Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-06-11
|CARRANzA CAN'T
 GRANT ARMISTICE Such Action Would Be Equi-
 valent to Political !. Suicide.
HUERTA IS DEFEATED
COnstitutiOnalist Representative Says Huerta's Willingness to Quit Fighting Is That of Man
 Already Whipped.

New York, June 1O.-Juan F. Urqui- di, representative of the Constitution alists in New York, in a statement published here today points out the difficulties confronting the Constitu- tionalists in entering mediation.
 General Carranza has never abso- lutely refused to enter mediation" the statement declares. "The invitation to him was withdrawn by the mediators when he asked what the mediators were going to talk about. It was his right to find out what he was going to mediate, but the mediators did not seem to think so.
 "When they insist on an armistice they ask Carranza to commit political suicide and wreck the success of the Constitutionalists. It was different in asking Huerta to consent to an armis- tice with the United States. We are willing to have an armistice with the United States, too. It is true that Huerta has consented to an armistice with the Rebels, but that is the same thing as if man was whipping me duu COISSUtcu IO AoNC AAAA 0COPs
 ''It. would be better for. the Consti- l tutiona!ists if the people of the United States knew how hard a proposition is placed before us. Let me explain wl.at an armistice would do for us. It would completely kill the revolution. The revolutionary army is recruNed from men who must be kept in action in order to be kept in the army. This the Huerta delegates knew when they proposed an armistlce.
 eff the mediators want to settle the question they should invite all parties and not impose restrictions. Surely they know that nothing can be settled in Mexico without consulting the Con- stitutionalists. We are willing to talk matters over, but we want to know first what we are going to dis .cuss, and, second, that there will be nd, promise asked for us to stop our re{olutinlary advance and wreck our cause Es Dividing Big Estates.
 Juarez, Mexico, June 10.-The land problem in Northern Mexico, which has been discussed by the Niagara Falls mediation congress, already IS working itself out satisfactorily under constitutionalist direction, ac' cording to information given out to- day by officials here. They assert that the plan of cutting up the enor- nous ranches does not mean COZ fiscation and that in many cases the large land owners will be glad to have their estate divided and sold under. government supervision.
 The constitutionalists point out that heretofore the large land own CTS, being in control of the state governments, have paid only such taxes as~they saw fit. They say when the land is assessed at its proper value many of the large estate will not pay enough under use as cattle ranges to pay the taxes. If this rand were cut into small farms, however, it could be made to pay splendid re- turns.
 It is said here that dozen large land owners of Zacatecas, realizing these conditions, already have asked that portions of their estate be cut up and sold by the government at a fair price to small farmers. It is pointed out here that the taking over of estates of absentees and those who have been active politically against the Constitutionalists does mean con fiscation. It is planned to take these estates and hold them for a few years as punishment, operating them for the benefit of the state as war tax. In taking these estates and in cutting up the large holdings into small farms the holders of mortgages on the property, especially foreigners, will be protected. The prorata amount from each plot will be turned over to the mortgagers each year until the mortgages are paid of.
 The operation of the small farm system. as shown in Tamaulipas, is cited as an example of the increased prosperity possible under the Con- stitutionalist plan. Gen Lucio Blancc cut one of Felix Diaz's estates into small farms for his soldiers. These farms. it is said, have paid 100 per cent more than under former con- ditions.
 The distribution of municipal lands has begun here. TwC-acre plots of ground on the outskirts of Durango have been sold to poor men on pay ments of $l.60 month for 100 months. These lands now are being cultivated.