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Show ' ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS GROW ; DOUBTFUL OF MEDIATION OUTCOME I Mexican Delegates Holding Out For Huerta Adherent as Pro- visional President Wilson Equally Determined That Man Aproved by Constitutionalists Must Be Chosen or New Government Will Be Failure From the Start. UNITED STATES ATTITUDE TO BE EXPLAINED Agreement With Huerta on a Neutral Valueless Without Acceptance Ac-ceptance of Great Body of Northern Troops Definite Arrangements as to Continuance of Peace Conference Confer-ence to Be Made Tomorrow Report of Car-ranza Car-ranza Villa Trouble Told by El Paso Correspondent. jrfl Washington. Jurge 18. While ad rot ministration officials said today they Ptlll had hopes for a successful outcome out-come of the mediation at Niagara Falls. the were more doubtful thai they have been at any time, probably, since the conference began, of Officials close to the president feel m that Senor Rabasa's published note Ling of yesterday disclosed anew that the He Mexican delegates are consistently m. holding out for a Huerta adherent for the provisional presidency. President Wilson is equally determined deter-mined in his view that unless a man approved by the constitutionalists is chosen, the new provisional govern- iment will be in trouble from the out White House officials said that when the reply of the American delegates dele-gates to Senor Rabasa s note was published, pub-lished, it would be a sufficient explanation ex-planation for the attitude of the United States. American Answer Expected. Niagara Falls. Ont , June 18 The m answer of the United States to the statement of the Mexican delegates 1 to the peace conference that insist 1 ence on a constitutionalist for provi sional president would be ' tanta " mount to abetting and eveu exacting ! fraud and violence at the elections" was being prepared today by Justice Lamar and was expected to be madp public before night. 5 Although the American delegates were not offended at the publication of the Mexican statement, there was considerable speculation as to the motive mo-tive for making it public at this l time. The statement, which was is sued by Mr Rabasa was a paraphrase of a memorandum given to the Amer ican delegates last Friday.. Rabasa Memorandum Answered. It was made known that the American Amer-ican delegation answered almost immediately im-mediately the memorandum received from Mr. Rabasa. The response was t considered by the American delegates as an adequate defense of the position posi-tion they had assumed toward the establishment of a new provisional government. It is said to declare that the Mexican delegation had not 4 taken into consideration the fact that the United States had no candidate for permanent president of Mexico 0 and that under no circumstances would the American government be B party to any influence on the elect II tlons of any country. Its preference for a constitutionalist for provisional president was due wholly to the con-n con-n viction that a man from that party I must be taken in order to Insure the disarmament of all factions that otherwise oth-erwise would menace the new Mexican Mexi-can government if B man not satis factorv to the constitutionalists J should be installed in place of Huerta. The position of the American government gov-ernment is that an agreement between be-tween the United States and Huerta on a neutral would be valueless un-le6 un-le6 the great bod of constltutlon-.... constltutlon-.... alist troops were ready to accept him. ' ' The Mexican delegation refuted the I" suggestion made in some quarters that the Issuance of their statement was a defense which anticipated the ... failure of the negotiations. They said ,dlt thov honestly felt an expression of their opinion might be publicly ap proved and thus would influence the jl American government ' When formal conferences are re- Isumed tomorrow on the return of Minister Naon of Argentine, it will be definitely determined whether in view of past disagreements the conferencea jtu- should be prolonged for indefinite ,1th consideration of names offered by the two sets of delegates or whether there Is a chance of an agreement if ' the mediators should submit soma namPH thpv have in reserve Carranza Officials Shot. 1 I The Mexican delegation gave out a Teport from their consul at Kl I ass claiming that about 25 Carranza of ficials were shot by Villa's men lu 'connection with the forcible seizure of the business offices of the const!- Oft ,tutionalist government at Juarez and J Jhat a number of women had been (Placed in Jail there, along with tne ytoen taken. ; On Board U. 8 S. California, Ma-izatlan, Ma-izatlan, Mexico, June 17 (Via Wire- S, llese to San Diego, Cal.. June 18.) Captain Malplco, who committed sul- ictde after the constitutionalist gun . J boat Tampieo had been sunk by the federal gunboat Guerrero yesterday. iwas the officer who turned the Tarn- KlJl lPlco OVer to iho constitutionalists sev- 1" eral months ago. I As a lieutenant In the Mexican na-I na-I vy. Malplco commanded the Tampieo, ,'hich was a federal gunboat stationed rtC t Mazatlau He was in love with 5 v the handsome daughter of a civilian high in the constitutionalist councils -"' id the surrender of the Tampieo was made the pnee of her hand by the damsel's father. So one night Lieutenant Malplco put out to sea and turned his com- mand over to the enemy. Naturally, he expected no leniency from his former for-mer superiors when they captured him yesterday. |