Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-08-14
LIND WILL Be At
MERCY Of MODS
Governor of Mexico City Will Not
Protect U. S. Envoy.
INTERVENTION BELIEVED NEAR
President viii Exhaust Every Source
TO Preserve Peace, But He Is Pre-
pared to Act DrasticatIy If Cir
cumstsnces Warrant II.

Mexico City. Aug 9.-The governor
OF the federal district of Mexico City
announced here Thursday that he
could give no guarantee of protection
TO John Lind, President Wilson's agent
from mob violence if the latter at
tempts 10 take any part in the internal
affairs of Mexico or comes for the pur-
pose Of urging the resignation of Pres
1dent Huerta
Americans here are most apprehen-
Bive of the result Of this announce
Tnent. fearing that it would be con-
strued by the lower classes as an in
vitation to make hostile demonstra-
tons against ATr. Lind should he come
10 Mexico City
Washington, aug 9.-With an Opti-
mism which is not shared by his party
supporters in the senate as whole,
President Wilson is looking for a
peaceful solution of the Mexican prob
lem. At the capital Thursday the al
most unanimous opinion was that if
the peaceful efforts directed through
John Lind fail, armed intervention
must be resorted to on the other side
of the Rio Grande.
Speeches by administration support
ers in the open senate indicated a be
lief that the president is facing an
''unspeakable danger" that the emer-
gency which confronts him is graver
than any which has confronted an
American executive in decades and
that the Cuban situation of Is years
ago was a tempest in a teapot COM
pared TO the one now presented
Senator Bacon, chairman Of the for
eign relations committee, who voiced
views as to the utmost gravity" Of
She situation, was. it was declared at
che White House, acting with view
10 prevent evaporation on the part OF
the Mexican elements which must be
dealt with, and to minimize the embar-
easements of the president and the
state department in their efforts to es-
iablish order in Mexico by peaceful
means.
The startling reports from the City
Of Mexico regarding the reception
which Will be accorded Mr. Lind, the
presidents envoy, are not given Gre
-dence by the president and other high
officials.
It is understood the president is pre-
pared to act drastically as soon as it
becomes apparent that other means
are of no avail He then can stand
before the whole world as having used
all available resources of a peaceful
character, with the realization that the
other great powers can impute no sor-
did motive to the United States for
any action 1t may take, and under
stand that 1t is acting in the cause Of
civilization as it did in Cuba in 1898
In the senate debate on the Clark
resolution Mr.. Bacon declared that not
withstanding reports from the City Of
Mexico giving the Huerta govern
ment's announcement that it would
not receive Mr.. Lind unless he arrived
with proper credentials and prepared
to recognize the Huerta government,
the senate should not act until some
actual development had taken place.
There has been no communication
received yet by the Mexican govern
Inent from the United States" the sen
hIbA duuSu- ANtG Ulltil iue message
has been delivered and the Mexican
government has had a chance TO act
on it should we undertake to deal
with the situation.
1T is entirely possible that when
mir. Lind gets to Mexico and delivers
his message there may be 4 different
reply
The president of the United States
Is face to face with the gravest emer-
gency that has confronted Us since
have been a member OF the senate
And when the president stands face to
face with this tremendous responsible
aty, this unspea kable duty; when he. a
man whose integrity and good faith we
all recognize, seeks to settle II. for us
30 adopt this resolution. which can be
based on no other basis than the fail
ure of the presidents plan. is to do
nothing but fiout him in the face"