Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-06-03
HUERTA IN FLIGHT;
VERA CRUZ REPORT
Dictator Said to Have Left for
Port to Embark.
GERMANY HAS SHIP READY
Head of Mexico Demands Money OF
Rank-Threat Leads Owners to
Seek Protection From France
u. S. Consul Safe.

Vera Cruz, May 28.-An uncon-
firmed rumor is in circulation that
Gen. Victoriano Huerta has fed from
Mexico City.
The statement comes from man
who occupies a high position in Mex
leo City. The color Of verisimilitude
is given by the fact that the German
cruiser Dresden and the steamship
Ipiranga of the Hamburg-American
line steamed from Vera Cruz Tuesday
night for Puerto Mexico, the Dresden
following closely behind the Ipiranga-
It was believed that the German gov
eminent will offer General Huerta
asylum on either the Dresden or the
Ipiranga and protect him.
Vera Cruz, May 2S.-The wife of
Jose Simon, president of the National
Bank of Mexico City, arrived from
Mexico City with report that HUI
erta had demanded the payment of
100000 pesos by the banker on
threat Of placing troops in the bank.
sSimOn refused to submit to the de-
mand and telephoned to the French
minister, placing the affairs Of the in
stitution in his hands.
John R. Silliman, vice-consul at Sal
tillo, whose arrest by federal officers
brought vigorous protests from the
state department at Washington, ar
rived at Vera Cruz from Mexico City,
bearing passports issued by the Bra
lillian minister
Describing his trip from Saltillo to
Mexico City, the vice-consuI said:
4 was kept in confinement by Cen
eral Mas in the penitentiary at Sal
:. llo for 81 days"
- Mr. Silliman's attention was drawn
to Joseph A. Marchani's reported state
ment that the Mexican federals seized
Mr.. Silliman's state department code
and accused him of transmitting to
Washington and possibly to the con-
stitutionalists the dispositions of the
federal garrison Of Saltillo.
MY lips must remain sealed on all
these points," said Mr.. Silliman, "'un-
til 1 have conferred with my superb
Ors"
1t is learned from other sources that
the code books were not returned
when the consul was released.
Mrs. Silliman is still in Saltillo IN
der the protection of the British con-
sulate. Her husband apparently feels
no anxiety regarding her safety.
Niagara Falls, Ont, May 2S.-Presi-
dent Wilson has reoeded from his de-
mand that a detailed solution of the
land question in Mexico shall be pro-
vided in the agreement reached with
the Huerta government.
At the days meeting Justice Lamar
and F. w. Lehman, the American
delegates, gave their adherence to the
plan of settlement tentatively ar
ranged. They formally receded from
their proposal that the ultimate agree
ment for settlement of the Mexican
troubles should include a detailed plan
for land reform in Mexico.
This cleared away the lingering dan
ger that the land problem might form
stumbling block to a complete I'M
derstanding, although it was well IN
uerstood that the land question would
30 disposed of by a declaration that
the new constitutional government of
Mexico should study the matter with
q view OF remedial legislation. This
declaration will be in general terms.
The situation was summed up in the
following announcement by Justice
Lamar on the authority of the media
tors:
I'VE have begun to discuss the ac-
tual terms and details Of plan of
pacification. On a number of them
we find ourselves in substantial agree
ment. Others are still under discus
sion, and as to them there has been
no disagreement.
1T would, of course, be Improper
for US to specify the particular points
we have discussed or those on which
we have agreed or those we viii con-
slider further"
From the mediators themselves it
was learned that some of the vital
points had been reached. These are
understood to include the manner in
which the present regime in Mexico
City would give way to new pro-
visional government.
Inat General duerta hau given con-
sent to the program thus far outlined
was one of the reports, from reliable
sources, on which some of the optim-
ism displayed was believed to be
based
e Desiring to avoid the appearance Of
having had their provisional presi-
den chosen at an international confer
ence, the Mexican delegates have