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Show SOUTH AMERICANS ! 10 BE MEDIATORS f RESIDENT ACCPETS OFFER OF MEDIATION FROM BRAZIL, ARGENTINA AND CHILE. t loninatlon of Huerta Said to Be Part of Plan Submitted by Southern Neighbors in Proffer of Good Office! to Prevent War. V.ihMiiMi.m .- War with Mexico will In all probability be averted. I'an A ini-i iraii (I Iplornaey mi Saturday luaii'i lis lirHt utti'inpt to solve the Mi-Mean crlnlH by peaceful nfgotiu-ti'iii. nfgotiu-ti'iii. 'I hii I ' ri i t i Stati-H government ae-eepieil ae-eepieil from A rn'ii tiiiu. llrazil ami Chlln a rorinal offer to act an Interim Inter-im iHiii-Ii-h In tin! prem-nt situation, but r i i r v 1 1 1 y poln t-l out that an act i I aKKi'i'HKlim by the military forces or bourn (IcmonstratioiiH toward Amerl-caiiH Amerl-caiiH might upset hopes of Immediate r ace. Tin! Hrazllluii, Argentina and Chilian Chil-ian envoys transmitted the United Slates acceptance, of their proposal to the Spanish ambassador, who immediately im-mediately sent it by cable to the Span-uii Span-uii ii.vurinn i.t ii.vlcn Cltv for nrea- fetation to General Huerta. Ceneial Carranza, head of the con-f con-f tltutlonalists, was informed of It through Ills representatives here. AllhoiiKh the offer made by the three south American countries did i.ot reveal their plana it was learned 'hat they contemplate a tiroad settlement settle-ment of the Mexican problein through the elimination 'of Huerta, Upon wlilcli the United States has insisted from I ho begliui'iig. ' Notification of the offer of intermediation intermed-iation was sent not only to the diplomatic diplo-matic representatives of Argentina, Hrazll and Chile in Mexico City, but to l.e.ieral Carranza and t He constitutionalists constitution-alists In northern Mexico. President Wilson summoned Senators Sena-tors Stone, Shively and Lodge of the Senatcr foreign relations committee i.nd Chairniou Flood and Rpresenta-tlve Rpresenta-tlve Cooper of the House committee on foreign affairs to discuss the new turn in events the first ray of hope nl'ter a day of worry and anxiety over Iho scores of Americans held up in their fight from the Mexican capitol. From those at the White House conference con-ference it was learned that while the president was not sanguine of the success suc-cess of the intermediation plan, he le'.t it to be the- duty of the American Ameri-can government to avail Itself of the pffer of the three great South American Ameri-can countries. It was suggested that the negotiations, even though they might be unsuccessful, and might serve to repress anti-American nutbursts and offered an opportunity oppor-tunity for Americans to depart rrom Mexico The president had the subject under consideration most of the day with Secretary Bryan end other members of the cabinet. The matter had been informally dismissed dis-missed by the three diplomats among themselves and the joint note was presented pre-sented in person to Mr. Bryan early-Saturday. early-Saturday. ' The fact that Argentine, Brazil and Chile have stood with the United States in refusing to recognize the ijtuerta government is an element in Ihe situation which rose conspicuously to the front, as ,discussion of the new fltuatlon turned official circles, for the pioment at least, from thoughts of war to those of peace. |