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THE SEMIAVEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
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Pitiful Sight at Quebec When
Rescued From Empress
Reach City.
MANY ARE BADLY INJURED
All Are Thinly Clothed and Had Suf
fered From Plunge Into Icy Wa
tors of the St. Lawrence
Few Women 8aved.
Quebec, May 30. A full equipment
of ambulances supplied by Quebec, by
the town of LevlB on the opposite side
of tho river, and tho army medical
eorvlco corps was waiting at Lovla
when tho special survivors of the Era
(press of Ireland train from Jllmouakl
arrived and tjio survivors of the Em
press of Ireland were Immediately dis
embarked and transferred, to tho ferry
steamer, which had been waiting at
the special wharf to facllltato tho
ttrunsfor to Quebec.
It was a pitiful eight when the forry
Bteamor Polaris docked on tho Quebec
Bide at 8;30 o'clock Friday night and
'two 300 men and women survivors
trooped falterlngly down tho gangway,
Victims Show Exhaustion.
Tho faces of all plainly registered
the frightful experience they had gone
through. Few of them possessed a
complete outfit of clothes, tho majority
wearing only shirts, trousers and
Iboote,
Heads were bared as tho injured
wore brought ashoro, supported by
'friends and officials of tho company.
Tho second nnd third class passon-
;gers and tho crow were Immediately
inado comfortable on tho Allan liner
.Alsatian, which was .lying In an ad
joining borth at tho breakwater. Tho
ilrst class ahd injured passengers wero
transferred in automobiles nnd other
vehicles to, tho Canadian Frontenac.
A staff of doctors and nurses took
charge of tho Injured.
Twenty Women Are Saved.
Among tho 25 survivors of tho first
cabin thoro wero eight women nnd ono
child and, strangely, among tho 29 res
cued from tho second cabin there wero
also eight women and one child. Of
the 101 persons saved from the steer
ago four were women.
Among tho 50 passongers left in
IUmouskl wero a numbor who wero so
ill or so badly injured that thoy- had to
bo taken to tho hospital.
Special praise was given tho heroic
work of Dr. James F. Grant of Vic
toria, B. C, ship's surgeon on tho Em
preea. To ljls coolness was credited
tho saving of a largo number of per
sons taken out of tho water who prob
ably would havo perlshod had they not
received prompt medical attention.
iFAMOUS PEOPLE DROWNED
lll-Fated Liner Carried Mon of World
Wide Reputation to Ocean
Graves.
New York, May 30. Lauronco S. B.
Irvjng, who, with his wife, was among
the passengers on' the Empress of Ire
land, was widely known as an actor,
author and manager. Ho received his
education at Marlborough collogo, Col
lege Rollln, Pari?, and spent throe
years in Rusela studying for foreign
office. His plays are well known. In
190S and 1909 ho presented sketches
of his own Authorship In England and
America. Ho was a son of the lato
-Sir Henry Irving. '
Sir Ilonry Soton-Karr, ono of tho
passengers on tho Empress of Ireland,
wnB created a knight In 1902, compan
ion of St. Michael and St. Georgo In
tho same yaar and was deputy llouton
ant lit Roxoburghshlre. Ho was born
In India on Fobruary 5, 1853, and was
educated at Harrow and Oxford, tak
ing class honors on law In 1876, and
becoming a barrister In 1879. Ho trav
eled widely lu this country and waB an
expert In shooting big game hero and
Jn British Columbia and Norway. Ho
was interested in stato colonization
and was a member of parliament from
1885 to 1890. Ho published books,
among them "Tho Call to Arms," "My
Sporting Holidays" and various sport
ing nrtlclee and rovlews, Ho was cap
tain of tho Royal Wimbledon Golf club
In 1895 and 189C, and had a lino col
lection of American and Norwegian
sporting trophies. His address was
Klppilaw, St. lloswell's. N. IJ.. and 47
Chester Bquaro, London, Eng. Ho was
a member of the Corloton club, Jni
don, and Now club, Edinburgh.
On Way to Marry.
Halifax, N. S., May 30. Dr. M, A.
