Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-05-09

Washington, May S.-lt was an nounced late tonight on good author ity that Frederick w. Lehman of St. Louis, solicitor-general in President Taft's cabinet had been appointed United States delegate to the media tion conference at Niagara Falls. One of his associates will be member of the United States superem court and the other Richard Olney.
 Washington, May S-Today's de- velopments in Mexican situation tooX new war like turn. It is felt here that the United States has now reach ed a point where it must either back down and out of Mexico or fight.
 Dictator Huerta today charged this government with violation of an armistice by it's occupation of Vera Cruz, and he threatens to withdraw entirely from mediation. He has, SC far, entirely disregarded the demands of this government for information about the safety of Vice Consul Silli- man, reported prisoner of federal General Maas at Saltillo.
 President Wilson again faces a di- vided cabinet. Tonight the war de- partment is awaiting the word that will send an overwhelming force into Mexico. The word may come at any moment.
 Bryan Urges Delay.
 Backed by alarming reports from Mexico City and the demand of Gen eral Funston for re-inforcements, the majority of the cabinet pressed for a swift and decisive demonstration of the power of the United States to pacify Mexico.
 Secretary Bryan bitterly fought this plan, holding out for more delay.
 President Wilson might have agreed to Funsto1's plea for re-ln- forcements today but for a muddle which the mediation negotiations have prodruced.
 The sending of relief to Funston would be disturbance of the status quo and breach of the armistice with Huerta justifying an immediate attack by General Maas on the Amer ican troops at Vera Cruz.
 Wants Porto Rican Fighters
 General Funston has asked the war department to send him the Porto Rico regiment as his first and most necessary reinforcement.
 This appeal of General Funston's was the most striking and imperative feature of the long telegram which caused the midnight meeting of the war department officials, and which was conveyed also to the president.
 General Funston has made obser- vations as far as he could along the line of the Mexican railway and re- ports very dangerous state of af- fairs, if he should be called upon to advance to the Mexican capital. He reported to the department that the chief danger lay in his discovery that, by some ones orders, every tunnel on the railroad has been mined.
 MexicO's Roads We'll Guarded
 He also reported the presence of federal troops nearly everywhere along the route of the railroad and roads parallel to the railroad by which he should have to advance.
 General Funston, in order to make his dispatch not necessarily alarming, described his motives in sending the news as precautionary"
 Between the lines, however. officials who spoke of the dispatch which alarmed the cabinet and the president last night, say that General Funston believed he would be attacked or that Huerta will commit acts purporsely which will force the general and his troops to go double-quick toward Mexico City.
 It is expained that the use of the Porto Rican regiment and it's neces- sity are manifest, and that the war de- partment must respond very shortly
 The tunnels must be flanked and examined ahead of the line of march The Porto Ricans are Spaniards ani all speak Spanish They know tht people with whom they have to con tead. They are used to climate ani heat similar to that in which they
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