The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-24
Leaves For Tampico to Meet with General Carran-
 za's Party
SIGNING ARMISTICE
 WILL BE FIRST STEP
Envoy Will Ask For Amnesty For Po- litical Offenders and Guarantee of Protection of Lives and
 Property in Mexico

Washington. July a3.-s-Reginaldo Ce poda, senator from the state of Goa huila and intimate friend of General Carranza, has been selected by Pro visional President carbaja1 to negoti- ate the transfer of the government at Mexico City to the constitutionalists.
 MT Cepeda, who has been in hiding in Mexico City during the Huerta die tatorship. left Vera Cruz today for Tampico to meet General Carranza. He has full instructions and authority to arrange the transfer of government.
 Jose Castellot, personal representa- tive of MT. carbajal, today conveyed this information to Secretary Bryan Messrs. Mangel. Novelo and Ureta. who it had been supposed would constitute the Carbajal commission. it was learned today, merely volunteered their serv- ices and have no credentials and au- thority from Carbajal.
 Amnesty Will Be Signed As soon as pr. Cepeda is received Iby General Carranza an armistice will be formally signed as the first step in the negotiations. General Carranza has indicated his willingness to de- clare truce during the associations, and the Carbajal government is anx- ious 10 do likewise. The Carbajal en- voy has been instructed to ask for only two things--a complete amnesty for political offenders and guarantees .&F 1 s.f the Mexican people.
 While local agents of Carranza have said he was disinclined to grant an l amnesty, his speech today at Victoria. Mex. and other reliable advices show he will declare an amnesty, though preserving the right to punish those di- rectly responsible for the assassrna- ftion of Madero and suarez Most of
 those implicated, however has left
 Mexico City.
 No Difficulty, Says Bryan 1 Secretary Bryan expressed confi-
 denee there would be no difficulty in
 ment
 l There are. however. two other fea- tunes in the problem-villa and za- | pd -thuSillS QntdSlHtSSs Dul 1TeSi- l dent Wilson today said he was sure l Villa would cause no trouble Eecre- tary Bryan made public dispatches l from George C. Carothers special rep
 resentative of the state department
 with Villa, saying the fighting general
 would not break with Carranza. l Mexicans here who have been kept advised of Villas antipathy toward Carranza say the breach has been
 healed but temporarily, They say 1 Villa will remain quietly in northern Mexico and when Garranza reaches Mexico City and a conference of gen
 erals is called. Villa will make viz
 orous demands for share in the gov ernment or in the promotions of hls
 friends Villas potential strength will be his position in northern Mexico. for l 1t is said he will let envoys argue h1s
 case for him in the capital.
 Disquieting Rumors of Zapta 1 As to Zapata. many disqueting re-
 ports are reaching Washington diplo-
 mats. One South American minister had
 a telegram from his consul general in Mexico City saying merely: "The sit
 uation here looks very dark" It was presumed this referred to uneasiness as to whether the constitutionalists
 would enter Mexico City peacefully. or take it arbitrarily without previous
 agreement The Zapatistas are report | ed as liable to take advantage of the
 unsettled situation to force an entry I into Mexico City.
 The attitude of the government in Mexico toward federal court decisions
 under Huerta was the subject of a
 oonference today between solicitors of the state department and reports of oil interests in Mexico.
 | Americans citizens, it was stated, generally have been satisfied but un- 1 rest has been caused by the fear that
 an arbitrary annullment of all pre-
 vious decrees will follow the assump-
 tion of power by the constitutionalists. | Precedent in the matter. it is said, makes it probable all decisions would
 be subject to investigation and only those annulled which could be proved