Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-06-02
CAN ONLY MEET HUERTA
With THE SWORD


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poses OF their movement Woulo fancy
Tor a single moment mat they Would
ever consent that they would nave
anything Whatever TO 90 with anyone
irlenoIy TO- or heretofore connecteu
with Huerta" Inc OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
make II plain beyond question that they
Will recognize government estap-
nsned uhder the pan OF Iuauaiupe at
the triumph OF the reVolusloh' Accord
lng TO TINS plan the commander IN
chlef OF the constltutlonallst army VIII
be the provisional president OF the
Mexican repupllc WhlIe the electlons
are pelns Verliled ana constitutional
order is restored to the country T1eF
point out the TACT that cohquerors are
not usually wont to permit the con-
quered TO dlctate the terms OF peace,
which is practically what is to be asked
OF them by the commission Const;tu-
tlonalsts are especially caustlc IN
their comment on the proposal OF the
commission 10 take up the agrarlan
question ana propose some form or set
tlement. They declare that this is
purely internal problem and That they
Will tolerate no outside interference.
indeed this is their attitude with re-
gard to the entire proceedings OF the
mediation commission. Ihey declare
that II let alone they VIII settle the
entire Mexican problem in few
months, ana IN PROOF or their ABILITY TO
DO thls' point TO what they nave al
ready accomplished in the way or
driving the tederals from TWO thirds
OF the area or the country with the
imminent prospect or securing the
They point also to what they have
already done and are doing in settling
the agrarian problem.
When SHOWN statements bearing IN
ference that should the Niagara Falls
plan not be agreeable to the constitu-
tionalists they would be forced to ac-
cept II or be crushed the constitution
alist leaders ask how and by whom?
situation Called Ludlcrous.
They point out that the alleged OBJ
tect of the Niagara Falls conference
was to promote peaceful government
With nearly two-thirds of Mexico in
their control and now being restored
to basis Of peace after four years OF
civil strife, the constitutionalist lead
ers fall to see what peaceful measures
could be brought to bear to constrain
them TO accept the plan. They assert
that with an army OF approximately
| 10000 men in the field the occupation
OF the remainder of Mexico, the cap.
ture of the capital and the elimina'
ton of Huerta and his followers is {
matter or not more than two months
should any or all of the foreign ma
tons party to the conference at Ma
CARA Falls decide as result of tha
use force to secure acceptance of theil
plan, the constitutionalists feel that /
would present situation so contra,
dlctory as to be ludierous. The an
nouncement that a basis had been Sc,
cured for the solution of the agrarial
question was received with laughter
The constitutionalists do not acknowl
edge the right of the mediators to rul'
concerning this subject. especially al
the stand Of the Huerta party on tn,
matter largely was responsible for thu
unrest IN Mexico.
The constituencies assert th'
Foreign mediators have not been abl'
10 settle this question In their owl
countries and yet they apparently TAX
1t upon themselves to settle so grave |
matter for a country OF whose loca
conditions they must be ignorant. Tn
leaders explain the agrarian problem