On Wednesday the Conference at Niagara which has attempted to
settle the Mexican dispute came to an end. Some of the mediators think (says the Times correspondent) that the negotiations have done much to prevent war between the United States and Mexico, while others think that the proceedings have been futile. We regretfully incline to the latter view. President Wilson is still patiently watching the quarrel of the Constitutionalist generals, Villa and Carranza, and hopes for something to be accomplished by the proposed Conference between the Mexican Federals and Consti- tutionalists. Meanwhile Sir Lionel Carden has advised British subjects to leave Mexico City, as the supply of fuel is failing, and he fears that few more trains will make the journey to the coast. He has chartered a steamer to convey refugees to Jamaica. Many of those who had decided to act on Sir Lionel Carden's advice changed their minds when they found that Lady Carden intended to stay with her husband in Mexico.
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