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Show MAP OF MEXICO SHOWING PORTS BLOCKADED BY U. S. NAVY . C 7rV 1 n ; -r. c -- K ; - xH -u x 1 JGtimp(' v : HUERTA READY TO END CONTROVERSY MEXICAN DICTATOR ACCEPTS OFFER OF DIPLOMATS TO GET HIM OUT OF TROUBLE. While It Was Believed Huerta Would Accept Good Offices of South Americans, His Acceptance Causes Feeling of Relief. Washington.-Formal acceptance by the Huerta government of the otter of irgentina. Brazil and Chile to use their good offices to bring about an amicable settlement of the difficulty between the United States and Mexico Mexi-co was cabled to Spanish Embassador Riano here Monday night by Portillo y Rojas, foreign minister in the Huerta Hu-erta cabinet. - Senior Rojass note was transmitted at once to the three South American diplomates, who began a conference which lasted far into the night, discussing dis-cussing the next move in their peace plan. Neither Embassador Riano nor the peace envoys would make public the text of the Huerta acceptance. It was said, however, that Senor Rojas replied re-plied briefly, accepting the offer and thanking the souin auicih.u tentiaries and the Spanish embassador for their good offices, with a reference to the "real spirit of solidarity between be-tween peoples of a same race." No condition are imposed in an offer of-fer of good offices, consequently tne reply from Mexico City was not expected ex-pected to deal with conditions. That stage will be reached when the peacemakers peace-makers formulate their plans and make known how they propose to use the good offices which have been accepted. ac-cepted. It has been generally understood here that the peace envoys expect tc deal directly wtih the situation ere ated by the resentment by the United States government against the Tarn, pico incident and other offenses against its hoiW and dignity, hoping to bring about a peaceful settlement. I Administration officials here appear- I ed to be much gratified at the prospect pros-pect of having the proposals of the great South American republics list- I ened to by General Huerta. |