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Show oo MJERTA WILL STOP FIGHTING Washington. April CO. General T?u erta tonight accepted tbe proposal that there be no furl her hostilities between the United States and Mexico pending the eff,,rts of the envoys of Argentina, Prazil and Chile m hring about an amicable settlement of lif ficnltie? lxlwcnn the , ountries. This was announced late tonight by Secretary Bryan after he bad been in conference for two hours with the three South American diplomats at the Argentina legation Mr Rr an said he alreadv formally had notified the mediators that the American rov eminent "took it for granted that there would he n,, hostilities during the mediation proceedings and had intended no further acta of aggrea sion while the conferences were be Inc halri " With these replies before them the envoys were prepared to ;ro ahead with their peace plans as far as the United States and the Huerta govern nienfs ar0 concerned, No word had come from Ceneral Carranza, however, how-ever, cnncernlng a proposed armistice between the constitutionalists and federals In Mexico Upon the rebel chiefs answer largely depends the nians of the mediators for undertaking undertak-ing a peaceful settlement of the Mexl can problem, internal strife as well as tbe differences between the United States and the Huerta regime. News from Chihuahua that General Carranza Car-ranza and General Villa were pushing ahead their southward movement and preparing for a general attack upon Tampico threw a damper upon bopea of peace between the warring Mexican Mexi-can facti,,ns. Secretary Bryan formallv notified the three South American envoys that the American government look it for granted that there would be no hostil ities during the mediation proceedings and had intended no further acts of aggression while the ronferences were being held. But the attitude of Huerta and Carranza on the cessation of hostilities still was unknown tonight. to-night. While there has been no period set within which the negonallons must be concluded. Secretary Bryan said he believed they would move forward "as rapidly as possible " A report that they might be prolonged pro-longed by the mediators going to Mexico Mex-ico was met by the statement of one of them that sueh a journey was unnecessary, un-necessary, as they had every facility for speedy communications with Mexico. |