New-York tribune., 1913-11-14
Mexican Dictator Cannot Be
Found by Officials, Though
Said to Have Gone
to a Suburb.
FLIGHT RUMORS DOUBTED
Huerta's Cabinet Officers Work
ing Diligently to Bring About
Reopening of Negotia-
tions and Pleading
for More Time.


General Huerta had fed from the fed
eral capital revived to-day. owing to
the inability Of those interested in his
actions to find any definite trace of
him.
II was asserted late tonight, how
ever. that the dictator had gone to
Tialpam. A suburb, without notifying
his associates.
Among other wild rumors afloat to-
night was one that John Lind had been
shot i'm Vera Cruz.
Rumors that General Huerta was
planning to take German steamer for
Europe have been current here for sew
eral days These, however, have not
been credited.
Members Of Huerta's official family
are working diligently for the reopen
ing Of the negotiations, and claim TO
have the consent Of General Huerta
to make Concessions which they be-
States.
The Mexican Minister Of the Interior,
Manuel CARA Aldape saw Nelson
O'Shaughnessy. the American charge
d d'affaires, late to-day and appealed to
him to do all in his power to induce
his government to withhold action UNI
til the Mexican officials could COM
municate ith Mr.. Lind at Vera Cruz.
He based his appeal on the allegation
| that they were unable yesterday to get
( in touch with Huerta to present to him
Mr. Lind's communication.
Pleads for More Time.
The charge could give the minister
little assurance. Senor Aldape asked
if Mr.. Lind could be persuaded to re-
turn to the capital. or, failing that. if
a representative of the government
might not go TO Vera Cruz and confer
with him there.
Mr.. O'Shaughnessy expressed the
opinion that either course would be
useless. In the end they agreed to
present the case TO President Wilson.
with an appeal for postponement of
action directed at lifting the embargo
On arms and ammunition. or such other
action as had been decided upon.
II is believed that Huerta proposes
To present plan something in the
nature of substitute. He is said TO
be reconciled to the idea of resigning
from the Presidency, but wants to
submit his resignation TO the new Con-
gress, the body which President Will
son has declared must not convene
Huerta's friends and those i'm his
Cabinet who are trying to induce him
10 yield have been informed that there
are certain measures Congress might
adopt To V hich the United States would
be unaltcrably opposed, and that if any
plan devised by them involves the con-
vening of Congress it would he well
20 sign papers in which should he set
forth exactly what measures the new
lawmaking body expects TO pass upon.
and to see to it that such measures as
are regarded by Washington as OBJ
jectionable are excluded.
Huerta's Plea Ignored.
II developed to-day that in the pre-
liminary exchanges of views between
John Lind and the Mexican officials
on the question of the dissolution of
the new Congress General Huerta ad-
vanced the plea that he could not dis
solve it because II had been legally
elected.
Mr.. Lind's reply to this was the
presentation of the demands made by
the United States government, accom-
panied by the declaration that what
General Huerta had been able TO do
with the former Congress he must do
with this one Of his own creation.
An official notification was published
here to-day, under yesterdays date, or
dering those Mexican Senators and
Deputies who were elected on October
% to assemble during the afternoon
of Saturday November H. in their re-
spective Houses to effect their organi-
zation.
All speculation here as to the future
is tempered by some doubt as to the
real state of affairs at the Ma
tional Palace. Representations were
made late yesterday afternoon 10 both
Mr.. Lind and Mr. O'Shaughnessy that
in reality General Huerta had not been
apprised of the demands from Wash
, ington and this appeared to be sub
stantiated by statements made at the
government offices late last night.
II was declared that Adolfo de ID
Lama, Mexican Minister Of Finance,
had engaged in the search for Huerta,
and had not succeeded in finding him
either at the National Palace, his fam
lily home, or at any Of the places where
he was accustomed to go.
| LIND BACK IN VERA CRUZ