Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-06-18
Issue Statement Criticising the
Attitude of the Wilson Ad-
ministratiOn.
AMERICANS SURPRISED
Mexicans Declare Insistence of
U. S. on Rebel for President
Is Equivalent to Exact
ing Election Fraud.

Niagara Falls, Ont, June 1.-THE
Huerta delegation to the mediation con-
ference issued statement tonight
charging that the insistence by the Uni
ted states on a constitutionalist for the
provisional presidency as opposed to a
neutral was "tantamount to abetting
and even exacting fraud and vio,eroe at
the elections
Justice Lamar and Mr.. Lehman read
the statement issued by the Mexican
delegation and determined to make public
their reply. This will be given out to-
morrow.
The publication of this statement was
unexpected by the American delegates
| When they learned of it their attitude
was that the Huerta delegates were act
ing entirely within. their rights when they
criticised the American plan for the cs-
tablishmcnt of a provisional government
in communication addressed to the
Americans themselves, but they are
greatly surprised by the Mexican dele
gates action in giving it out.
! The Mexican statement outlines the
substance If memorandum dated June
Il which the Huerta delegates gave to
the American delegation and to which
| the latter have since replied
CRITICISM ALREADY KNOWN.
The preface of the statement explained
| that publication tonight was made be-
cause knowledge OF the criticism already
mad reached representative of the press
| Continuing. the statement was as fol-
| lows:
There is no reason for further con-
cealment of the difference which has
arisen between the American and MeXi-
can delegations TO which the press has
already REFERRED over the provisional
government for Mexico which is at pres
ent under consideration. The Mexican
delegation, adopting a principle advanced
by the mediating plenipotentaries. agreed
to the designation of provisional prcsi-
dent of neutral The American delega-
ton submitted its plan based on the con-
dition that the provisional president shall
be constitutionalist, a condition which
the Mexican delegation fatty rejected, of
It's own accord and without even consult
Ing its government. To put in writing
the reasons for the rejection, so that
they might better be studied by the
American delegates, the Mexican delega-
tion addressed to them the memorandum
mentioned, the chief considerations Of
which are the following:
COULD TURN ELECTIONS.
I'm country unusued to electoral
functions such as Mexico, and partic
ularly in the circumstances and condi-
tions it would be In. once the revolu-
CT al
ment composed of revolutionarles and
with revolutionaries In authority
throughout the country, would turn
the elections as it wished; the public
vote would be falsfed aud the result
would necessarily be the election of
Hhother revolutionary. Consequently
when the Washington government in
sists to-day on the designation of a
as provisional presi-
dent it favors also from to-day the
imposition of revolutionary presi-
dency at the elections. Such an atti-
tude is bad for both countries, and for
the chief OF the revolution (who will
doubtless also be it's candidate); bad
for the two countries because it will
create national sentiment of hostil-
lty In the Mexican people, when a syu
pathetic reapproachment between them
and the United States should be striven
'or bad for Carranza and his party
because public opinion in Mexico.
whose susceptibility in the matter is
wen known to them, would ever accuse
them OF having brought about the in
PREVENTION of foreign nation to en-
hple them to achieve power and of
welding an authority submissive to a
foreign government.
NO NEED OF VIOLENCE.
In the United States, and in Some
european countries, the influence Of tho
government In power on elections ia
slight II any In Latin-American conn. |
tries 1t Is usually recsive and product,vo
or revolution which believes in It's
rights to power by conquest. a revoIu- |
tlonary government does not hesitate to |
set aside all law to trample on the
pubic will In Mexico, in the present
circumstances, only a well balanced gov
ernment can guarantee electoral freedom, |
so that the rejection of the neutral gov |
erhmeht proposed by the mediators is |
tahtamount to abetting and even exact |
ing fraud and violence at the elections.
The American delegation draws an |
illogical inference when 1t says that the |
rebel successes show that the nation is |
with them. The central and eastern States |
of the republic. which have total popu- |
lation of over ten million Inhabitants. are |
not under rebel control OF these GUIANA
juato. Jalisco. Puebla. Vera Cruz, Mexico
and Oaxaca, alone have over seven mil
lion. But admitting said erroneous infer
ence Is to be correct, it is no argument for
the forcibe imposition of the triumph of
the revolutionary candidate as under a |
neutral government he would be assured |
of certain and honorable victory. If the
nation is with Carranza as the American
delegation claims 1t is, the nation will
elect him without the necessity of tainting
his triumph with either fraud or violence
Or the charge of Its being the fruit of for
eign intervention, accusations which pub
lie opinion will always make against It,
Carranza elected by the nation under a
neutral ,nroYtAiona1 xaxAsuuaaaA n<asadl