New Britain herald., 1914-05-15
NIAGARA CONFERENCE
 PUT OFF TWO DAYS
Mediation Sessions Will NOt Start
 Until Nay 2Olh
REQUEST OF BRAZILIAN ENVOY

HuertaS $ GunDOatS oU lalnplcO lhNo
 Gone Out to Sea-viIla Preparing to
 Lead Assault Against SaItiIIo--Fed-
 erals Attacked by Zapatistas.
 Washington, May 15.-The openinG of the negotiations of the South American mediators in the Mexican controversy at Niagara Falls, Ont. was today postponed until wednes- day, May 20. the state department announced. The sessions were orig inaliy scheduled to begin Monday, Nav IS.
 The delay was arranged at the rel quest of the Brazilian am basrador Mir. Da Gama, in order that the Mexi- can delegates to the conference, whs are speeding northward from Key West today might not be unduly hur-, ried in their trip to Niagara Falls. The Mexican delegation will reachl Washington shortly after noon to- morrow and they will be given ani opportunity by the postponement to spend some time in Washington toi get in touch with the situation herek before proceeding to the formal ne- gotiations.
 Complete Protection Assured
 Reports to the navy department early today from Rear Admiral Mayo stated that General Gonzales. the Car ranza commander at Tampico, hadi assured United States Consul Miller that complete protection would be. given to American and other foreign, rN Xl..- II the immense oil interests here.
 News that the federal mission wasi speeding northward today from Kew West relieved all anxiety over thel possibility that the Mexican deiegates would not reach Niagara Falls in tiplet for the beginning of the conference.
 First Limitations Revealed.
 First intimations of the scope of their authority were revealed in a statement by Senor Rodriguez, spokes- man for the party, who declared: We have full power to act; we carry no formula, and We shall decide ac- cording to our consciences always bearing in mind the national honor.''
 That applied, however only to is- sues between the Huerta government and the United States.
 
 Rodriguez said, precluded an attempt to compose internal affairs in Mexico.
 Complex situation Avoided.
 News that Huertas gunboats off Tampico had put out to sea tenn porarily relieved the possibility of a. complex situation growing out of al blockade of the port. While officials here declined to discuss what might, result from an attempt by Huerta to halt supplies and ammunition for the ccnstitutonalists outside Tampico, naval experts agreed that if the fed- eral commanders were able to estab- fish a fairly effective blockade. it would have to be respected by foreign shipping. To respect an effective blockade, it was declared, would not involve political recognition of either r combatant
 Details of the final assault on Tam pico after months of siege, which came through slowly today. indicat- ed that endorsements of artillery en- abled General Gonzales to drive the [ federal gunboats from their positions. Then, under cover of firing from the large guns, the constitutionalists charged into the town, the conflict ending with desperate fighting in the plaza
 Federals' Hate Doubtful.
 The fate of the federaIs who fled from Tampico was in doubt today. In some quarters belief was expressed that they would be cut to pieces long before they could hope to reach their , own lines south of San Luis Potosi.
 Order is being restored in Tam r,ip f,,di axnA [ Admiral Mayo, with the Des Moines and Dolphin has resumed a position in the river in front of the town. It was known that practically all foreigners had left Tampico before its evacuation by the federals and no reports of dam- age to foreign property in the final sI fighting had been received
 Assault Against SaItillo.
 With practically all northern Mexico in control of the constitutions alists Villa is preparing to lead the assault against Saltillo. His army has been provisioned for a thirty davs' campaign and it was said that ap- parently there were plenty of arms and ammunition for the siege. Consfi- tutionalist strateRists were believed to have figured that if they took Saltillo. the federal garrison there would con- centrate at San Luis Potosi, leayinr that city as one of the points where Euerta would make final stand against the constitutionalist campaign aimed at Mexico City.
 Reports that a constitutionalist off, cial had stated foreign owned mines in the Parral district must be under operation in fifteen days or they would be seized and worked for the beneft of the Mexican people," caused sona O. la. In III narr