New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-31
LIND QUITS MEXICO
TOCONSULT WILSON
Presidents Envoy Called to
Pass Christian on
Fast Cruiser.
EXPECTS TO RETURN
AFTER CONFERENCE
Said at Herndon Cottage That No
Special Significance At
taches to Visit.


Vera cruz. Dec. Soy breakfast
time New Years Day. or soon after. II
no untoward incident occurs, John
! Lind. President Wilson's personal rep
resentative. and the President VIII be
talking over. face to face. the interna-
tional problems arising out OF the Mex
ican revolution.
Mr.. Lind left Vera Cruz at O'Clock
tonight on the Chester, the fastest
cruiser of the American navy. bounu
for Pass Christian. Miss, where Presi-
dent Wilson is spending his vacation
The Chester's captain and Rear Au-
miraI Frank +. Fletcher assured MT
Lind that twcnty-siX hours should SUI
fee 10 lend him on the Louisiana coast
whence he will proceed as quickly as
! ossiblc 10 Pass Christian.
Few persons in Vera Cruz knew oi
the orders 10 Mr.. Lind. and the few
Mexicans who saw him walk from the
( American Consulate to the Waterfront
two blocks away. where the rear nd
mirars launch awaited him. regarded
/ his suitcascs with expressions indlla-
/ tive Of varied .opinions.
/ Order Welcome to Lind.
I II is no secret hat Mr. Lind wei
coined the summons 10 meet his chief
/ for personal counsel Since his coming
/ TO Mexico. almost five months ago, MI.
! Lind has sent to Washington volumi-
nous reports of the changing conditions
: i'm this republic hut II is known that he
! frcttcd over the restrictions OF written
/ communications and often expressed a
desire TO have just few minutes dl-
rect conversation with either the
President or the Secretary Of state.
1 During the time he has been here
, President Wilson's envoy has given
earnest study To the situation from an
/ economic and political and even mill
tary. point OF view. He has conferred
with representative Of both sides until
he believes that he has acquired COM
prehcnsive grasp OF affairs. What sug-
ecstionS he will make TO the President.
. of course. are not known, for the envoy
( is not given To expressing his opinions.
either privately or for publication.
The financial isolation Of the present
I administration has reduced President
I HuCrta To straits. but not so despera tc
as TO force him 10 yield. SO long as
there is money in the country. no mat
ter to whom it belongs. Hucrta has the
means TO obtain il. and this situation
is realized by Mr.. Lind. Nor has .dc
advance of the Constitutionslists been
50 rapid of late as was expected.
Full Accounting Far Away.
Thus the time for fun accounting
between the Fedcrals and the Constitu-
tionalists seems. i'm the opinion of OBJ
servers generally, TO he some distance
away.
Mir Lind took with him the greater
pant Of his belongings. but left some
baggage here. assuring the America n
/ CONSUL W. w. tdndUd. lUdl ne NOuiU
return in four or five days at the latest.
From stan Correspondent Of The Tribune.
Pass Christian. Miss. Dec. :D-lt
was stated at HeIndon cottage tonight
that while John Lind was coming "a
Pass Christian, there was no special
significance In the fact. az there were
matters which could he better talked
over in a personal interview than con-
sidered by cable.
Developments in the Mexican situa.
tiOn within the last week caused the
President - ask Mr.. Lind TO come tC
Pass Christian.
There may he an announcement Of a
! definite Mexican policy. or RATHER q
, change in the waiting game which
has prevailed since the beginning OI
, the Mexican troubles.
Pass Christian was excited to-nigh
OF learning OF the expected coming %
Mr.. Lind, and Immediately the Presi
dents reception committee began {,
make preparations for reception FOL
his envoy.
A.