Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-27
TO SAVE HIS Face
IS HOPE OF HUERTA
Dictator Reported Awaiting
Opportunity to Abdicate
With Dignity.
REBELS ARE NOW ANXIOUS
FOR PART IN MEDIATION
Move to Reopen Question of Sending
Delegates to Niagara Falls
Conference.

Official dispatches. sent from Mexico
City and received at diplomatic source
here today, say the withdrawal of
Huerta is possible" and add that it is
being delayed by the necessity of arrange
ments to permit the dictator to abdicate
with dignity.
Representatives Of the constitutionalists
here took steps today to reopen the aues-
ton of representation at the Niagara
Falls mediation conference.
i Secretary Bryan cancelled his engage
ment to speak before the arbitration con-
ference at Lake Mohawk because he did
not feel he ought to be away from Wash
ington at this time, he said.
Definite Information Lacking
Recurring published reports of the i'm
pending abdication Of Huerta received
much attention in official circles and in
the diplomatic corps. Admittedly. that
is one of the next important develop
ments in the Mexican situation which is
generally expected. but no one here pro-
fesses to have any definite information
of when it is likely to come.
| John Lind and c. a. Douglas. legal
representative of the constitutionalists.
held what was termed a neutral confer
ence early today and later went to the
State Department to take up the subject
with Secretary Bryan. who had gone to
| the Capitol to confer with senators OF
the foreign relations committee. Their
| conference with the Secretary was, on
that account. deferred until later in the
day.
| Neither Mr.. Lind nor Mr.. Douglas
would disclose under what conditions
the constitutionalists were willing to par
t:cipate. but the opinion was revived that
the powers Of a Carranza representative
would be very limited. perhaps without
plenary authority, and only for the pur-
puse of furnishing information. What sud-
den turn in the negotiations had brought
| about the new attitude of the Carranza
group was not disclosed.
| May Be Rebel Delegates.
| Today's development. which undoubted-
ly was one direct outcome of long confer
| ences Gen. Carranza has been holding
| over a special telegraph wire with Emilio
| Zubaran. his minister Of the interior in
| charge of the constitutionalist agency
| here. was pointed out as justifying the
1 optimism of the last day or two In official
circles, where it repeatedly has been said
! the negotiations were progressing salts
| factorily."
| Jose Fasconcelos. one of the Carranza
agents, who has been mentioned as a
|
rama at Niagara. still is in the city:
| Luis Cabrera another agent, arrived at
| New York today on the steamer Olympic
| from Europe: Fernando Calderon. a third
l constitutional representative. is in FL
/ Paso. 1t has been said that il Gen. Car
| rama sent representatives to the Niagara
conference those three men probably
4 would be selected.
I Whatever might be the first conditions
upon which Carranza would send rep
/ IN
I the fact that he may be willing to send
them at all is generally regarded here as
a very favorable indication.
| Impressed by Progress.
Although the constitutionalists have re-
iterated that they were willing to par
ticipate In any mediation which dealt
with the relations Of Mexico with the
United States, and that they were OPP
posed to taking part in any mediation
over the internal affairs of Mexico. 1t
was pointed out that the recurring pro-
| posal for the establishment of a pro-
visional government, to be selected by
the mediators the Huerta delegates and
/ the American delegates, and to be recog-
| nized by the United States, may have
| advanced the situation to the point where
the constitutionalists think 1t best for
their interests to have representatives on
the ground
President Wilson continued to keep
in touch with the Niagara conference
| through the means of special wire
from the White House to Niagara
Falls.
The Spanish ambassador today asked
for intercession of the United States
| with Gen. CarranZa. in behalf of two
Velasco brothers. at Monterey. threat
forced loan.
The Spanish vice consul at Torreon
has arrived in the United States. made
destitute by the constitutionalist cap
ture of that city.
Request for Record in Bauch Case.
| instructions to American Consul
Letcher. at Juearez, to furnish the State
Department with additional informa-
ton to complete the record so far as
possible in the case of Gustav Bauch,
the American railroad mechanic ar
lrested by the constitutionalist au-
|thorities at Juarez February IS last.
and who later disappeared. was the
foundation for a report that the de-
APARTMENT Is about to reopen the case
land also the Benton case. The purpose.
lit was explained today. is to close 1t
Iup by procuring the few fragments of
information still available regarding
Ibis disappearance from the Juarez
prison. There Is no known intention
of making any fresh representations at
this stage, although without doubt the
Bauch case will figure in the final ad-
ijustment Of claims to be preferred
against the Mexican government when
peace Is restored.
Bauch disappeared two days after his
arrest and friends who visited the
Jail with food and bedding could get no
trace of him. 1t is generally supposed
he was executed.
No Trace Of Retreating Federals.
Rear Admiral Badger cabled the Navy
Department that a force of constitution
alist cavalry sent out from Tampico had
returned, reporting no trace could be
found of Gen. Zaragosa's retreating fed
eral army.
number of field guns abandoned by
the federals when they evacuated Tam
pico were recovered.
The cruiser Des Moines. Admiral Bad
ger stated. had withdrawn from Tampico
and gone to Lobos Island. She has on
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