The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-19

parties represented at the negotiations and there is high authority for the pre- dicffon that when plans reach tan sible form they will be submitted to oarranza as well as those who are be- lieevd to have influence with Zapata The President gave his representa- lives autograph letters to present to the mediators. These letters refer to the, unofficial character of the repre- sentatiyes and indicate clearly that the final decision on all question pro- pounded so far as the United States is l concerned will be made by the gov ernment at Washington
 | The mediation conference is expected to reach climax in snort time. The President does not look for protracted negotiations. believing that before many days a definite idea of the concessions which General Huerta is ready to make Will be obtained. If the Huerta delegates are conciliatory and show themselves amenable to the plans proposed by the mediators and acceptable to the United States an effort to dr;.-. the constitutions alsfs into the agreement undoubtedly will be made by the American govern ment well by the mediators
 At constitutionalist headquarters the talk of promised arrangement by which Huerta would retire in favor of neutral person and cabinet who would conduct an election and guarantee certain imme- diate reforms has not yet made much Of an appeal Constitutonalst represen- tatives here say their military campaign is daily growing more aggressive and that in another month they will have set tied the Mexican question by forcibly taking possession of Mexico City.
 Regarding Carranza
 IS to mediation, they insist that the mediators never have answered General FQ 1rtss.f, 90 r..s IL
 sought to know the exact purposes of the mediation before sending a represen- tative to Niagara Falls The last word rom the mediators to Carranza was i'm In view of his refusal to suspend hostili ties with Huerta they must withdraw " their invitation for hisn to participate in the mediation. In many quarters here it is oeneVed Carranza s request eventually Will be answered after the negotiations proceed to more definite stage and that the mediators will then submit their plans to him.
 The military situation in Mexico. how ever, is giving the Washington govern ment some concern in the meantime and while confidence that mediation will be successful runs high <nere are those in the cabinet and the administration gener- ally who are a prehensive lest sudden ana unexpected turn of events may affect the entire status of the negotiations Some sporadic outbreak among Huerta,I troops, irresponsible hostile against .%e American forces or complcatio at Tam plco, where the constitutionalists are in control, 1t is realized. may at any moment alter the fwhole situation.
 That the Mexican federal gunboats may seek to interfere with commerce at Tam plco Is not credited here as likely, but the American government. in not recognizing the Huerta government, would not recog- nlze its right of blockade. Other foreign governments which have recognized Huerta, however, might be in an embar- rasing situation.
 The preservation of the status quo. at least so far as the international situation Is concerned, while the mediators at Mi agara Falls undertake their delicate task. IS at present the main concern Of the state department. For this reason 1t has acted promptly upon suggestions from foreign sources that European interests were endangered in the territory newly 1allen@ under control of the constitution alists near Tampico.
 Forced Loans an Issue
 Forced loans upon the principal mer- chants and we'll to do folks in the Mex lean towns and cities. which have suf- 1ered from the military invasion by one side or the other during the present re- belion, have been quite common and ex- cited little comment. For the most part these exactions have been laid upon na- tive Mexicans and a few Spaniards, the owners of the principal business concerns in the towns affected.
 Now, however, with the occupation of an important; seaport like Tampico,. the news of an attempt to levy one of these