The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-07-22
HUERTA TO RESIGN
EVENTS. OF THE LAST FEW DAYS
GIVE HOPE OF PEACE.
DICTATOR TO GO ABROAD
Former Sub-secretary of Mexican
Foreign Affairs Gives Out signta-
cant Statement as to the Inten-
tions of Gen. Huerta-Federals
May Surrender to Federals.

Gen. Huerta intends to resign the
provisional presidency and leave
Mexico hoping by this means to save
his country from further horrors of
civil war and the capital from cap
/ ture and, perhaps, sack. This was
the statement made at Vera Cruz
Sunday by Roberto Esteva-Ruiz, Mex
ican sub-secretary of foreign affairs,
who is on his way to Europe. Huer-
| ia, he said, will surrender the govern
ment to Francisco Carbajal, new min
lister of foreign affairs, who, in turn
will step aside for provisional pres
ident, acceptable to the Constitution
alists.
"The president did not make me
his confdant," Esteva-Ruiz declared,
nor did I have much time to talk
with him after it was determined l
should leave the cabinet
The sub-secretary was convinced,
however, he said, that Huerta would
lay down his power this week and 1t
would not surprise him if his resig-
ration were announced Immediately.
Carbajal, he added, was suggested as
provisional president by the Ameri-
can delegation at the Niagara Falls
mediation conference and agreed to
by Huerta's delegates and the South
\ American mediators, while the Con-
stitutionalists indirectly had convey
ed the idea that he would be accept
able to Carranza.
A survey of developments in Mex
1 leo within the last twenty-four hours
has convinced officials and diplomats
at Washington that internal peace is
near at hand. The appointment of
Francisco Carbajal as minister of
foreign affairs means the retirement
of Gen. Huerta in his favor as provi-
sional president within few days,
according to messages from the Mexi-
can capital.
The capture by the Constitutional
lists of. Guadalajara has emphasized
that the military triumph of the rev.
olution is inevitable This is the
tenor of the information reaching
officials at Washington along with
the news that persons prominently
identified with the Huerta govern
ment are leaving the country with
their families, fearing reprisals by
the Constitutionalists.
Composition Of differences between
Carranza and Villa has solidifed the
Constitutionalist military forces
iagain, but those conyersant with In
ner details of the situation claim
much more beneficial result has en-
sued in that program for the hold
ing of honest elections and the carry
| ing out of reforms now has been
drafted.
Coupled with the announcement
from Torreon OF the results Of the
conferences there, the statement of
Carranza from Saltillo that he in
tends to carry out to the letter the
plan of Guadaloupe was regarded as
significant. The plan provides for
the installation of Carranza as presi-
dent ad interim Of the republic until
an election shall be held.
The belief prevails in some quar-
tiers that Carranza would stay in Of
fee until the country was paciied,
then call an election and resign in
order to become a candidate. All
prospect of holding peace conferences
between representatives Of Huerta
and Carranza has vanished, accord
ing to provate advices from Gen. Car
rama.
That the Federals may surrender
20 save the masses in the Federal ter
| ritory from an invasion by the large
| Ccrstitutionalist army is generally
believed. A peaceful occupation of
Mexico City by small part of the
Honstitutionalist army, it is pointed
out, would accomplish the same OBJ
ject for Carranza-the assumption Of
Dower-and prevent looting and sack
ing.
The Washington administration is
not incliLed to assume any active
part in the situation at present, being
content to let the Constitutionalist
and Huert, factions work oil a SoIu-