Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-15
Charge 0'Shaughnessy Called
to Foreign Office for
Secret Conference.
DIPLOMATIC BREAK NOT
EXPECTED TO BE RESULT
Wrong Interpretations Placed on
American Declarations, Declares
Senior Ioheno.

MEXICO CITY, October 16-It is re-
garded as extremely probable today that
the Mexican government will make no
reply to the Washington memorandum.
At any rate. the United States embassy
here is not looking for one to be returned
Immediately, as was apparently the in
tention yesterday.
1t is regarded as likely. In view of the
influence brought to bear through the
American embassy to cause the with
holding of the communication-which
Foreign Minister Moheno worked over
night to prepare and which. judged by the
language attributed to him respecting the
American memorandum. was to have been
very much to the point-that Mexico now
will make no reply.
American Charge Summoned.
Nelson 'Shaughnessy. American charge
d'affaifes. was requested by telephone to
call at the Mexican foreign Office late last
night Immediately after the cabinet
meeting which had disposed Of the two
recent communications from the United
States government. These communica-
tons, 1t Is reported, contained a warn
ing against the Mexican government per-
mlttluS marin 10 come 70 tNc Mexican
deputies imprisoned by Gen. Huerta, and
referred also to the unconstitutional sit
uation brought about by the forcible dis
solution of the chamber of deputies.
The American charge went to the for
eign office and remained there some time.
but afterward declined to say anything
on what had occurred.
+ In a statement issued by Senior Moheno
after the cabinet meeting the minister
of foreign relations said:
THE capital press wrongly interprets
certain declarations Of which Il has treat
ed-has given undue importance to ,le
matter of notes submitted by the Ameri
can government to Mexico. The govern
ment of the republic has received In eff
feet from the American Department of
State, through the charge affaires, two
messages which will be answered by the
government and which will not modify
in the slightest degree the status quo
of our relations with the neighboring re-
public. The country will know the con-
tents Of the messages and the replies
thereto in due time
The diplomatic communications between
Washington and Mexico growing out OF
the dissolution of the Mexican congress
and the Imprisonment of the deputies
have been the subject of intense interest
o'Shaughnessy Is Worried.
Nelson OShaughnessy, the charge. ap.
the foreign Office and the presidents Of.
fee. and for several hours yesterday
afternoon Senior Moheno locked himself
In his Office and refused to receive callers
His secretary said that he was busy pre-
pairing the reply which Mexico ID to make
to the Washington maInorandum. Later
Senior Moheno said to the newspaper men
fore making public the character OF the
reply It must be submitted for further
moned to gather at the nfeadknt's ONCE
in the evening. The most startling rumot
which became current WAS that tn.
passports, and that the Mexican govern
ment regarded the attitude Of the United
States as such chat 1t coud no longer
continue to receive q Washington repre-
sentative. 1t was also said that Presi-
dent Wilson's personal representative
John Lind, now at Vera Cruz, will be
asked to leave Mexico.
Denial by Moheno.
Senior A.oheno denied that there was
any truth in these rumors.
My government has no such inten.
tion," he said. I'VE have no information
as to what the government of the United
States intends, but so far as my govern
ment is concerned Mr., O'Shaughnessy
may remain, and will receive every con-
sideration."
Regarding the possible withdrawal o,
recognition by Great Britain and the dis
patch to Mexico Of warships by Ger
many, the foreign minister said that he
had no official information. He regarded
lit as extremely improbable that Great
Britain would change her policy, citing
the recent dispatch of a new ambassador
Sir Lionel Garden, to the Mexican capital
which STEP he considered. would not have
been taken had the British foreign office
such intentions. The warships, If they
came, he thought, would make merely
visits of courtesy.