The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-27

They are anxious that their efforts may include a settlement of the whole Mex ican problem. They take the view, how ever, that they have not been committed in advance to any line of procedure. In particular they resent published reports that one of the underlying purposes of their good offices was to bring about the elemnation of Huerta.
 Thus far their efforts have been direct ed solely to adjusting differences between
 the United States and the Hiierta govern
 ment. They have opened no negotiations with the constitutionalists, but the latter
 have been informed by their junta here of the developments in the parleys,
 Incidentally, the profrer by Brazil, Ar gentina and Chile of their good offices and it's prompt acceptance by the United States, are regarded in official and dip lomatic circles. as notice to the world that nations of this hemisphere stand for the settlement of American questions by
 Americans.
 Announcement of plans necessarily is
 dependent on General Euerta's first re-
 ply.
 Well posted members of the diplomatic
 corps were of the opinion tonight that
 Huerta would accept the proposal of
 good offices and that the acceptance,
 in principle at least, would not be long
 deferred. They pointed out that it would
 be difficult and almost ungracious for
 him not to consider such a friendly ten der, coming from countries largely of his own race and language. Also they felt that he was fully aware that the re- jection of the offer would probably lead to such definite breach as would in evitably bring on conflict in which there could be but one end
 Envoys Visit Bryan Secretary Bryan was visited at his
 home during the day by the peace en- voys. MT. Bryan afterwards commun- cated it's nature to the White House. | Reports from the east and west coa sts of Mexico from Adm1rals Badger and | Howard, respectively, described energetic efforts, not only of the American navy but German and British vessels to as- sist refugees in leaving.
 Secretaries Garrison and Daniels con- ferred early about th~ rank of officers who will be in charge of the joint oper- ations of the army and navy around Vera Cruz. War department officials
 busied themselves with preparations for a possible call for volunteers under the
 new volunteer militia law.
 Admiral Badger wirea that communica- tion between Vera Cruz and Mexico City was irregular; that an outpost of Mex l ican federals, eight miles away, refused to permit linemen to repair the cable Later tonight the cable was repaired l w iiit d bitdh III toiiiiHuH.cdllOn between Vera Cruz and Mexico City will embar- rass the sending of messages by the three South American diplomats to their rep resentatives in Mexico City, there is an-
 other line of communication via Salina
 Cruz and Pacific coast cable, which can
 be utilized in the emergency. Ask Release of Refugees | Secretary Bryan requested the Brazilian | embassy to endeavor through the Bra
 zilian legation in Mexico City, which is | in charge of American interests in Mex
 ieo, to obtain the resease of some SC American refugees reported by American
 Consul Canada as having been taken from a train at Aguas Calientes, north l of Mexico City, and keid by Mexican
 soldiers. The information that they were held was brought to vera Cruz by Al l fred Doerr, manager oI the American Smelling and Refining works at Aguas | Calientes. Doerr said the Americans were
 taken from the train by federal troops after being threatene< py mob but the remoteness of the point in northern Mex | ico makes it probable the incident was sometime ago.
 | Rear Admiral Howard at Mazatlan, re- | ported to the navy department denying 1 rumor that Guaymas had been taken | by American forces. He said the gun
 boats Yorktown and New Orleans were | there. He reported, too. that the steamer Glacier had sailed with 3s Americans, the English steamer Citriana had left Quay ! mas for Manzanilo with refugees, and | that the German government had char tered the Mexican steamer Mazatlan to 1 take off refugees
 1 Secretary Daniels later said all seemed | quiet on the west coast. He has given orders that the care of refugees shall be | considered of first importance in the movement of the ships in the Pacific | Pear Admiral Mayo, at Tampico, seilt | wore 10 the navy department that 1t had | been difficult fer him to get informa- ] ton about conditions in the ,ity. all his 1 vessels having teen withdrawn to the i roadstcii
 Discussing Req. Admiral Fletcher $ declaration of martial law, Secretaiy y
 Laniels. said every viTGrt had been made