Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1914-05-29
S|LLlMAN IS FOUND
". s. CONSUL REACHES MEXICO
ctTY-LsAvEs FOR VERA
CRUZ.
ENJOYS PLAN BOARD RULE
Rebel Representative Declares Car
rama VIII Not Join Mediation,
Even n Dictator 10 Forced Out Of
the Presidency.

Mexico City, May 25.--John r. Sill
man, viceconsul Of the United States
at Saltillo, about whose safety there
has been grave disquiet In Washing
ton for more than two weeks because
Of the failure to get any direct word
from him, arrived here Friday on a.
train from the north. He registered
at hotel as companion" OF J. De
Gener. who came from San Luis Po-
tosi, but he went to the Brazilian lega-
tion to stay. He left Saturday for
the States by way OF Vera Cruz.
The delay in his arrival was. due TO
the fact that the railroad tracks were
torn up at several points and also to
several encounters which the military
escort OF 900 men provided for him
had with rebel bands.
Galveston. May 25.--After spending
ten years IN Mexico. the last 15 days
of which he spent in a cell three feet
square, underground, damp and YER
min-ridden, next TO the cell occupied
by American viceConsul Silliman OF
'Saltillo, DR.. Herbert F. Saunders ar
rived here, bringing with him his wife
ard three children.
Mexico City. May 25.-Extreme op-
dmism was maintained in official cir
cles over the outcome OF the peace
conference at Niagara Falls. A high
official said President Huerta was will.
.ng to sacrifice himself for the good
Of the country.
Niagara Falls. Ont, May 25.-Such
substantial progress did the A.-B.-C.
mediators make that they are now en-
gagged in the task of endeavorlng to
select members Of commission to ad-
minister the affairs Of the republic of
Mexico until a permanent government
can be established under constitu.
tional forms.
The Mexican delegates have ex-
pressed hearty accord with the COM
mission plan.
The American delegates. while eau
tious in their attitude. have concurred
in the general principle involved.
The constitutionalists, however,
have to be reckoned with. They have
not notified the mediators OF an in.
tention to take part formally in the
Niagara Falls negotiations. but there
are signs that they have modified their
attitude of Indifference toward the
peace movement and are inclined TO
view it more favorably
New York. May 25.-Jose Vasconce.
los, General Carranza's special agent,
chosen as a constitutionalist repre-
sentative to the Niagara Falls media
ton conference, denied that he was
70 receive such an appointment or that
Carranza would ever consider media
ton as a solution Of Mexico's internal
problem.
AS long as the Huertistas are at
Niagara we will not be represented
there" said Mr. vasconcelos. The
only way my party meets Huerta is on
the battlefield.
THE elimination of Huerta will not
solve our difficulties Even II the A.
&c. mediators eliminate Huerta Il
will not interest US. We are not fight.
ing a man. but a series Of abuses.
We shall be in possession OF Mex
ANO Wy anu NtAANO Nllllt tue abb
delegates are comforting with a power
which no longer exists.
Il have no instructions and no infor.
nation about this rumored participa.
ton Of the constitutionallsts in the
mediation, except what read in the
days papers. have no idea will be
named as delegate to the Abe. con-
ference.
Personally as a Mexican thank
the A.-B.-C. powers for their efforts TO
settle conflict that has been brought
in my country by some OF its bad citi-
zens. But the A.-B.-C. powers have no
more right than the United States to
interfere or advise in our internal
questions.
These questions should not be dis
cussed in the Niagara meetings. lam
sure the constitutionalists will not be
a party to such a violation OF our
sovereignty"
Niagara Falls. Ont, May 23.-At a
conference OF the mediators lasting
from midnight until after one O'Clock
Friday morning the matter OF the pro-
cedure In the event that a constitu-
tionalist envoy asked to become a
party unof1cially to the mediation
proceedings was discussed. The me-
'diators decided that they could not
admit such a representative. Their
position is that any constitutionalist
delegate must come as the other par
ties to the conference have come.
with proper letters OF credencs. en-
powering him to participate fully In
the negotiations.
Clifton House. Niagara Falls, On