IJndsny, ono of tho passengers pn tho
Empress of Ireland, was pathologist
at tho Victoria general hospital. Ho
was going to tho old country to marry.
Ills engagement to Miss Knthloon, sec
ond daughter of Richard Webb of
Brlarwood, Warwickshire, England,
was announced yesterday, and tho
marrlago was to havo tukon placo the
middle of next month.
Doctor Undsay spent his first two
years In tho study of medicine nt tho
TWENTY-FOUR FROM
Winnipeg, May 29. Twenty-four
Jrealdonts of this city may havo lost
their lives In tho Empress of Ireland
Usaster. Tho list Includes tho wlfo
and two children of It. R, Gullagher,
Mr. and Mrs. H. Peterson, Mrs. T.
Nuttal and children, and It. A. Cun
Bingham, assistant chemist at Mani
toba agricultural college.
Mrs. Harriet Ilakker, who. with her
feren-months-old baby, was on tho
FACTS ABOUT LATEST
STEAMSHIP HORROR
Of the 433 persons saved from the
slnhhg Empress of Ireland 237 were
member; of the crew.
Of the 87 first cabin passengers 29
are known to be saved. A few others
of the rescued remained In RlmoUekl,
near Father Point. ,
Among the 153 second cabin pas
sengers, 29 were rescued and taken to
Quebec.
Of the 715 steerage passengers 101
were rescued and taken to Quebec,
A few third cabin passengers were
left at Rimouskl.
The proportion of crew rescued
caused widespread comment, and con
trasts with the heroic record of the
Titanic. However, the Empress of Ire
land sank in about seventeen min
utes and thero was Utile time for
"women and children first" Most of
them were asleep In their berths. The
reports Indicate a lack of panic,
The loss of life on the Empress of
Ireland has been equaled or exceeded
by only four marine disasters In the
last century. These wero the loss of
the Rhone, Wye and other vessels at
8t. Thomas In the hurricane of Octo
ber 29, 1867, when 1,0CO persons per
ished; the burning of the excursion
boat, General Slocum, In the East
river, New York, on June 15, 1904,
with an approximated loso of 1,000
lives; the loss of tho Titanic on April
14, 1912, which sank with 1,490 of her
company after collision with an Ice
berg, and the loss of the Klckemaru
off the Japanese coast September 28,
1912, with a loss of 1,000 lives.
Laurence Irving, the well-known
English actor, and his wife, Mabel
Hackney, are among the missing
given up for dead. Irving Is a son
of the late Sir Henry Irving.
Halifax Medical college. In 1908 ho
went to Edinburgh and graduated in
1911. Ho was also professor of path
ology at tho Dnlhoualo Medical college
Ho was a brilliant student and a great
athlete.
Among the passengers was W. Leon
ard Palmer of the London Financial
News, who is woll known In Halifax.
Ho came to Canada, landing at Hall
fax several weeks ago, and was re
turning homo, accompanied by hla
wlfo.
Pioneer In llndlana.
Torro Haute, Ind., May 3Q.-rGeorge
C. Richards, who, with Mrs. Richards
and Mrs. Qhnrlcs Gray and tho latter's
alx-year-old daughter, was on tho Era
pross of Ireland, going to vUlt his old
home at Sheffield, England. He was a
pioneer coal oporator. of Indiana. Mr.
Gray is a nephew of Mrs. Richards.
Leading Denver Woman.
Denver, Colo., May 30,-iMrs. f. H.
Dunlevy, a passonger on tho ill-fated
Empreee of Ireland, Is prominent in
Denver society. Her husband, to whom
sha waB marrlod seven years ago,, is a
well-known realty dealer. Mrs. Dun
levy loft Denver, April 15, and has
since visited sisters, brothers and cou
sins In Boston, Now York, Montreal
nnd Quebec. Sho was highly accom
plished and finished her education in
Paris.
Summer Planned Abroad.
Rochester, Minn., May 30, Herman
Kruse, former secretory of tho Roches
ter Commercial club, and his dnugh,
tor, Miss1 Freda Kruse, a trained
nurse, wero among tho passengers
aboard tho Empress of Iroland, With
Solnholdt Boch nnd Mies Edith Boch,
tho Krusea loft Rochester only a
fow days ago to spond the saminer
in .Europe. Boch 1b a retired farmer
Quit Ranch for Home.
