The Alaska citizen., 1914-06-15
WAR SITUATION
 IN OLD MEXICO
HUERTA TO LEAVE,

HUERTA TO LEAVE.
 VERA CRUZ. June 1o-lt is re. ported here today that President Huerta and the members of his cab inet are making preparations to come to this city for the purpose of wind ing up the peace negotiations which are now under discussion at Niagara Falls
 IL is believed here that Huerta' s real motive in coming to the coast is to get out of the country.
 WOMEN WANT RELIEF
 MAIATLAN. June 10-Reduced to dire want by the protracted siege of this city by the Constituencies, starving Mexican women are follow ing Governor Rodriguez about the streets. imploring him to order the surrender of the city to the enemy. in order that greater suffering may be prevented. Conditions are grow ing worse daily. and it is certain that many will die of starvation unless relief comes soon.
 Late this afternoon, the governor promised to distribute limited rations of corn to the hungry. and in this way it is hoped to hold out against the rebels until endorsements ar rive from the interior.
 REBEL LEADERS QUARREL.
 FL PASO. June 10.-Generals Car fanza and Villa have become in volved in a quarrel over the manage ment of the railroads seized by the Constitutionalists, and there is the possibility that Villa will break away from the commander-in-ch of the rebel forces. The trouble was preci- pitated by the removal by Carranza of General Calseado. whom Villa had placed in charge of the captured property. General Villa is very bit ter against Carranza and threatens trouble.
 BLOCKADE LIFTED
 WASHINGTON, D. C., June 10.- Cable advices received from Ad miral Fletcher this afternoon state that the federal blockade along the Eastern coast of Mexico has been lifted by order of President Huerta, who earlier in the week ordered all the ports closed The admiral states that Huertas gunboats. which Were engaged in the blockade at Tam pico, have been withdrawn.
 MEDlATORS DEAOLOckED
 NIAGARA FALLS. June 11.-Ac cording to statements made this aft ernoon by envoys in attendance at the peace conference, the mediators are hopelessly deadlocked on the question of choosing successor to President Huerta. Several names have been proposed by each of the mediators, but up to late hour this afternoon no headway had been made.
 Further disagreements arose dur ing the night session and it is now regarded as probable that the con ference will fail absolutely to bring about settlement of the differences between Mexico and the United States.
 BRYAN IS HOPEFUL.
 WASHINGTON. D. C., June H. Questioned regarding the threatened break at Niagara Falls, Secretary Bryan stated tonight that he felt confident the mediators would be able to reach an agreement if given time for further deliberation. He urged patience, declaring confident ly that everything would work out satisfactorily, notwithstanding the differences of opinion which at pres ent exist among the mediators.
 AMMUNITION ARRIVES.
 WASHINGTON, D. C., June H. Secretary of the Navy Daniels is in receipt of official advices from Tam pico which state that the steamship Antilla has arrived at that port with cargo of war munitions for the rebels The cargo has not yet been discharged, but it is understood that no resistance will be offered by the United States in case the shipment is delivered.
 TO ATTACK MAZATLAN.
 MAZATLAN, June 11.-It is ex- pected that a determined assault upon this city will be made within the next 24 hours. and preparations are being made by the defending federal troops to make an equally determined resistance. The Car ranza forces which surround the city began closing in today, and activ ities noted among the rebel gun DOalS III the HdlDOl liulCdle lHt'I IL is the intention of the enemy to at tack the city from all sides.
 PEACE DEADLOCK BREAKS.
 NIAGARA FALLS, June 12.-The deadlock over the selection of sue cessor to President Huerta. which last night threatened an abrupt term ination to the peace negotiations, was broken late this afternoon, and to- night the mediators are working in entire accord on the construction of definite peace plan, which, it is believed will settle the differ ences between the United States and Mexico and end the rebellion in the Southern republic.
 Associate Justice Joseph P. Lam ar of the United States supreme court, who, with Frederick w. Leh- mann of St. Louis, is representing the United States at the A. B. c. Conference, is authority for the state ment that the protocol will be ready for the signatures of the various envoys by the middle of next week.
 It is generally believed today that General CarranZa will be permitted to enter the peace compact.
 AMMUNITION UNLoADED.
 TAMPICO, June 12. The ship ment of war munitions which arrived here yesterday on the steamship An tilla, consigned to the rebels, was unloaded today without objection from any quarter.
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