South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-30
CARRANZA WILL
HAVE No SAY IN
PEACE PROTOCOL
Must Either Agree to Call Off
HoStiIitieS For a Time or be
Left Out in the Cold by the
MediatorS.

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont, May 30
Unless Cen Venustiano Carranza,
leader of the rebellion against Huerta,
declares an armistice pending the
conclusion of the mediation negotia-
tons, he will be allowed no voice in
shaping the peace protocol now in
the course of preparation in tentative
form TO be submitted to Washington
and Mexico City.
This decision was reached by Am
bassador DaGama Of Brazil and his
| colleagues, Ministers Naon of Argen-
tine, and Suarez of Chile, Thursday
afternoon after several Informal
conversations with the Mexican
delegates.
Carranza's messenger. Juan Fran
cisco Uquidi, secretary of the consti-
| nationalist junta in Washington. pre-
| scented to the mediators late Thurs
day letter from the constitutional
| list leader outlining in definite man
ner the conditions under which he
will consent to become a party to the
! peace conferences. The message from
Carranza was not made public.
on high authority the 1. n. S. can
| state that CarranZa refused TO recede
| from his original position and that
he still maintains that he will not
submit to any plan having for its OBJ
| ject the settlement of the differences
between the constitutionalists and the
| Huerta faction III Mexico. He also
made it clear in his letter to the
mediators, according to the ]. \. S.
informant, that the discussion of mat
ters of purely internal interest in
Mexico will not be sanctioned
Deals With International Issue.
dnPIlUORnf W I
Gen. CarranZa TO Ambassador Da
Cana deals solely with the information
| al questions at issue here" said Mr..
| Urquidi. 1T does not deal with the
internal problems of Mexico. Gen.
Carranza has already made clear his
position on the subject. He has de-
clared that the internal questions must
be dealt with by Mexico alone. and
! that he cannot consent to their discus
sion by any mediation conference in
which he may be grouped.
1T follows that he cannot agree to
any proposal for the creation of a
| provisional government since that is
| purely a domestic affair. He has not
changed his opinion on that point.
The constitutionalist government is
willing to enter into the discussion
here OF the international questions for
the settlement Of which there is need.
! II is to that matter that the docu-
ment L bring is addressed"
Comes as Messenger.
Urquidi stated that he came simply
as a messenger, and that he would
| wait only long enough to take back TO
| Washington with him any reply itch
| the mediators might see fl TO send.
He received his letter from Emilio
Zubaran, minister of the anterior in
| the Carranza cabinet, which is now in
| Washington.
DURANGO. Mexico. May 29.-Gen.
Carranza, first chief of the constitu-
tionalists. today made public the fol-
| lowing dispatch which he had sent 10
Rafael Zubaran, his agent in Washing
ton:
six days ago the Abe confer
| ence began 10 treat the international
conflict between the United States and
Mexico OccasiOned by the arrest of sew
eral American sailors by soldiers of
Gen. Huerta at Tampico. To solve
this conflict you offered 10 the gov
eminent of United States. 10 Huerta
and 10 me your good offices, inviting
US 10 appoint delegates who would
represent the general headquarters OF
the constitutionalist army which is
under my orders
/ answered that in principle / would
accept your good offices and after
ward. in separate message. 1 stated
the principles which would be dealt
with in the peace conferences. Await
ing an answer 10 that dispatch l have
not vet named delegates"
Surprised ut Course.
II am surprised that YOU have con
tinued 10 treat for a solution OF the
lconfiict between the United States and
the constituencies army which IS
under my orders and which represents
the majority OF the people and the
larger armed force Of the republic.