The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-27

Y 1esxsco are such thst bafstneas - irnA
!. possible, 1t IL learned The exchange
{ rate has risen TO a<a., when II sheuid
The Ranco Centrale. a French In
! sessuticn, has fsfted completely! The
i National Bank OF Mexico. also a
French institution. ~ suffering se-
vereiy. and its shares have deprecist-
\ ed in value 70 the extent OF 500 francs
in the last sixty days. Within two
months Il lis stated the lo~ses to the
! French. solely through depreciation
of values have amounted to $3.50
! oee. ona Twenty-Five per cent Of the
arabic land planted tn crops last
year is not under cultivation this
year. Last year showed a decrease
over the year before. The govern
nent has had a deficit each month
for the last nine months. The Ma
sicnai railways have had deficit
each month for the last four months
and are now facing absolute bank
ruptcy. The national lines are really
owned by American capitalists, who
have financed them IN recent years.
The ambassador believes that the
EuertA government Is stronger than
IN generally supposed in the United
States. Supporters OF the Huerta gov
eminent believe, he said. that II
money could he obtained by the gov
eminent. order could be restored
throughout Mexico. He said that
Huerta was the dominating force in
all bat the three most northern
states and that with the exception of
the rebellion Of the State of Sonora.
there rs no revolution In Mexico. The
fight in Sonora, he said. is for states
rights and a regular government has
been organized there.
Are Mostly bandits.
'TnIny opinion" said the ambag-
sador. there are really bat few ac-
tual rebels in Mexico. There are
thieves, robbers and bandits IN great
numbers. I did not say In New York
that CarranZa, the leader Of the con-
stltutionalist movement. Is a bandit,
but / do say now that In order to
create a following he has surrounded
himself with and accepted the aid of
bandits. In order to keep his men
together, he has had 10 permit them
&c loot. and so they become bandits.
Few persons IN Washington really
understand the Mexican situation,
and the peculiar characteristics of the
L.atin-AmertCan people. Some Of the
proposals have heard sound like the
The ambassador said tonight that
mediation had not been discussed by
him and Secretary Bryan. He denied
that ne had pronounced the sugges-
ton of mediation as rot" He in
dicaseu, however that he does not re
gard mediation as "A practical thing
for Mexico In her present plight, and
that he does not believe that the
Huerta government would accept ii.
The rnnGfitnfinnaIiata m ~ OF flf,
today reiterated the objection to any
form Of mediation.
Ambassador Wilson tonight paid n
tribute to Secretary of State Bryan.
as man OF broad vision, and of most
receptive mind. He declared that he
did not wish TO be understood as crit
icising the administration in any par
ticuiar. and that he was here To give
information on the Mexicans situation,
and was doing so. He added. how
ever. that he had not come to Wash
ington to be examined as to his own
conduct In Mexico City.
Secretary Bryan confirmed this
statement. saying. after his confer
ences with the am ba ssador. that Mr..
Wilson's official conduct Was not and
would not be the subject Of discus
sion during the consideration of the
Mexican situation, The ambassati or
also denied that he has determined &c
return to Mexico City next Tuesday
He said. on the contrary. that he Is tc
be in Washington as long as his pres
ence near the administration is de.
sired.
II was obvious To the ambassador 4
visitors tonight tfSt. his attitude had
undergone a change since his arrival
at New York.
Opinion In Washington is consider
ably divided as 10 whether Amhassa
dor Wilson will return to- Mexico City
in his official capacity. II IN general
~ believed that the statements he has
made to newspaper men alone will be
sufficient 10 damn him so far as future
service il concerned In the eyes of the
Wilson administration.
Advices to the State department,
from Mexico today are 10 the effect
that the Americans reported in seri-
Gus danger, at MADEIRA are all safe
and we'll
The State department has taken
vigorous steps TO prevent the threat
ened execution of Charles Biefei. ar
American. and Bernard Mcdonald, an
Englishn man, who are in prison at the
city Of Chihuahua General Pasc,ial
Orozco the federal leader who re-
Gently arrived with achievements al
Chihuahua, has been called upon e
secure the release OF the two foreign
ers.