Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-05-15
MEXICAN WAR"
SEEMS At END
U. S. Willing to Let Villa
mediate" With Gen.
Huerta.
MEDIAYORS IN DOUBT
Cancellation of Train Arrangements
Leads to CUnci"siOn Peace Pro-
ceedfngs viii Not Take
Place.

Washington, May 14.-ITnless HUI
| erta DEGREES otherwise. our war
with Mexico is over. Even the navy
and war department officials, who
| have been champing at the bit, con-
ceded this today.
The fall of Tampico having been ac-
complished, Villa is to be allowed to
crush Huerta slowly.
Secretary Bryan admitted today
taht Consul Silliman's fate is Still in
doubt, but the state department does
not appear exercised over the situa-
ton. 1t seems apparent that Secre-
etary Bryan has information on the
case which has not been made pub
lie.
peace indication came from We're
Cruz in the news from General Fun.
ston that Huerta has recalled General
Mas and substituted General Pens
in command of the Mexican forces
near Vera Cruz. This is believed tt
be due to protests by General Fun
ston on the reported execution Of Pri
vate Parks.
Catering to MaderOist.
Significantly Also General Pens
was a Maderoist, and his appointment
is regarded as sop to the Madert
faction in the hope of winning theil
support against the on-marchint
Villa.
While the fall of Tampico has end
ed the acute situation connected Will
the oil wells, it does not entirely re
move the dynamite from the Mexican
situation Complications will arise a
the port over questions of entry ant
the shipment of arms, but in view o
the peace attitude Of the administra
ton on question so irritating as tt
disturb the relations between the ad
ministration and the constitutional
| lists is expected to develop. The re
moval of the embargo on arms Wa
seriously considered at the Whit
houe today at conference between
the president and Chairman Stone o
the senate foreign relations commit
tee.
John Bull May Act.
. What Great Britain may do con
corning the murder Z Benton a
Juarez in view Of the capture o
Tampco, was subject of discussion
at the state department.
At the time of the incident Sir Ed
ward Grey significantly remarked
that Great Britain had no redress
against the constitutionalists eXcep
, by blockading a port of theirs if the.
had one.
If England's warships are now II
: touch with Villa at Tampico then tn
ghost of Benton is expected to com
back to haunt him. Just what step
England will take are not known, blu
: in view of the British interests a
Tampico it is expected that Grea
Britain will await reprisals or indem
\ nifty until a more convenient time.
Mexican ENJOYS Delay.
Washington, May 14.-Although Tn
state department. announced toda
that Huertas representatives at tn
mediation conference had sailed froT
Havana and would be on American
soil almost at once, the cancellation
of arrangements for a special train t.
take the mediators to Niagara Fall
was almost concurrent with an air Q
gloom and uncertainty which devel
oped today in the mediation camp.
II Dubious hints were thrown out a
one of the Argentine-Brazi Chile EN-
bassies that Huerta's representative
might be late or might not come a
all.
It has already been admitted tha
the mediators are merely markin
time without a hint of what Huert
will propose when his representative
come. It is known also that tn
American administration, with Cal