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Show AMERICAN AVIATORS AT VERA ' CRUZ. Lieutenant Mclvia L. Stolz, of tlic aviation braacli of tlie United States navy, wko is one of tlie aviators attacked to Admiral Badger a fleet at Vera Cruz. Stolz and kis colleagues col-leagues liave made many cliarts snowing tne location loca-tion of General Maas' troops aud noted every move of the Mexican soldiers in tneir work of destroying tne National Mexican railway tracks between Vera Cruz aad M exic City. EXPECT TO i South American Envoys 1;, Broaden Their Pro- ' j gramme; United States, Huerta and Carranza j Asked to Appoint Rep- j resentatives to Attend a j p Conference. j ( DICTATOR WILL j I CAUSE TROUBLE ; I Retirement of Rojas and I Elevation of Ruiz Elim- f inates a Pacific Factor W and May Tend to Make Jir the Negotiations More 1 Difficult. ' j MEXICO OITY, May 2. Tbo ' M. flltuation in Mexico City today had H ,;. overy appearance of becoming ; 5 serious for the administration, and ' ; M in well-informed circles it was ex- fl pected that Provisional President 1 i Huerta might resign at any mo- IL ; ment. ' WASHINGTON, May 2. The three Iff ) South American envoys who have un- iJnw dortakon Lho task of pacifying,,Masico'" lr.': by diplomac3 today made another do- . jI cisivo move in their plan by'requestiug i II 3 the United States government, General jjfj . Huerta and General Carranza, to ap- Hf pout representatives to confer with m'-- them in Washington. ff-. Embassador de Garaa of Brazil and jl ' Ministers Naon nd Suarez of Argen- , tina and Chile, respectively, called ou it Secretary Bryan asking him to desig- K naie the United States representative to 18' attend conferences of tho mediators. , At the same time they telegraphed the j 1L head of the government in Mexico City, i W. as well as the constitutionalist chief, to j p' tho Eame effect. j 'T ' Brief Statement. ! Irfg No announcement of the subjocts to '' be considered by the representatives of fgL J the three parties to the mediation, or M J of the powers or functions of the new . 1,1 envoys, was made, except for tho fol- ( I lowing brief statement, which was is- r I sued through the state department on a H the authority of the three diplomats: Tho mediators ba.vo delivered to ft I I his government and are sending out ' I to General Huerta and General Car-. 't 1 ranza. requests that representatives 9 I bo appointed to confer with the me- 1 dlators. W I Will Save Time. J The proposal to hrlng together ape- fi.i dally designated representatives who K. I would be conversant with the vietrpolnt jK fl of all factions In Mexico and the position Kf, 1 of the American government, vna the re- H;' H suit of an all day session of the South 'fib American onvoys. The suggestion had g been made to them from vsirlous quarters E" that much time would be ea.ved and th k problem of exchanging views simplified by . fll such a procefrs. j Eg While It Is reallxed that the represen- BF latlves of all parties probably would not f;H bo given authority finally to pass on l points brought up In the discussion with SiB the mediators, thay would be able to l sound out thclr superiors no that befom Wtm formal proposals actually were made th , gg1 mediators would have an Idea, of their JKH probable reception. Ill The envoys felt confident tonight that ) KflJ the step thoy had taken would meet with Wr-M favor by all concerned, believing there M could bi no objection to a move cokm- lH lated chiefly to facilitate the progress of the work. ; , wl Responses Not Clear. gl Thus far the responses from General IfH HuerUL and General Carranxa have not mH been clear as to whothcr the differences ' Bfll between the Unltod States and Mexico KBJ Hrlslng out of the Tamplco Incident nlono ' would be considered by them, or whothor they would consent to a general dia- , cusslon of the Mexlrein problem. By i Rendlnu- representatives here. It Is pointed out such difficulties would be bridged H over. for. In an Informal conference with : : the mediators, everything pertaining to Mexico could bo discussed and even In- j formal) v submitted before the state of formal proposals was reached. c Incidentally. It Is known that the me- dlators Intend to concentrate their at- f tontlon on the broad subject of pacifying j Mexico, hoping that the differences which arose between tho Huerta government and the United States might become sec- , ondary In view of a solution of the entire , flflj Mexican problem. Names of persons who , might .he acceptable to all factions In "Mexico for tho position of provisional i prusldcnt. pending a rehabilitation of thfi ' fll national "government, in case the neso- , nations reach that stage, aro being sug-gcsled sug-gcsled to the mediators. In the meantime, although the United States nnd Gomiral Tluortn. have agreed JM (Continued on Page Throe.) LlaF iflBJjl EXPECT TO SOLVE Ti IDLE PROBLEM (Continued from Page Ono.) to a cessation of hostilities, no word lias conic from either