The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-17
FAIL IN EFFORTS
TO BRING REBELS
INTO MEDIATION
American Delegates Go to Buff
falo for Conference With Rep
rcsentatives of Carranza.
END OF PARLEYS SEEMS NEAR
Most of Principals at Niagara
Falls Believe That Fridays
Session Will Be Last

Niagara Falls. Ont, June 16.--Justice
Lamar and Frederick ". Lehman. III"
American delegates 10 the mediation
conference. went to buffalo to-day ana
talked for four hours with Rafael Iu-
buran and Luis Cabrera, personal rep
rcs"ntativcs Of General CqrranZa
Their purpose was to iind come way
10 bring the Constitutionalists In har-
mony with the scope Of mediation.
Tho mission vas failure.
The Coustitutionalist representatives,
who had come from Washington
especially to see til. American dele
gates, told them why they could not
agree to armist!cc; 3vhy only
man prominent In the Constitutionalist
ranks could BE- accepted by them for
the provisional presidency. and finally
they said they believed the COnsti-
Mexican problem soon If lof; un-
ha,npercd by foreign complications.
END OF CONFERENCES
BELIEVED VERY NEAR
rhe Americans returned 10 Niagara
Fails feeling that so far as the political
pac;ncation OF Mexico Is concerned
mediation had accomplished nothing
ana probably the end of the confer
-nce was very near.
Tie next full conference IL set for
Friday Uutil then litt!e Viii be- done
because OF the absence Of Minister
Naon OF Argentina.
Most OF tn. prlncipa here Incline
10 the view that Fridays session may
be the last. The three mcdiating picni-
potentiarics virtually huN. abandoned
hope OF solving McXico's problems.
The Huerta delegates are rcscluto !n
their determination not to accept a
Constitutioualist partisan for the pro-
Visional presidency, and there appears
no feasible way OF keeping all Gle
mcnts in conference much longer. only
Developments not now foreScen. such rs
Il change OF attitude on the part OF
the ConstitutionHlists OF OF the Iluertn.
delegates can keep the conference IN
session.
NEWS OF BnEAk BETwEE>
CtRRANZA AND VILLA
dispatches ot the forCibl. seizure
b% Villa official or tho telegraph Of
Ice az Juar"z, hold previously by Car
rama oMciaiS crented a STIR in the me-
hinttcn colony. The itucrta delegates
said IL plainlN showed the correctness
OF thcir repeated warnings Tint a
lacl5 of cohesion il, The CONSTITUTIONS
alist ranks would lead 10 anarchy in
the North. Tho news served also To
confirm suspicious current in many
quarters here OF breach between
villa ana CaTranZa
Incidentally. +, Is understood the
Nincr'can delegates inquired of ca.
nr"r1 and /ubur3n what They thought
"t tho stories OF split between Villa
ana Cairanza. The Constitutionalist
misaarics said they had conrdcuc.
IN General Carranza's tact and ability
4" smooth over such difficulties
Tie gravcst apprehension ncvor,hc-
'css IL felt here of what may follow =
lreak between carrauza and Villa
7hould their forces clash a condition Of
anarchy might "nsuc which in all prob.
ahillty would arouse again demand for
.tih'" intervention by the United
TIL mediators hold t. tho opinion
'heN nave accomplished something i'm
'hat war between tho United states
i"d IN" iurrta government was halted
hr mediation.
iIIERTA's WITHDRAWAL
soon - EXPECTED
General liucrta's withdrawal from,
the presidency is expected soon a. A
matter OF course, regardless OF the
outcome Of the mediation. 1t j. be-
lcr"d Il successor to Hurrin viii ha
CHOSEN At elections in Federal terri
tory next month
u the mediation conference adjourns.
= 1t in ali probability vii acknowledge
it's failure TO bring the rival elements
together for Il solution OF the internal
problcm, but at the same dim. nroh
ably viii announr" the solution of
MeNico's International conflict Just
what disposition will he made ot the
american forces At Vera Cruz no one
mere is III Il position To conjecture
The atmosphere here is wholly pes
sinistic. The American delegates de-
clincd To discuss in detail their trip
TO Buffalo. Mr.. lehman made "A sD.-
cial trip across the river 10 urge news
paper men not 10 treat the trip Of tho
American commissioners 10 Buffalo In
light vein. He assured them the
situation was serious Justice Lamar
dictated the following statement:
For some time we have been try-
ing to get into communication with
tho Constitutional!sts They ala not
feel they could under the circum-
stances come to Niagara Falls, but
they were anxious Ia meet us and
suggested Buffalo. With the approval
OF Washington VIC waived all forrnalitv
and went to see them We met Rafael
Iubaran and Luis Cabrera the author
lied representatives OF General Car
rama. We had previously informed
the mcdintors of our plans"
CONFERENCE IN SESSION
TiIROUGHOUT AFTERNOON
The American delegates and the two
discussion, ended shortly before Z
o'clock, when Zuburan and Cabrera lcfi
for Washington. When the American
delegates returned here they telcphoned
Secretary Bryan. Later MIR. Lehman
communicated the results of their trip
TO the mcdiatorS.
gone TO Bunalo not only i'll the hope
OF arranging some practical way for
negotiating with the Constitutionalists
while the mediation was in progress
but of getting names OF suitable men
Tor Provisional President az well as
general information about the Consti-
tutionulists cause.
Tho Consttutionalists made clear
first. OF all. that the condition imposed
by the mediatorS--thc declaration of an
armiSticc--waS an Impossible one for
them to fill in advance of some definite
agreement on "A peace plan MIR. Ca
brera' said that if the CONSTITUTIONAL
ists army We're forced to stop lighting
IL would disinteEratc.
Leaving the question OF an armisticc,
both Mr.. Cabrera and Mr.. Xuburan cx-
planned that they hoped there might he
CONTINUED On Second Pgge)