The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-05-21
ARMY IN MEXICO
TILL WAR CEASES
Prejif nj Wilson will So In
i'm MGdiatOTs
RUERTA WILL QUIT FOR PEACE

Dictator, However, Wishes to Impose
Certain Conditions For His Retire.
ment-It Is Said Mexican Delegates
Will Enter Into Mediation Negotia-
tions Prepared to Grant Many Con-
cessions-Tampico Situation Bad.
Washington, May l9-That General
PTcrta will resign as president Of
Mexico if it is necessary for peace
and the Mexican representatives to
the mediation conference can so
recommend was authoritatively stated
as being correct.
The Huerta delegates will only
recommend Huertas retirement, how
ever, on the condition that a definite
understanding is reached on the kind
of government that is to follow.
Hterta's conditions, on which he
will resign, are reported as follows:
That CaTranZa shall not be chosen
to succeed him; that Huerta have a
voice in the choice of his successor;
that Huerta be allowed to run for
president in the July elections and
that the Americans eyacuate Vera
Cruz.
President Wilson told the American
commissioners, who leave today for
the mediation conference at Niagara
Falls. Ont, that the United States gov
eminent regards the settlement of the
Mexican problem in definite form as
a prerequisite to the withdrawal of the
American forces from Vera Cruz.
Persons here who have talked conf
dentially with MeXiCo's representa-
tives say that they will enter the
Niagara Falls conferences in the most
liberal spirit and with every DISPOSE
ton to make reasonable concessions.
The plan of the Mexican delegates
as it has been glimpsed by diplomats
in Washington is to force the United
States into an agreement in regard
to an adjustment of Mexicos internal
differences.
They hope also, it is said, to have
this agreement of such a reasonable
and fair character that the United
States will be obliged to subscribe to
its terms. Necessarily the agreement
will include the elimination of Huerta.
If an agreement of this character is
reached it will then be up to Carranz..
and Villa to subscribe to its terms or
assume full responsibility for a con
Of
ternational troubles. Officials in Wash
ington fear that Carranza and Villa
are in the end to be the stumbling
blocks to an adjustment of the Next
can difficulties and that this govern
ment is likely to find its chief en-
barrassment in the future arising
through the attitude of it's friends
rather than through any stand taken
by Huerta.
The most serious featu.e of the
Mexican situation was new evidence
of the disposition of Constitutionalists
at Tampico to exact money from those
interests there in support of its cam
paign against Huerta.
So alarming has the situation be
come on this score that Secretary
Bryan has made the strongest repre-
sensations to General Carranza and
also to the Constitutionalist com
mander in the field against any al
tempt to collect tribute from foreign
interests.
Several complaints and an anxious
inquiry have reached the state depart
ment from foreign governments in
reference to these new developments
at Tampico.
Next to the evidences of exactions
on the part of the Constituencies
a dispatch from Admiral Mayo relat-
ing to the Tampico Oil fields caused
the greatest concern to Washington
officials.
Admiral Mayo wired that it was re
ported that the federals are in con-
troll of this field. If this turns out to
be true the United States is far from
free of possible complications at Tam
pico.