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Show waTpowers ASKED TO I HELP IN MEXICAN CRISIS I Soul. American Envy Appeal to Governments for Friendly H Offices to Facilitate Mediation Between United States and H Mexico Proposal Is Sent General Carranza to Join H General Armistice With American Gov- H ernment and General Huerta. K ENTIRE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES DESIRED I Diplomats of Various Countries Confer With Bryan No H Definite Reply Has Been Made by U. S. Pending Word H of Attitude Assumed by Mexican Dictator Army H and Navy Will Make No Aggressive Move Un- H less American Civilians Are Ill-treated B9 Cruiser Washington Leaves Today H for Vera Cruz. mm Washington. D. C, April Tn It was asserted hero today on unquestionable unquestion-able authority, that the South Ameri can envoys, who are seeking to avert a crisis in Mexico, have appealed to European governments for friendl offices to facilitate mediation between be-tween Mexico and the United Stares The appeal, it was stated, did not include a request, as reported from abroad, that the powers use their iu-I iu-I fluence on President Wilson to name I conditions, which would insure su- -I cess of the negotiations It also was learned that a proposal to General Carranza, as head of the constitutionalists, to join the armis I tice proposed between the United j States and Huerta. has been mad: by the mediating envoys. The pro-; pro-; posal was forwarded to General Car ! ranza, following his acceptance of the? I good offices of Brazil, Argentine and Chile, and Is a pari or ihe plan of the envoys to secure a general cessation ces-sation of hostilities in all Mexico pending the mediation negotiations. Request Bears Fruit. The request of the powers, it is declared, already has born fruit, a seeral diplomatic representat i es of European nationc have consulted with Secretary of State Bryan with relation rela-tion to the negotiations Denials ol previous reports from abroad with regard to this matter, it was pointed out, were based on the reort that! the powers had been asked tn msi.si on a modification of the attitude of the United States. Officials here who are in touch with the negotiations, negotia-tions, insist that such action was nol even considered, and that the friendly offices of some of the European go' ernmnts had been extended before the mediation envoys made the general gen-eral request Europe Will Not Interfere. It is believed here an) step taken h the European government's probably prob-ably would be limited to emphasizing through their representatives here the hope that the mediation would be -m-cessful and their desire to facilitate this purpose. There was no desire, It is said, on the part of these governments gov-ernments to interfere with the policy of President Wilson. The mediation envoy. Embassador Da Gama of Brazil, Minister Naon of Argentine and Minister Suare. oi Chile, renewed their conferences today to-day after the Brazilian ambassador had conferred with Robert Lansing, counsellor of the state department Up to noon no announcement had been made by the envoys- but It was generally expected some definite information in-formation regarding the next step In the negotiations soon would be forthcoming. forth-coming. President Wilson Hopeful. President Wilson Indicated in talks with callers during the morning that he was hopeful of the situation. The acceptance by Carranza if the principle princi-ple of mcdlatiou aftpr he had conferred conferr-ed with General Villa at Chihuahua Is regarded in administration circles as significant. With the excepMon or the COOStltU-tionallst COOStltU-tionallst forces, a general truce, an desired by the mediators, is believed to be In operation at present although al-though Its terms have not been defined, de-fined, nor In fact 1ms ih--re been aUJ formal acceptance on the part of any of the principals Secretary Bryan was duly notified yesterday of lh belief be-lief of the mediators that their efforts ef-forts to accomplish something defitl ite would be greatly facilitated b the proclamation of a general armistice. armis-tice. United States Defers Reply. No definite reply was made b tlv Cnited Stales government for Hi reason that It first desired to ascertain ascer-tain the intentions of the Huerta government gov-ernment However, Mr. Bryan Bald today he assumed thero would be a suspension of hostilities In the war department It is stated there is no present intention of attacking the Mexicans, If our troops and marines at era Cruz are left alone and no attempt is made to Ill-treat American civilians. The same is true as to the navy yard and it is declared Admiral Ad-miral Fletcher has been so tolerant as to permit a whole shipload of Mej can troops to depart irom Vera Cru: harbor without molestation, when he ' could easily have captured them. Bombardment Story May Cauie Trou- HR Reports emanating from Mexico Ktf Citj last night that an American war- Kg ship had bombarded Manzanillo on wSm the Pacific coast of Mexico and that jHg American marines had landed at Sa- 'ESQ lina Cruz, caused officials here con-siderable con-siderable concern. Both reports be- Hf ing untrue, they feared thev might WSFS have been circulated in Mexico for RfcS the purpose of arousing resentment kli against Americans. The hope hem Rg is that no untoward incidents will arise to hamper the p?ace negotia RjSri Complaint made to tho French em-bassy em-bassy here by the captain of the Hoi- mtffi, land mehcan line ship Andijk. that Ktj&& the American naval authorities at KP$ Vera Cruz had refused him permis- Ww sion to unload his vessel at that port IT on April 21, whs answered by the ft-navy ft-navy deportment today when Secre- tarj Daniels transmitted to the K 1 1 i' ambassador a message from K Admiral Fletcher, denying that such E refusal has been made I One of the hopeful signs in the f Mexican situation was instructions is- I sued todaj by th- state department f to certain consuls in Mexican cities p The instructions authorized the con suls to return to their posts and re- f Bume their official duties "in their t personal discretion." The American f consuls were all ordered out of ,(x- it ico and the affairs of this govern- p ment turned over to representative t of Brazil and Franco shortly after ; the seizure of Vera Cruz. Morning Report. t Washington, D C . April "n. The f mediators of the South American Re- I publics, who are seeking to compose f the Mexican crisis, resumed their ses- f sions at the Argentine legation today. I Their plans were for a morning ses- Ir sion rrom 10:30 o'clock until 1 p. m., an afternoon session and the evening 1 to be devoted to conferences and po?- f sibly a late night session, as circum- r stances might require. t The mediators were greatly encour- Iff aged in their work by the definite re- jt suits already accomplished, first. In f paving the way to an armistice among F all the warring factions, and. second. In bringing Carranza within the scope I of their intermediation. If has been i rc matter of surprise to diplomatic and . official circles generally that this f. much has been accomplished by the J mediators In the few days they have been at work, and doubts as to their IF efforts, which circulated in some quarters during early stages, are glv- u. Ing way to a more general feeling of confidence. S Crucial Stage Coming. Jr. It still is felt, however that the SB-crucial SB-crucial stage in the negotiations yet if'. Is to be met and this will develop L within the next few days Notwlth-Standing Notwlth-Standing this, the spirit of concession, I thus far shown, gives the mediators Iff hope thai all sides will enter this jfe'.' final stage in the same spirit of con- C dilation which will permit them to R find some middle ground of commou Ifr agreement. t i the morning meeting several of tt lie- South American ministers, not P un mber8 of the mediation, were called K Into conference It was understood t this related to a plan advanced by ir some of the South American coun- if: tries to have all of their representa- w I tlvei join as n semi-official part of the mediation procedure It is the ft . j; expectation, however, to continue the .reorganization .re-organization as now formally accept- m 0d bj all elements, and at the same . time have the co-operation and back- fe-ing fe-ing of the United Republics of South f. America and Central America. i The mediators also saw several men K promlnentl Identified with various K Mexican elements in the canvass be- f I ing made of points of difference ajid I; I agreement, with a view to gradually working out some common basis. It JL was .reported also, but not confirmed. . that personal representatives of Hu- H. , I erta and Carranza would be sent bore jr1 to be the medium of direct communl- f, eat ion witn the mediators. p. |