The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-26

White House Conference.
Mr. Wilson had long conference with
Chairman Stone of the Senate Com
mittee on Foreign Relations and Chair
man Flood of the House Committee on
Foreign Affairs At the White House to-
night. He gave the Congress leaders
a complete description Of the Mexican
crisis and outlined the course which
the Government may be expected to
follow in the next few days,
A demand was sent to tarranza TO-
day that the seventeen American
troopers held prisoners after the Car
rizal fight be released Immediately.
The salient points in the President u
policy ~ II 10 Understood tonight
after the adjournment OF the White
House conference are:
l. The United States will nor dis
cuss proposals for mediation of the
difficulties between the United States
and Mexico So long as the relations
between the two republics remain AZ
at present. The President considers
that affairs have reached the stage
where the honor and dignity of the
United States are deeply involved
and he is determined in advance of
the formal submission Of mediation
proposals by the Latin American
diplomats TO insist upon an immedl-
ate settlement of the paramount is
sues between the two Governments
without regard Ia the views OF the
representatives of the Pan Amer
lean countries
War the Last Step.
. The President does not intend
To go before Congress until decla-
ration of war appears to be the next
logical step for this Government.
He has resolved to proceed with
the policy indicated in his note to the
de facto Government to-day upon his
own responsibility. The President
considers that he has acted entirely
within the limitations Of his eXeCu-
tive prerogatives in making the un-
conditional demand upon Carranza
for the release Of the seventeen
American soldiers imprisoned a,
chihuahua city
3 The President will ask authority
OF Congress 10 call for an adequate
number of volunteers as soon as dip
lomatic means of keeping the peace
with Mexico have been exhausted.
MANY officials believe that this
eventuality will have to he faced be-
fore the week end and they have
every reason to believe that the
President is mentally prepared for IL,
CarrRusa IL Willin9.
The foremost disclosure of the Pres.
idents intention following the publ
cation OF his note sent to Mexico city
this afternoon Is that relating to the
mediation proposals which Latin
American diplomats ar" expected to
submit, to the Stat" Department to-
morrow. Such proposals already have
been laid before the Mexican Ambas =
sador by some ~ the South American
nounced that his Government is pre-
pared to accept them in principle,
Rumulo $, Naon, Ambassador from
Argentina. who came to Washington
yesterday on an important diplomatic
mission, Is regarded as the moving
spirit behind the mediation move. It
was he who took the leadership in tn"
A II c conference al Niagara Falls
The understanding here is that the
! Pan-American diplomats intend u
exert pressure upon the State Depart
ment to assent to some plan OF media
ton now that the Mexican Govern
ment already has slenified its concur
renee,
To-niehts authoritative disclosure
OF the Presidents disinclinatIon to en-.
| ter into discussion of the practicahlo
scope OF intermediary services on the
part OF the diplomats from the south
ern countries is expected Ito have a
strong deterrent influence on the plans
of these Representatives. Whether II
: will suffice to head of the actual SUBJ
! mission Of such proposals is problem