The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-06-17
REACH AGREEMENT
STUMBLING BLOCK Is REMOVED
FROM MEDATORs' PATH.
MEXICANS YIELD POINT
Full Conference Between Mediators
and Delegates Of Both Countries
Results in an Agreement as to the
Method Of the Transfer Of Author.
ity to the President to be Selected.

ity to the President to be Selected.
An important point in plans for
the pacihcation Of Mexico was gained
by the United States Thursday
through the conciliatory spirit dis
played by the Mexican delegation.
What had been stumbling block for
several days was passed in safety. :,
In a full conference Of the media
tors and the delegates Of both coun-
tries it was agreed that the transfer
of authority from the present admin
istration to the new provisional gov
ernment should be accomplished In
some other way than by Gen. Huer1
ta's appointment Of minister Of for
eign affairs to succeed to the proYi-
sional presidency. This method, pro-
Vided for in the Mexican constitution,
will be abandoned because the United
States insisted that to assent to II
would be tantamount to recognition
of Huerta's right to exercise constf
tutional functions.
The mediation conference had been
wrestling on this point for the three
weeks and for the past three days
continuance of the conference has
been threatened. The mediators
themselves almost had lost hope Of
a peaceful settlement. Somewhat
piqued at Gen. Carranza's delay In
answering their last communication
they suddenly had made public all
correspondence with the Constitution
alists and declared the incident clos,
ed.
AS the Americans began their dis
cussion with the mediators, the latter
|contended again that the method Of
transfer would not be construed as
recognition Of Huerta, but the Amer
leans reiterated that the Constitu-
tionalists would never accept such q
method and the United States could
not yield consistently with it's own
policy.
Finally, when matters seemed at a.
breaking point, Luis Elguero, one of
the Mexican delegates, entered the
conference room and Immediately
spirit of compromise was noticeable.
Observing it, the Americans suggest
ed that the other Mexicans come into
the conference and Emilio Rabasa
and Augustin Rodriguez Joined the
group. It was not formal confer
ence, but an impromptu talk. In a :
surprisingly brief time the Aneri-
cans found they had made more head.
way with the Mexieans direct than
they had previously by working
through the mediators.
The Mexican delegates said that
although anxious to follow the COM;
stitutional form, they would not frus-
trate the proceedings on technical
ity. Accordingly the first clause OF
the mediators' plan respecting the
method of transfer was omitted. A !,
substitute process will be left to iv
ture conferences.
Frederick W. Lehman told CORE
spondents of the congress made and
Justice Lamar dictated the following:
"I was authorized by the mediators
to say that we have substantially
agreed on the first plank as to the
method of transfer Of authority to :.
the new provisional government.
Tuesday nights conference lasted
more than an hour: Another almost
,irreconcilable difference of opinion
exists on the type of man for: the pro-
visional presidency, the Mexicans ar
guing for a neutral while tne
Americans want an: out and. out Con
stitutionaiist.
One of the individuals being talk.
ed of informally is Gen. Natera, COM
mander Of the central division OF the
Constitutienalist army. The Mexi-
can delegates have heard that.hes Is q
man Of humane disposition with no
thirst for loot or execution. Whether
he is fitted for the political task con-
fronting Mexico is point on. which
there is little information, Luz
Cabrera, confidential adviser Of Car
rama, is another who is being favor
ably considered. -.''.'' ~ >assts
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