Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-19
AMERICANS ARE ORDERED
TO INSIST UPON PLAN
Washington Governments Position
Is Regarded as an
Ultimatum.
NAON COMING TO SEE BRYAN
Ambassador Wants to Determine If
Further Conferences Are Advfs.
able-success Of Deliberations
Depends on Mexicans'
Yielding.

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont, June
1o.-The American and Huerta
delegates hold firmly today to the
opposite views expressed by them
in public statements explaining
the type of man desired by each
side for provisional president of
Mexico.
Both sides having gone on rec
ord before the world, the prospect
is that neither will give way and
that the deadlock will result in a
complete breakdown of media
ton.
Shortly before noon today the
! mediators announced formally
that no conference would be held
until tomorrow, because Ambas-
sador Naon of Argentina had
gone to Washington. 1t is under
stood that he seeks to learn first
hand if the American Secretary OF
State has any information that
would seem to make it advisable
to continue the conference.
| Told to Stand Firm.
| Just hafora tho auer;co, da,an,.>.
were notified that there would be no con-
ference today they were in communica-
ton with the Washington government
by telephone. 1t is understood that they
received instructions to stand by their
attitude as outlined in their statement
| of last night and to insist on an ac-
ceptance OIL the American plan. In some
| quarters the attitude OF the Washington
government was described as virtually
an ulrmatum, the acceptance of which
by the Mexican delegation would be the
| sole condition on which mediation will be
| continued. In this connection attention
was directed in American quarters to the
phraseology of the concluding paragraph
| OF last nights statement, which was
! taken literally from Justice Lamars
| memorandum to Emilio Rabasa. That
paragraph said in part:
The United States Is a party to the
| mediation in the hope that It might lead
| to peace, and that the peace will lead
| to prosperity. The plan which the Ameri-
can representatives propose. and OIL
which we must insist. has been formu-
lated solely with that end in yiew."
Possible Future Course.
The insistence referred to in the Ameri-
can memorandum was taken to mean that
at tomorrows conference the United
States would reiterate its purpose Of ac-
nd thot
unless the Huerta delegates accepted.
mediation would come to an end.
But for the presence OF American
troops at Vera Cruz 1t is believed, the
American government might resume its
attitude of passive observation while the
two contending factions In Mexico de-
cided the issue. 1t is this phase of the
situation, however. which is embarrass-
ing the American government and by
which the course of Developments. it Is
believed. may be shaped.
Course to Be Determined.
1t may be determined tomorrow wheth-
er any common ground remains for an
agreement. Only the abandonment Of
the academic discussion on the type OF
man and the continuance Of the search
for an individual acceptable to all parties
can return the situation from its hope
less state toward the channel of possible
solution.
The American delegates still have some
names to submit, but the Huerta dele
gates have opposed energetically all per-
sons suggested thus far, and there is lit
tie likelihood that any name emanating
from the American delegates will be con-
sidered seriously. The Americans as
last resort will submit a list of five
names There is faint hope that one
OF these will be acceptable, but even the
mediators do not profess optimism
Aside from the inability to select
man for provisional president. con-
troversy has developed between the
American and Huerta delegates as to
how the elections for permanent presl-
dent to be conducted by the provisional
government. should be supervised.
Denies American Charge.
Likewise, the American delegates, in
sistine on a constitutionalist for pro-
yisional president, have argued that the
constttutionalist party not only domi-
mates the country from a military point
of view, but is numerically IN the
ma jority Emilio Rabasa, the head OF
the Mexican delegation. emphatically
denies today that the constitutionalists
control the greater population. saying
millions of people had been passive, and
had not indicated in any way that they
favored the revolution He argued also
the impracticability of a bipartisan
election board. such as has been pro-
posed by the American delegation
The Mexican delegates were in con-
ferencee early today discussing whether
they should issue another statement In
answer to the American delegates ut
ferance Of last night The most strik-
ing thing about the document issued
by Justice Lamar, with the consent and
approval of President Wilson and Sec
retary Bryan, is it's unfiinching argu-
ment for a constitutionalist control Of
the government This was on the
ground that military success by the oon-