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Show Events of Day; j j War or Peace? ! j WASHINGTON, April 27. Developments of the day: !; j For Peace: jj Brazilian, Chilean and Argentine me- i diat.ors confer with the Spanish embassador, the representative of i 5 Huerta, on a ' general mediation i plan." I Mexican minister of foreign affairs ! cables formal acceptance of medJ- f S ation. ji S Constitutionalists hold demonstration ji against Huerta in Mexico City and ;! he takes refuge in a foreign lega- ij tiou. j The German embassador informs the !j S secretary of state that Germany ji will urge Huerta to mediate. ij Huerta 's first demand will be for a change in the personnel of the me- I1 i diators Et-bels will hang Mexicans who make ! demonstrations against Americans, ij j Villa goes to Chihuahua to settle al ! leged dispute with Carranza. ; jj For War: ji j War department announces complc- ' 1 tiou of organization of first field !; ji anny for operations in Mexico. Ji i State department officials announces ! i that tne mere fact that United ', ' States has accepted offer of media- ', !i tion need not stop activities of l! i troops. jj i General Funston, with 10,000 men, !j reaches Vera Cruz. ji American flag raised at Vera Cruz j! I with all the ceremony of raising I it on new soil. jj Dispatch from Consul Canada con- i j firms report, that sixty Americans Ij ? arc detained under guard at Guan- ! S ajuato. '; Washington officials aroused by ar ij rest and insults heaped on three ji J American consuls. (! American consul at Tampico takes j! S refuge on war vessel. ij 5 Admiral Mayo reports big oil wells jj c near Tampico in danger and indi- jj cates need of protection. ij jj Serious anti-American outbreaks in (j Mexico City reported to state de- Ji 1 partment through French embassy j! ji here. 1; ji War department closes efficiency Ij schools and orders officers to join j1 their commands. j |