The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-13
Mediating Colony at Mag
ara Falls Feels Much
Elated
OVER PROGRESS
IN FIRST PROTOCOL
No Mention Whatever Was
Made of Dictator
Huerta

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dating colony turned its thought to- day
from diplomatic forms and protocols to
questions of the personnel for the new
provisional government of Mexico. They
began a search for a successor to Huerta
who would be acceptable to all factions
and capable of pacifying Mexico so that
a constitutional election may be held.
The mediators and the delegates felt
to-day that they had accomplished much
by signing the first of the series OF pro-
tocols. Another protocol will deal with
the personnel of the new provisional gov
ernment and set forth that the new ex-
ecutive shall be installed after being rec
ognized by the Mexican nationals, in
cluding all political parties.
No Mention of Huerta.
The agreement reached in relation to
the manner of transferring the executive
power from the hands of Huerta to the
new provisional government stood the
acid test of reduction to writing. 1t pro-
vides:
"a government to be constituted in
Mexico of a character to be later pro-
vided, which shall be recognized by the
United States on (date to be fixedl, and
which from that day forward shall exer-
else public functions until there shall be
naugurated constitutional president" !"
This plank in the peace plan, protocol
lized after more than three weeks of
discussion. was significant of two things;
II makes no mention of Gen. Huerta
as the provisional president and 1t omits
the method of transfer which the Mex
lean delegates and medators suggested
and to which the United States stren-
uouslv objected on the grounds that its
retention would be tantamount to recog-
milton of the existing regime.
The omission of reference TO the meth
cd of succession and the fiat statement
that on a certain date provisional gov
ernment shall arise in Mexico to which
the United States will accord recogni-
ton, satisfies the insistence of the Amer
ican delegates that no steps should be
taken that could be construed as recog-
milton of Huerta.
The Mexican delegates, on the other
hand, while abandoning the constitution
al form of succession. as a part of the
protocol. are satisfied because it does not
specifically deny Gen. Huerta's right to
name as minister of foreign affairs the
man chosen here for provisional presi
dent. if the latter sees fit TO accept des-
ignation from him.
1t is not considered probable that the
new provisional president--since he is
most likely to be eonstitutionalist
would take the executive power directly
from Gen. Huerta, but he might do SO
from some other individual whom Huer
Ia might leave in authority before the
day arrives for the mediationmade gov
ernment to take Office.
As for the American delegates, they
consider the method of transfer closed
incident and of no further concern to
the United States. All parties are now
concentrating on the second part of the
peace plan, which will form another pro-
tocol 1t relates to the name of the
provisional president and possibly will
include his cabinet of four. Names have
not vet been suggested. but the next
conferences will be devoted entirely to
a discussion of individuals.
Though the protocol is composed of
comparatively few words, it is the EN-
bodiment of that for which the United
States has been striving for more than
ear-elimination of Huerta. When
his delegates yesterday signed protocol
formally agreeing that the transfer of
authority shall take place on a date to
be fixed there was no mention of Gen.
Huerta's retirement, but the significance
of the written document was not lost
on the mediation colony generally.