Santa Barbara, Cal May 30. AJox
andor Bouthronu und Georgo Jonn
atono, who wero passengers on tho
Empress of Iroland, left Santa Bar
bant last Friday for their homo at
Faulkland, Flfeshlre, Scotland. ThOj
had spent tho last year on a ranch
near Santa Barbara. Ronthrono wai
twenty years old, Johnson twenty-two.
MllwaUkeeans Aboard.
Milwaukee, May 30, Mr. and Mnj.
Henry Freeman of West Allla wore
paBsougera on tho Empress of Ireland,
on their way to Europe, where Mr
Frcoman was to conduct somo busi
ness for the Allls-Chalmer8 company,
Mr. Freeman was superintendent ot
tho forgo department of his'' company
during the last 15 years, Ho was
llfty-two years and, his wlfo about fifty.
Many From Detroit.
Detroit, May 30. Moro than one
hundred from Michigan were aboard
tho Enpress of Ireland. Practically
all of those ironi Detroit, however,
wero foreign laborers returning to
their homes In various parts of Eu
rope It was stated hero today that
Charles U. Clark, London manager for
a local automobllu company, wns
aboard-tho vessel whon it went down.
It Is not known hero whether he sur
.vlved. Girls on Way Home.
Illllsboro, HI., May 30. Miss Flor
ence Bawden nnd Miss Besalo Bawdon,
who wore passengers on tho steamer
Empress of Ireland, left hero Inst Mon
day for Quebec to take tho ateamor.
They wero bound for their homo In
Brldgowntor, Somerset, England.
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA.
Empress, waa tho wife of John link-
kor, enretaker of Canadian Pacific
railroad buukhouBo.
Joseph J. Lonnon, secretary-treasurer
ot ho Insuranro firm of J. P.
Tumor & Co.,.waa o. of tho passen
gers on the Emprosu,
Lieut. Kendall of the Royal navy,
who commanded tho Empress ot Ir
laud, haa had but tew accidents.
PUT RIVER ON IP
COLONEL ROOSEVELT GIVES
GRAPHIC 8TORY OF PERILS
IN WILOS OF BRAZIL.
ALL THE MAPS ARE WRONG
Reasserts His Claims to Discovery of
River Duvlda In Address Before
National Geographic Society Rfver
Is as Long as the Elbe.
Washington. Theodore
Roosevelt IbbI night gave an extended
account of his discovery of the Duvida
river, or river of doubt, before tho Na
tional Geographic society In thlu city.
Ho declared that tho river la as long
bb tho Elbe and 1b not shown on uny
map. As a result of his explorations,
Colonel Roosevelt declared that all of
tho maps of tho country ho traversed
aro wrong.
Mr. Roosevelt's address was in part
as follows:
"Hardly ever can you do anything
of note, except by building on what
has been dono by your predecessors
work. ColumbUB could not hnvo dis
covered America, If it had not been
for tho deeds of Portuguese and to a
loss extent of Spanish Bailors, from
tho days of Prince Henry tho Naviga
tor on. Peary could not havo discov
cred tho North polo if thero had not
been for generation,1) men who hnd been
pushing far northward the limits of
knowledge of the polar regions.
"To take an Infinitely Jess Import
ant Instance, I could have dono noth
ing In South America if it had not
been for tho work done by scores of
other men during tho years that
passed, and especially during tho last
seven or eight yenrs.
"Hero is tho Amazon river.. It was
descended and discovered for tho first
time nenrly, four centuries, ago by the
early Spanish explorers, whose feats
were so phenomenal that they make
all the work of all of ub Who' have
anything on that river today Beem
child's play in comparison. 1 say that,
meaning It literally.
"Tho people who went up and down
tho Amazon speedily discovered the
mouths of a number of rivers. Ono,
two and three centuries elapsed before
they discovered anything about those
rivers oxcept tho mouths, and In the
i'aso of the river of which I am going
to speak what thoy did say about the
mouth was entirely wrong.
