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Show CONFERENCE 10 BE HELD INCANADA NIAGARA FALLS SELECTED BY DIPLOMATS AS PLACE FOR SETTLEMENT SET-TLEMENT OF CONTROVERSY. Representatives of the American Gov ernment and Huerta to Meet on May 18 on Neutral Ground and Confer With Mediators. Washington. The three South Am erican envoys who have undertaken Ly diplomacy to settle Mexico's civil Eirife as well as her international difficulties dif-ficulties announced Tuesday night that the first formal conference with representatives of "the different parties par-ties interested in mediation" would In held at Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, Can-ada, .May IS. Secretary Bryan made the announcement an-nouncement for the three diplomats in a statement which was issued Tuesday Tues-day night as follows: "The mediators have notified the different parties that Niagara Falls, Canada, has been selected as the placo where the mediators will confer with representatives of the different parties interested in the mediation and that the ISth of May has been fixed as the date when the conference will begin." I The language of the declaration attracted at-tracted attention, for although the envoys en-voys had in an earlier announcement said they would withdraw their invitation invi-tation for a Carranza representative unless an armistice between the constitutionalists con-stitutionalists and the Huerta forces was arranged, no specific parties to the negotiations were named in the 6tate department announcement. It was later learned authoritatively that the reason for this was due to the fact that a further effort was being be-ing made to induce General Carranza to send a representative. It was understood un-derstood the mediators had further-explained further-explained their position to General Carranza and were still hopeful that he might be represented without seeking to limit his agent to discussion discus-sion of any particular subjects. |