The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-11
LIND IN MEXICO CITY MAINTAINS
 HIS, RETICENCE
Has No Interview For Reporters And Won't Discuss Mexican Affairs With Private
 Individuals

Washington, Aug. u-OmeiaI reports of the arrival in Mexico City of John Lind. President Wilson's personal en- yoy, say ample precautions were talk eE by the Mexican government to guard against any demonstration. MT. and Mrs. Lind went to a hotel because the American Embassy was only part ly furnished.
 The gunboat Nashville at Norfolk navy yard probably will soon follow the Tacoma, ordered last night to Vera Cruz The navy is almost de- Dleted of the mosquito craft because they. have been loaned to naval mili- tia. They are highly desirable in the present situation because their light draft permits their entry to most Mex ican harbors. The big battleships now there have been unable to approach nearer than 12 miles to some ports
 Former Ambassador Wilson called upon Secretary Bryan, today, to say goodbye.
 Mexico City, Aug. 1.-The arrival of John Lind, the man whose n.y. Sterious mission to Mexico was the direct cause of a public manifestation, yesterday, in support of General Huerta's attitude toward American of any thrills. When Mir. Lind, as the personal representative of Presi- dent Wilson, alighted from his train, last night. after a tedious Journey, yesterday, from Vera Cruz, there were only a few persons about the station who seemed at all curious to watch his movements. Numerous newspaper photographers were on hand to sub ject hira to the ordeal of flashlights and MT. Lind ob1igingly posed for many pictures
 MT. Lind persistently maintained T7o ko Ia fully since he was summoned from his home in Minnesota by President Wilson to undertake his mission to Mexico. Just what he is to do here or just when he will begin the nego- tiations for which he has come are as great 8 mystery as before his arrival He was accompanied to the capital by Mrs. Lind, by William w. Canada, the United States consul at Vera Cruz and by Dr. William ~Bayard Hale, acting under instructions of the state depart ment. The party was received by Nelson O'Shaughnessy, secretary of the Emitted States embassy.sM sMlho. has been acting as charge d'anaires since the resignation of Ambassador VII son, and Charles B. Parker, a mem Der of the embassy staff.
 Police in large numbers guarded the approach to the station but as the party was driven off to hotel where reservations had been made, the pub lie. generally assumed an apathetic attitude and took little interest in the 1 arrivals.
 ReportersIof a number of Mexican papers endeavored to interview MT. Lind at his hotel but they met with little success
 Mr. Lind. thus far, had a compara- lively uneVentful experience in Mexf- co. Before leaving Vera Cruz, he was visited by General Gustavo Maas, the 7 4 ing took place at the train. just be- ! fore MT. Lind's departure and General Maas also did him the honor to pa rade a small detachment of troops alongside his train.
 The monotony of the trip in the regular day train from Vera Cruz to the capital was broken by an enforced delay by the wreck of a train ahead in a region which has been the scene of rebel operations.
 MT. Lind said here he did not have the slightest intention of discussing Mexican affairs with private individ- ua1s. He said his business was with official Mexico and that he would be very careful with whom he talked. There need be no apprehension, he added, that he would embarrass the government by any indiscretions of that sort.
 There is reason to believe that be- fore MT. Lind's mission to Mexico is ended he will have suggested more than a, mere fulfi1lment of the prom | ise by General Huerta that elections be held. It has been pointed out that such a demand would not be wholly consistent since the promise to hold elections in October has already been made and intimations of bad faith on the part of the provisional admins tration are regarded as out of taste at the present time. MT. Lind does not propose to act hastily, though he will lose no time, and it may be that all his work in Mexico will be finished within three weeks If General Huer- ta continues unwilling to see him, MT. Lind will transmit his conmunica- tfons through Nelson OShaughnessy, charge d'affaires of the American em- bassy.
 1 MT. Lind and his wife did not come to Mexico prepared for anything be- ] yond a brief visit, travelling with little ] baggage. The departure for Mexico was so hurried that it occurred tA ] neither MT. nor r-Mrs. Lind that warm CT clothing would be wanted in the uplands of Mexico. Last night, MT. | Lind. without an overcoat, and his
 wife, without wraps. shfvered in the l cold open air here.