| Show MEDIATORS HAVE HAlE BEEN AT WORK 11 c FOR ON ONE ONEN i N k r r t f a W E E K l l I lr 1 oi r I t tAn All Difficulties Are n Being 8 0 Smoothed Out and Final r.- r. f. f Agreement Expected Soon NIAGARA FALLS S Ont Out May ay 28 Mediation conferences have havo been in progress 1 a week today and already man many of the tho essentials of a plan for the pacification of Mexico exico have boon been agreed upon l Details are Me bein being withhold until there theres is s a a. complete aRT agreement ement on all subjects hut hat tb the main points of tho the plan on which bich both sides ides at present look lock favorably favor favor- ably are the tho following G E Elimination of ot Huerta The transfer of tho the executive power at Mexico City from rom tho the bands hands of Gen Huerta to a a provisional president resident and aud four cabinet ministers I I This talked of bod body has often been en referred referred re re- to as a commission or junta t five vo o men would share sharo equally the re responsibility of putting into opera opera- tion a R program prow adopted at the conference confer enee ence here for the conduct as soon Boon a as of new elections for president dent ent vico vice president and members o of con congress The Tho five men would be neutral persons person so far as 36 political affiliations are concerned con con- corned but would be bo representative c men as nearly acceptable ne as possible pO to all factions in Mexico xico including the cOD constitutionalists and approved also by the tho American An government Prompt recognition of tho the provisional pro government o would bo be given en by the tho United States Object to a a. Commission The Mexican delegates s have havA looped looked with disfavor on tho the proposition that a commission government go should be os os- provisionally provisional pending an elec elec- tion They Tho ha have contended that it would woul be unconstitutional The mediators mediator who are understood to have havo conceived the tho idea orl originally t have havo found a way Tray to bridge e that dl difficulty by bj preserving pre ng the thc forms of the Mexican constitution Tho rho provisional president and four fou ministers to all aU intents and purposes will wil act ct al as a n. unit in resolving tho the various questions incident to re establishment of a permanent government o The executive executive tive tho power er according to tho the Mexican constitution is vested vest est cd in tho the president resident who can bestow betow it upon cabinet C officials officials Tho The four non mon who would act with the tho news new provisional president doubtless would take taka charge o of tho the department of foreign relations finance war and interior would continue in charge of or the other departments Expect Agreement in Week Belief is expressed confidently that an agreement or protocol will be drawn up and perhaps signed within another week The mediators are aro anxious ous fora for fora a a L e speedy cedy settlement as S are aro also the Mexican delegates The Tho Mexicans hOpe too oo that no tune may be lost in setting up the now now government after signatures are fixed to the he protocol Already they have bave lave General Huertas Huerta's s approval for or the main points in tho the plan The They came with plenary powers power but nevertheless ne havo have been referring vital issues to him and ho he has been giving his approval to their work Interest of the tho constitutionalists are b being in kept in mind b by the mediators Names agreed upon C for r the now new provisional govern O government ment are expected to be such as tho the con con- ts might indorse The mediators do not expect the question tion of constitutionalist representation tation here to be reopened Tho The conferences con con- have e pro progressed too far for that hat The general genera belief is that tho the American government already ady is sounding sound Bound in ing ng out the tho constitutionalists on details of the thc plan bein being discussed Conference Confer Confer- ence between tho the mediators and Mexican can an delegates eles-ates wore expected to occupy this his forenoon |
