The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-11

Da Cana Announces Settlement
of Conflict Between US.
and Mexico.
DINNER TO NEWSPAPER MEN
Medistors Believe They Have Eiiui-
mates Chances for War, But
Task is Not Finished.

Niagara Falls. Ont-AmbassadoE
d Cana of Brazil formally announced
the practical settlement Of the con
fiict between the United States and
Mexico, but added that the task OF
mediation is not yet concluded
The ambassador spoke at luncheon
given by the three mediatOTs to news
paper correspondents The American
and Huerta delegations to the media
ten conference we're present and the
remarks of Mr. Da Cana after care
full revision, were made public later,
constituting a formal statement OF the
work Of mediation thus far
1T is a source Of satisfaction for
me-" said the ambassador, to be able
| TO say that one OF the essential points
of our program. that dealing with the
| international side Of the conflict, is
practically settled This does not i'm
ply that we go home, with our task
! concluded, but we feel that so far We
have averted war
We have established also, through
! agreements between the parties most
/ directly interested and in complete
| harmony with the sentiments Of the
/ government OF the United States. that
/ it is a principle of American policy
! to have our national problems always
! given a fair examination and settled
/ without foreign Interference We IN
| derstand that if such a result has
been attained, We shall have created
| a more favora bic atmosphere in in
/
The speech served as a definition
| for the world generally of the hither-
to unsettled status of mediation
Justice Lamar and the mediators
| had discussed the situation at length
| and afterward the Huerta delegates
conferred with the mediators. Am
bassador Da Cana and Minister Naon
will depart at once.
The medfators have formally &C
| knowledged the latest note from Gen
eTal Carranza, transmitted by Rafael
/ Zubaran, his representative in Wash
ington-
The answer expressed the apprecia-
| ton Of the mediators for the friendly
| sentiments toward peace uttered by
! Carranza and is most courteously
/ RhraBed.
Huerta Ready TO Flee
Washington, D. C-PrIYate dis
/ patches received here from unofficial
sources in Mexico City stated that
| President Huerta had sent his son
/ and daughter toward Puerto Mexico
and was making preparations for his
own departure on short notice. The
| Information was conveyed to the state
/ department
ZaPata Issues Decree
! Mexico City-News reached Mexico
City that Emiliano Zapata, the south
/ ern revolutionary leader, had pub
] Iished a decree rejecting an aIlegi-
ance to Venustiano Carranza and say
| ing that the ConstitutionaIist chief
had refused to accept the plan Of
/ Ayala," the original agrarian prOcla-
/ nation of the southern leader.
! Zapata is said to have declared that
| he intends to extend his operations
along the western coast Of Mexico as
far as Sonora and that he viii fight
Carranza forever The Information
was brought to Mexico City by per
sons who arrived from towns under
the control of the followers of Zapata
in the state Of Morelos.
Members of the British colony here
are unwilling to follow the advice OF
Sir Lionel Garden, the British minis
| ter, that they temporarily leave Mex
leo. Only forty-two persons so far
have signed an agreement to travel
on a special train to the coast, More
| than half Of this number are women
and children
Garden Warns British.
The City of Mexico.-In view of the
] existing conditions in Mexico, Sir
Lionel Garden, the British minister,
has advised all British subjects tenn
porarily to leave the country. He said
that the shortage Of fuel used in the
| operation Of trains was growing more
acute daily and that the trains prob
ably soon would stop running, which
would make difficult the departure of
persons in the interior