The Washington herald., 1913-02-15
STATE HEADS SEE
! WAR CLOUDS FLY
Continued from Pare cne.

country with the same strength as was
Possessed by Porfirio Diaz, who kept
order for thirty years. The greatest fear
arises from the uncertainty as to who will
come after de la Barra. A weak hand
IN control of the government would un-
dounfedly, in the opinion expressed here.
soon have on his hands just such .
Mexico as Madero has had In the last
few months
DiaH Next President.
IL Is regarded as most likely that Gen.
felix Diaz will be the choice of the
country as President to succeed de la
harra. Diaz has In the last few days
repeatedly declared that he has sought
nothing for himself. but has aimed only
TO bring peace to Mexico by oustins
Madero. whom he has branded as incom-
petent to perform the duties Of his office.
oncials In Washington who know Gen.
Iiaz personally are inclined to believe
that these declarations were made in
perfect good faith. and they consider
Diaz as /nan Of his word Still, they
90 not go SO far as TO think that Diaz
would refuse to become a candidate for
tne presidency II IL seemed to him that
nc was assured of the support of a ma
Jorit~ OF the people
G.eat astonishment was voiced in Of
hcial quarters last night when II was
learned reports from Mexican City stated
that Madero's resignation had been
Drought about through the British Le-
sation' and that the British Legation
was arranging for the immediate acces-
aon Of de Ia Barra as provisional Pnesi-
dent. Officials were convinced that some
mistake had been made. and that such
reports were not founded on fact II
was suggested that possibly the fact that
DE la Barra's refuge in the British I<e-
gation. following an unsuccessful attempt
to bring Madero to negotiations with Diaz,
might be resp" .sible for reports about
the part played by the British Legation.
IL was not believed here that the British
Minister would go SO far as to interfere
with the purely political affairs Of
Mexico.
Dispatches From Wilson.
The seriousness of the situation in
Mexico City has had a SOLDERING effect
In Congress, and yesterday there was no
longer heard the attacks upon the ad-
policy of Mexico nor could
scarcely any one be found willing to
advocate intervention.
A meeting of the House Committee on
Foreign Affairs has been called for this
morning Tor the discussion OF the Mexi-
hH II WIS explained. how
ever, that this meeting will be quite in
formal and more for the purpose of as
certaining the trend of opinion in the
committee rather than drawing I'D q
plan Of action TO be presented to the
House.
During the early MORN Ng hours of
yesterday several dispatches of con-
length were received at the
State Department from Ambassador
Wilson. These dispatches. while full
Of detail. added nothing to what was
known Of the situation in the Mexican
capital though the press dispatches
published yesterday.
Ambassador Wilson's dispatches yes-
terday pictured graphically the horrors
Of conditions in the Mexican capital
He reported that the fighting has been
drawn and fierce. though still without
definite results. The number of dead
and wounded, he says. Is enormous.
Shots have been striking near the
Embassy recently in the
fighting. He reports the wounding of
another American. man named Bran
dcnburg. The French and German le-
cations have been struck frequently
during the fire. and the Belgian and