The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-03
Withdrawal Based on Con- ditiOn That Mexico Is to Be Politically Pacified and Properly Governed
NO PERSONALITY
 AN OBSTACLE TO
 PEACE AGREEMENT
Pride Nor Personal Interest of Dicta- tor Will Prevent Resignation if the Proper Conditions Are Met, Ac- cording to Statement Given Out by Mexican Mediators

Niagara Falls, June 2-Genernl Huerta h preparing to resign. He to-
 day authorized his representatives at
 the mediation conference to announce
 to the world that "neither mistaken
 pride nor personal interest," would pre-
 vent his withdrawal when once Mexico
 1s politically pacifiedr and the govern
 ment succeeding his is constituted
 that 1t can count the support of public opinion in Mexico.
 The Mexican delegates in their formal
 statement revealed that they had been
 instructed from the first to inform the
 1nediators tbat General Huerta's personals
 iey would not be an obstacle toward reaching a peaceful settlement They also stated that the internal situation in Mex
 leo was necessarily bound up with the in-
 ternational questions" and that this spirit had actuated them in coming to the lnedi- aticn conference. Coincident with the an- luuncement by the Mexican delegates of their position, the mediators tonight gent a note by mail to Rafael zuoaran Cap many, representative of General Carranza in Washington, replying 10 the communi- caticn brought here Friday by Juan +. U1quidi. The mediators In effect asked General Carranza if the consgitutionalists were willing to discuss internal as well as international questions, and if they were
 ready to declare an ai4plstice with the Huerta forces so that the political paci- 2jcs tion" to which the Huerta delegates re- fcrred in their statement might be speed ily brought about.
 Deadlock Broken
 These acts-the issuance of th- state ment by the Mexicans and the mailing of to, Vi,h ka ba dco lnpk in the negotiations, the existence of which the mediators today formally denied. Ii nevertheless was authoritativeiy estab- lished that not until the mediators with drew the original intention of ignoring the Zubaran note did the American dele gates consent to go ahead with a discus sion of the general peace plan, on which substantial progress was made in today's conferences. The statement by the Mex jeans, prepared two days ago, but roi issued until General Huerta had tele- gr7lphed his complete approval today o1 Isthe tentative plan for new provisionil government, also carried the negotia- tions q long step forward.
 Just before the statement was issued the Mexican delegates had q long confer ence with the mediators. Afterward they telegraphed General Huerta to send then the names of the men who will be satis factory to him for places in the new pro visional government, to consist of two men chosen by Huerta, two by the consti tutionalists and a neutral provisiona President selected by common agreemen ] of all parties The first four are to com pose the cabinet, but are to be morall, I obligated by the terms of any agreemen 2 reached here to share equally the respon ability of fair administration which vii be expected not only to conduct a gen n eral election, but to make a beginning ol 'i Internal refOrms-
 \ By subordinating personalities ana r declaring themselves in favor of treat | ing internal as well as internationa questions while not yielding their nat 4 lonal sovereignty, the Mexican dele * gates it was generally agreed here 9 launched a strong argument agains k the consfifutionalist position. The gen. H oral view was that if the Huerta rep. |t resentatives had found no impropriety & in dea1in1 here with the internal Mex X ican situation, the world general, would not approve of technical objec & tions to the same course which nigh 5 be offered by General Carranza-
 3 Armistice Discussed
 ! Whether an armistice could be ar N ranged was another topic of interest # The mediators are known to feel that | H the constitutiona1ists are sincerely de
 l sirous of restoring peace in Mexico M they could arrange an armfst1ce for Il
 days or two weeks without ceasint Hmilifary preparations The mediator
 ard of the opinion that the next two ol
 )three days will develop clearly whethel 4 the constituttonalists are really seek ing peace.
 Il The explicit statement from thu [t Huerta delegates encouraged the thre'
 I diplomats greatly in that 1t set befor' W