Evening journal., 1914-07-01
LOOK FOR RAPID
MOVE Of ARMY
To mexico CITY.
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tionalist junta here that representa-
tives Of villa and Carranza will meet
probably on Saturday. AT that time,
It is possible that Carranza will agree
to concessions that will keep villa
loyal His personal representative
here, Felix Summerfield, claims that
he has received word from villa that
he Is stlll in accord with the first
chief OF the revolution and that he
returned to Torreon merely to get
ready for the final dash to Mexico
City. But the representatives OF Car
rama deny this. They say that villa
is drunk with ambition and that II
will be hard TO keep him in control
unless It is demonstrated to him that
the other Mexican Constitutionalist
generals are a unit against him.
Meanwhile the administration con
tinues fearful Of events in Mexico City.
Rumors OF Huerta's impending flight
are current, but those who know the
dictator best do not credit them They
say that he is savage Indian enough
TO prefer to so down in a cataclysm of
blood which would make his place in
history secure rather than to have it
said that he fled to save his own hide.
There viii be no surprise when the
word is finally received that rioting
has begun in Mexico City. Business
there is at a standstil Merchants are
bankrupt Food supplies are running
low. The poems are already suffering
from hunger. The loyalty Of the army.
is in doubt. Even Huerta's veterans,
his personal bodyguard, cannot be de-
AZ
he did not take the field in person. and
only the iron discipline ~ Banquet
has prevented revolt. The foreign
colony is armed; its members are READY
for anything. II may be a question of
hours; certainly il is one only Of days
when the final blow-off comes. in the
opinion Of everyone here who is famil-
lar with the entire situation.
The one thing that may prevent
this is a reconciliation between villa
and Carranza. and the acceptance of
the suggestion Of the mediators that
the Constitutionalists and Federals
get together One is contingent on
the other Officials here and mem
bers Of the Mexican junta profess to
believe both possible. They say the
Constitutionalist generals win modi-
fy the '+pian OF GuadeiOupe," TO per-
NIT an agreement through mutual
concessions rather than by force OF
arms. But not single authoritative
confirmatory declaration to bolster
up this hope has been received.
All that mediation has so far ac-
complished has been 70 have agreed
upon a partial protocol in which the
United States receded from the de-
mands which sent the Atlantic fleet
south and resulted in the occupation
Of Vera Cruz. This document ig-
nored entirely the demand for a sa-
lutte Of 21 guns to wipe out the ig-
nominy of the Tampico insult; agreed
that under no circumstances would
Mexico have to pay indemnity for the
deaths at Vera Cruz or the cost OF the
military and naval operations, and
pledged recognition to any compro-
mise government created to succeed
Huerta and to hand back Vera Cruz
to the Mexicans as soon as that pro
yisional government was established.
Now that mediation has practically
blown up" this agreement has no
force. Should the Federals and Con-
stitutionalists get together, however,
and the provisional government be
decided, then II will be revived and the
United States will be morally bound
to again accept II. But If they cannot
get together and II villa and Car
rama break. 1t is difficult for any Of
hcial here in Washington TO see any
thing else for the United States Ia
do hut TO intervene in Mpviro