The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-26

to meet the foreign relations coIIhi,e
tee He said he would only discuss the
Nicaraguan treaty there
Mr. BRYAN would make no an
nouncement of his conference with the
ambassador further than to say that
Mr. Wilson had made a preliminary
report Mr.. Bryan was asked ABOUT
the statement that Delvalle mad been
furnished with a copy OF the state de-
partment CODE. but beyond saying ne
never had announced that DelValle
was an agent of the state department,
he refused to discuss the question
Stenographic Record of Interview
Ambassador Wilson, however, re-
ceived the correspondents IN MT.
Bryan's office. While he was ques-
toned Secretary Bryan'S private Secre-
tary made a stenograpllic record of
the interview. which turned out to De
not Illuminating on the situation, fur-
Their than to bring from the ambas-
Sador denial of the statement that
he had been asked to prepare a re-
port on the mediation proposition. The
ambassador spent the first part OF
the day going over copies of previous
reports to the state department. Later
it was definitely determined that Am
tbassador Wilson will not confer with
the president until Monday. He spent
the remainder of the day comforting
with Mr.. Bryan.
Special Enjoys Secret Report.
DeIvalle also had a conference with
Mr. Bryan, at which it was under
stood he submitted something in the
nature of a report or recommends
tions in Mexico. Whether it related
to Ambassador Wilson was not es-
declined to discuss it. 1t became
known today that Delvalle came to
Washington from Mexico on the same
trains and the same ship with Am
bassador Wilson. AS a result of its
conference with Secretary Bryan, The
o1of unit will "a
upon Ambassador Wilson early next
week for an examination of Mexican
conditions The ambassadors APP
pearance will be arranged to occur
after he has concluded his conference
with the president and the secretary.
The committee will endorse no line
of action and reach no conclusion as
to the policies until after the con-
ference with Ambassador Wilson and
a further one with Secretary Bryan.
limitations were given by Secretary
Bryan to the committee today that
the administration was prepared for
any development in Mexican affairs,
but the nature of the policy being
shaped at the White House and state
department was not disclosed. The
proposals for mediation were not
brought up to the senate conference
and suggestions on that subject
We're volunteered by the secretary Of
state.
Lei ' ale Is a former CaIl1Orn1a state
senator whose home is in Los Angeles.
President Wilson recently stated ne
had received letters Indirectly fr )ln
him on conditions in Mexico. He is
supposed to be Secretary Bryan's DER
sonal representative, but Mr. Bryan
has not disclosed Del Valle's connection
with the department.
State department advices today con-
firm reports of the capture of Torreon
by the constitutionalists and said the
federals still occupy Monclova
Demand Immediate Release.
Washington. July 26.-Consul Letcher
at Chihuahua has been instructed to
demand the immediate release of Chas.
Bissel and Bernard Mcdonald, report
ed held there by the Mexican federals
in a prison pen under sentence of death.
The state department has taken a
more aggressive attitude than in most
similar cases. and has made representa-
tions to the Mexican government, both
through the embassy in Mexico City
and the consul at Chihuahua. Bissel
and Mcdonald are mining engineers
Mcdonald is said to be an Englishman.
They were captured while attempting
to take American refugees from Parrel.
American Colony Unmolested.
Washington. July 26.-The American
colony in MADEIRA for whose safety
much fear has been felt, has been I'M
molested and all is quiet there, accord
ing to a report by messenger from
MADEIRA to Chihuahua, which American
Consul Letcher today wired the state
department