' "I did not go down to South Amer
ica with any intention of making such
nn exploration us this,
"When I go off on a trip I do not like
to mako pictures for myself ot what
1 am going to do, because I do uot
know, but I had supposed that oUr trip
would chletly be a zoological trip, and
1 went primarily for tho American
Museum ot Natural History with that
end in view.
"When 1 got to Rio Janeiro, Mr.
Latiro Mueller, who Visited Us last
yoar, and who 1b the minister of for
eign nffuirs of Brazil, told me that, of
course, they would help mo to do what
I wished,, which was to go up the Para
guay and then down Into tho Amazon,
but that he thought he had something
which would appeal to mo much
more; that tho telegraphic commis
sion which hnd been working In the
vestcm portion of Brazil had found
that tho best existing maps wero total
ly wrong, that tho whole region would
havo to bo remapped after the dlscov
erles of tho telegraphic commission,
uud that they had found the sources
of two rivers running north, which
went they did aiot know where. .
"Ono of those rivers, tho Binaller,
was called tho Pineapple. Tho other,
and larger one, waa caller the Du
vlda, tho River of Doubt, because they
did npt know where it went out. He
told mo that tho head of the tele
graphic commission, Colonel Rondon,
who had for 25 yearH been engaged
In tho work of exploriug that wild
western wilderness of Brazil, would, If
I 'desired, accompany mo. down that
river and boo where It camo out, and
no said:
" 'Now, wo will bo delighted to have
you do it, but, of course, you must
understand, we cannot tell you any
thing ot what will happen, and thero
will bo some surprises not necessarily
pleasant.' I said. 'Well, by George,
tl.pl 1b just whnt I would like to do
to mako tho try and see what would
happen down that river.'
"And now here 1 want, with all the
emphasis posslblo and I wish that
tho Brazilian ambassador Wfcre here
to report to his government what I
uuy 1 want with all the emphasis pqs
slblo to attest that everything t lint wo
did this year was a scquol to and
was conditioned upon what the tele
grnphio commission of Brazil,, under
Colonel Rondon and hla aHioclates,
had douo during tho preceding seven
years,
"We would not have known the ex
istence of tho headwaters of this river.
Wb .could not have crossed the high,
land wilderness at all If It had not,
been for tho work of that commission.
All that wo did waa to put the cap on
tho pyramid ot which thoy Imd luld
deep and broad tho foundations.
"I greatly wish that this body would
pay somo recognition would glvo
somo recognition to tho really re
mnrkablo work that haa been done by
Colonel Rondon and his associates ot
tho Brazilian telegraphic commission
during tho last Btven years work
which, from the geographic standpoint,
and from tho standpoint of the devel
opment of tho natural resources of the ;
nation, is as noteworthy as anything
that has been accomplished during tho
same length of time anywhere in tho
world.
"They havo not had too much recog
nition in their own country. A prophet
is not without honor, you know, savo
in bis own country. They havo had
practically no recognition abroad.
"We started up the Paraguay and
then struck across country on mule
back to this point and then went down
to there, it la almost Impossible for
mo to show you on theso standard
maps what I did, because the maps
aro so preposterously wrong. For In
stance, there aro two rivers close to
gether, tho Sacare and tho Tapajos
that Is within ten miles of each other
each of which has a waterfall about
the size of tho falls of tho Yellow
stone, In ono caso about 150 feet high
and In the other case about 350 feet
high, of which wo took numerous pho
tographs. There is not a hint of the
existence of those waterfalls, nor, as
far as 1 can find, of those rivers on
that map. ,
"We then Journeyed three weeks
further on and camo down to this,
point hero (Indicating on tho map).
Thero, on tho map, is a mountain.
There was really a valley with a river
ilowlng doyn tho middle'. It does
nothing of tlie kind. It does not run
anywhere near It. Hero aro those
rivers heading up there. Thoy do not
head up thero. .
"Wo went down nnother river where
tholr sources aro supposed to be, and'
theso mountains aro almost as Irrele
vant to tho facta as aro tho rivers
themselves, You can see, as 1 said,
better on this map here. Here is tho
Tapajos. Here Is tho G. Parana run
ning into the Madeira.
