The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-10
PEACE Or WAR WITH
MEXICO BY MONDAY

sumed by the defacto government OF
Mexico was due to misconception OF
his instructions and If Envoy Lind
really is In danger on his mission
the president told the senators the
lingo utterances here in Washington
are as much responsible as anything.
The open critics of the president In
this country are opposed to the
presidents policy. That was and is
the present imminent danger. And
the president explained that realiza-
tion OF this had led him to ask the
the committee for concerted action
between the executive and legislative
branches of the government. While
conference at the white house domi.
mated the situation, there was a gen
eral feeling here that the tension in
Mexican affairs generally is growing.
The coming As hours may spell war or
peace SO far as this nation is con-
cerned. The battleship New Hamp-
shire. with Lind on board is lying off
Vera Cruz. Owing to her heavy
draught the battleship cannot enter
Vera Cruz harbor and must lie six
miles off the city and land Lind on a
launch or shore tug.
The text of instructions sent Mime
sota's former governor were withheld
tonight 1t is known they are of posi-
tive character and 1t is believed they
direct him to carry out his mission.
utilizing Charge d Affaires OShaugh-
messy who has the entree to the
Mexican foreign offices, as his
spokesman. Whether Lind will pro-
ceed to Mexico City tomorrow is not
yet known. Much depends on that
trip. II the Huerta opposition
should result in an unwarranted as
sault on him there would probably
follow a concerted demand in this
country for exemplary punishment for
Huerta who would personally be held
! responsibible. Unofflcially the Huerta
government has been told that Mexi-
can officialdom Is expected to respect
the representative of friendly ma
> tion on most peaceful mission.
3 Grave fears were entertained In
) government circles that there would
be anti-American demonstrations in
| Mexico City. Sunday is the usual day
for popular uprisings there. 1t Is
I admitted that leader and few In
, cendiary speeches must result seri
iously There was dearth of Mexican
news at any of the departments tc
night. Unofficial reports of further a,
: tacks on American property were un
. confirmed. 1t was obvious that 9
v studied effort was being made to pre-
q vent even the senlblance of any &C
q tion which could be seized upon b,
g the Huerta government as an affront
! The president had ordered the sof
I pedal and his directions were carried
. out to the letter. 1t is to be a waiting
game until word is received Of the
success or failure of the Lind mission
: The only admission possible was tha
! the next forty-eight hours would b
). momentous. That was as far as an.
! one in authority would go IN a guess
q Lind Holds the Key.
i WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.-John Bint
e holds the key to the Mexican situation
a tonight. On his report to Presiden
9 Wilson depends the future action o
l. the United States in that troubled
l. republic. This was the one dominan
o note sounded tonight when the con
l. ference between President Wilson
r and the senate foreign relations com
u
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