Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-05-23
Huerta From His BlOOdthirSt
Foes but Quick Action
Necessary.
VILLA CLOSING IN ON HIM.
No Prospects of Any Peace Be-
ing Made at Niagara
Falls.

ANidSdld ans OllIsg Way EGs
There is a feeling on the part of the
principals to the mediation con-
ference here that the savage advance
of the Constituencies army under
Gen. Villa inevitably must have a
bearing upon the settlement of the
difficulties between the United
States and Huerta's party.
When the South American media
tors withdrew the invitation they
had extended to Gen. Carranza to
send delegates to the Niagara Falls
conference, because Of the refusal of
the Constituencies leader to agree
to an armistice to continue during
the sessions, it was stated that the
conference would proceed to a con-
sideration Of questions growing out
of Tampico incident and subsequent,
causes of irritation between the
Mexican Federal army and the
American military forces.
Official reports from Constitutions
list sources, reciting the victories of
Villa and his army in the Saltillo |
campaign, have convinced the Next |
can representatives here that Huer-
ta's foes cannot be stopped. More
over, the execution of a Federal
General and his entire staff by Villa
has impressed upon them the fact
that leaders of the Federal army
cannot hope for mercy, if they fall
into the hands of the Constitutions.
lists.
That the weakening situation of
the Federal forces may force Huer-
ta's hand is recognized here.
The Mexican delegates came here
believing, that any announcements
of Huerta's attitude toward pro-
posals looking to a settlement of the
Mexican trouble would be left to
them and their strongest card was
believed to be authority given by
Huerta to agree to his effacement
conditioned upon the selection of a
temporary government acceptable
to the interests represented by him.
All this has been changed by
Villas successes. The Federal forces
are exhibiting no love of fight and
the leaders are not expected to offer
the stubborn resistance that marked
so many of the engagements with
the army steadily advancing upon
the Mexican capital.
AS result, Huerta's supporters
fear that he may not dare await the
outcome of the mediation. 1t was
because of this feeling that all pTin- !
cipals of the conference accepted un-
hesitatingly dispatch from Mexico |
City saying that Huerta has himself !
confirmed reports that he was will
ling to retire if his resignation was
necessary to peace. Later it was
learned that there had been an err
ror in transmission and Huerta had
not authorized such statement, but
this did not materially change the
situation. 1t WIS evident that some
such announcement was not unex-
pected.
If Villa and his forces are kept out
of Mexico City, according to belief
here, it would not be because Huerta
is strong enough TO deny entrance
to his enemies. Such an event can
only be avoided, it is said, by speedy
solution of the problem confronting
the A. B. c. medistors. Few be-
lieve this to be possible except
through the prompt and complete
capitulation of Huerta to all of the
demands of the Washington govern
ment.
With a solution of this problem
and the republics Of Central and
South America in accord concerning
the future policy of Mexico, the
mediators believe that Carranza,
Villa and their associates would
subscribe to their findings and blood
shed would end. I
With the arrival at midnight of
Eduardo Suarez, the Chilean Minis
ter, who had been delayed in the
journey from Washington, the
mediation conference was ready to
proceed to-day with its personnel
completed. J.