The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-27
HUERTA URGED TO
 YIELD BY POWERS

resenting Brazil, Chile and Argentine who offered their good offices to com pose the Mexican situation followed quickly today during the reassuring messages from Mexico City that Gen eral Huerta had agreed to the first steps in intermediation negotiations
 The spanish Ambassador, MT. Riano, was in early conference with the Ar genuine minister, MT. Naon, concerning the next move to be made by the me- diators and Ambassad Dagama, of Brazil, the Chilean minister, Suarez.
 and MT Naon, held a lengthy confer
 ence. Mir Dagama, following this conference called upon Secretary of
 State Bryan and a statement was ex-
 pected later tn the day relating to the next move to be made in the me-
 diation.
 HUERTA URGED TO YIELD.
 Soon after Secretary Bryan inform
 ed President Wilson of the adyices
 from Mexico City that Huerta had acceded to the preliminary steps in the mediation, proposals further en- commencement in the situation came in advices from Berlin that Germany.
 France and Great Britain had urged Huerta, through their diplomatic rep resentatives in Mexico City. to yield to the American demands. When this
 was communicated to the President, he was greatly pleased.
 Later the German ambassador, Mr.. Won Bernstorn. informed Secretary Bryan that his government would SUD- port the mediation proposal,
 Another cause for optimism among ance from Admiral Badger that, through the efforts of British and Ger man officials in Mexico, apprehension over American and other foreign refu-3 gees in Mexico had been greatly dis
 peIIed.
 Badger to the navy department de- clared that the authorities in Mexico.
 City has agreed to provide transpor- tation for all Americans from Mexico City as far as Soleda, on the Mexican controlled end of the raflroad from
 The first train with 25o refugees it
 was expected, would leave MexicoACity today The conclusion of negotfa- tiorls in this connection was gratify- ing to the President and Secretary Bryan as we'll as to the war depart Activity continued at the war and navy departments during the day. Chairman Stone. Of the Senate conn
 mittee on foreign relations who con ferred with the President said mem bers of Congress would generally ap- prove of the mediation offers.
 AWAIT FORMAL NOTICE. The Spanish ambassadors advices from Mexico City are such as to war rant him in stating that General Huer- ta has accepted the proposal Of the good offices
 The aanbassador is now awaiting the formal and official acceptance. un- til this is received, the three media tors will not begin their formal ses informed by Senor Rta11o.s of General Fuerfa pIrpose and are holding pre- 1iminary meetings to consider their line of procedure when the formal ae- ceptances are in hand. It is stated that those who are un- dertaking this ex ercise of good offices do 50 without any commitment on their part one way or the other. When the formal aeceptances are concIud- ed, it is expected that each side will, formulate conditions and it will then be for the mediators to try and find some common ground for agreement
 COURSE FOR oR1fEDIAToRs Swiftly moving changes in the Mex ican crisis, cu1minating Tn the receipt i of private .dfpIomatic advices that, fHuerta and the United States govern
 ment had decided to accept the good offices of three South American pow CTS, centered today in interest over. possible courses that might be pur sued in an attempt at amicable settle ment. One line that representatives of Ar genuine, Chile and Brazil might fol-. low. it was said, would be to deal di- rectly with the arrest of the American bluejackets at Tampico and other in-s dignities against American honor. Whether the arrest of Consul Gen. eral Hanna by federals at Monterey would widen the breach and add to the days possible developm ents President Wilson and Seer etary Bryan are reported to be greatly in censed over that incident. Hanna. re- ported he had been subjected to in- suits at the hands of federals and kept a prisoner in the government palace until constitutionalists captured the town two days later and released him That was after the seizure of Vera Cruz.
 CARRANzA FOR PEACE Reported utterances Of one of Car ranzas confidential agents that the constitutionalist leader would make
 no statement on the proposal of the
 South American diplomats but that .'the offer is a hopeful sign and any proposition that looks to peace is ac- ceptable to the constit tutfona1ists,s added to hope in Washington that the crisis might simmer to settlement. From Chihuahua, Carranza had orr
 dered his forces to redouble their at tack on Tampico and apprehend fed eralsr esponsible for affronts to the
 United States at that port so they
 might be tried by a reve1 court It was reported that Carranza had been asked for a statement of his attitude
 to clear up questions arising from pdA- sfbly faulty translation of his note is-
 sued after the seizure of Vera Cruz
 While fears over the safety of Americans in Mexico City were par tial1y dissipated by Secretary Bryan E
 announcement that Huerta federals ranged for the departure of United
 States citizens from the federal cap ital. Consul Canada reported that more than a score of American refugees among them United States Consul Sichmutz,, had been hauled from a train at As11as CaIcentes near the rorf