Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-25
President Authorizes State
ment Situation Is More Prom
ising Than Ever.
FOLLOWS A CONFERENCE
WITH SECRETARY BRYAN
Villas Victory at Zacatecas Admit.
ted to Have Advanced His Inter.
ests in the Rebel Cause.

After conference with Secretary
Bryan. President Wilson authorized the
statement today that the outlook in the
Mexican situation was more promising
than 1t had ever been before.
1t was intimated by officials close to
the President tina. this feeling was based
on the signing Of protocols at Niagara
Falls last night and on the expectation
that the internal affairs Of Mexico would
be satisfactorily adjusted between repre-
sentatives of the constituencies and
the Huerta delegates.
Administration officials made no effort
to conceal their pleasure over the reports
of the taking of Zacatecas by Gen. Villa.
1t was admitted that in the view of the
increases the Importance of Villa In the
constitutionalists' cause.
Confidence that constitutionalist repre-
sentatives will work with the Huerta del
egates was expressed by officials close
to the President 1t was intimated that
the influence Of Villa was expected to
have an important part in the decision of
this question.
A report was current today that Her.
bert ]. Brown of Washington had been
sent to Mexico by President Wilson to
confer with Gen. Carranza, but there was
no official confirmation.
Gen. Carranza's Plans.
Carranzas plan to proceed at once
at Nuevo Laredo Is with the chief pur-
pose of being in direct telegraphic
communication with his agents in the
United States when they begin nego-
tiations with the Huerta delegates.
When Carranza arrives at Nuevo La
redo 1t is expected he will be met by
nationalist agency in Washington sew
eral days ago with important commu-
nications bearing upon the negotia-
lions.
Agents of the constitutionalists here
today, learning of the signing of the Nj
agara protocol, expressed the opinion
that the conference probably would be-
gin Monday or early next week at the
latest.
Where it would be held had not been
determined. Buffalo was suggested. but
1t was pointed out that the Huerta dele
gates might object to negotiate. even in
formally. on American soil. Niagara-on-
the-Lake also has been suggested.
The personnel of the constitutionalist
delegation was not entirely settled, ac-
cording to reports here. but Luis Ca
brera and Jose Vasconcelos were practi-
cally certain to go. and the third men,
Der probably will be either Rafael Zu-
baran or Fernando Iglesias Calderon.
Calderon is expected here Friday or
Saturday from New Orleans when the
details will be decided upon.
All the constitutionalist agents were
jubilant over Villas victory at Zacatecas.
and predicted that the end of bloodshed
in Mexico was not far distant.
Omcial dispatches from Consular Agent
Carothers and Consul Edwards at Ell
Paso renortine the taking of ZacatecaS
by Villa were received here today.
The Zacatecas victory and the pros
pect for a conference between Huerta's
and CarranZa's representatives at Nj
agara Falls were not expected immediate
ly to halt the revolutionary military cam
paign. Not until some agreement had
been reached at the meeting was 1t ex-
pected that an attempt would be made
to arrange a truce. Villa planned to con-
tinue his march to the capital. 1t was
said, massing his troops at Aguascali-
entes, where Huerta's demoralized forces
are preparing to make another stand.