. SHEPHERD.
tStd6 Correspondent United PreSS.)
VERA CRUZ, Mex, June 2.-Refu-
gees arriving here today from Mexico
City brought more tales of the many
and conflicting wild rumors about the
movements and aims OF Gen.
Huerta, which are rife In the capital
According to fresh arrivals, Huerta
has left Mexico with his family by
the east coast Huerta has escaped
by tho west coast Huerta is not go
ing To leave Mexico, but will refuse
To resign: Huerta already has resign
ed, placing his resignation in the
hands OF the Brazilian minister, 10 be
opened on June 4. after Huerta's de.
parture.
party OF leading Mexicans, arrN-
ing from the capital, professed TO be
astonished at not finding the Huerta
family and members OF the dictator's
cabinet aboard the Hamburg Ameri-
can liner Ypiranga, which cleared
from here last night for Havana and
Hamburg.
I'VE know" they said. that Huer.
ta's family left Mexico City by spe-
cial train a week ago last Saturday.
We know, too, that Huerta left last
Wednesday by special train Both
trains were guarded by soldiers"
The refugees stuck to their stories,
despite news here indicating Huerta's
presence in the capital after the date
they said he had departed
The Mexican refugees. questioned,
admitted all they saw was two empty
trains going toward Mexico City,
which they passed on their way down
TO Vera Cruz They surmfsed they
we're the trains used by the Huertas.
The rest, they said, was based on
rumors
IL vas evident that when these ref
ugees left the capital, the public there
was convinced Huerta had fed
The steamships entering and leav-
Ing the harbor and all trains enter
strictest surveillance by the Ameri-
can forces but. nevertheless, on hear
ing tho food OF stories, General Funs-
ton watched the Ypiranga as she went
oGt.
If Huerta or his family are on
that ship. You and | were scooped on
a good story" General Funston laugh
tngIy said TO newspapermen. "Of
H., a
members OF Huerta's family. but II
would have been an interesting dis
coYery"
WASHINGTON, June 1.-The con-
stitutionalists must be considered in
any general pacincation plan for
Mexico In which the United States
has any responsible part, despite re-
ported objections of the A-B-C med
iators
This was the unalterable stand Of
the administration today II Is the
principle for which the American
representatives at Niagara Falls have
been instructed to stand firmly.
This government is willing and
anxious TO include Carranza in the
mediation negotiations 1t Is work
ing earnestly toward that end. How
ever, the mediators the United
States-must be responsible for fail
ure TO have Carranza and his claims
included within the scope OF med
iatlon.
Despite unfavorable reports from
Niagara Falls and the Mexican bor-
der today, regarding the dispute be-
tween CarranZa and the mediators,
administration officials expressed the
confident belief that the situation
does not contain serious elements
imperilling success of mediation
They professed TO see a typical Lat
in-American game OF diplomacy as
xemplified by Latin-Americans them
selves-the three medlators, Car
rama and the Huerta representa-
tives.
Some plan for inclusion OF Car
rama in the mediation negotiations.
il is confidently believed here, Will
be found within As hours.
IL also seems certain that the
United states will not agree to any
settlement which would leave Car
rama and the constitutionalists com
pletely "out in the cold" They are
regarded as the most powerful factor
today, in Mexican affairs, and any
settlement which they would not ac-
cept would be we'll nigh futile Med
iation which would settle disutes be-
tween this government and Huerta
alone and which would leave Car
rama and his adherents disgruntled
or In continued belligerency would he
far from the aims sought by this gov
eminent I'm accepting mediation
ENTHUSIASTIC CROWD