Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-24
WILSON AWAITING
BRECEDA'S COMING
Mission of Carranza's Aid and
ConstitutionaIists Not
Fully Known.
HOPED THAT FACTIONS
WILL GET TOGETHER
Shipping on American 0utposts Said
to Indicate Desire to Provoke
Intervention.

Patient waiting on mediation contfn.
ued today to be the attitude Of the ad
ministration. The coming of Alfredo
Breceda. Carranza's secretary to wash
ington tomorrow was awaited with in.
terest in official quarters where som.
knowledge of the nature of his mis-
SION was said to have been received
from Consular Agent Carothers
breceda and his colleagues viii prob
ably participate in conferences with Of.
ncials OF the Washington government.
but whether they or other constitution
aiists will go to Niagara Falls to join
the American and Huerta delegates in
INFORMAL discussion of peace still
seems problematical.
Hoped to Gain Conference.
development of plans for a meeting
o1 representatives of the fighting fac
'ions IN Mexico. temporarily independ-
ent OF mediation proceedings between
the Huerta and American missions. also
was awaited today by President Wilson
and his cabinet officers
II was suggested that the next step in
tne program for settling Mexicos troubles
oy diplomacy might not crystalline until
the arrival in Washington of the Car
rama agents now on their way from
Saltiilo. Expectations continued, however
.nat enorts Of the Washington admins
tration to bring together delegates Of the
federais and constitutionalists would sue
ceed
Reports from New Orleans that Mr..
breceda had declared the constitutional
lists would not agree to a conference with
the Huerta mission. variously were in
terpreted here. Some men in touch with
the constitutionalist movement declared
! brecedas 8 statement reflected the attitude
OF many revolutionists
Reports from Niagara Falls bowever
asserted authoritative assurances had
oeen received that the constitutionalists
would be represented there and in ad-
ministratfon circles here expressions of
eventually would be prevailed upon 10
send ENJOYS to discuss Mexico's internal
Affairs with Huerta's delegates.
Mission Still Unknown.
The mission to Washington Of Mr..
Breceda. who Is coming with Tornado
lslesias Calderon and Leopolda Hurdata
| Espinosa- Is not fully known Rafael
Zubaran. the chief constftationaltst agent
now here. and his associates claim not
to know the nature of their Grand
1t is significant. however. that Juan
urquidf met the constitutionalist agents
n
| message from Washington. Mr. Urouidi.
| II was learned. would proceed from New
Orleans to Galveston on business for
the revolutionists. and it was rumored
or SaltflIo to confer directly with Car
rama.
Hope was renewed that Villa would
| not loom as stumbling block by re-
ports that he had asserted he would
stand by the results of the mediation
attitude.
Administration onicials read with
satisfaction dispatches outlining an Of
| ffcial statement from Carranza's head
| quarters at Saltillo. declaring that re-
ports or alarming and deep divisions"
between the first chief and villa were
false The statement was generally ac-
cepted as tending to verify assertions
that the break between the constitution
alist leaders had been healed. tenn
pOrarily- at least.
Reports Of Shipping.
Persistent reports of shining bv Ma~.
lean federals on the American outposts
at Vera Cruz and rumors of constitu
tionaist further advances toward Mex
leo. City attracted interest today.
Although the War Department will
make public no reports from Gen. Funston
regarding sniping on the American
forces. 1t Is known that there has been
an investigation Of continued reports TO
that effect.
There have been many inferences that
Huerta's forces were attempting to pro
woke a fight with the American troopers
and iorce intervention
Semi-official dispatches coming through
from Tampico today said it was reported
there by reliable sources that the con-
stitutionalist. Gen. Natera. had taken "a
catecas June 10. and that the troops
were being hurried on to San Luis Pc.
tosi. The report was not credited here
by administration officials nor constitu-
tionalists.