The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-03
Decisive Move in Arbitra tiOn Plans Follows All Day Session of the South American Envoys
FEEL CONFIDENT THAT STEP TAKEN
 WILL BE APPROVED
Huerta and Carranza Not Clear as to Just How Far Their Differences Are Included-Broad Subject of
 Pacifying Mexico to Be Taken Up

| NUsuIu&toHs WHY -s-tue tmt tec Soutu American enyoys who have undertaken the tnsk of pncifying Mexico by di- pIomncy today made another decisive
 move In their plan by requesting the
 United states government. General
 Huerts and General Carranza to ap- point representatives to confer with 1 them In Washington.
 | Ambassador Da Cana of Brazil and l Ministers Naon and Suarez of Argentina and Chile, respectively, called on Secre- tary Bryan, asking him to designate the
 United States representatives. At the same time they telegraphed their re- quests to the head of the government in Mexico City, as well as the constitution alist chief.
 | No announcement of the subjects to be
 considered by representatives of the three parties to the mediation, or of the pow CTS or functions of the new envoys was
 made except for the following brief state ment issued through the state department
 on the authority of the three diplomats: The mediators have delivered to this government and are sending out to Gen eral Fluerta and General Carranza re- quests that representatives be appointed to confer with the mediators.'
 All Day Session
 The proposal to bring together speeial- lly designated representatives was the re- suit of an all-day session of the South American envoys. The suggestion has lheen made to them from various quar- staa the problem of exchanging views sim plified by such d process
 While it is realized that representatives of all parties probably will not be given authority finally to pass on points brought up in the discussion with the mediators, | they could sound out their superiors so
 that before formal proposals actually were made the medators would have an idea of the probable reception.
 The envoys felt confident tonight the step they had taken would meet with favor by all concerned, believing there could be no objection to move calcu- lated chiefly to facilitate tine progress of the work
 1 Thus far responses from General
 Huerta and General Carranza have not been clear as to whether the differ
 ences between the United States and Mexico arising out Of the Tampico in cident alone would be considered by them or whether they would consent to | a general discussion of the Mexican problem By sending representatives
 here. if is pointed out, such difficulties
 would be bridged over. for in an in 1 formal conference with the mediatofs
 everything pertaining to Mexico could
 be discussed and even informally sub
 mitted before the stage of formal pro-
 posals was reached
 WnuId pac;fv Mox;co
 Incidentally, it is known that the
 mediators intend to concentrate their.
 attention on the broad subject of pacifying Mexico,i hoping that differ lences between the Huerta government
 and the United States might become
 secondary in view of solution of the
 entire Mexican problem. Names of per sons who might be acceptable to all I factions in Mexico for the position of provisional President. pending a re- 1 habilitating of the national government, lin case the negotiations reach that stage. are being suggested to the medi- ators.
 Meanwhile although the United States l and General Huerta have agreed to ces- sation of hostilitieS, no word has come from either Huerta or Carranza in re- sponse to the proposal for an armistice 1 between the Mexican factions them 1 selves. The mediators however are Iconfident their work can go ahead de- spite this obstacle.
 Should General Huerta and General I ICarranza decide to send special en- lyoys. it may take at least 10 days for 1 them to get here and in the interim Il lis not believed vital points will be reached by the mediators. The interval ielapsing will prove beneficial some off, hcials believe, in that it will give the war spirit in this country an oppor- Il tunity to subside. while the temper ol the contending parties ip Mexico will
 be affected by the military developments II there.
 Il While the mediators spend the day
 considering the proposals to bring
 Representatives of all factions togeth- Fer. official Washington and diplomatic
 circles were interested in the resigna ition of Senor Lopez PortilIo v Rogas minister of foreign affairs in the Hu- !, erta cabinet If was vario,lsly inter-
 preted, some seeing in 1t an indication
 of Huerta's intention to brook no sug-
 gestion for his own retirement. as iSenor Portillo was active in the medi-
 ation preliminaries. and others sug- lgesting that it might be means of SC. ilecting the Mexican cabinet officer a' a special representative of Huerta, tc .lconfer with the Washington mediators
 The appointment of Senor Estevs i Rui. under secretary of foreign af fairs, and close friend of Senor Por !tillo gave many Mexicans and off lcials here the impression that ther Twas nothing ominous in the change s far as mediation was concerned ans lthut if Porti1lo was forced out of tn z ca hjnet the incident was personal rath s1 er than political in sfgnificance l Appoint nent Significant |, I1s In well postkd diplomatic quarter z Ruiss appointment as Huerta's foreigi minister was accepted as meaning thA lTluerta would take stronger ant , imore direct hand fp the mediation ne