The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-15
State Department, in Note to
England. Regrets His
Improperly"
LIND HAS DEFINITE
PLAN FOR MEDIATION
president Wilson's Ideas to Be
Submitted to Huerta inWrit-
ing---lnvolves Constitutions
al Election in October

& WASHINGTON. Aug. 1$--President
Wilson tonight severely reprimanded
Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson Tor
his action in issuing statement yes
xerday criticising the British foreign
Office. During the day the president
and Secretary Bryan had seriously
ronsidered summarily Diminishing the
ambassador from the diplomatic ser
Vice, but finally decided upon the re-
primand The rebuke to the am
bassador was In the form OF an
apology by this government TO the
British foreign office and public
statement. by Secretary Bryan.
1t Ia believed here that President
wilson's sole reason for not dismissing
the ambassador Is that he is loath
10 give him the freedom to talk on
Mexican affairs, which dismissal
would carry. by retaining Mr.. Will
eon in the state department service
ON a leave OF absence status. the pres
1dent may rely upon the ambassa-
doris sense of his official duty 10 re-
strain himself from talking freely on
the matters of which ne mas such
an intimate knowledge
This was the cable dispatch sent
nv Secretary Bryan. at the president 8
direction. TO Ambassador Walter III.
Page at London:
Statement tn Public.
1.-The interview given To the press
Yesterday by Mr.. Henry Lane WILSON,
whose resignation AZ ambassador 70
Mexico has been accepted TO take ei~
,.ct at the end Of his vacation, ocso-
Der a4th. having been brought ."
the presidents attention. ne dlfee,s
rae Ia ask you to call at the Hraisn
foreign office and say to Sir Edward
Grew. that he disclains all respon-
sihiiv for Mr. Wilson's action In the
mater. and FOR the language en-
nloyed by him In his interview and
that he regrets exceedingly that a
d,nlomatic official In the employ OF
this government should have oeeh
vuIltv of such an improperly.
In making public this dispatch.
Secretary BRYAN handed out also the
following statement:
"A copy Of the cablegram to the
American embassy was sent to Am
hassaaor Wilson Mr.. Bryan added
that the president does not 30 rur :
Their at this time because ne LANES
A for granted that. the action Which
ne has been obliged 60 take IN th'S
matter will be to him a sufffcieht 'e-
mlnder of his official duties
Ambassador Wilson. II 10 believed
r,ould have preferred actual disnis-
nal 10 the humiliating reprimana
u,hich he has been forced to swailo"
sonight, because he spoke OUT yessei
fay in answer 90 what he thought %
he reflection upon him by the
nr,,,sh foreign office. He has re-
neatedly requested that his resigna
zion. which was put in the hands o,
the president In March. De acesp.s y
and il was only at the request OF 'hs
president that he consented TO take
the usual two months leave OF ar
eence which he entered on To-Day Dc,
tore terminating his connection WIN !,
she foreign service of the tni'eo
States. ,,a-x. ss
The ambassador has some very us-
n,aed views on Mexican affairs winch
~s,ryar from those OF the president
and Il is believed would not be averse
to having an opportunity to a AR o, mem
s.rairt He has, however, main
tained the stricsest silence on Mexi-
ran matters since the president &C.
repted his resignation to take ehee'
In October.