The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-08-11
AN UNCERTAIN OUTLOOK.

III Is HaLuIal lndI members or tDe
Foreign Affairs Committee of the u.
| S. Senate should expect to have some
thing definite from President Wilson
with respect to the sending Of former
Governor Lind of Minnesota to Mexico.
Much to the disappointment OF these
Senators, however, it appears that the
President had nothing definite to COM
| municate when he called the members
| Of that committee TO q conference with
him on Saturday last. Tt appears that
he has given to Mr.. Lind, or will com
municate to him on his arrival in
Mexico, certain definite points for his
guidance. These points, it is rumored,
are to be in the nature of declaration
Of the intention Of the administration
with respect to the Buerta government,
looking toward an election in Mexico
conducted under other control than
Huerta IS. But under no circumstances,
says the President, will the Huerta
government be recognized,
An intimation is made that some
thing in the nature Of demand will
be made upon President Huerta for
submission to the electorate in Mexico,
In such manner as will be assuredly
fair, the proposition OF electing q
President Of that republic. This sug-
gestion will necessarily carry with it
an intimation that the President does
not believe either in President Huer-
ia honesty or good faith 1t will
mean that the election is not to be
trusted to Huerta, lest the election
should be unfair or the election re-
turns tampercd with That is fine
sort of thing, truly, to present to de
facto government. What sort Of stand
ing would man have with President
Huerta, or with any other head of
nation, when he would 90 to him and
in effect say: We don't believe
that you are either honest in intent or
that you will conduct the procedure
that is to prepare an acceptable gov
ernment in honesty or good faith. We
believe that you are n rascal, and that
provision must be made TO our salts
faction that will insure the taking Of
this matter out Of your hands and put.
ting it into the hands Of some honest
agency whereby fairness and Justice
can be assured
That Is what President Wilson g at.
titude towards President Huerta really
is, no matter under what palaver the
attempt may De made to disguise the
real feeling in the case. Any one can
readily judge for himself what sort Of
success that sort OF diplomacy is likely
to achieve. OF course, it is not estab-
lished that this is President Wilson'S
attitude, but enough has been shown
TO show that his attitude is very much
like that.
Another suggestion is that the Pres
ident may give to Mr.. Lind general in.
structions only, and ask him to report
candidly upon what he finds the CON
ditlons in Mexico to be- And vet the
President has had so many of such
reports, that il is difficult to see whv
he should want any more of them,
he has had the report of Embassndor
Wilson, so far as his inpatience would
allow the ambassador 10 make il. He
has had the report Of his personal
friend and confidant, Dr.. William Bav-
ard Hale; and he has also had the re.
port Of his special emissarv. who was
entrusted with a quiet mission of in.
auiry without any publicity about it
such as has attended the sending of
Mr.. Lind. This special emissary was
Reginaldo +. Del Vale DR.. Hale and
Mr. Del Vale have made their reports.
1t appears that the report of Dr. Hale
does not tally with that OF Embassador
Wilson, so Wilson got a severe snub.
The report of Mr. Del Valle did ac-
cord fairly with that of Embassador
Wilson. and so il was set aside az
probably worthless. And now Nh.
Lind is sent TO get 'the real thing
as 10 Mexico. In view of the severe
snubbing which Embassador Wilson
got for making a report that did not
agree with the President g views. Mr.. !
Lind has probably learned his lesson. |
He will find out what Mr.. Wilson
wants him TO report and report accord |
inRly. Nothing could be any more nat
ural than this, from his standpoint:
and vet, that is precisely what the
President ought not to want. although |
II appears TO be what be does want. |
That sort OF inquiry. ard the sort OF |
diplomacy which the President is ex |
hibiting in this Mexican matter will |