The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-11-13
MEXICAN CRISIS IS
PROBABLY At HAND
hUERTA STILL pEFlANT-PREsj
DENT WILSON DETERMINED
IN ATTITUDE.
ALL DAY CONFERENCE HE'LL
Senators eorah and McCumber AdvIs,
Lifting Embargo on Arms for
the RebeIs-Lind Ad-
vises Break.
ALL DAY CONFERENCE HE'LL


Washington, Nov. IL. Presiden
Wilson, it is learned, is giving seri
GUS consideration to raising the EN-
barge on arms. In his talks with sen
ators, he has asked their advice, par
ticularly ton that point, and has beef
advised by most of them to Lift thu
embargo.
Conferences Are Held,
The president summoned Senator
Borah and McCumber, Republics
members of the senate foreign rela
tons committee, and spent nearly tive
hours with them in discussing tht
situation
The president later conferred will
Secretary Bryan last night
From the way the presidents caller,
talked, the situation rapidly is ap
preaching climax and some definite
/ developments are expected immediate
ly. Officially, no copy of the state
ment of Provisional President Huerts
to 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 tho
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 its final refusal to recog.
nize the Huerta government, but
also shall refuse to recognize any acts
Of the new congress soon to be con.
vened by Huerta
The Washington movement, it 10
understood, will not undertake Ia
guarantee any business of commercial
relations with the Huerta regime, and
probably will stand by any constituted
government, which, in the future, may
repudiate the loans or transactions Of
the present government.
Senators Express Views.
Both Senators McCnmber 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
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 il
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 Break.
Mexico City.-It is we'll 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 there 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.