The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-06-03
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main ISSUES OF PEACE PROBLEM
Laid BEFORE PRESIDENT
Wait FOR Their ASSENT
Ali the Larger Questions Have Been
Solved and the Presidents of the
Two Countries Must Now Approve
Them Before Smaller Questions
Will be Entered Into.

Plans for the pacifcation Of Mex
leo through mediation virtually have
been completed. The major issues
are before President Wilson and Gen.
Huerta for approval and when this is
obtained secondary questions will be
taken up. A protocol covering the
basic principles will be signed, the
mediation conference will close, dele
gates will return to their homes and
the mediators III complete details
Of the undertaking in conjunction
with the authorities at Washington
and Mexico City.
This work may require several
months. It is expected that the re-
sponsibility for dealing with the Con-
stitutionalist clement will be thrown
upon the United States. Among the
points still to be disposed Of are be-
heved to be the selection of persons
to comprise the new provisional gov
ernment and the exact manner by
which it will take Office in success
sion to the Huerta regime.
Mediators and delegates said pro
tocol probably would be signed with
in a week. Just how the transition
from the present administration to a
new provisional government can be
effected is being given close atten-
ton.
The intent of the American dele
gates is understood to be that the
new provisional executive shall not
appear to have been chosen by Huer-
ia. If the Mexican constitution be
followed literally it is necessary that
the Office Of minister Of foreign af-
fairs, now vacant, shall be filled by
the individual whom the mediation
conference expects Gen. Huerta to
turn over the reins of government.
The constitution provides that in case
of a vacancy in the Office of presi-
dent, the minister Of foreign. affairs
shall succeed to the position. The
American delegates recognize that an
irregular method Of choosing a pro-
visional president might evoke oppo-
sition.
The American government wishes
the Huerta government to give way
to a commission Of five, or possibly
three. The Mexican delegates hold a
commission would be unpopular, be.
cause the people might resent it as OF
foreign suggestion. They urge that
minister of foreign affairs automati-
cally succeed Gen. Huerta.
This successor then could name as
cabinet members those persons who
already had been agreed upon. Such
an arrangement might be construed
as permitting Gen. Euerta to choose
his successor, but the fact that those
who will comprise the list from
which the provisional president
would be elected will be named in
advance and approved by the United
States, in the opinion of some would
prevent this impression from being
widely credited.
Neither the American nor Mexican
delegates consider this point stun
bling block. That there should be a
governing body Of five individuals is
virtually settled. On this group
would deYolve the responsibility OF
making arrangements for & general
election and carrying out other de-
tails Of the program arranged.
Though one of the group probably
will be called provisional president
and the other members of his cobb
net, there will be tacit understanding
that these men will have an equal
voice in the governments operation.
Questions of personnel are absorb
ing the attention of all.