Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-11-17
President Declares Ma
tion's Position on Mex
leo is Unchanged.
O'SHAUGRNESSY STAYS
Huerta Goes Ahead With Plans
TO Organize New Congress
tomorrow.

Mexico City, Nov. 1.-THE report
was revived today that Huerta intends
10 res IN on the reconveuiug OF con
gress IN regular session Thursday. It
IS based on the alleged declaration Of
q member OF the new chamber Of dep
uticz
Early severance Of relations OF the
two countries is regarded here as in
evitable. None Of the newspapers.
English or Spanish. published more
than the briefest dispatches today
touching On the situation. There was
no Indication in these Of the inten-
tions OF Washington. Whether the
United States embassy will remain or
be Immediately Withdrawn appears TO
be a matter Of which O'Shaughnessy
himself is uncertain
The staff Of the embassy is ready 70
leave al a moments notice. and little
surprise would be felt here. although
much alarm would be caused. in case
O'Shaughlessy and others Of the es-
tabIishment should take an evening
train 10 Vera Cruz
Minisrer OF War Blanquet is said 10
have - a Misunderstanding with
Hucrta. which may cause him 10 leave
his post.
Washington Nov 17.-President VII /
son does not regard the Mexican situa- F.
tion as having reached any such stage I.
az requires closing Of the American 4
embassy Discussing reports to that .
effect today. he said O'Shaughnessy /
neither had been given passports nor 4
told to come back. Although details .
Oh 81 10 IL,
circumstances remained substantially .
the same as when the president prev
iously expressed a favorable view OF .
the situation.
Summing up the present situation,
while the personal attitude Of Huerta .
might have changed the circumstances F.
on which Washington bases the con +,
clusion that Huerta's elimination is in
evitable. opinions have not changed. .
The mills OF the gods grind slowly"
expresses the purposes being pursued.
No MEDIATION OFFERED.
II was made plain at the White
house that the peremptory resignation
Of Minister Aldape did not affect ma
terially the American plan, and il WIS
pointed out that no scheme which the
government might have could very
we'll depend on the permanency OF any
member Of the Huerta cabinet The
president made IL plain that changes
IN the situation. though they appeared
Kaleidoscope in detail. had not i'm
paired confidence here in the ultimate
solution OF the problem by peaceful
means. Official denial was made OF
report that Pan-AmeriCan mediation
was contemplated. and IL was reitsr-
ated that no mediation OF any kind
had been offered TO either OF the fac
tious
Secretary Bryan vas at his Office
early today reading overnight dis
patches from Charge 'Shaughnessy
at Mexico City The secretary de
Clined TO Indicate what the next move
would be or how soon development
might be expected
Secretary Bryan ordered an in-esti-
cation OF the executions at Juarez, but
has been unable to reconcile the con-
nictinE reports.
HIERTA RU>HEs PLNNs.
Mexico City. Nov. 17.-General Huer-
IA regards his part in the recent ex-
change Of communications with the
United States as finished He expects
no difficulty in concentrating his plan
TO bring the new congress TO full Or-'
SANITATION tomorrow. and he continues
planning his military campaigns and
carrying out his policies.
II was reported unOfficially today
that chihuahua had been captured. De
parture Of foreigners. especially Amer
leans. continued today Trains TO Vera
Cruz were iammed- Il was as
serted at the American embassy that i
new instructions had been received. i
Many American citizens. who arrived
here from smaller towns in the inter y