The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-05-28
This Is the Mediators' Plan for
Provisional Government
When Huerta Quits
AGREEMENT IS BELIEVED NEAR
Temporary President and Four
Cabinet Members Would Take
Temporary Authority

Niagara Falls May 2S.-TEe media
ton conference has been in progress
IA week today and already many es-
sentials of the plan for the pacification
of Mexico have been agreed upon. The
details are being withheld until there
is complete agreement on all sub
iects, but the main point of the plan
on which both sides at present look
favorably is the transfer of executive
power from Huerta to a provisional
president and four cabinet ministers.
These five men would share equally
the responsibility of putting into op-
Grafton the program adopted at The
conference here for the election of n
president, vice president and mem
bers of Congress. The five men would
not only be neutral persons, politically,
as far as their positions We're con-
cerned, but representative men, as
nearly acceptable as possible to all fac
tions i'm Mexico, including the Consti-
tutionalists, and also approved by the
American government.
trompt HeCo9nltion ny " ..
Prompt recognition of the provision
al government would be given by the
United States. The withdrawal of
American troops is expected by the
Mexican delegates to follow as soon as
the new government is installed The
Mexican delegates expect that the
United States will regard as legal the
nf hn MaNinDn
Congress
The belief is expressed confidently
that an agreement or protocol will be
drawn up and perhaps signed within
another week. The medators do not
expect the question of the Constitu
tionalists' representation here To be re-
opened. The conference has pro-
grcssed too far for that The general
belief Is that the American govern
merit already is sounding the Consti
tutionalists on the details of the plans
being discussed.
Delegates Reports Favorable.
Washington, May 2S.-At the white
house it was said today that no formal
agreement Tor the pacillcation of Mex
leo had been received from the Mia
CARA Falls conference The reports of
the American delegates. which have
been coming i'm at each stage of the ne
gotiations, however, have been so ia
vorable that the situation ii was said,
woulu permit the assembling of the de-
cided points into the form of n definite
agiCc Ccment very soon.
Representatives of the Constitution
alists conferred with Bryan again to-
day and reiterated that steps were be-
ing taken definitely To establish rela-
tons or the Carranza element with |
the Niagara conference. They added
that the Constitutionalist delegates, If
they go, would have the same rights |
and powers as the American delegates. |
More Arms Coming for Huerta.
Closely following the landing of mu-
nitions of war for Huerta from two |
German liners at Puerto. Mexico, yes
terday, large consignment from ia
pan, ordered by Huerta many months
ago, is due at any time at Manzanillo
or Salina Cruz, on the west coast. and
will be transported by railroad to Mex
leo City
Treasury experts. discussing the
landing of the cargoes of the German
ships, Ypiranga and Bavaria, at Puer-
To-, Mexico, a port other than To which
they were originally consigned said
there was nothing in the American law
tn prevent the consignors changing the
destinations of the cargoes. The alb
sence of a proper manifest, however
10 a iC |
within his rights i'm OBTAINING the Ba-
Naria if, as reported, the steamer APP
peared at Vera Cruz without such
document.
Munitions Are lsnded
Tho Ypiranga landed 250 machine
guns and $4,000, 900 rounds of ammuni-
Ton. The Bavaria landed a large guam
tity Of ammunition estimated at 1.SOO.-
ooO rounds of ammunition.
No effort TO prevent the delivery
was made by officials of the United
states. Puerto, Mex. being an open
port and the United states having
agreed to "a suspension of hostilities
during the mediation of the Mexican
imbroglio nj Niagara Falls.
II was made plain at the state de-
partment that the only possible way
Tor the United States government to
nave prevented the shipment of arms
10 Puerto, Mex, would have been To
seize the customs house there as was
uone at Vera Cruz This would have
peen an open violation of the suspen-
sion of hostilities and would have dis
fupted mediation at once.
Rumors have been current for a