New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-22
TALKS OCCUPY DAY
OF PEACE TRAINERS
mediators First Get Mexi-
con Views and Then See
American ENJOYS.
CHANCE OF SUCCESS
CONSIDERED BRIGHT
,ou,;,ion Minister of Agriculture
rr,ertains Niagara Falls Wis.,
TORS at Dinner.
~ GEORGE eRIsWoLp HILL.

a. GEORGE GRisWoLD HILL.
>,.sara Falls. Ontsrio' May 2l.-'lf
.ro,ces of a successful outcome or
w Mediation were as one TO nine last
,.,rday. they are as nine TO one To-
This statement was made to me
nv one in a position 10 speak
-. the utmost authority regarding
.-oeress Of the negotiations. But
than that, il was confirmed by
.,rerous others thoroughly conversant
oh what had been going on behind
closed doors Of the conference
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The idea Of the mediators' so far as
.,ov have been outlined to the dele
- have impressed them all as eX-
s.oainely fair and as offering every
.,osonable ground for the belief that
..oce will he accomplished through the
srorts Of the A b c diplomats.
voi,ber the American delegates nor
,ho Nexicans have laid their cards on
,ha table. In fact, the mediators have
-, sither. except TO a limited extent
put the fundamental proposition the
animation of all the so-called leaders
- MEXICO. their place 10 be taken by
.-o,.;sional government which Will en-
,ov the moral support of the United
states and the \ b c countries and
J.. nledeed 10 effect the reforms de-
o,onded by the Cairanzistas and
o,,ors has been informally submitted
% the delegates and. as has been said,
has impressed all alike as essentially
just.
The American delegates are. of
course. without authority to express
more than their personal opinions. But
,bev have reported to Washington to-
5sv the basis on which the mediators
rronose TO work. and so completely is
II in line with previously expressed
,icws Of President Wilson that they
have little doubt that it will receive
MS approval.
Mexicans Move Slowly.
Although the Mexican delegates are
clothed with plenary powers, they are
disposed to move slowly. There has
bcon a strong suspicion in Mexico that
The United states was not wholly sin
ccre in its attitude toward mediation,
and that some, at least, or the powers
that be in Washington have welcomed
this conference as a method of killing
time until the forces under Villa and
Carranza could reach Mexico City
There is no direct evidence that this
suspicion was shared by the delegates
10 the mediation conference, but it is
a least evident that they are disposed
10 move with considerable caution.
No direct reference TO the elimination
Of Huerta has been made in either the
formal or informal meetings of the me-
diators and delegates. The proposal
TO set up a provisional government
which would ne neutral and to main
tain it until law and order are re-
stored and a general election can he
held clearly implies such elimination,
not Of Huerta alone but of all the
present leaders, and this fact is quite
clearly understood by the delegates.
But harsh terms are avoided in diplo-
matte conferences, and therefore Hue--
ta's elimination has not been discussed
other than indirectly.
BY pledging the proposed provisional
to carry out all those fun
damental reforms which have consti-
tuted the slogans Of the revolutionist
the mediators believe they can deprive
them of all further excuse for fighting.
If the representatives Of the Huerta
government agree first that Huerta
himself shall step aside, and, secondly,
that they will assist provisional gov
eminent 10 carry into effect these re-
forms, the Villas and Carranzas AMI
Zapatas will, it is contended, be robbed
Of all excuse for further hostilties UNI
less, Of course, they are willing to come
out into the open and acknowledge that
hey are sacrificing countless lives and
devastating their country merely II
further their own political ambitions.
Wilson's Position Clear.
President Wilson has expressed him-
self in he past in emphatic terms re-
garding those who ioment and carry
ON revolutions for so base a purpose.
and there is. it is believed, little likeli-
mood that he will give the slightest
or encouragement oven %
villa and Carranza if they persist on
such "a course.
These, then, are the reasons which
inspire the strong hopes of success
which are shared by the mediators and
the delegates alike. The mediators
have the utmost faith in the sincerity
OF President Wilson. SO, of course.
nave the American delegates. and the
MeXicans have come to place entire
faith in the singleness Of purpose and
justice Of view Of the mediators. Ana
the delegates have been impressed
with the wisdom and justice of The
methods on which the mediators are
seeking TO achieve their laudable end.
The report that Huerta had made