The Prescott daily news., 1913-07-25
BELIEVES HUERTA AND REBELS COULD BE INDUCED TO UNITE
 TO STAMP OUT WAR.
TO ANNOUNCE POLICY SOON
Shuts Off Debate on Problem in Con- sress, Declaring Legislators Are 'Playing Politics" and Adding
 to Ant-Amercan Feeling.

Mexico City, July 24.-Gen. Carran- "a, the rebel leader whom the recalci- trants are urging to oppose Victoriano Huerta for the presidency of Mexico, commanded the rebels who captured the important city of Torreon, after three days remarkable fighting.
 Washington, July 24-President tween the warning factions in Mexico. He has virtually arrived at a definite Mexican policy along this line, and is expected to announce it after he has conferred with Ambassador Wilson, Secretary Bryan and senate and house leaders on the situation in the southern republic.
 Ambassador Wilson will meet the president and Secretary Bryan in the executive offices tomorrow morning. The ambassador will submit his inti- mate information of exact conditions in Mexico, and then the house and sen ate leaders will be sent for They
  in congress to put the presidents plans into effect.
 There was little change in existing Mexican conditions Uprisings are occurring over a widely scattered range of territory, and even the in formants of the state department are unable to say who is getting the better Nf ( L. r.. of f, President Wilson is understood to ia vor rendering the good offices of the United States as mediator between the chief warning factions
 The president does not favor armed intervention unless all other remedies fail.
 Too Much "Playine Politics"
 The president fatty informed both Senator Bacon, chairman of the senate committee on foreign relations, and Representative Flood, chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, that there had been too much playing pol itics" with an international problem The open criticism of the Mexican government he said, was flaming the anti-American feeling south of the Rio Grande, and it was at his request that debate was choked off. The president only has asked, however, that the sub ject be dropped until after his con ference with Ambassador Wilson. Aft CT that there is likely to be an an nouncement of well-defined policy to be pursued in the future, which will obviate any necessity for further in- troduction of belligerent resolutions.
 Rebels Want Arms From U. s.
 Agents of the Mexican revolution ists here declared all they asked was that this government lift the embargo on shipments of American arms. They declared that if arms and ammunition were allowed to go into Mexico freely the Huerta regime would end within 50 days
 The plan of the revolutionists, once Huerta is overthrown, is understood to contemplate the naming of De La Bar ra again as provisional president. Later Carranza could run for presi- dent at an election. Carranza, though he does not loom up as second elder Diaz, is said to be a strong man of good personal habits, courage and in- tegrity.
 Senator Bacon, chairman of the sen ate committee on foreign relations, discussed Mexico briefly with the pres ident On leaving the executive the senator confirmed the report that no definite announcement of policy would be made until after Ambassador Will sons complete story of conditions in Mexico was available for the president and congress leaders. When asked re- garding the stories that this govern ment would proffer its good offices to mediate for the rival Mexican factions. and that it might decide to refuse to permit either faction to import arms and munitions from the United States, the senator said both had been sug gested.
 ''So far as the mediation proposition is concerned,'' he said, 'it has come to me with great force from many sources I think it is good plan to have such suggestions discussed pub licly Naturally this government does not want to intervene in Mexican af fairs if it is possible not to do so