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Show HUERTA'S PLEDGE HAS MIS WILL NOT RESORT TO TECHNICALITIES TECHNI-CALITIES TO KEEP OFFICE AFTER SETTLEMENT. Delegates to Peace Conference Declare De-clare Huerta Has Promised to Resign Re-sign as Soon as the Country is Politically Pacified. Niagara Falls, Ont. No strings are attached to General Huerta's promise prom-ise to resign the Mexican presidency as soon as his country is "politically pacified." His delegates to the mediation me-diation conference took occasion on Saturday to say publicly that he does not intend to hide behind any technicalities. techni-calities. In following the newspaper accounts ac-counts of the conference here the Mexican delegation reached the conclusion con-clusion that their recent statement setting forth the attitude of General Huerta towards demands for his retirement re-tirement had been misinterpreted in some quarters. It had been said that under the language of his pledge to retire when the country was politically politi-cally pacified General Huerta might insist on holding office until all guerrilla guer-rilla bands were dispersed. On that account another statement was issued by the ranking member of the Huerta delegation. |
