The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-08-20
POWERS SUPPORT
WILSON POLICY
That Is Indicated by Recent
Significant Developments
MIKAOO WON'T RECEIVE DIAz
England Let's II Be Known That Its
Recognition Of Huerta Was Con.
tingent on Election Taking Place.


The probability that President VII.
son will have the sympathy and moral
support of the powers for the policy
he has evolved for settling the MeIi.
can problem was emphasized by two
developments.
One was the reported intimation by
the Japanese government to the Me1i'
can diplomatic representative at Toxic
that the mi.iado will not receive Gen.
eral Felix Diaz whom President
IIuerta has sent as envoy to extend
the thanks of Mexico for Japanese
participation in the Mexican centennial
celebration.
The other development that is re-
garded as significant is a statement
by the British foreign Office which
says that Great Britain, recognizing
the Huerts government, made it clear
that it regarded Huerta as pro.
visional president who was expected
to rule only until constitutional cleo
| tion was held.
These two developments bear out
the statement already made that
| President Wilson has reason to feel
confident of the sympathy If not the
active cooperation of the powers In
his attempt at quietinE Mexico.
President Wilson severely reprf
manded Ambassador Henry Lane VIII
son for his action in issuing a stats
ment criticising the British foreign
Office.
The president and Secretary Bryan
had seriously considered dismissins
the ambassador from the diplomatic
service, but finally decided upon the
reprimand. The rebuke to the ambas'
sador was in the form Of an apology
by this government to the British
foreign office and public statement
by Secretary Bryan
Secretary Bryan after a conference
with the president sent the following
cablegram to Ambassador Page In
London.
"The interview given to the press
by Mr.. Henry Lane Wilson, whose
resignation as ambassador to Mexico
has been accepted to take effect at
the end of his vacation, Oct. /, having
been brought to the presidents atten'
tion, he directs me to ask you to call
at the British foreign office and say
to Sir Edward Grey that he disclaims
all responsibility for Mr.. Wilson's ac'
ton in the matter and for the language
employed by him in his interview.
and that he regrets exceedingly that a
diplomatic ctiicial in the employ of this
government should have been guilty
of such an improperly"
Secretary Bryan not only gave the
above to the press, but issued the
following statement: "A copy OF the
cablegram to the American embassy
was sent to Ambassador Wilson. MI.
Bryan add that the president did
not go farther at this time because he
takes it for granted that the action
which he is obliged to take in this
matter will be to him Ambassador
WILSON, a sufficient reminder OF his
official duties"
II is believed in the capital that the
presidents reason for not dismissing
the ambassador is that he is loath to
give him the freedom to talk on
Mexican affoirs which dismissal would
carry. BY retaining Mr.. Wilson in the
state department service on a leava
of absence status the president may
rely upon I've ambassadors sense OF
his official duty to restrain himself
from talking freely on matters OF
which he has such an intimate know
ledge.
Ambassador Wilson. 1t is believed,
would have preferred actual dismissal
to the hun.iiating reprimand which
he has been forced to swallow because
he spoke c1t in answer to what he
thought to he a reflection upon him by
the British foreign office. He has
repeatedly requested that his resisn"-
ton, which was put in the hands OF
the president in March, be accepted
and it was only at the request OF the
president that he consented to take
the usual two months leave OF
absence.