The Calumet news., 1914-06-30
According TO Private Dispatch
es, Dictator Sends Family
TO Puerto, Mexico
MEDIATORS TO RECESS
vii! Await Informal Conferences
Between the Federal and
Rebel Delegates

Washington. June 30.-Private dis
patches from unofficial sources in
Mexico City stated that President
Huerta has sent his son and daughter
toward Puerto, Mexico and is prepar-
ing for his own departure on short no.
tice. The information was conveyed
TO the state department.
Mediators to TAKE Recess.
Niagara Falls, June 30-After a con-
ference today between Mediators De-
CANA, Naon and Suarez it was an
nounced that the mediators will for
mally recess tomorrow until such time
as the Constitutionalists delegates and
the Huerta delegates could confer in
formally on Mexico's internal prob
lems
note from CarranZa, transmitted
through the Constitutionalist agency
in Washington. reached De CANA to-
day. 1t asks more time in which to
consult his subordinate chiefs and
generals before acting on the invita-
tion to participate in Informal confer
NHNNS WIN biiN dtltSultSs II
was freely predicted Carranza might
want a month or more.
Zapata Turns Against Carranza.
Mexico City, June 30.-News has
reached here that Zapata, the southern
revolutionary leader, has published
decree. rejecting allegiance 10 Carran-
IN. Zapata is said to have declared
ba II
west coast as far as Sonora and fight
Carranza forever"
Only Small Number Escape.
Torreon, June 30.-Railroad men
brought the information here that
General Barron, who commanded the
federal garrison at Zacatecas, reached
Aguas Calientes with only fourteen
men. Barron was wounded in the
thigh. Fourteen thousand federals par
ticipated in the battle Of Zacatecas.
Five thousand were captured. and as
far as it is possible to ascertain only
three hundred escaped.
Objected to American Plan.
Mexico City, June 30.-Acting For
eign Minister Ruiz today gave out a
memorandum bearing on the state
ment of the Mexican delegates TO the
Niagara Falls conference addressed
to the American delegates, and first
made public at Niagara Falls on June
Il. In it he brings out certain pas
sages which were not contained in the
statement as issued at Niagara Falls.
The object of the memorandum, it
is said, was to combat the proposals
presented by the American delegates.
which We're said TO be tantamount To
reducing electoral liberty I'm Mexico to
a sham, as the elections would be held
under pressure in favor of Carranza.
This, it is argued, would be bad for
Mexico and for the United States as
well as for Carranza, as 1t would
cause bad feeling between the two
peoples and Carranza always would
be regarded as the nominee and sub
ordinate of the American government.
For this reason the Mexican delegates
rejected the proposals in question,
even consulting their own
for they could not coun-
tenance any arrangement enabling
the Washington government to put in
a president in Mexico.
The Mexican delegates in the docu-
ment ask why Washington objects to
the establishment of a neutral pro-
visional government, which the Mexi-
can delegates had Immediately ac-
cepted. The only answer they say is
that Washington does not desire elec-
toral liberty in Mexico
Ruiz stated that, after the memoir
andum had been presented, an agree
ment was reached between the MeXi-
can and American delegates, but it
could not be given out because the
Mexican government had made some
on IL.
Revolt of Army Predicted.
Vera Cruz, June 3O.-The fear that
the spread of disaffection among the
Mexican federal troops might result
In an uprising i'm Mexico City caused
the British residents there TO hold a
meeting on Saturday night to arrange
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