The Sentinel=record., 1914-06-23
WASHINGTON
 HOPES FOR PEACE
TRYING TO ARRANGE A CONFER. ENCE BETWEEN HUERTA AND
 CARRANZA ADHERENTS.
A New Candidate Has Been Sug- gestcd For Provisional President Who it is Believed Win Be Accept able to Both Sides.

Washington, D. C., June 22.-Off- cials of the Washington government whose hopes for peace in Mexico had been somewhat dampened by the events of last week, were wearing hopeful smiles again today when the announcement came from Niagara Falls that the United States would extend an invitation to representa- tives of the Mexican constitutional ists to meet the American and Huerta delegates to the mediation conference for an informal discussion of peace proposals.
 That the United States for some time had been exerting strong influ- ence to bring the constitutionalist leaders into the mediation conference on such a basis was not denied here. It was intimated that this influence had met with success and that rep resentatives of the constitutionaists soon would proceed to Niagara Falls.
 The announcement from Niagara Falls today was reported here to have been the continuation of pro- longed informal negotiations by the Washington administration, by Gen eral Carranza, General Villa and other constitutionalist chieftains and conferences here ,last week by Mir. Naon, the Argentine minister with President Wilson, Secretary Bryan and Washington representatives of the coustitutionalists.
 Fernando Ielesias Calderon, AL dredo Breceda and Ieopoldo Huer- tado Espnosa, who have started for Washington as representatives of the constitutionalist movement, it is be. lieved here, will take charge of the proposed informal negotiations, or at least direct the general policy with reference thereto
 Rafael zubaran and Luis Cabrera, who have been directing constitu- tionaist affairs here, still are in Washington, but no announcement has been made of their future status. Calderon. Cabrera and Jose Vascon- celos originally were designated to go to Niagara Falls before Carranza ob jected to terms of mediation partici- patton previously stipulated by the mediators.
 Administration officials today indi- cated that the plan of ayerting an abrupt end to mediation now pre- sented would be prophetic of results. They looked for prompt response from constitutionalist leaders but did not anticipate new developments in the actual provisional government plan to be devised until representa- lives of the United States and the warning Mexican factions had delib- erated together for some time
 One candidate for provisional presi- dent of Mexico said to be seriously considered is Miguel Covarrubias, former Mexican minister to Russia, now in London. Covarrubas, it is reported here. while A sympathy with the constitutionahsts, is said to be less objectionable to the cientifi- cos and Huertistas in Mexico than any other candidate yet suggested
 Reports from Admiral Howard to- day showed that small places along the Mexican Pacific coast were fall ing into the hands of the constitu- tionalists almost daily. Consul Can ada at Vera Cruz reported today that Gregaria Alcarez, the Filipino ser want from the American fleet, who was arrested as a spy by Mexican federals near Vera C4uz, was safe in the custody of the Br\zilian minister 1 at Mexico City. He lill be sent to Vera Cruz tomorrow.