Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-11
REBEL JUNTAHERE
SURRENDERS HOPE
OF PEACE EPARLEY
Official Washington Awaits
Word From Carranza Before
Showing Hand.
Former Cabinet Minister'S
Charge of Plot Amazes Amer
ican Administration Circles.

! With official Washington in hourly ex
pectation of positive word from Carranzs
| that mediation for Mexico is off, and th
! march to the capital begun. admnistra'
! ton leaders here were amazed at the
/: following assertion reported to have beer
| made by Licentiado Querido Moheno. re-
Gently minister of commerce in th'
! cabinet of Gen. Huerta. as he was sailing
. to the United States for refuge from
! Vera Cruz:
Il thought that Imperialism in the
government of the United States hao
reached its full flower and strength dur
ing the administration of Mr.. Roosevelt
but | was mistaken. President Wilson
in dealing with Mexico. has gone much
further toward Imperialism than Mr..
Roosevelt ever went
Regret Charges of Plot.
Government officials refuse to believe
that the American public will give seri-
Gus consideration to such utterances
from the ousted advisor of Huerta
They regret that his charges of plot
in the United States to annex Mexico
and his assertion that United States in
tervention is imminent, come at this
, time when hostilities are about to be
resumed and when he armiStice during
mediation negotiations is about to end
Among the statements reported to have
been made by Senior Moheno is this:
Il have positive Information that Fran
cisco Escudero one-time minister of for
eign relations in the cabinet of Venus
tiano CarranZa. possesses documentary
proof to the effect that a secret agree
ment with regard to Mexico has been en-
tered into by Mr.. Roosevelt and certain
progressive leaders. Prominent democrats
and republicans of the United States
know of the scheme of the progressives
and they. too. are agreeable to it.
Junta Gives Up Hope.
With the revolutionary campaign
against Mexico City nearing "a crisis
and the report that most of the con-
stitutionalist military leaders had ad-
| vised against parley, members of Car
ranza's junta here admitted that their
hopes for conference were upset.
President Wilson and members of his
cabinet today maintained their silence
over the situation. 1t generally was be-
iieved the administration would withhold
intima tions of its future policy in Mexico
ly had outlined his attitude over the
peace parley.
Wait for Villa to Move.
Forces of Gen. Obregon. which recently
took Guadalajara. the second largest city
: in the republic, were recouping theiI
strength for the next rush toward Mex
leo City. Villas army. in Chihuahua, ap
| parently had made no move to join in
/ the campaign against Huerta's capital
! Its movement was awaited in some circle.
: as conclusive evidence of the reported
4 healing of Ihe breach between Carr.pz.
! and Villa.
T, Ministers Naon and SuareZ two of the
, mediatOrS, who returned from a meet
! ing with Huerta's delegates in New
York, would not comment today on the
J reports that most of Carranza's gen.
: erals had counseled against any peace
parley. 1t was understood the mediators
! had advised the Huerta Representatives
, to wait another week for a definite re-
/ ply from Carranza.