Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-18

ism already had reached representa- tires of the press. Continuing, the statement was in part as follows:
 No Reason for Conceaiing Difference.
 There is no reason for further con- ceaiment of the difference which has arisen between the American and Mex ican delegations. to which the press has already referred, over the pro- yisional government for sMexico which is at present under consideration. The Mexican delegation, adopting prin- ciple advanced by the mediating pleni- potentiarieS, agreed to the designation of provisional president of neutral. The American delegation submitted it's plan based on the condition that the provisional president shall be a consti- tionalist, a condition which the Mexi- can delegation fatly rejected of it's own accord, and without even consulting it's government To put in writing the reasons for the rejection, so that they might better be studied by the Ameri- can delegates, the Mexican delegation addressed to them the memorandum mentioned, the chief considerations of which are the following:
 Public Vote Would Be FaIsifed.
 Tn a country unusued to electoral functions. such as Mexico, and partic- ularly in the circumstances and condi- tions it would be in. once the revolu
  ment composed of revolutionaries, and with revolutionaries in authority throughout the country, would turn the elections as it wished: the public vote would be falsif1ed and the result would necessarily be the election of another revolutionary. Consequently, when the Washington government fn- sists today on the designation Of . constitutionalist as provisional presi- dent, it favors also from today the inn position of a, revolutionary president at the elections.
 Neutral Government Wanted.
 In the United States, ana in some European countries, the influence oi the government in power on elections is slight. if any. In Latin American countries 1t is usually decisive and product. of a revolution which believes in its right to power by conquest. 2 revolutionary government does moi hesitate to set aside all law to tramplt on the public will In Mexico, in the present circumstances. only a we'll 1 balanced government can .guarantet | electoral freedom, so that the rejec. I ton of the neutral government pro. l posed by the mediators is tantanoun 1 to abetting and even to exacting fraut and violence at the elections.
 i The American delegation draws ar i illogical inference when it says tha i the rebel successes show that the na i ton is with them. The central ant ] eastern states of the republic, whici have a total population of over ter l million inhabitants, are not unde i rebel control. Of these Guanajato : Jalisco, Puebla, Vera Cruz, Mexico : and Oaxaca alone have ever sever i million.
 ] Would Mean Election of carranza.
 If things are as the American dele 1 gation claims them to be. Carranza i! i certain of his election. and in this cas-
 only a matter of form is being dis : cussed, which is whether he is to b, ] elected at elections held by rebe ! provisional government which will eX i ercise violence against the people t, l achieve it's end or at elections presid ! ed over by a neutral government whicl ! will carry them out honestly.
 The memorandum also refers to tw, : other points which are not vet pILbIi