New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-12
BLAME UNITED STATES
FOR HUERTA'S WEAKNESS
Failure to Obtain American
Recognition Held Responsible
for MexiC0'S Plight.
UNABLE TO MASTER REBELS
Condition of the Treasury For.
bids Extensive Military Oper-
ations-Business and ,
Traffic Crippled.

Mexico City. April ll-That the with.
holding of official recognition by the
United States has materially weakened
the Huerta government is the opinion
generally expressed by the public and
privately admitted i'm certain Mexican Of
fetal circles
The new rebel movement has made
greater progress than has the pro-
yisional government in opposing the in
surgency and it il no longer a secret
that the condition OF the Treasury will
not permit much longer continuation
Of military operations This has been
publicly admitted by the Mexican Min
ister OF the Interior. Garcia Granados.
The Chamber Of Deputies has not ap-
proved the proposed foreign loan, but its
failure TO take up this matter is said 10
be due to a desire to avoid further en-
barrassing the Finance Department.
which has been unable TO arrange for
floating the loan. Notwithstanding recent
assurances from London. II is assumed
by the government that its inability TO
Issue ihe loan Is due directly TO nom
recognition by Washington.
Holding U. S. Responsible.
Editorial writers comment on this
phase OF the situation, and a propaganda
has been begun in the local press tending
TO place responsibility for the fate 81
Mexico on the United States
Further complicatIng the financial df-
fculties OF the government IS the steady
increase in the exchange rate, which
I'll NJ
tically parity TO go. and that rate ~
available only TO favored patrons. in an
effort TO check the upward tendency Of
the exchange rate the Minister ~
Finance is urging Congress 10 authorize
an increase OF 10 per cent I'm the export
tax on gold This has brought Mexicans
to the realization that even the national
currency is no longer maintained on
gold basis.
Business conditions in Mexico are re-
| necting seriously the revolutionary dis
turbances. Smelters at Monterey. Nels-
dena and Torreon have been closed FOR
! lack Of fuel. At San Luis Potosi the
/ shelters are running on half time, and
/ at Aguas Galleries TO third or their
capac city At Chihuahua and Matehuaia
/ the mills are running on full time.
TRANSFORMATION facilities remain serI-
ously crippled since the railroads 10 the
seaboard and Matsmoros are the only
outlets.
/ Rebels practically control the states ~
/ Sonora. Coahuila and Durango In the
I North. while the situation in the South.
where Emiliano Zapata and his followers
are still in control. has not materially
| changed In the State OF Nueyo Leon the
| federals are slowly regainng possession
/ OF the railroad TO Laredo, on the Texas
border. bu; the rebels, pushed back from
this line OF communication. are extend
ing the zone Of their operations far to
| the eastward.
! In Southern Coahuila the rebels arc I'm
possession OF the immediate neighborhood
around ToTeon. and between there ans
chihuahua are interruptng traffic on
/ the Mexican Central Railroad almost AZ
will
So uncertain Is the situation In the
| State OF Durango that the government
f. unable 10 say whether the state capt.
tai is in the hands OF tho government
forces. There Is no communication be-
tween Durango and Mexico City either
By railroad or telegraph.
Monterey. April iL-Passensers arriv-
ing here to-day from Matamoros report
that the towns Of China and Certuche, IN
the State OF Nuevo Leon. near the Mats-
moros Railroad. have been taken ~
rebels commanded by Jesus Carrsnzs'
kilograms received from Cerrslya. IN the
mountains north OF the Matamoros me
say rebels on the Nogales ranch are
threatening the town.
Arrivals from Bustamante. Lampszos
and villa Albania. in Northern NueVo
Leon. say several hundred rebels are
! operating in the Mamulique Mountain
TO the eastward OF those cities. General
Mier has sent troops 10 guard the Mata'
moros line and to try 10 drive the reoen
! back 10 the westward.