Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-07-30
REPORT ON MEXICO
GIVEN TO WILSON
President to Talk With AnbaSSa-
dor Today.
POLICY OF U. S. TO FOLLOW
Envoy Tells Secretary of State Bryan
Why He Opposes Suggestions
for Mediating Rebellion
in Republic.

Wilson, United States ambassador to
Mexico, arrived in Washington and
put in several hours at the state de-
partmeDt comforting with Secretary
Bryan and preparing a written state
ment on the whole Mexican situation
from the beginning Of the Feliz Diaz
revolution to the present day. He
spent four hours debating his story
Of conditions from memory.
The written report of Ambassador
Wilson was placed in the presidents
hands on Sunday night for perusal
prior to his verbal interview with his
namesake.
No Action for Several Days.
Several days will elapse before any
change in policy or plan for future
action with respect to Mexico is
formulated by the administration.
The secretary of state also con-
ferred with the members of the SEN
ate committee on foreign relations,
mainly with reference to the proposed
Nicaraguan treaty, the text Of which
he submitted Mexico came in for
some consideration, however, and Mr..
Bryan urged that the lawmaking
branch of the government preserve
the legislative status quo as it were
until the conclusion Of the pending
conferences which the executive
branch has inaugurated.
To satisfy the senate committees
thirst for definite information on
Mexico, it was suggested that details
be obtained from Ambassador Wilson.
It was arranged to have the ambassa-
dor appear before the committee
Tuesday.
Wilson Complains Of False Report.
On reaching Washington, Ambassa-
dor Wilson complained of the mac
curacy Of the reports Of what he had
said to newspaper men in New York.
He declared that he had not charac-
terized the suggestion Of mediation
as rot" asserting that many words
he never uttered had been placed in
his mouth.
Lauds Huerta Government.
Following this expression of opin-
ion, Mr.. Wilson talked somewhat free.
~ and in manner that proclaimed
his confidence in the relative substan-
TALLY of the Huerta government and
his complete lack of respect for the
claims put forth by the constitutional
lists in their efforts to influence Wash
ington opinion.
Carranza's Rebels Are Bandits.
'As to the possibility of recognition
of the Huerta government" said the
has been made of the way that gov
eminent came into existence. might
ask:
After all, what is the business of
government? To air the humane views
Of the rulers themselves or to govern
for the benefit of all the people?
''The MADEIRA family is maintaining
in the United States a paid bureau
which has for it's object the poisoning
Of the public mind in regard to the
successors of Madero at the helm in
Mexico. In my opinion, there are real
~ no actual rebels against the gov
eminent in Mexico.
There are thieves, robbers and
bandits. I did not say in New York
that Carranza, the leader Of the con-
stitutionalists, is himself a bandit, but
do say now he has accepted the aid
of bandits, and the fact remains that
every town that has been taken from
the federal government in Mexico has
been looted, to say nothing of their
treatment Of women, horrible in the
extreme.
CAS- to the rebels, there really are
none, except in Sonora, where there
is an organized government Else
where there are bandits"
Work of U. S. Agents.
Il might take this opportunity to
say" continued Ambassador Wilson,
that l resent any statement made in
any newspaper that l am to be in
terrogated during my stay in Wash
ington in regard to my personal af-
fairs. The president and secretary Of
state have given me no indication of
such situation, and they have shown
me the greatest consideration except
in one thing, the sending to Mexico
in behalf Of the president, it is said,
of William Bayard Hale, magazine
writer, and Of Reginald H. Del Vale
in behalf Of the secretary Of state to
make personal investigations Of affairs
there.
William Bayard Haze and Regi-
maid H. Del Vale are equipped with
copies of the secret code of the state
department"
William Bayard Hale got to Mex
leo City and announced his views on
public questions the first day he was
there"
Reginald H. Del Vale of Los An
geles, who is reputed to have gone
to Mexico as the confidential agent
Of Secretary Bryan, but as to whose
mission the White House recently
protested ignorance, arrived in New
York on the same vessel that brought
Ambassador Wilson. He reached