The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-06-04
PEACE IN MEXICO
UP TO CARRANzA
STUMBLING BLOCK IS SETTLE.
MENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS.
PRES. HUERTA AGREES TO RETIRE
Announces That "Neither Personal
Pride nor Personal Interest viii
Prevent His Withdrawal After
Mexico Is Pacified.

washington, June 3-The re-eStab-
lishment of peace in Mexico Is up
to Carranza.
This was the position of officials
here to-day, the result of important
overnight developments at Niagara
Falls.
Huerta's agreement to retire has
been known privately to officials since
the Mexican representatives to Nj
agara Falls received their instructions
at Mexico City, and has paved the
way, is is believed for a solution &C.
Ceptabie to CarranZa.
The administration officials re.
doubled their efforts to influence the
rebels to accept the proposal of the
mediators.
The chief stumbling block is the in
sistance of the mediators that they
must settle Mexico's internal affairs
in some way.
Officials here confidently expect to
overcome the objections of Carranza
to this proposal.
The rebel Junta here was agog
with excitement to-day following the
receipt of a note from the mediators
to Raphael Zubaran. Carranza's repre-
sentative. Zubaran refused to say
early today whether he would make
the note public until after he had
communicated with Carranza and re-
ceived instructions.
Prepares to Resign.
Niagara Falls, June 3.-General
Huerta is preparing to resign. He has
authorized his representatives at the
mediation conference to announce to
the world that neither mistaken
pride nor personal interest" would
prevent his withdrawal after Mexico
is politically pacified" and the gov
eminent succeeding his is so consti-
tuted that it can count on the support
of public opinion In Mexico.
The Mexican delegates in formal
statement revealed that they had been
instructed from the first to inform the
mediators that General Huerta's per
sonality would not be an obstacle to
ward reaching peaceful settlement
They also stated in uneQuivoCal terms
that the internal situation in Mexico
was necessarily bound up with the
international questions" and that this
spirit had aCtuated them in coming
to the mediation conference.
The main issue in the Mexican stu
alton again rested with Washington
to-day. Carranza has so far refused
to allow the mediatOrs to name a pro
visional government. Neither Will he
declare an armistice. AS a result there
appears little nope Of pacification OF
Mexico, politically or otherwise.
Will Deport Huerta.
Torreon. June 3.-Antonio Perez,
who recently escaped from Mexico
| CITY arrived here to-day and brought
the report that General Banquet, the
minister of war, has gained almost
complete control of the Huerta gov
eminent -,
! Mexicans believe that Banquet will
get rid of Huerta by deportation and
make himself dictator. Fear OF riot
ing is the only thing that is keeping
him back.
The Mexican rebels claim to have
captured papers at Saltillo which i'm
plicate Leon De La Barra. former
Mexican ambassador to the United
States, in the plot to remove Madero
Rebels Kept in Ignorance.
On board the U. S. ship, California,
off Mazatlan, May %. by mail TO
San Diego. Calf. June 3. The reo'
ell troops under General Obregon in
munity. He operated grocery store
western Mexico have been kept in
ignorance of the American invasion
of Vera Cruz. He fears If his sold
iers learn the truth they may unite
with the federals to drive all Ameri'
cans out of the country. This was
the word brought on board today by
s. NJ Reyes, special agent of the
American department of state. He
said only the higher officers of OBJ
regions command knew anything
about the Vera Cruz incident. Ubre
gon is exercising the strictest censor
ship on all news.