The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-04-12
MEXICO In
BAD SHAPE
FINANCIALLY
AND MILITARY OPERATIONS
CANNOT CONTINUE VERY
MUCH LONGER.
Say That Non-RecognitiOn of the
Huerta Government by United
States Is Responsible.

MEXICO CITY. April 1l.-That the
Withholding OF official recognition OF
the United States has materially
weakened the Huerta government is
the opinion generally expressed by
the public and privately admitted in
certain Mexican official circles.
The new rebel movement has made
greater progress than has the provis-
ional government in suppresslng in
surgcncy and i~is no longer a secret
that the condition OF the treasury is
alton Of military operations much
longer. This has been publicly adj
mitted by the Mexican minister OF
the interior. Garcia Grandos.
The chamber OF deputies has not
approved the proposed foreign loan
but It's failure 10 take up this matter
Is said 10 be due 10 a desire TO avoid
further embarrassing the finance de-
partment which So far has been un-
able 20 arrange for the fiotation OF the
loan. notwithstanding recent assur-
ances 10 thar effect from London. II
Is assumed by the government that
its inability 10 issue the loan is due
directly to non-recognition BY Wash.
ington.
Editorial writers comment upon
this phase OF the situation and there
has begun propaganda in the local
press tending To place responsibility
for the fate Of Mexico on the United
States.
Increased In Rates.
Further complicating the financial
difficulties OF the government is the
steady increase in the exchange rates
which within week has mounted
from practically parity TO 300 and that
rate Is only available TO favored pat
rons. In an effort TO check the up
ward tendency OF the exchange rate
the minister of finance Is urging Con
gress TO authorize an increase OF ten
per cent in the export tax on gold.
This has brought Mexicans to the
realization that even the national cur
rency il no longer maintained on a
gold basis
business conditions in Mexico are
rejecting seriously the revolutionary
disturbances SmeIters az Monterey.
Ndladena. and Torrson have been
closed for lack Of fuel A. San Luis
POstosi the smelters are running on
half time and AZ Aguas Calientes 20 ?
third 90 their capacity At chihuahua
and Matehuala the mills are running
on full time
Seriously Crippled
transportation facilities remain
seriously crippled since thp railroads
10 the seaboard and Matamoras are
th" only outlets
Rebels practically control the states
of Sonora. Coahuila and Durango in
tho north. while 'he situation in the
south. where Emiliano Zapa'a stiIl is
IN control. has not materially chang.
81 In NuevO Leon the federaIs are
slowly regaining pcSsrssion Of the
railroad 20 Laredo. on the Texas bord-
or. but the rebels. pushed back from
THIS line of communication. are eX-
tending the operations far 10 the east
ward
in southern Codhula tbc rebels
hold the Immediate nnighbortood
around Torroon and between There
and chihuahua interrupt traffic on tho
Mexican Central Railroad almost at
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So uncertain is The situation in the
state ~ Durango that the govern.
ment itself 81 unable 'o say whether
the state capitol is held bv govern.
mont forces There ls no communi-
cation between DURANGO and Mexico
cry either by railroad or telegraph.