New-York tribune., 1913-11-18
Confident That His Policy
Will Drive Huerta
from Power.
EXPECTS TO REACH
A SETTLEMENT SOON
"The Mills of the Gods Grind
Slowly" Quoted by Officials in
Discussing Mexico.
From The Tribune Bureau

| indicating that a crisis Is at manu. ''o
administration processes that its opti-
mism is unsha. en-. and its highest OH
cials say that they look forward u
settlement. AS for the slightest 'hk-
ling of the hidden facts on when this
feeling is based there is none.
The retirement of Aldape. known 10
have been brought about because OF
| his efforts to induce Huerta TO reslsh'
/ is generally regarded as most sisHii-
cant and indicative Of Huerta's reso-
lute determination to defy the United
States. Under the circumstances, con-
J tinued defiance will soon force Presi-
dent Wilson's hand, particularly pe-
cause the administration Is now NOR
allv bound to the powers in Europe 20
bring about an adjustment of the diih-
culties.
An emp. atic denial was volunteered
in a high quarter to-day that any plan
was beir~ considered for the with
drawal OF Nelson O'Shaughnessey, the
American Charge d'Affaires in Mexico
City. Observers here, however, do not
see how such a step could be outside
| the administrations plan. PRESIDENT
Wilson has made certain definite ara
emphatic demands on Huerta and
Huerta has emphatically, if not direct
". refused to comply with them. Ills
refusal forced John Lind to leave the
capital for Vera Cruz. The negotia-
tions have been reopened since then,
| but have come to naught, and MT.
| O'Shaughnessy's usefulness in Mexico
City is also believed to be near an END.
| The withdrawal Of the American rep
resentative, it is declared, would be al
most a matter Of routine, so set is the
course which is followed when rela-
tions between two countries become so
strained that mutual agreement and
understanding are impossible.
| Some Fl nds Of t e administration
suggest that the President construes
the reported disintegration OF the
Huerta Cabinet as a forerunner OF the
collapse Of his regime. and. therefore,
! as basis lot OplllllSIn'
At the White House to-day il was
said that an investigation had been
started concerning the reports of exc
cutions by the victorious rebels at
Juarez, where several federal prisoners
have been shot. Secretary Bryan said
that no investigation whatever had
been begun.
The divergence Of statements remains
| unexplained. It is probable, however,
! that the American Consul at Juarez
will ascertain and report the facts. II
| is declared that If the executions are
as ruthless as have been reported
complication Of possibly farreaching
importance will be brought into the
Mexican problem. The CONSTITUTIONAL
lists have on many occasions INDUCED
| in wholesale executions. The most
notable recent example was at Tor
reon, where thirty federal officers were
lined up and killed at one time.
If an official American inquiry brings
| out that there have been executions as
Madero and Su the administration
will find difficulty in recognizing the
Constitutionalists in any way. There
has recently been tendency to treat
the Constitutionalists more favorably,
but It is known that Carranza has
clearly indicated 10 DR.. Hale that any
interference in the internal affairs Of
| Mexico, even TO aid In eliminating
Huerta, will be forcibly resented by
him and his followers.
It was said on unquestionable au-
J thority to-day that the President re-
mained unswerved in his determiua-
tion TO get Huerta out Of Office, but IN
quries as to how tbs was to be ac-
comp mplished brought only the quotation:
1.-The mills of God grind slowly"
| Rear Admiral Boush, on the battle
ship Louisiana, at Tuxpam, State OF
Vera Cruz, has been instructed to de-
mand the release of six Americans
who are being detained in that town,
presumably by the federal authorities.
The place is surrounded by the Con-
stitutionalists, who are confident Of
victory. The gunboat Wheeling is lying
off Tuxpam with the Louisiana.
Among other denials issued to-day
were one that any plan Of mediation
was being contemplated and another
that any scheme Of Pan-American in
tervention was being considered.
orders for the second division OF the
Atlantic fleet to return to the United
States remain suspended. leaving prac-
tically half Of the fleets battleships off
the east coast of Mexico. Ii was said
at the Navy Department to-day that
II the Mexican situation should assume
a more critical phase by the time Rear
Admiral Badger. with the first and
fourth divisions Of the fleet, came with
| in a few hundred miles of Hampton
Roads. returning from the Mediter-
ranean cruise. at least some of these
ships would be ordered to Mexico. The
vessels will leave the Mediterranean on
December i.
On representations the State Depart
ment directed Consul Edwards to make
Friends Ballin. an American, reported
In danger of execution. has been re-
leased at Juarez. Consul Edwards re-
ported that BAllin's life had not been