Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-08-10
ID HOLD HUERTA
 RESPONSIBLE Government Warns Him Mir. Lind Must Not Be
 Molested SMITH MAKES CHARGE Senator Declares That ReyOlutiOnists are Stirring This Country
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SMITH MAKES CHARGE

Washington. Aug. 9.--The United States government has notified Huerta that he will be held personal ly responsible for the protection oi John Lind, the Presidents envoy to Mexico. This startling report was circulated here today. The Secretary of State refused to affirm or deny the report.
 Other officials did not hesitate to say, however. that such notice would be the logical answer by the adminis- tration to Huerta's public utterance which have tendancy to inflame the public mind in Mexico against the United States and the visiting of ficals.
 There were two other striking de- velopments today in the Mexican crisis. These were:
 First-Presiden Wilson summoned the entire Foreign Relations Commit tee of the Senate and Secretary Bryan to meet him at the White House this evening.
 Second-Senator William Alden Smith charged on the floor of tn~ Senate that a paid attorney and lob byst of the Constitutional party in Mexico had the ear of the State De- partment and was attempting to il- fluence the attitude of the United States toward Mexico.
 The action of the President in sum- moning the Foreign Relations con- mittee was public in a significant manner and was construed every where as cou1ter-blast to the ir- ritating actions of Huerta.
 These were denounced today by the State Department officials as intOler- able and as those of a reckless pol- tician who is trying to force inter- vention or war on the United States Aside from that official view of the case it was said the President plan ned for the first time today to put the whole Mexican case before both Democrats and Republicans of the powerful Senate committee which has primarily to do with treaties and the recognition of foreign governments and the formulation of new politics.
 In the mind of officials who do not feel themselves bound to make public the acts of the government, even when Hureta makes his acts public, the impression accounts to cer- tainty that Charge dAffairs O. Shau- ghnessy has been instructed to say on his own behalf that this govern ment would demand a personal ac- counting should the American envoy suffer any injury.
 These officials say that any per- sistence in wrong toward Lind by the Huerta government would be a con- tingency too fearful to contemplate.
 Senator Smith said his remarks were called forth by misleading state. ments printed in the record concern ing the Constitutionalists and he was not willing that Representatives should stand unchallenged.
 Tt was time for the truth to como out" MT. Smith declared. He said his purpose was to make public on Monday the reports of his special committee that investigated condi- tions along the border, but he subse- quently agreed to bring it up in the committee first.
 Senator Crawford, Republican. counselled moderation of speech in discussing the Mexican question and by common consent the discussion ended
 At the morning session of the Foreign Relations Committee the Mexican question was referred to only incidentally. If Senator Bacon had anything special to bring up he postponed it because of tonight's White House conference.