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"On that map arid on this you will
And a littlp river In about 5 degreeB.
1 think tho actual courso is about 5.12
or 5.15, but very nearly 5, a little
river there put on thero and put down
hero dotted jvlthout any riame. I want
you to look nt thla map. This Ib Bar
tholomew's map of South America. I
want you to bo ablo to check off tor
yourselves exactly tho statement that
1 make.
"We found that this river, called the
Dubltas (river of darkness) arose be
tween the fifty-ninth and sixtieth me
ridian of longitude west from Green
wich, JuBt north of tho thirteenth de
gree of latitude south. It first flowed
west and then south, and then flowed
north, originally as a mountainous,
timber choked brook, not navigable
until in latitude 12 degrees 1 minute
south and longitude 60 degrees and 18
mlnutoB west about in each caso; may
bo, two or three minutes wrpng.
"We crossed tho telegraph lino at a
point where it becomes navigable, and
it was thero ,that we embarked, and
,wo then ran on down' about Ave de
grees. I will put it in here. I do not
know whether those In tho rear of the
hall can seo It, but I "have put it there
now, that river as wo havo put It on
tho map. I want to call your attention
to tho fact that I am using my terms
with scientific precision, and when I
say 'put It on thp map' I mean what I
say. I mean that It Is not on any map,
and that we havo put it on tho map.
"The different portions of the course
that wo followed varied widely In dif
ficulty. Wo first of all ran four days
surveying of the river very accurately,
nnd therefore going very slowly with
out encountering any raplda or other
obstacles.
"I went down that river, going down
thero for the first time and of courso
endeavoring to map it in detail.
"It Is much easier now for anyone
to follow us, nnd If this geographic bo
cloty or any other responsible organ
ization wishes to send a man to or
down that river I will glvo him letters
of Introduction and advice which will
enable him, with comparatively little
difficulty; to go over the entire course
of that river and report on nil tho fea
tures In detail which, of course, the
first explorers necessarily sketched In
outline.
"I will glvo him letters to n rubber
man who will unquestionably assist
to get tho canoes and the rowers that
will enable him to ascend as far as
tho lowest of tho uppermost raplda
and come back, covering two-thlrda of
the distance and going up to the tenth
degree
"And tills river, of about tho slzo
of the Elbe or tho Rhino, through a
region which on tho mnps Issued to
day, tho best maps. Is not shown at
all, la Itself not shown on any map.
Anybody enn go up thero nnd aeo for
himself what has been dono nnd can
go through tho work In detail, as 1
cannot go through it, nnd as wo could
not when wo inado our exploration
through It,
"Now, whon wo embarked, bavins
gono somo 30 days by niulo and ox
train across thlB high central plateau
of western Brazil, our pnrty consisted
of 22 mon. Wo said good-by to Mr.
Mueller and his associates hero on the
27th of February.
"Exactly CO days afterward, which
consisted of canoeing work, we mot
Lloutonnnt Pcrrlrez nnd tho little
steamboat which he had at that point.
On tho trip, of our six mombers. Mr.
Chcrrlo. my son, tho doctor.and Lieu
tenant Lira kopt dlurlos dny to day.
Colonel Rondon kept tho record In the
order of tho days. I kopt the record
In tho writing that I had to do.
"I will como later to toll. you what
part of it had never, been traversed
by nny civilized man boforo nnd whnt
part of It had already been known to
tho rubber gnthererB, but absolutely
unknown to any map maker: to theBO
map makers hero that I havo quoted
to you English, German, French,
American, or Brazilian nono of thorn
knoT. thing about It at all.
'-'For four dayB we ran, as I Bay,
rather slowly before encountering any'
rapids. Wo then struck our first se
rious rapids. After that, which was In
about 11 degrees 45 minutes south,
wo spent 42 days during which wo
Blcpt every day at tho head or foot
of a rapids, and during tho 42 days
we only covered ono degree of lati
tude, going to about 10 degrees 45
mlnutoB south; that Is, from 11 do
greea 45 minutes to 10 degroea 45 min
utes, and therefore making not much
more than a mile and a half a day in
a straight line, tho curves of tho river,
adding greatly to tho distance actual
ly traveled.
