The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-05-06
INCLUDES REBELS

GENERAL CARRAkzA ALSO AC
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TAKES ON wide SCOPE
Movement for Peaceful Solution Of
Present Mexican Difficulty Assume:
Large Observation-Disclosures Re
quest Armistice Between Huerts
and United States.
The scope Of mediation plans fol
the settlement of the Mexican crisis
was suddenly broadened "Wednesday
night so as to include the entire
range of Mexican affairs-not alone
the critical issue between the United
States and the Huerta regime, but
also the conflict between the ele'
ments of northern and southern Mex
leo, which have rent the republic fol
many months.
This signal enlargement OF the
mediation program followed the re-
ceipt late Wednesday of formal ac'
ceptance by Gen. Carranza, chief OF
the Constitutionalists, of the prln'
ciple of mediation, as proposed by
the ambassador from Brazil and the
ministers from Argentine and Chile
Already the United States ano
Gen. Huerta had formally accepted
the good Offices of these South Amer
lean ENJOYS and now, as a further
step, Gen. Carranza has been brought
into the deliberation, so as to draw
every element and faction within the
range of any settlement which may
be attained.
Earlier Wednesday the mediators
made another decisive move, in ask
ing the United States and Gen
Huerta to agree to an armistice, by
which all aggressive military move
ments would be suspended pending
the outcome of the negotiations. The
mediators confidently expect both
sides to accept the arnistice pro-
posal.
A separate proposal for an armis-
tice as between Huerta and Car
rama also will be made, and with Its
acceptance all of the warring ele-
ments throughout Mexico, as well as
the American forces, would maintain
a military status quo. The Amer1-
can government in it's formal reply
to the armistice proposal will stipu-
late expressly that any untoward act
toward Americans will be regarded
as an infraction of he armistice.
Constitutionalists at Washington
Thursday drew attCn Ion to the Ian
guase of the note from Gen. Carran-
"a, as not accepting any offer to solve
the difference between himself and
Gen. Huerta, but merely to listen to
proposals which would solve dlfncul-
ties between the United States and
Mexico. In the note from the ENJOYS
TO Carranza they extended "an offer
of our good offices to all parties at
interest in the problem of the pacif-
cation of Mexico and the adjustment
Of the differences between Mexico
and the United States. The Car
rama reply thanked the mediators
for their effort to solve 1.-The differ
ences between Mexico and the United
States"
Asked what differences existed be-
tween the United States and Mexico
in which Gen. Carranza could have
a part. local Constitutionalists re-
called Carranza's recent note to the
American government in which he
pointed out that demands for repara-
ton as a result of the arrest OF
American bluejackets at Tamplco
and other offenses should properly
be addressed to hm as the constitu-
,ional president Of Mexico.
Upon whether or not Gen. Carran-
"a accepts any proposal for any arm
istice as between himself and Gen.
Huerta depends the limitation for the
present of the field Of the diplomats
at work on the whole Mexican pro-
blem. Should Carranza refuse to ac-
cent any armistice with Huerta, the
work of the diplomats, it is realized
would be confined solely OF settling
differences between the United States
and Mexico, though they by no means
have given up the idea Of soldlng the
whole Mexican problem.
The South American ENJOYS were
in session throughout the day. Dur
ing the evening the ENJOYS individ-
uallv conferred with their colleagues
in the diplomatic corps from Central
and South America. This emphasiz-
ed what the mediators have been
seeking-a purely American settle
ment of a crisis which affects the
political integrity Of all Spanish
America.
The patriotic unity Of all Mexico
and all Spanish America was ex'
pected to give signal evidence to
the world at large, and particularly
to Europe, Of what the American re,
publics could do for the tranquility
of the western hemisphere at a time
Of supreme crisis.