Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-06-13
FIRST PROTOCOL FOR
PEACE SIGNED UP
PEACE DELEGATES SIGN
FIRST CLAUSE OF THE
PEACE TREATY.
ELIMINATION OF HUERTA
Provides Transfer of Mexican
Government From the Hands
Of Huerta.

NIAGARA FALLS. June r. Dole.
gates from ths United States and IN,
/ ltrerta government today formally
AFFIXED their signatures in the pres.
enco of the mediaung representative.
I of Argentina, Brazil and chile to IN,
/ INST protocol Of the series through
which 1t is hoped TO restore peace H.
! Mexico. The agreement AS to tn,
manner Of transferring executive
/ power from Hucrta TO the now pro-
Nisional government stood tho acid
test Of reduction to writing. II pro-
/ 'idcs that,
\ government is TO be constituted
/ in Mexico Of n character to be- later
/ provided which shall be- recognized 10y
/ III" United States ON tdate TO be
iMcu) and which from that day for
/ ward shall exercise public functions
/ urtil there shall be Waugmutod con-
sltutlonal president.
The briof protocol was significant of
| two things.
1t makes no mention Of General
liucrta as the provisional president,
ana MS stated in the Associated Press
dispatches last night, il omits the
Wothod Of transfer which the Mex
lean delegates and mcdiators sus-
Gcstcd and TO which the United States
objected on the grounds that its l.,
tcntIon would be tantamount to rec
ignition OF the existing regime.
The Mexican plan provided that
lluerta shall name as minister of for
elgn affairs the mnn agreed upon here
for provisional president
The Mexican delegates while aban-
doninG the constitutional form of sue
ccssiOn as "A part OF the protocol, are
satisfied because II does not specific
ally deny Huertas right to name as
minister of foreign affairs the man
chosen tor provisional president II the
latter sees tit to accept designation
from him. It Is not considered prob
able. however, that the now proVis-
ional president. who ia likely to be Il
constitutionalist, would take the
executive power directly from Huerta,
but he might do so from some othci
individual whom lIuerta might leave
in authority
All parties now are coucentratin.
on the second part of The peace plan
which relates to the name If the pro-
\
include his cabinet OF four
Though the protocol is of compara-
tlyeN few words It is tho embodiment
II that for which the United States
has been striving for more than n
elimination Of lluorta. with
lIuerta's formal statement Of his in
tention to withdraw when Mexico II
politically pacified today's protocot
takes for granted that such a pacifica-
ton will occur and arranges TOR the
transition.
The question Of constitutionallst
representation here is sull an open
one. The mediators say they will not
officially admit the Carranza dele
gates unless they agree to an armis-
tice. II is not doubted though. that
some way may be found for the con-
stitutiOnahsts to participate in tho
reace perleys after they arrive
Members Of the medating colony
tonight were united in optimistic
spirit for the first time since the
conferences opened with one block
cemcnted firmly In place. every one
was hopeful that the work done today
VIII prove to he the solid cOrnerst one
from which the entire structure OF
the peace plan will rapidly arise
Dclav Is tarrnnTaS Policy.
FL PASO, June l2.-Delay ls the
basis OF Carranza's policy. accordine
TO Information received here tonight.
An only menace 70 this supposed
plan today was the rumor, partially
admitted, that the long-cxpected es-
arrangement between Carranza ana
General villa is near a crisis
villa. TO whom credit is given for
nearly all the recent successes Of the
revolution, has remained AT Torreoh
viewing General Natera's efforts TO
take Zacatecas. Reports from the
south today said villa had shown
great resentment Mt Carranza's recent
attitude toward him. especially in the
Natera appointment. General car
ranzn tonight issued an order that
General Villa proceed Immediately
from Torreon 10 the assistance Of Ma
terra. This was announced officially |
here tonight
An official bulletin today an
nounced that Domingo Arrie,a. ono !
Of the brothers OF the Durango state. /
is In corr mand Of I 200 men assisting |
Natcras troops In tho Zacatecas at
tack.