The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-14
European Countries Back of
the American Policy
Towards Mexico
GEN. HUERTA FACING
FINANCIAL BLOCKADE
And 1t Is Predicted That His Down
fall Will Take Place Soon-Possib bill
ity of Raising Embargo on Arms to
Aid Constitutionalists.

Aid Constituencies I
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14-United {
support from the great powers abroad 9
for the American policy toward Mexico,
shown in variety of quiet diplomatic ,
activities gave President Wilson and t
Secretary Bryan confident feeling at {
Washington yesterday that the elimina
tion of Gen. Victoriano Huerta as pro
visional president of Mexico would
soon be an accomplished fact. That the
i financial blockade instituted by the
/ United States had effectively tied the
purse strings Of Europe, that diplomat
/ ic pressure was being eXerted mces-
4 sanity on all sides at Mexico City, that
close friends Of Huerta were applying
their influence, and persistent reports
saving Huerta had gone into mysterious
secusion, raised the hopes of the Wash
ington government that at last it was
making definite progress toward solving
the Mexican probelm.
An exchange Of cablegrams with En-
bassador Page, an agreement by Great
Britain to leave the solution of the |
| Mexican problem in the hands of the
| United States and an announcement !
| that no moral or financial support would /
| be granted by England to the Huerta
| regime, set forth in London press dis
| patches, created Il favorable impress
| sion throughout official Washington. 1T
| was felt that Great Britain, France,
| Germany and other nations now stood
togethef in acquiescencc to the plan
of the Omitted States for the elimination
of IIuerta.
/ President Wilson had prepared early
| in the day statement of the situation
! reciting what had been attempted in the
| communications presented by Charge
| o Shaughnessy and John Lind, but
| within a few hours such favorable adj
| vices were received as to cause the pres
| ident to withhold the document from
| publication. He stuck it away in a
drawer with many another summary of
= international affairs which it has been
found unnecessary to make public.
''There are elements in this ease,
said the president, (which / cannot at
present discuss, but which make It look
TO me very much more favorable. The
president spoke thus of the situation to
30 Washington correspondents at then
Semi-weeklv conferences His manner
was calm and it was apparent that he
felt decidedly encouraged by recent nd
vices The president is not usually
quoted after these conferences, but yes
terdav he permitted quotation TO the
extent Of the single sentence. This h
did to allay any tension that NIGH
have arisen III this country over thu
situation described in the dispatche
from Mexico City. Asked about tn
90 word "favorable, he explained tina
In he meant favorable TO a settlement
.na The president gave no details TO shoN
upon what his optimism was based, bu
he made it clear that the primary con
Idition of Il settlement was the Dustin
of Huerta and all those who stood fo
or the kind of government he had bee
the conducting It was evident that tn
president had received important dix
ne patches, but he declined to say whetht
they were from Mexico City or Nog;
~ les the constitutional 'St headquartcr
= Later, however, it was learned fro
other high officials that the plan {
N financial isolation was bearing fru
s9l and that the plan of Huerta s elimin
A5l tion was being acquiesced in by foreis
4U governments, especially some OF tho
-1I which had previously recognized hi
M and upon whom he had come to rely f
IHBI aid.
IHHI One of the most important factors
IE5l the situation which caused Washingt'
IE73l calmly to await developments was t
l#Al report through authoritative channC
IBHl that members of the IIuerta ot1ici
ls3l circle were now divided, some of the
lEdI urging his resignation to avoid inter-
lE#l tional complications. They were
IHHI ported to be using every effort to p
IH#t vail upon him to make formal {
IEdl nouncement Of retirement at q fix
lBl date.
lHHl The situation has progressed to t
IHHl point in the view Of many officials wh
lR3l even a definite rejection of the Anne
IeaI can demands by Huerta would not
lET5l ter his future materially. Confidel
IH8I prevails that he is drifting into cert;
lH8l bankruptcy and cannot resist mu
lE]I longer the pressure exerted agai
l@l him.
lHHI Another influence that is expected
I8HI contribute to Huerta 5 overthrow is
: la3I extension of moral support to the c
I'M stitutionalists. If pressed to the
zs44! tremitv the American government '
IuIIlI lift the embargo on arms to aid
coustitutionalists in composing
In situation, but there is still hope ann
EN high officials that such a step will pr
unnecessary. The United States
offered no mediation to the const
tionalists, but simply has endeavoreC
learn what protection would be pr
Used to foreigners and their prop'
accli- and what would be the program Of
,o,.ol tion Of the constitutionalists if
We're successful by arms