The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-04-28
likely TO ATTACH
MANY RESERVATIONS
According to American Accept.
ance He Must Retire From
the Presidency.

Washington, April 28.-Reported
acceptance of the mediation offer by
Huerta, even If it becomes officially
confirmed, means nothing unless
| Huerta is ready to quit Mexico and
abandon everything. That Huerta will
| make such an absolute unconditional
surrender is inconeeivable In Wash
| ington.
Huerta may accept the "offer" OF
the A. b. c. powers of South America
in order to put himself in the same
diplomatic standing before the world
| as the United States, which has ac.
cepted with many-reservations. That
Huerta will also attach numerous
reservations is not doubted here.
| These reservations on both sides, in
the judgment of experienced states
men here will speedily create a dead
lock impossible to break and wheI
| that fact becomes clear hostilities will
proceed.
AS the scope of the contemplated
mediation becomes known ii is found
| that 1t covers, so far as this country
Is concerned, the entire Mexican stu
alton.
1t is not confined to the Tampico
| incident and what followed, but il
| runs backward from Tampico and
| touches every other incident since
| Huerta rose to power
Huerta Must Get Out.
This country is willing to mediate
| after practically every demand thai
| the Wilson administration has made
| from the start is conceded. 1t will
| not mediate, arbitrate or discuss the
|! question of Huerta remaining ir
| power.
| Huerta, therefore, stands exactly
where he did a year ago or six months
ago, SO far as the United States is con
cerned. He may accept the South
American offer" in order to keep his
diplomatic record straight But medi
alton along the lines laid down by the
United States gives Huerta no chance
to win anything. All he can do Is to
lose.
His only choice Is In the manner
OF getting out, whether by process
on mediation or by force OF arms
This being the case, and Huertas
temperament being well understood
here, he is expected ultimately to
choose the alternative OF fighting.
II was pointed out In Washington
that Just as the acceptance of the
United States means no yielding
whatever Of the issues for which the
Wilson administration has contended
from the start, so will any acceptance
by Huerta be equally meaningless.
| Appear In Peace Roles.
In the meantime, however. both coun
tries will appear before the world In
the light of ostensibly desiring to avoid
war. without abating one whit on
preparations for war.
Huerta is further taking precau
tions to preserve his international
status by permitting American citi
zens to leave his territory, after his
original intention to detain them az
hostages.
That this was done under heavy
foreign pressure, particularly from
England, is not doubted here.
Washington is far more inclined tc
look upon mediation as form of de
lay, rather than solution.
When officials here try to look at II
from Huerta's angle, bearing In mind
that the United States has no inten
tion OF yielding anything that touches
It's attitude toward the dictator, they
can see nothing but failure.
All ideas that mediation might be
confined to the Tampico incident and
other similar occurrences and to the
events Immediately following were dis
sipated by authoritative information
here.
6rItlsk CaWnraker Dead.
London. April 28.-Sir George
Doughty. Liberal Unionist member OF
parliament for Grimsby. ts dead, aged