New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-22
Wilson to Send a Message Tell
ing What He Has Done to
Compose the Mexican
Difficulties.
HE is STILL AN 0PTlMIST
Older Statesmen and Officials
Depressed by Outlook-Pen-
rose Wants Troops to Act as
neutrality-suspicious.
Stand by Executive.
lFrom The Tribune Bureau


Washington. Aug. 21.-President Will
son will send TO Congress very soon
special message on the Mexican situa-
ton, in which he will describe his ef-
forts TO compose the Mexican diff
cultes and President Tuerta's absolute
rejection of his proposals as submitted
by Ex-Governor Lind. and will probably
give the text Of the Lind memorandum
and that of the Huerta reply. 1t is
possible the Presidents message will
he submitted on Saturday. but more
probable that Congress Will not receive
II until Monday.
The President still processes to be
optimistic regarding the outcome Of
the situation. He says that Mr.. Lind
is still holding conferences with Huerta
and is not without hope himself. and
asserts that under no circumstances
will there be any Intervention by the
United states.
Nevertheless, the older statesmen
and officials are depressed by the pros
pect that this delicate and difficult
situation is to be laid before Congress
officially. They point out that in every
instance in the past where the chief
Executive has laid a similar situation
before Congress war has followed.
They fear that, once the situation is
I
form, it will be no longer possible for
the more conservative members to CON
troll the firebrands In the national leg
islature, that IL can be no longer said
that the situation is in the hands Of tho
President, and, therefore. should not b.
complicated or aggravated by discus
sion in the national legislature. and
that the hotheads in Congress will in
slst on making bellicose speeches which
will be reflected in the more sensational
journals and thus have an inhamma
tory effect throughout the country.
Hope Husrta Will Reflect.
1t is known to be the hope Of the
President that when the arguments
presented by Mr.. Lind have time 10
soak in" they will prove more eff
fective with President Huerta than
they have proved heretofore. on this
hope the administration bases its be-
lief that a way 10 solve the problem
may yet be found.
In diplomatic circles, so far as there
are any in Washington, it is declared
that an impossible task was set Mr.
Lind in asking him to obtain from
Huerta some form Of compromise or
agreement on Intervention preceded by
the declaration that as a sine qua non
70 such an arrangement Huerta must
eliminate himself. 1t IS argued that
such a step might have appealed TO a
genuine patriot, but could not fail TO
he most offensive either 10 man seek
ing first his own aggrandizement
(which is the administrations estimate
OF Huerta. or TO patriotic egotist who
regards himself as the savior Of Mex
leo, which is the estimate placed On
Huerta by his friends.
The fact stated in The Tribune this
morning that, no matter If Mr.. Linz s
mission ends i'm complete failure, the
administration will not resort TO arms
was further emphasized to-day and II
IS said on the highest authority that
President Wilson will not intervene III
Mexico and that he contemplates 10
drastic action. Should conditions grow
worse. and should there be an on
slaught on Americans or other foreign
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