River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-11-13

washington, NOV. LIT OTeSO11lS
lis usual custom of banishing official
,usiness, on Sunday, President Will
on worked practically all day on the
Iexican problem. He did not go to
.hurch.
Conferences Are Held.
The president summoned Senators
3orah and McCumber, Republican
members of the senate foreign rela-
ions committee, and spent nearly two
hours with them in discussing the
situation.
The president later conferred with
Secretary Bryan last night.
From the way the presidents callers
talked, the situation rapidly is ap-
preaching a climax and some definite
developments are expected Immediate
". Officially, no copy of the state
ment of Provisional President Huerta
0 the diplomatic corps Saturday night
had been received, nor had the for
nal reply to the American demand
that Huerta resign arrived.
That the United States had given
Huerta until the first of this week to
reply before making the next move
was the general belief in official cir
cleS.
The Next Step.
The next step in the view of some
of those who have talked with the
president within the last two days
since he began summoning members
of the senate foreign relations COM
mittee, probably will be an announce
ment by the United States, not only
reiterating it's final refusal to recog-
nize the Huerta government, but
making it clear to the world that it
also shall refuse to recognize any acts
of the new congress soon to be con-
vened by Huerta.
The Washington movement, 1t is
understood, will not undertake to
guarantee any business of commercial
relations with the Huerta regime, and
probably will stand by any constituted
government, which, in the future, may
repudiaJe the loans or transactions Of
the present government.
Senators Express Views.
Both Senators McCumber and Borah
declined to talk of what the president
had told them in their conference, but
expressed their own views later.
Senator Borah told the president
that in his opinion, even should Huer-
ia accede to the American request for
his resignation at this time, there
would be no responsible person or
persons to establish a government.
The Idaho senator suggested that If
the embargo on arms were lifted the
Constitutionalists probably could get
possession of the reins of government
in Mexico City in about 80 days and
that the United States ought to give
them an opportunity to establish
themselves. Should they fail, he be-
lieves, the United States might con-
slider other steps when their contin'
gency arises.
Senator McCumber says the embar-
go on arms should be raised, but rea-
Lies the position of the president, he
said, in being unwilling to send mu-
nitions of war into the rebellion-torn
republic, which might add to the in
humanity of the fighting.
Lind Advises a Break.
Mexico City-It is well understood
here that Special Envoy Lind has rec
commended the termination Of all
diplomatic relations between Mexico
and the United States.
Government officials, foreign resi-
dents and the people of Mexico rea-
lie that the relations between this
country and the United States are
strained almost to the point of war,
but til e is perhaps no man in the
republic who knows what Washing
ton will do.
John Lind, who represents the pres
ident of the United States, is ignor-
ant of the intentions of his chief and
if General Huerta is anxious at all
regarding what may develop he does
not betray it.