The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-06-19
LAST WORD RESTS.
WITH WILSON.
MONICan Delegates tOCOnieTenCG
Make Their Stand Clear.
ISSUE A TERSE STATEMENT

Discuss Difference Which Has Arisen
at Niagara Falls and Give Reasons
Which Caused Them to Reject oefl-
nIteIy the Candidates Proposed by
the United States For Provisional
Government.
Niagara Falls, Ont, June 18.-The
attitude of the Mexican delegates to
the mediation conference and the rea-
sons which have caused them to re-
ject definitely the candidates proposed
by the United States for the provis-
ional government of Mexico were ex-
planned in definite manner in a strik-
ing statement issued by Senor Emilio
Rabasa, head Of the Mexican delega-
ton.
The Mexican statement was read
with great interest here and it was
generally agreed that the Huerta rep
resentative had again scored a deci-
sive advantage by making their stand
clear. The prevailing opinion here IS
that the last word now rests with
President Wilson. If the attitude OF
the Washington government is not
changed within the next forty-eight
hours the conference, 1t is predicted,
will come to a sudden end.
Senior Rabasa's statement says:
There is no reason for further con-
cealment of the difference which has
arisen between the American and
Mexican delegations over the provis-
ional government for Mexico. The
Mexican delegates, adopting princi-
pie advanced by the mediators, agreed
to the designation as provisional pres
ident Of a neutral. The American del
egation submitted its plan based on
the condition that the provisional
president shall be a Constitutionalist,
a condition which the Mexican delega-
ton fatty rejected To put in writing
the reasons for the rejection, so that
they might better be studied by the
American delegaes, the Mexican dele
cation addressed to them the memo
randum mentioned, the chief consid-
erations Of which are the following:
In country unused to electoral
functions, as Mexico, and particularly
in the circumstances and conditions
It would be in once the revolution
had ceased, provisional government
composed Of revolutionaries would
turn the election as 1t wished; the
public vote would be falsified and the
result would necessarily be the elec-
ton Of another revolutionary.
Consequently when the Washing
ton government insists today on the
designation, of a Constitutionalist as
provisional president it favors the i'm
position Of revolutionary president
1T the elections. Such an attitude is
bad for both countries and for the
chief of the revolution (who will
doubtless be It's candidate); bad for
the two countries because 1t will Gre
ate a national sentiment of hostility
in the Mexican people; bad for Car
rama and for his party because pub
lie opinion in Mexico would ever ac-
cuse them Of having brought the in
tervention of foreign nation to en-
able them to achieve power and OF |
welding an authority submissive to a
foreign government.
"'The American delegation has
drawn an Illogical inference when it
says that the rebels successes show
that the nation is with them. The
central and eastern states Of the re-
public, which have total population
OF over 100000 inhabitants, are not
under rebel control If things are as
the American delegation claims them
to be Carranza is certain Of his cleo
tion. In this case only matter Of
form is being discussed, which is
he iB to be elected at cleo
tions held by rebel provisional gov
ernment or at elections presided over
by q neutral government