Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-02
j. s. AND HUERTA
SIGN 8 ARTICLES
Agreement Provides for PTovi-
sionaI President.
VILLA TAKES ZACATEcAS
Rebel General Loses 1900 Men in Cap
ture Of City-FederaI Loss Twice
/, as Many-General Artega
Is Killed.

FL Paso, Tex. June ga courier
reached here Wednesday with the news
that Zacatecas fell before the attack Of
General Villa. Details Of the fighting
are lacking, but Villa is reported to
have lost 1900 men in the capture Of
the city.
The remnant OF the federals is now
In flight They lost twice as many
men as the rebels, it is reported, Gen
eral Ortega was killed.
Washington, June 26,-Three i'm
portant protocol paragraphs were
signed Wednesday by the United
States and Huerta ENJOYS at Niagara
Falls, Ont, their ultimate value to de-
pend upon whether a final agreement
will be reached on the knotty prob
lens Of a provisional president. The
completed agreements are:
The different protocols agreed upon
supplement the protocol already
signed which provides for a provision
al government to succeed President
Huerta. The protocols agreed upon
were as follows:
The provisional government shall
be constituted by agreement Of the
delegates representing the parties be-
tween which the internal struggle in
Mexico is taking place.
Upon the establishment Of a pro-
VisiOnal government in Mexico City
the government Of the United States
Of America viii recognize it imme-
diately and thereupon diplomatic rela-
tons between the two counties will be
restored.
The government of the United States
OF America viii not in any form what
ever claim a war indemnity or other
international satisfaction.
The provisional government will
proclaim an absolute amnesty to all
foreigners for any and all political
Ofenses committed during the period
of civil war in Mexico.
The provisional government will
negotiate for and constitute an inter
national commission for claims of for
eigners on account of damages sus-
tanned during the period of civil war
as q consequence of military acts or
the acts of national authorities.
The three mediating governments
agree on their part to recognize the
provisional government organized as
provided by section L of this protocol
The mediators can adjourn within
twenty-four hours after an agreement
is reached on a provisional president.
The policy of the state department
at present is to endeavor to get the
constitutionalists, officially or other
wise, to agree to these protocols. 1t
is pointed out that no matter which
party succeeds in Mexico these three
protocols must be agreed to.
There is little hope that there will
be any immediate agreement on q
provisional president The mediation
proceedings will be protracted at least
until the results of the conference be-
tween the Huerta and constitutional
delegates this week at Buffalo are
known.
What is expected is that after the
meeting in Buffalo between the oppos-
ing Mexican factions, the mediators
may adjourn on the strength of their
protocols, have them accepted by Villa
and his military government and then
proclaim that the mediation has been
successful
The constitutionalist representa-
tives and the Huerta ENJOYS at Mag
ara Falls will meet in an informal con-
ference at Buffalo before the end of
this week.
General Carranza has notified his
representatives here that he is willing
for them to confer with the Huerta
spokesman in an effort to bring about
peace through diplomacy.