Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-10
Disagreement Over the
Method of Transition
from Huerta Regime
0bStructS Progress.
U. S. DELEGATES OBJECT
TO PLAN OF MEDIAT0RS
ENJOYS Insist Dictator Be Per.
mitted to Appoint Man Agreed
Upon as Successor, but Amer.
leans Fear This Might Be Con-
strued as Recognition of
Huerta.

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont, June l0.--
A dangerous obstruction to progress
on a vital point in the mediation pro-
ceedings has arisen, which again
threatens failure for the negotiations
The United States has said to the
mediators in unequivocal terms that
It cannot consent 10 any method OF
transition from the existing regime
to the proposed new provisional gov
! ernment that can be construed az
recognition of Huerta's administra-
ton.
The mediators are insisting that
! General Huerta be permitted 10 make
the appointment of the man agreed
upon here for provisional President.
This the American government ab-
solutely refuses 10 accept, not only
because it is committed against rec
ognition of Huerta. but because it
has been informed by the Constitu-
tlonalists that under no cireum-
stances will they accept a peace plan
/ which permits Huerta to exercise the
constitutional function of naming his
successor. On this point the media
tors and American delegates are
blocked. One side must give way
before any advance is made.
Some of the principals have actual
/ ly lest hope for a settlement, but
there is growing confidence that
the mediators will devise some
method of bridging the difficulty
rather than allow mediation to
! founder on the rocks.
Underlying Principle.
Involved in the question of method
in choosing the new provisional press
ident is an underlying principie
which, If not settled now, will GER
tainly provoke other disagreements
before any protocol can be signed.
The American government is firm in
lits belief that the COnstittrrionaiisfs
having conquered the greater part OF
Mexico, should be given the control-
Hing share in the new government,
1 that the Constitutionalists are noy-
/ ing forward to undoubted conquest in
Mexico City and that 10 prevent such
a contingency, concessions should be
made which viii make their accept
ance of the peace plan Immediately
possible.
The United States believes that the
| Constitutionalists with their large
army forces must be fpacifed and that
the transfer of power must be given
to them in order to insure peace.
The American delegates. it is UNDER
stood, have conceded the principle
that none of the foremost military
chiefs Of the Constitutionalists or any
who have been conspicuous in the
Huerta government, should be pro-
visional president. But they do not
believe any progress can be made to-
ward settlement unless the man
chosen is of Constitutionalist sympa-
thies, broad-minded enough to be ae-
eeptable to the Huerta party The
mediators are not averse to selecting
! "a ~
If he Is not an unalterable partisan.
Amnesty for Huertaistas.
Amnesty for the Huerta followers
and guarantee of their property
rights has been undertaken BY the
American government. Also the
United States considers It has acted
magnanimously in declining to ask
for a war indemnity as a result OF
the occupation of Vera Cruz. 1t wants
as reparation the establishment of q
stable government and to have peace
restored. 1t viii ask nothing more
Il Unless the mediators find a way to
straighten out the differences which
have arisen the proceedings viii corue
to an abrupt end On the other hand.
iutimations have come from the Mexi-
can delegates that they viii not in
sist on technicalities in the method
be determined that a neutral be
chosen provisional president, and that
no one actively identified with the
Constitutionalist cause be considered
eligible.
WASHINGTON, June 10-Carran-
za's reply to the South American en-
voys outlining his attitude toward
mediation was momentarily expected
to reach here today for transmission
to Niagara Falls, and with the ar
rival at Tampico of the steamer An
tilla, scheduled today, 1t was believed
/ administration officials immediately
would reveal whether they intend to
permit the landing of the war cargo
, for the Constitutionalists.
Delay in the receipt of the message
from Carranza was explained in a
formal statement by Rafael Zubaran,
chief Of the Constitutionalist agency
) in Washington. as due to interrupted
wire communication between border
: points and Saltillo, where Carranza
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