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am, respectfully, your obedient servant.
III. CLAY,
UNITED STATES, MEXICO, AND TEXAS

There are some things which stranger
visiting Washington may hear or guess AT
winch residents cannot. The conversation
at the hotels and other public places. not much
trequented by residents, opens sources of in
formation to strangers which others do not
possess. There are things also which resi-
dents hear in confidence, and do not feel at
liberty to commit to paper, which visiters or
sojourners hear under other circumstances
and are not restrained from communicate
ing to their friends. We frequently, therefore.
receive our first hints Of transactions in the Go
vernment from publications in the papers of
other cities. Of this character is the greater
part of the contents of the subjoined letter.
which we copy from New Y ork paper Of
Tuesday morning. We cannot say how
much OF it Is true but, as we have heard ru-
mors which induce us to believe that part Of
1t is true viz. that the Minister of Mexico has
left, or is about leaving, this city for New
Y ork, and that special messenger has been
sent by this Government to Mexico-as so
much of this letter is probably true, the rest
of it may be. We desire our readers to take
it upon its own merits, however, and not to
consider us as endorsing it, except as to the
currency of the above rumors Md Lai
Correspondence of the Tribune)
WASHINGTON, APRIL 81, 1914.
DEAR SIR The plot is now wound ND
TO Il severe tension, and tomorrow the unray-
elment will undoubtedly begin. Mr.. Calhoun
holds out to Senators the deusive, and, full
ly believe, insincere pretence, that war with
Mexico will not ensue upon the accomplish
ment Of annexation. TO give color to this
pretence, he sends special messenger to
Mexico with propositions of friendship and
offers Of indemnify | cannot doubt that he
is perfectly aware that these will be rejected
with Indignation. While he is assuming these
pacific appearances both here and there, Gen.
Gaines is ordered to the Texian frontier, and
probably beyond it. Certain it is that the
President has given assurances that he will
aid the Texans, should it be necessary, i'm
mediately on the termination of the armisiice
understand that the British Minister has
informed the Texan ENJOYS that Great Bril-
tain will not agree to a political connection
with Texas on any terms and that one of
those ENJOYS has said that no resource but
annexation HOW remains. understand, also,
that the Mexican Minister will leave Wash
ington for your city without delay. He must
undoubtedly feel DESTROYS of putting a res
Pectable distance between himself and a Gov
eminent with whose agents, it would seem,
he cannot confer without its being made the
foundation of rumors repeated by the semi
oGciaT of a treacherous and infamous COM
promise of the rights and interests of his
country. Although the treaty, without the
ratification Of the Senate; is nullity, yet
suppose that the negotiation of it by the Exc
cutive would justify the suspension of the re-
laiions of the representative Of Mexico with
that Department of the Government.
1.-THE Mexican Minister is gone TO New York;