The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-08-27
HUERTA ASKS
FOR MORE Time
Wilson Agrees to Request to
Delay Message to Congress.
PEACE TERMS MADE PUBLIC
Still Hope Original Proposals Of Unit.
ed States May Be Accepted by Mex
lean President.

ed States May Be Accepted by Mex.
lean President.
Washington, Aug. 27-Eleventh hour.
developments in the Mexican situation
postponed the reading by President
Wilson of his special message to cons
gress and indicated that the Huerta
government, after all, might withdraw
or modify it's rejection of the proposals
of the United States designed to bring
about the establishment of a constitu-
tional government which the United
States could recognize.
Postponement of the message was
at the request of Senor Gamboa, the
Mexican minister of foreign affairs.
The request was based upon supple
mentary suggestions by John Lind, adj
vised to the American embassy in
Mexico City, and President Wilson'S
personal emissary.
Special Envoy John Lind departed
from Mexico City for Vera Cruz for
the purpose of impressing upon Pro-
visional President Huerta that there.
will be no further postponement OF
President Wilson's address to cons
gress.
AS the result of this action by Lind
Huerta now understands that unless
he accepts the America nproposals all
negotiations between the United
States and Mexico toward mediation
will be broken off.
simultaneously with the announce
ment of the delay in reading the mes
sage the original proposals by the
United States, presented to Provisional
President Huerta, through Mr.. Lind,
were given outs
It was also officially stated that in
no case would the United States with:
draw from the basic principles Of its
position, paramount among which is g.
consistent refusal to recognize Huerta.;
The original proposals of the United
States, as given out officially for the
first time, were:
1. Cessation of hostilities and def
mite armistice.
2. An early and free election.
g. Huerta to bind himself not to be
q candidate.
4. Agreement by all parties to abide
by the results of the election.
Upon these proposals the Huert&I
government, at the last moments {!
I'd further time Tor fcpI1ssd
upon certain supplementary ste
lions by Lind. the nature of which was,
not divulged, the request for post
ponement was made.
This message had been read to the
twenty-one members of the senate for.
eign relations committee and the
house foreign affairs committee, and
presumably what was a general out
line of it had been allowed to become.
public.
The expression of the American pol
icy was to follow a long and unusual
effort to persuade the defacto author
tiles in Mexico City to suspend hos
tilities, convoke a constitutional cleo
ton and to insure freedom Of choice
Of q president and congress by elimt-
mating the present ruler-Victoriano
Huerta-at least as candidate for the
presidency, although apparently not,
as had been understood, as provisional
president.
In view of the rejection Of those
suggestions the message was under
stood to set forth that the United
States had not felt compelled to em-
phasize it's ideas by arms but, having
obtained the moral support of the CIV
ilized world, the American government
had decided to pursue policy OF alb
solute non-interference.
From the first it was realized that
only two courses of action were before
it-friendly mediation or armed inter-
vention. The one had failed and the
other was ont called for by any exist
ing emergency.
The United States, therefore, the
message was to set forth, would re-
main aloof, hoping that moral suasion
eventually would prevail.
Arms would be denied all warning
factions, Americans would be assisted
60 leave the troubled zones and the
United States patiently would await
the establishment of a secure, stable
and constitutional government before
extending recognition.