The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-05-06
ALL MEXICAN AFFAIR
SUBJECT MEDIATION
All Past Difficulties and Not
Tampico Incident Alone'
Will be Subjects of Con
sideration-Gen. Leonard
Wood Will be in Supreme
Command If Troops Ad-
vance On Mexico City.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Washington May 5.-The conference
between the South American ENJOYS,
acting as mediators in the Mexican
situation, and delegates from Mexico
and the United Sttaes will be held at
Niagara Falls. CaLada, on May Is.
This announcement was made by Sec
retary Bryan tonight.
The mediators today made known
positively that they believed the whole
range of Mexican affairs is properly
embraced in their work. This stand
was made known through making pub
lie the text of the note to Carranza
withdrawing the invitation to send
delegates to the mediation conference
In the note the mediators told Car
rama they considered the suspension
Of hostilities between the Mexican
factions indispensable to his partici-
patton and also declared that all past
difficulties contributed to the present
situation in Mexico and should be sub
5ects for consideration in the negotia-
lions.
The diplomatic status AFFECTS the
-Enilitary situation. Huerts. has his
hands full watching the Americans at
Vera Cruz. Carranza. is active against
Huerta and Huerta is afraid to mass
troops against CarTanza, though the
Americans won't advance during the
GEN. WOOD COMMANDS.
Should an advance on Mexico City
start, Major Leonard Wood will be in
supreme command, with Gen. Funston
directing the advance beyond Vera
Cruz.
While the abrupt turn in the diplo-
matte drama led many to believe that
all present chance Of general media
tion was lost. yet suggestions were
heard that Carranza might change his
mind after his troops had captured
Saltillo, the next rebel goal.
Developments which led the media
tors temporarily to drop Carranza from
their mediation plans had not been
unexpected and the ENJOYS went ahead
with their original program With the
announcement by the state department
of delegates appointed to act in an ad-
Visory capacity with the ENJOYS it was
believed they would be ready to out
line the scheme for mediation OF the
Tampico deadlock and other alleged
offenses against the dignity of the
American government in Mexican Fed
eral territory. Huerta had named his
dip1omats-and it was expected the
American delegation soon would be
chosen.
PLOTS IN ARMY.
Plots in the army against Huerta
were growing. it was said In many
quarters a sudden change in the sit
uation in Mexico City would not be
unexpected. How such development
would effect the mediators' program
for general settlement, was a topic
Of discussion by observers of the sit
uation.
The influx of Americans into Mexico
City from outlying districts continued
today and arrangements for their
transportation 10 east coast ports were
hurried. Appeals of isolated groups of
Americans for military escorts were
received by Sir Lionel Garden the
British minister in Mexico City who
is cooperating with the Brazilian min
lister for their relief The United States
consuls at Progreso, Puerto Mexico,
Frontera and Carmen were ordered to
turn over their interests to French
consular officials That was one of the
features of the program of prepara-
tion for eventualities. Reports that
the Constitutionalists had notified
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