The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1914-04-29
MEDIATION
PROGRAM
a ARRANGED
'JuIted States and Mexico Will
ing TO Talk Peace
NATIONS may ESCAPE WAR

American Republics Accepted and
Dark Clouds Are spelIed-Some
Officials in Washington Do Not Be,
lieve Diplomacy Can Bring Huerta
to His Knees.
Spanish Ambassador Riano an
nounced he had received official adj
vices from Mexico City stating that
General Huerta had accepted the offer
of Argentina, Brazil and Chile to use
their good offices to bring about an
amicable settlement of the difficulty
between the United States and
Mexico.
This means that all hostilities be-
tween the United States and Heurta
will cease at least pending the media.
tion proceedings.
So far as was learned no word has
yet been received from Carranza, but
there is no doubt in Washington that
he will be forced now through public
sentiment in Mexico to become party
to the mediation.
The acceptance of the offer of tlia
South American republic to mediate
does not mean that the entire Mexican
problem has been solved. 1t does
mean, however, that a crisis has been
averted and that the chances are very
much in favor of some development
which will prevent renewal of the
hostilities into which the United
States has been forced.
There is nothing in the mediation
proposal as submitted to Huerta
which indicates the conditions i'm
posed by President Wilson. These
conditions are:
That Huerta be eliminated and that
constitutional government in Mexico
be restored.
When it comes to the working out
of these fun 1amental problems in the
Mexican situation there may be in
surmountable difficulties but all Wash
ington drew a deep breath of relief
when the news flashed from the Span
ish embassy that at least temporary
suspension of the trouble was as
sured.
II Huerta finally accepts the condi-
tions imposed by President Wilson and
consents to his own elimination he
will reverse himself from his previous
defiant stand.
In the present emergency, however,
Huerta will find himself under
tremendous pressure not only from
the European powers but from
practically all of the Latin American
countries.
The attitude OF all the Central and
South American governments was in
dicated when several of them signi-
fed their willingness to join with
Argentine, Brazil and Chile in urging
Huerta to accept the present oppor-
tunity to give peace to Mexico.
The three A. B. C. governments of
reservations to Huerta on the ground
not only of peace in Mexico, but upon
the broader ground of the effect upon
all Latin America. This latter plea
offers Huerta an opportunity to yield
without the humiliation that arises
from a consideration of his own
political fortunes and the immediate
future of Mexico.
It must be acknowledged that of.
fetal Washington is skeptical in re-
gard to the mediation negotiations
under way. In fact 1t was learned
that several of the leaders of the ad,
ministration have little hope that any
settlement will be affected.
All are agreed, however, that the
United States would have been un,
justified in declining to avail itself OF
this last opportunity for a peaceful
termination of the crisis.
All agree, too, that the breathing
spell will give this government a
chance to strengthen its position
through the arrival OF troops at Vera
Cruz and through the removal of ref
ugees from Mexico.
1t was learned that Chile, Argentina
and Brazil are not the only Latin
American countries that brought pres
sure to bear upon Huerta to accept
the present opportunity. The diplo
matte representatives OF several Of
the Latin countries, one or two Of
them in Central America, expressed Q
desire to add the weight of their in
fluence to the efforts being made fol
a peaceful adjustment of the situa
ton.
Entirely aside from the mediation
situation the administration was more
encouraged over the news from Mex
leo than it was for some time. Not
only were the conditions in Mexico
City reported more favorable, with
refugees leaving freely on every train
but also the situation along the
border was more quiet.