Hucrta or Carranza. In responso to the proposal for an armistice between the Mexican fnctlons themselves. The mediators, however, are confident that their work can go ahend in spite of this obstacle. Should General Iluerta and General Carranza. decide to send special envoys here, it may take at least ten days for them to get hen and In the Interim It is not believed vital points will be reached by tho mediators The Interval elapsing will prove beneficial, in the view of some officials, in that It will jrivc the war spirit in this country an opportunity to subside, while the t&mper of the contending con-tending parties in Mexico will be affected by the military developments there. Resignation of Rojas. Whllo the day was spent by the mediators me-diators in considering the proposaJa to gather here representatives of all factions, fac-tions, official Washington and diplomatic circles were Interested In the resignation of Senor Iopez Fortlllo y Hojos from the portfolio of minister of foreign affairs in the Iluerta cabinet. It was variously Interpreted, some seeing in it an indication indica-tion of Huerta'H intention to brook no suggestion for his own retirement, as Senor Portlllo was active in the mediation media-tion preliminaries, while others suggested that it might be means of selecting the Mexican cabinet officer as a special representative rep-resentative of Huorta to confer with the Washington mediators. The appointment of Senor Kstova. Ruiz, under secretary of foreign afairs, and a close friend of Senor Portlllo. gavo many Mexicans and officials hero the impression impres-sion that there was nothing ominous in tho change so far as mediation waa concerned, con-cerned, and that If Portlllo was forced out of the cabinet, the incident was personal per-sonal rather than political In significance Huerta's Position. In well-posted diplomatic quarters Ruiz's appointment as Huerta's foreign minister was accepted as meaning that Huerta would take a stronger and more direct hand jn the mediation negotiations, but not to the extent of letting the mediation me-diation foil, as there was reason to believe be-lieve HutTta now had come to recognize that a failure of mediation would carry him down with It. It was known that as late as last Wednesday, after Portlllo had given Huerta's acceptance of mediation. Iluerta held it conference with one of the European Euro-pean ministers at Mexico City at which Iluerta expressed doubts on mediation, and urged that European powers ought to get together on some alternative plan His main desire was that thej should bring about arbitration, binding on both parties Instead or mediation, which is advlsor'v No action was taken, however how-ever but Huerta's views then expressed indicated his skeptical attitude toward mediation. Kulz is comparatively unknown in Mexican official life. He is 88 years old, a lawyer, and has had about four years in minor branches of the diplomatic service, serv-ice, besides once serving as consul at Havana. He is expected to closely reflect re-flect the Iluerta view, which, while not stronglv confident of what mediation can accomplish, is not likely to permit its failure. , , Interest In tho personnel of the representatives repre-sentatives to advise with mediators immediately imme-diately was aroiif-ed in diplomatic circles. For' the United States the name of Counselor Robert .Lansing of tho state department was prominently mentioned, as he has represented this government on many international commissions. John Llnd. personal representative of President Wilson in Mexico; John Basselt Moore, and Henry White, former embassador to Franco, were also suggested in various quarters. Mexicans Who May Act. For tho constitutionalists it is most probable that Ra.fael Zuharan Cutmany, who arrived hore today to become confidential confi-dential agent of Carranza in Washington, will be designated. Ho left Junrez before the offer of good ofllccn was accepted by General Carranza. but it Is cxpoetcd that tho constitutionalist chief, if he responds favorablv to the laat request of the three South American envoys, would send full instructions to his newly arrived agent hero to participate in the proposed conferences. con-ferences. For Genural Hucrta, Senor Godoy. for many years llrat secretary of tho Mexican embassy; Senor Algara, until recently charge d'affaires of tho embassy here, and Senor Francisco dc la- Barra, Mexican minister to France, have been suggested. President Wilson and Socrqtary of Stale Bryan discussed terms of mediation of tho MeXicnn problem for an hour late todav. Secretary Bryan on leaving tho White house said that the discussion was of a general nature and tliat ho was not at liberty to make public details other than thoao known. Mr. Bryan said that whilo no formal neutralization of the Tamplco oil field has been arranged, he waa encouraged by the assurances of both constitutionalist and Huerta leaders that the properties and employoes would be protected. |