"W,e had by that time gono not moro
than a sixth of tho distance that wo
expected to go and hnd used up about
throe-fourths or four-fifths of our
food. Wo had been on half rations
Pretty much all the time, eked out
with parrots nnd monkeys, which wo
enjoyed there. But I can assure any
of my zoological friends that they can
leave me with entlro safety in tho
monkey house without my making any
assault on any of the inmatoa. 1 havo
had all tho monkey I wlah.
"Then, during thatjtlme, of the sov
en -canoes and seven dugouts with
which we started we lost five canoes
on tho raplda. Wo built three others
and lost ono of those. Ono man waa
drowned in tho raplda. There wero
several other narrow escapes from
drowning, and under the strain, which
wna great, one of the mon went com
pletely mad and murdered another
and himself fled Into tho wilderness.
"Then we camo out of tho last suc
cession ot rapids, having been gone 46
days. It might havo been 42 or 43
days, and either 46 or 47 days, and
all of our troubles wore over.
"Wo struck a long stretch of smooth
water. Tho river was broad and big
In that part, and after two days moro
wo struck tho uppermost camp or
house of any of the rubber men. Wo
were able to get food sugar cane,
manioca, sometimes rice or bananas,
occasionaly a chicken or a duck, not
very often. And in the 11 dayB, If I
remembejr rightly, we got, eight eggs,
which divided among the six of us
would havo given each man one egg a
week.
"Until men have had experience
they can hardly realize tho Insuffer
able difference there is going down a
Btream broken by rapids which aro
unknown nnd going down a stream
JuBt au difficult which is known.
"In tho first place you como to tho
head of the rapids and you hayo not
any Idea what la ahead. You havo to
land and send peoplo forward to ex
plore. "They may havo to be gono throo or
four hours. They co'mo back. Thoy
may have only explored one stdo of
tho stream. If they find It very bad
they may have to crosa over and ex
plore for three or four hours on tho
other side, down, to see If thero Is not
somo channel on that sldo on which
you can get your canqe. Then you
havo to como back and report as to
whether you can run tho canoes
loaded.
"Our canoes wore so overladen that
wo could not often do that. It la a
question whether you can run them
down empty and merely portago the
gooda, or whether you must portago
tho gooda and let the canoes down by1
ropes, or whether you will have to do
as we had to do on three or four oc
casions cut roads through tho woods,
lay down logs, and with block and
tackle and by the severest kind of
bodily labor drag the heavy, clumsy
dugouts overland down to tho foot of
the rapids.
"If you are overcautious you will
take so long a time that you will ex'
haust your food supply and be In dan
ger of starvation. If you aro over
risky you may loso the catfoes and
what'a In them. Then you faco star
vation, not In tho future, but In tho
present,
".Tho medicines aro almost as Impor
tant ns the food. Wo had to keep tho
men and ourselves all dosed with qui
nine the whole time In order to keep
the fever from us. I think everybody
got the fever more or less, but If we
had not had tho quinine we would
havo been laid out.
"We wero fortunate enough on our
trip down tho river not to lose any of
our Instruments or nny of tho sped
mens or notebooks or anything eUa
that waa of consequence to tho expe
dition, but we had to cut nil our per
sonal belongings to the bono.
"On tho upper courso of tho river
there wore Indiana. They were afraid
of us and somewhat hostile. I think
their hostility wns duo only to timid
ity, but if you aro shot by a man be
causo ho la afraid of you It la almost
ns unpleasant as If ho shot you bo
causa he disliked you.
. "In tho wilderness people portray
you as being In danger from croco
diles and Jnguars and so on. They are
not the things you mind. It is thu
mosqultoeu nnd the poisonous ants,
It Is the anta that eat up your cloth
ing. It Ib the moribund wasps that
nro perfectly awful. It Is these eo
called borocbuda and plum Hies, which
nro like tho black fllos of tho north
ern woods, ohly woreo, nnd It Is the
Insect poBts of that kind that are
really florloua drawbacks to work in
tho wilderness, Tho llfq lacked a
good deal of bolng undiluted pleasure
during tho tlmo wo spent nt thai
tump. Wo wure about throo days, al
most four days, In tho camp."
