Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-02
ADDRESSED TO PRESS OF THE
 UNITED STATES
REBs HOLD WHIP HAND
Declares Rebel Leader, and Says That
 if Let Alone They Will Soon Settle the Entire Mexican PrebIem-WiH Have Nothing to Do With Husr+s or With Anyone Representing Him

za's headquarters at Durango criticiz< ing the actions of the Argentine, Braz9 ! Chili mediators at Niagara Falls and an announcement from General Villa reiterating his allegiance as a military
 ments today of the Mexican situation
 here. Villa arrived at Chihuahua City | from Torreon on his way for a visit to
 Juarez. Carranza was reported as hav- ing begun preparations to move by
 way of Torreon to Saltillo. where he will perfect his provisional govern ] ment-
 The statement from Durango, where Carranza's provisional government was
 established several days ago. address ed to the press of the United States with note to the effect that 1t had | official sanction, although it was not | a formal declaration. The telegra1D,
 in English, arrived here over the na- tional telegraph wires. A copy fol-
 lows. in part:
 The dominant sentiment of the con
 stitutionalists regarding the proceed | ings of the mediation commission at Niagara Falls is one of astonishment
 that there should be such an apparent lack of understanding on the part Of | that body not only with regard to conditions in Mexico. but as to the at l ttude of the consututionalists re- garding the mediators. This lack of \ understanding is not confined to the
 commissioners themselves but seems to
 be shared by a large portion of the American press as we'll As by ths
 Washington government
 Judging from what hes been pub
 hshed rom day to day. the mediAtors
 appear to consider General CaxIansa
 and his followers as a negligible Quan-
 tity, scarcely worthy of attention and
 who, perforce must agree to whatever
 conelusion the commission may
 reach They do not seem to b. s'vArs of the fact that the constftut5onAAsts are conquerors, that they have tn- laueuraAed and carried ainaqst to. suo-
 cesEfuf completion a revo1utton and
 that this means the eskkh1iahknenk oe II governnnent entitled to recoGutf1pn [ by the rest of the world. The recent
 successes of the consitudonAli6t army
 and others that arc imminent ara con-
 elusive proof that the power of Hn-
 will not fight They either run away
 or join their opponents with every EgI | of willingness. -.L-------.- All that prevents the constttut1onak alists from entering Medco City to-
 day is the physical obstacle of thl ! destruction of the railroads. With
 communication restored, which is be- ing accomplished with rapidity. tho army would be in Mexico City in lest than . week.
 . l
 point to the deliberations of the com- mission and the statements Of thl press as absolutely ignoring this stt- uation- The peace commission eEeq goes so far as to propose that th1
 constitutionalists must recognizi
 whatever provisional government they } decide to set up and to declare tha3 , they must be forced to recognize tha1 government or be crushed
 ! "The constitutionalists are wonderx
 ing how they are to be forced to d1
 so in view of their present accom- plkhments and by whom they are ts be crushed if they decline the 1commis- sion Calmly, too, the commission pro- poses that Huerta shall be permitted
 to be a candidate for the prestdoncy
 in order merely to save his face Do they .hink the constitutonalists will consent to that any more than they ' will consent to recognize a provisional 5 government constituted, as the com
 mission proposes, of one person select
 ed by Huerta, one by themselves and one, perhaps. but not at all likely, by the constitutionalists?
 "No one, the constitutionalist lead . CTS point out, who has hs 1 any ac-
 quaintance with the objects and pur-
 pose of their movements. would fancy
 for a single moment that they would , ever consent that they would have 2 anything whatever to do with any one , friendly tor or heretofore connected
 with Huerta. The conStltuf Onali6t make it plain beyond question that
 they will recognspe a government es- tabfished under the plan of Gauda- 2 lupe at the triumph of the revolution :: According to this plan. the connmand- I erin chief of the constiutionalSs1
 army will be the provisional president
 of the Mexican republic while the elec- !, tions are being verified and consdtu> ] tionafist order is restored to the couni 5 try.
 They point out the fact that con- querors are not usually wont to per
 init the conquered to dictate the terms
 of peace, which is practically what ia
 to be asked of them by the commis- ion.
 ' Constituencies are especially ' posal of the commission to take ur
 the agrarian suestion and propose
 some form of settlement. They de- ' ciare that this is a purely internal !. problem and that they will tolerate nc : outside interference. Indeed this fs U their attitude with regard to the en- tire proceedings of the mediation com
 mission. They declare that if let alone they will settle the entire Mexican [ problem in few months and in prood
 of their ability to do this point tc 3 what they have already accomplished : in the way of driving the federa1s from S, two thirds of the country with the i'm : mfnent prospect of securing the othei . third in no great time"
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