The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-06-03
HUERTA IS READY
TO RESIGN FROM
PRESIDENCY
When Mexico Is Politically Pac,
flied" He VIII Quit
AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT
Evident That Ais Agents at Niagara
Falls Had Been Thus Originally
Instructed

Niagara Fails, Ont, June -.-bcu'
Huerta is preparing TO resign. lie
today authorized his representatives
at the mediation conference to an
nounce to the world that neither
mistaken pride nor personal interest
would prevent his withdrawal when
once Mexico is politically pacifed'
and the government succeeding his is
so constituted that II can count on
the support OF public opinion In
Mexico.
The Mexican delegates in their for
NAL statement revealed that they had
been instructed from the first TO in
form the mediators that Gen Huer-
tas personality would not be an OBJ
stacle toward reaching a peaceful set
Element.
They also stated in unequivocal
terms that the internal situation in
Mexico was necessarily bound up
with the international questions
and that this spirit has actuated
them in coming to the mediation con
ference
Coincident with tho announcement
by the Mexican delegates OF their 20
sition, the mediators tonight sent a
note by mail to Rafael zubaran, rep
resentative OF Gen. Carranza in
Washington. replying to the commun
ication brought here last Friday by
Juan F. Urquidi.
The mediators in effect asked Cen
Carranza. through MIR. bulgarian, Il
the constitutionalists were now will
ing to discuss internal as well as in
ternational questions. now consider
ed inseparable not only by the media
tors, but by the American and Huer.
Ia delegates as well. and II they were
ready to declare an armistice with
the Huerta forces so that the poll
teal pacification" to which the Huer
Ia delegates referred in their state
ment might be speedily brough.
about.
These acts-the issuance of the
statement by the Mexicans and the
mailing of reply to Zubaran-broko
the deadlock in the negotiations. the
existence OF which was formally de
MED during the day by the mediato.s
II was. nevertheless, authoritative
ly established that not until the med
ators withdrew their original inten
ton of ignoring the Zubaran note
did the American delegates consent
to 80 ahead with discussion OF tho
general peace plan on which sub
stantial progress was made in to
days conferences.
The statement by the Mexicans
prepared two days ago, but not issu
ed until Gen. Huerta had telegraphed
his complete approval today of the
tentative plan for a new provisional
government also carried the negotia-
tions long step forward and an at
mosphere of optimism prevailed in
the mediation colony tonight
The mediators are of the opinion
that the next two or three days will
develop clearly whether the constitu
tionalists are really seeking peace
or are merely obstructionists.
The responsibility, If the program
should now be upset, the mediators
feel. will devolve on the constitution
alists. Realizing this, the American
delegates have been working emerge.
tically on instruction from Washing
ton to leave no stone upturned by
which technical objections made by
the constitutionalits in previous cor.
respondence with the mediators
might be removed and the pathway
cleared for a frank understanding on
the question of constitutionalist par.
ticipation.
The mediators, it is understood
have in their note to Zubaran now re
iterated that the chief points in
which they are concerned are a sus
pension of hostilities in the civil
strife and a discussion of Mexicos
internal as well as international af
fairs The Zubaran communication
and its reply will be made public
here tomorrow.