Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-07
President and Cabinet Think
Adjustment of Differences
Will Be Made Soon
LEADERS WILL NOT
TALK OF ELECTION
Constitutionalists Say 1t
Will Make Practically No
Difference in Situation

saitilIo, Mex, July 5.-(Via
Laredo, Texas, July 6.)-The d.
vision OF the north, Villas army,
has agreed to acknowledge the
authority Of General carranza as
''first chief" and General Villa
will remain commander of the
division Of the north, as result
Of the conferences in Torreon be-.
tween representatives of Villa and
Carranza, according to news re-
eeived here.
The points agreed upon represent
concessions by both sides, it was
said. General Villa, according to
the news here, will Withdraw his
resignation as commander Of the
northern division. General Car
rama will withdraw the accept
ance Of the resignation. The divi-
sion Of the north, including its
fifteen generals, will reaffirm
their loyalty to Carranza as "first
chief" Of the constitutionaIists
army.
Washington, D. c., July 6-Presi
dent Wilson and members of his cab
met were encouraged today by reports
that an early adjustment was indicat
ed of differences between the consti
tutionalist leaders. Secretaries of the
parley between representatives of Car
rama and Villa declared they expected
the meeting would end today with sat
isfactiory results. With the promised
removal of such stumbling block, ad.
ministratiOn officials and some of the
revolutionary agents in Washington
saw added cause for hope that Car
rama would send agents to confer with
Huertas delegates over establishment
of provisional government
Developments in the election about
Mexico City yesterday in which Huer-
ia apparently was named for president,
and General Banquet, now secretary
of war, was elected vice president,
anxiously were awaited here.
AS to the Mexicon election yesterday
in which General Huerta appears to
have been reelected, constitutional.
list leader would not comment today
further than to say it made no differ.
ence in the general situation. They
intimated, however, that Huerta might
still be planning to appoint a secre-
tary of foreign affairs to succeed MIN
and then retire.
President Says Nothing.
When President Wilson was asked
today to comment on yesterdays elec-
tiOn in Mexico he laughed and said:
Il hardly think any comment from
me is necessary"
When asked if he knew anything of
General Huerta's plans for leaving
Mexico, he smiled again and said: 81
am afraid am not in his confidence" !"
The president refused to discuss
mediation, saying the mediators were
in recess at present in the hope that
the warning factions will get together
The agreement between the United
States and Great Britain to protect
mining properties in Mexico, will be
extended to include Spanish and Swiss
property. Mr.. Riano, the Spanish am
bassador, today asked Secretary Bryan
to admit his country as well as Switz-
erland to the compact.
This means that Great Britain, the
United States, Spain and Switzerland
will not support automatically any
claims to interests in mining property
acquired by their nations subsequent
to January /, 1918, which are affected
by cancellations or confscation result
ing from the inability of bona fide
owners to meet obligations because of
military operations.