The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-06-27
BRING ENEMIES TOGETHER,
HUERTA AND CARRANZA AGENTS
TO CONFER AT NIAGARA.
Washington Officials Regard Step as
Real Progress Toward Peace.

Niagara Falls, Ont, June 22.--
Through the invitation of the, United
States government and the good Of
fees Of the three South American
mediators, representatives Of the two
warning factions in MeXico-the con-
stitutiOnalists and the Huerta govern
ment-sOOn will be brought face to
face in an informal conference dis
tinct from the mediation proceed
ings.
TO save Mexico from further spOlia-
ton and the possibility of a foreign
war, the constitutionalists apparent
ly have been prevailed upon to meet
their cOuntrymen-the Huerta dele
gates-in a conference, whose object
shall be the ending Of the Mexican
civil strife. The belief is general
that this plan stands an excellent
chance of being carried to success If
recent differences between Gems. Villa
and CarranZa are sufficiently COM
posed to guarantee that the constitu-
tionalist delegation may work with
out embarrassment.
Arrangements for the meeting are
In formative state. The mediatOrs
and American and Hucrta delegates,
however, believe that by tomorrow or
Wednesday at the latest, they will be
able to announce not only the per-
sonnel Of the constitutionalist dele
cation. but the place Of the meeting
and its general purposes.
The new plan has buoyed the hopes
of the principals to mediation. The
South American envoys discussed it
briefly with the American delegates
today, and later conferred with the
Iiuerta delegates who were asked
formally If they would meet constitu-
tionalist representatives. The Huer-
ta delegates replied that they were
willing to enter any conference with
their countrymen which had for it's
object the prevention Of bloodshed
and the destruction Of property and
sought to establish n national govern.
n,ent on a firm basis. -,
The plan the mediators have work
ed out Is to confine the formal media.
ton conferences to a consideration Of
international questions, treating witt,
the Huerta and American delegates
on these points. On internal ques-
tions the Huerta and constitutinalist
delegates will be expected to con
fer alone.
With the constitutionalist and
Euerta delegates discussing names
for the provisional presidency and
kindred internal question, the media
tors and American delegates would
await the outcome of their efforts be-
fore signing a final protocol.
Fernando Iglcsias Calderon Is ex-
pected to head the Carranza delega-
tion. He is due in Washington TO-
morrow. Although there was no off
cial announcement here it was under
stood that Gen. Carranza, through
Luis Cabrera, his Washington repre-
sentative, had given his assent to the
plan Of holding a conference separate
from the mediation and that details
were being worked out now by tele-
graph.
1t Is virtually certain that no ar
mistice would be declared by the
constitutionalists until an agreement
OF a definite character is reached in
the Informal conferences as to the
establishment Of the provisional gov
ernment. On arriving at such an un-
derstanding 1t would be expected that
q general suspension Of hostilities
ard guaranty of amnesty would be
proclaimed, and the constitutionalist
delegates then might be formally ad-
mitted to the mediation proceedings
for the signing of the final protocol,
recording the solution Of the differ
ences between Mexico and the United
States.