The Prescott daily news., 1913-08-11

MSAICO 0Ily, Aug. 1l.-1U6 OOUSll- tutionalists have captured Aguas Calientes, after two days of desperate fighting, according to reports that reached the capital. Rebel forces un- der five different revolutionary lead CTS combined, and, though they are said to have suffered heavy losses, they were constantly re-enforced
 Washington, Aug. 11.-Because the Mexican situation and attending criti- cism are being agitated by some as an administration matter, and not a pa triotic one, President Wilson called in the members of the senate foreign re- lations committee for a conference with him at the White House late Saturday night The entire member ship of the committee, 10 Democrats and seven Republicans, were present
 Charges that the Maderista junta, headed by Sherburn Hopkins, Wash ington lawyer, influenced the state de- partment to dismiss Ambassador Will son were made before the senate by Senator William Alden Smith of Mich igan who alleged that the lobby was molding public opinion and directing the Huerta regime.
 While the speed of the battleship New Hampshire had been reduced so that John Lind did not land at Vera Cruz until late Saturday night, the American representative in Mexico City is active. Charge d'Affaires Shaughnessy has served notice on the Huerta government that its attack on Lind and his mission is an affront to a peaceful sister nation. He has made it very plain to the Mexican for eign office that, while it can do as it pleases so far as accepting the plan MT. Lind comes to communicate, it will be held responsible for any af- front to him.
 Arrival Delayed Purposely. Despite denials by the state depart ment, it can be stated as a fact that Linds arrival in Mexico has been de- layed purposelN The New Hampshire has been in touch with the great Ar lington wireless station ever since it cleared from Galveston, and Lind is fully advised by messages sent him in the state department cipher, which even the officers on the warship do not understand, of just what has been developing in Mexico City. President Wilson realizes that in physical cour- age at least Lind is the equal of the man he has been sent to confront and will not be deterred from carrying out the task set by threats of any na- ture. So Lind landing in Vera Cruz, will proceed to the capital and on Monday, using Charge d'Afaires 'Shaughnessy as the medium, will transmit President Wilson's message to Provisional President Huerta.
 Opinion in Washington.
 Just what will follow Lind's arrival in Mexico no one here has the faint est idea. The president believes that his mission will be successful. So does Secretary of State Bryan. The few senators who know the plan are skeptical. The great rank and file of officialdom here believes the danger of war is very imminent. The army and navy are ready for anything that may happen.
 Because of the secret involving the entire Mexican situation, there is much criticism of Secretary Bryan and in milder degree of the presi- dent. Republican senators say the administration has tried to make party matter of a patriotic question, and several Democratic senators be- lieve a mistake has been made by the administration in not consulting Sen ators Root, Lodge and Borah, by far the most powerful of the minority These senators have been kept in the dark regarding the Lind plan and are known to believe that 1t is a diplo- matic blunder Senator Borah espe- cially is outspoken in his criticism in declaring that it has given Huerta a weapon which should have been kept from him.