Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-11-04
TO
HUERTA IS
REPORTED
MUST ABDICATE At ONCE AND NOT
TURN RElNS OVER TO ANY OF
HIS FRIENDS, SAYS REPORT--0F-
FIClAL CIRCLES WILL NOT TALK
ON SUBJECT.
M REPLY HAS BEEN
RECEIVED FROM MEXICO

dent Wilson let the Mexican situation
simmer a few hours today while he
went to Princeton. N. j., to vote. The
tension over this governments ultl-
matum to Huerta was not relieved by
the presidents absence, however, ana
lust before Mr.. Wilson left the White
House he conferred with Secretary
Bryan.
All officials here were silent over
the notice to Huerta to vacate the
Provisional presidency of Mexico and
seat no partisan.
The understanding was that the at
titude here is to make no announce
ments Just now and await the next
step.
The greatest interest centered at
Huerta's conferences with the Mexico
City diplomatic corps, AS soon as
Charge DShaughnessy had delivered
the latest note, Huerta called in the
diplomats but no announcement was
made of their conference.
President Wilson planned to be in
touch with the situation practically
every hour he is away today and TO
return to Washington tonight. The
president left here at 10 O'Clock this
morning. expecting to arrive in Prince
ton at $3.50 o'clock this afternoon, cast
his ballot, leave Princeton al 4:2o
o'clock and arrive back in the capital
at 1925 tonight.
Administration officials directly
connected with the Mexican negotia-
tions have adopted policy OF abso'
lutte silence, considering = inexpedlent
at this time to define the course OF ac-
ton being pursued and declining to
comment one way or the other on the
reports from Mexico City regarding
the presentation of summary note
to Huerta requiring his immediate
resignation. THAT this elimination OF
Hnerta is sine quo non, is admitted
" the fundamental principle of the
administration policy, but beyond this
the successive steps taken or con-
templated are not disclosed.
An air of confidence in official cir
cles is taken to indicate that the L..
s is satisfied that practically all. the
great powers have agreed to support
the administration policy at least to
the extent of observing a strictly
neutral attitude and allowing the U. S.
to test it's own plan for restoring
peace in Mexico.
In the absence of any official state
ment, but on the basis of expressions
CT opinions by competent observers, IT
is believed that Huerta has been in
formed that practically all the powers
automatically represented in the Mex
ican capital are disposed to defer to
the United States in the task of es-
tablishing constitutional government.
Secretary Bryan fatty refused to
discuss the situation when inquiries
were made concerning the demand for
the immediate retirement Of Huerta.
Senator Bacon, chairman of the for
cign relations committee, after con-
ference with Secretary Bryan said:
81 consider the situation to be
nearer conclusion. We are very
hopeful that things will turn out well"
Secretary Daniels reiterated today
that the three battleships of the Sec
ond division of the Atlantic feet will
remain in Mexican gulf waters until
further orders, Notwithstanding that
four battleships of the third division
are due at Vera Cruz and Tampico to-
morrow.
Rear Admiral Fletcher, commanding
the second division, will take COM
mand of the entire squadron. The
New Hampshire and Nebraska will
keep station at Tampico, while the
Louisiana, Michigan, Rhode Island.
Virginia and New Jersey will await
developments off Vera Cruz. In addi-
ton to these seven dreadnoughts, the
gunboat Wheeling and the cruiser Ia
koma are off Vera Cruz, while the
gunboats Petrol and Nashville are in
Dominican waters not far away.
On the west coast, the armored
cruisers California and Maryland are
at Guaymas and Mazatlan, respective.
ly. The gunboat Annapolis also is at
Guaymas and the armored cruiser
Pittsburg is enroute to that port.
Later today Secretary Bryan issued
a statement He declined to discuss
the use of the word "ultimatum"
mote" or "advices" saying he had nc
more to say than the statement iseli
conveyed. 1t was as follows:
II have made it rule not to dis
cuss newspaper reports concerning in
ternational matters; but the nature OF
the dispatch from Mexico this morn
ing suggests departure from the
rule at this time. No ultimatum has
been sent to Mexico and it is unfortu
nste that the press should give cred
ence to such report. The harm done
by speculation or even inaccuracies in
regard to domestic questions is limit
ed because the people are acquainted
with the subject and can make allow
ances; but as misstatements in regard
to international matters may lead tc