Evening capital news., 1914-06-20

eral Huerta had decided to appoint
Pedro Lascurain to the present va
cancy In the portfolio Of minister Of
foreign affairs may change the aspect
Of things II II develops that Mr. Las
curain II to be made provisional pres
ident irrespective Of the mediation
proceedings.
MT. Rabasa, head Of the Mexican
delegation. said he thought 1t was inn
probable that this would occur though
he esteems Mr.. kascurain highly and
would like to see him chosen provis-
ional president. Mr.. Lascurain was
minister of foreign affairs under Ma
dero and at his overthrow became
provisional president, appointed Huerta
to his cabinet and then relinquished
the presidency to him. Many constitu-
tionalists have explained that while the
constitutional order would be restored
| II Mr.. LAscurain became provisional
president they opposed his elevation to
that post because Of his unresisting
subserveincy to General Huerta's as
sumption Of office.
The American delegates hitherto are
| understood to have objected to Las
curain on the ground that his resump-
ton OF the foreign ministry would not
mean restoration of the constitutional
order, because he had voluntarily
abandoned his right to hold that office
There are many here who believe,
however, that the American govern
ment might be persuaded to accept
Lascurain as provisional president
pending an election, pending a more
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stitutionalists.
To End the Conference.
The talk OF names and the possi-
BILE selection of a man for provisional
president through mediation has ebbed
however. The tendency of the hour Is
toward ending the conferences.
The following PARAGRAPH from the
American memorandum of the Ameri-
can delegates sums up the position by
which Justice Lamar and Frederick w.
Lehman have been instructed to
stand without yielding an inch:
1.-THE United States Is party to the
mediation in the hope that 1t might
lead to peace and that the peace
would lead to prosperity. The plan
which the American representatives
\ propose, and on which we must insist
will be formulated solely with that end
in view"
| Another paragraph which Is the
American governments practical re-
lection of the mediators' plan, is the
following:
American objections to the plan ap-
proved by the Mexican deputies have
been based on the profound conviction
that the adoption of that plan would
not stop the progress of the victorious
army nor bring that speedy peace
which the American government SO
sincerely desires"
The plan referred to in the above
was that suggested by the mediators
and approved by the Mexicans. AS the
American memorandum rejects that as
we'll as the Mexican proposals and in
sists on its own, the hope for a COM
mon ground has almost entirely van
lished.
The mediators realize that should
General Villa assume complete control
and decide to become a party TO the
mediation, even sending the same dele
gates names by Carranza, admission
could not be refused them II an armis-
tice were declared. Sending the In
vitation to Carranza was merely q
recognition by the mediators OF "the
, first chief of the constitutionalist arm..-
but the mediators would accept rep
resentatives from Villa as we'll as II
he agreed to their conditions
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