The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-18
OF > Satisfactory Outcome 1t
Peace Conference.
on The VERGE Of DISRUPTION
The Negotiations Have Met IN
Insurmountable Barrier.


Washington, June 18.-Wn1ie aQmAn-
istration officials said today they stu
had hopes for successful outcome OF
the mediation at Niagara Falls. they
were more doubtful than they have
been at any time probably since the
conference began. OFFICIALS close to the
president feel that Senior Pabasa's note
disclosed a new indication that the
Mexican delegates are consistently
holding out for Huerta adherent for
the provisional presidency despite the
fact that many such men have been
mentioned as "ncutrals.
President Wilson is equally deter
mined in his view that unless man
approved by the constitutionalists Is
chosen. the new Provisional government
will be in trouble from the outset.
White House OFFICIALS said that when
the reply of the American delegates to
Senator Rabasa's note was published 1t
would be a sufficient explanation Tor
the attitude of the United states.
On Verge Of Breaking Up.
Niagara Falls, June 1S.-Justice La
mar was at work early today on a. re-
ply to the statement issued last night
by Emilio Rabasa of the Mexican dele
CATION, but waited word from President
Wilson and Secretary Bryan as to
whether it sht uld be made public All.
Rabasa's statement was a paraphrase
of a memora ndum, given to the Amert-
can. delegates last Friday criticising
their plan for the esta blishment of a
provisional government.
There was a great deal of speculation
as to the reason for publishing the
Mexican statement at this time. The
American delegates were not offended.
but they thought that notice of pubh-
cation Of toe substance Of the me1nOran-
dunn to which a reply had already been
given should have been conveyed to
them SO that a response could have been
published at the same time. In the
Mexican statement no reference was
made to the fact that the American
delegates had replied.
An Adequate Defense.
It was said, IN some quarters. the
action Of the Mexican delegates SAVIOR
ed of discourtesy but the American
delegation felt that the responsibility
for any i'll effect upon negotiations
that might be produced by airing an
exchange Of personal opinion in the
press would fall on the Huerta dele
gates. 1t wasr made known that the
American delegation answered almost
Immediately the I'M emorandum treceiv-
ed from Mr.. Rabasa. The response
egates as an adequate defense of the
position they had assumed toward the
establishment OF. new provisional
government.
1t is said to declare that the Next
can delegation had not. taken into con-
sideration the fact that the United
States had no candidate for permanent
president of Mexico and that under
no circumstances would the American
government be a party to any in
fluence on the election of any country.
Its preference for constitutionalist
for provisional president was due
wholly to the conviction that a man
from that party must be taken in or
der to insure the disarmament of all
factions that otherwise would menace
the new Mexican government if
man not satisfactory to the constitu-
tionalist should be installed in place
of Huerta.
The position of the American gov
eminent is that an agreement between
the United States and Huerta on a
neutral would be valueless unless the
great body of constitutionalist troops
were ready to accept him, which did
not seem likely from their expressed
attitude.
Why Rebels Are Fayorer.
The United States has argued for
a constituencies on the theory that
this was the dominant military .forca
and that it's conquest Of Mexico City
was inevitable; that the installation