I
. PUNJCCEPFEO
Mediators and Delegates Have
Agreed on a Scheme.
HUERTA TO BE ELIMINATED
Provisional Government of Five Men,
Representing All Factions, to Rule
Until an Election Can
Be Held.
Here are the terms of the agree
ment reached by the Mexican me
diators: (1) A provisional government Is
to be placed In charge of Mexico.
It is to consist of five men and to
be representative of all factions,
with constitutionalists In the ma-,
jority.
(2) The government of the Unit
ed States pledges Itself to recog
nize this provisional government
and also pledges to that govern
ment Its moral support.
(3) American troops are to.
leave Mexico; they are to evacu
ate Vera Cruz the moment the pro
visional government Is established
and operative.
(4) Huerta Is to remain In power
dur'-q the organization of tho pro
vial&Vil government "nd Is to offi
cially turn oyer ib the provlslonali
government the government ot
Mexico.
(5) Provisions are made for an
election at a certain period of time
after the establishment of the pro
visional government at which a
president and other officers are to
be chosen. Reforms in the elec
tion laws are provided for so that
the election may bo "popular, fair
and impartial."
(6) The mediators made a strong
recommendation to the new provi
sional government for radical re
forms In the land laws.
Niagara Falls, Ont., Media
tion conferences, in progress ono week
today, have led to the adoption of the
essentials of a plan for the pacifica
tion of Mexico. Details are withhold
until there is a complete agreement
on all subjects, but the main points
of the plan on which both aides at
present look favorably aro, tho follow
ing: The transfer of tho executive power
at Mexico City from the tiands of Gen.
Vlctorlano Huerta to a provisional
president and four, cabinet ministers.
This body has often been referred to
ns a commission, or Junta.
These five men will share equally
tho responsibility of putting Into oper
ation a program adopted at the con
ference for tho' conduct as soon as
practicable of new elections for presi
dent, vice-president and members of
congress, The five mon would be neu
tral persons ne far as political affilia
tions are concerned, but would be rep
resentative mon, as nearly acceptable
ns posslblo to all factions in Mexico,
Including the constitutionalists, and
approved by the American govern
ment. Prompt recognition of the provi
sional gqvernment would bo given by
tho United States.
Withdrawal of American troops is
expected by tho Mexican delegates to
follow as a matter of course as soon
aa the new government Ib Installed.
To Back Present Congress.
Whllo there may bo no formal dec
laration on the subject, the Mexican
delegates expect a tacit understanding
to bo reached that the United States
will regard as legal tho financial trans
actions ot the present Mexican con
gress, In tho protocol there will bo pro
claimed principles on which a study
of tho agrarian and educational prob
lems of Mexico would be based, but
thero will bo made no mention of In
dividuals to compose tho government.
The mediators and delegates Intend
to use every effort to maintain tho se
crecy of tho names of individuals until
all elements In the proposed new gov
ernment have assented to the plan
or tho actual change in government is
accomplished.
Arrange for Fair Elections.
It Ib understood thero will bo no
reforonco in the protocol to tho de
tails of future elections, "either as to
fbrestalllng any Individuals from be
coming candidates or prescribing the
electoral machinery.
Tho protocol will declare Blmply for
a general election, fair to all factions,
and looking to the restoration ot per
manent government. Tho now presi
dent would Berve until 1916, Hlllng tho
unexpired term of thu late President
Madero.
Huerta has approved the main
points In tho plan. The Mexlcana
came with plenary powers, but have
been referring vital Issues to him, and
ho has been giving his approval of
their work. Interests of tho constitu
tionalists are being kept in mind by
tho mediators. . Names agreed upon
for tho now provisional government
aro expected to bo such as the consti
tutionalists might lndorso.
Tho mediators db not oxpect tho
question of constitutionalist repre
sentation hero to bo reopened. The
conferences have progressed too far
for that. Tho belief Is that the Amer
ican government Is sounding out tho
constitutionalists on details of th
plane.
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