The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-05-01

Continued from First Psge.)4
alone and no attempts is made to i'll
! treat American civilians
! Reports ernanating from LIexico City
| last night that an American war ship
| had bomDarded Manzanillo, on the
Pacific coast of Mexico and that Am
erican marines had landed at Salina
| Cruz caused officials here consider
able concern. Both reports being UNI
| true, they feared that they might have
| been circulated in Mexico for the pur-
! pose Of arousing resentment against
Americans.
The hope here is that no untoward
| incidents will arise to hamper the
peace negotiations.
When the mediation ENJOYS ad-
! journed their conference for luncheon
| it was declared that they We're await
! ing word direct from General Car
rama as to whether he would agree
to an armistiCe. Some of the repre-
sentatiyes OF Constituencies here, it
was known, did not favor an armistice,
but the ENJOYS, as shown in the orig
inal note to Carranza offering their
good offices, are dealing direct Y with
the Constitutioralist chief and through
represent atiYeS here.
Should Carranza reject an armistice
the mediation plans PROBABLY will be
thrown back TO the international basis
between this government and Huerta
with the internal Mexican trouble
eliminated.
The mediators Of the South Am
erican republics who are seeking to
compose the Mexican crisis, resumed
their sessions at the Argentine Iega-
ton today. Their plans were for a
morning session from 1880 o'clock
until /, an afternoon session and the
evening to be DEVOTED to conferences
and possibly late night session as
circumstances might require.
The T11adiat0Ts were tiV
aged in their work by the definite re
suits already accomplished, first in
paving the way TO an armistlce among
all the warning factions and. second
in bringing CarranZa within the scope
of their INTERPRETATION. 1t has been
matter of surprise to diplomatic
and official circles generally that this
much has been accomplished by the
mediators in the few days that they
have been at work and doubts as to
quarters during the early stages, are
giving way to more general feeling
of confide nee.
CRISIS EXPECTED SOON.
It is still felt. however, that the
crucial stage in the negotiations yet
is to be met and that this will develop
within the next few days. Notwith-
standing this, the spirit Of concession
thus far shown gives the mediators
hope that all sides will enter this fl
nal stage in the same spirit of con-
Citation which will permit them to
find some middle ground of common
agreement.
At the morning meeting several
South american ministers were called
into conference. It was understood this
related to a plan advanced by some
of the South American countries TO
have all of the representatives Join
as a semi official part OF the media
ton procedure. It IS the expectation.
however, to continue the organization
as now formally accepted by all ele-
ments and at the same time have the
cooperation and backing of the Uni
ted republics Of South and Central
America.
The mediators also saw several men
prominently identified with various
Mexican elements, in the canvass be-
ing made Of points of difference and
agreement, with a view to gradually
working out some common basis. It
was reported also but not confirmed
that personal representatives Of HUI
erta and Carranza would be sent here
to be the medium of direct Communi-
cation with the india tors.
It also was learned that a proposal
10 General Carranza as head of the
ConstitutionaHsts TO join the armis-
tice proposed between the United