Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-05-09
CANADA BECOMES
MEDIATION GROUND
FOR PEACE PLANNING
NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIO, Sc
LECTED BY THE DIPLOMATS.
SESSION STARTS MAY 10.
REBELS WON'T STOP FIGHTING
ArmistIce Rejected Because II Would
Help Huerta, Declares Carranza.
Rojas Quits Huerta's Cabinet-Me
dators Hard at Work.

aShlnEtOn-Ihc three South Amer
/ lean ENJOYS who have undertaken by
/ diplomacy 10 settle MexiCo'S civil
strife as we'll as her internal Difficult
! ties announced Tuesday that the first
I formal conferences with representa-
/ lives of the different parties inter
ested in mediation" would be held al
/ Niagara Falls, Ontario. May Is.
/ Secretary Bryan made the announce
ment for the three diplomats in a
brief statement, which read as fol
lows.
The mcdiators have notified the
different parties that Niagara Fails
Canada. has been selected rs the
place whore the mediators will con
fer with representatives OF the differ
ent parties interested in the media
ton and that the 18th of MAY has
been fixed as the date for the confer.
ence to begin"
Niagara Falls. Ontario. was selected
as the place to hold the mediation
conferences because it is neutral ter
ritory. yet in close proximity to the
United States.
The disposition of General Carranza
to eliminate himself from the media
ton proceedings if il should include a
discussion of MeXico's internal prob
lens has not met with the favor of ad-
ministration officials, but they do not
think the decision is final
The language of the declaration at
tracted attention. for although the en-.
voys had in note earlier said they
would withdraw their invitation for
Carranza representative unless an
armistice between the constitutional
lists and the Huerta forces was ar
gotiations were named in the state
department announcement.
Later it was learned authoritative
ly the reason for this was due to the
fact that a further effort was being
made to induce General Carranza to
send a representative. II was under
stood the mediators had further ex-
planned their position TO General Car
rama and still were hopeful that he
might be represented at the negotia-
tons without seeking to limit his
agent to discussion of any particular
subjects.
The text of the note the mediating
ENJOYS sent Monday TO General Car
rama, Withdrawing the invitation for
a constitutional representative to
come to Washington to participate in
the conference, was as follows:
I'VE have received your telegram.
in which you are kind enough to tell
us you deem it inconvenient for the
constituencies cause to suspend hos
tilities against General Huerta, on the
ground that such suspension would
only accrue to the benefit of Huerta.
and in which you declare that the
conflict between Mexico and the Unit
ed States, for whose solution you ac
cepted our good offices, is independ
ent of the internal strife in that
country.
we consider this unexpected state
ment inconsistent with the idea which
caused us to offer our good offices
We think, indeed, that all the difficult
ties which have contributed toward
the present situation in Mexico bear
either directly or indirectly on the so
luton of the pending conflict between
Mexico and the United States. Con
culties should be made the subject of
consideration in negotiations, for
whose successful conduct we have
deemed it indispensable to suspend
hostilities..
Should you not deem 1t so. We will
be compelled in that case to withdraw
as inopportune our invitation for the
appointment of representatives of the
in such negotiations
1--WE beg to assure you of our high
est considerati ton"
ashington.-General Carranza and
the constitutionalists Monday were
practically eliminated from the pro
ceedings OF three South American en-
vOys who have undertaken to solve
the Mexican problem by diplomacy
In telegram to General CarranZa,
the mediators announced that. in view
of his refusal to agree to an armistice
with General Huerta, they withdrew
their Invitation to him TO send a per
sonal representative to participate in
the mediation negotiations.
The mediators told the constitution
alist leader that as long as he main
tanned his present attitude. they must