The Washington herald., 1913-10-28
Great Britain Changes
Tone Regarding Status
OF President Huerta
By JosEPH =. AMIN.

The State Department learned unof-
ficiaily late yesterday afternoon u an
announcement by the British foreign Of
fee to the effect that Great Britain's
recognition OF Gen. Huerta was con-
ditional on fair. constitutional elections
to select a successor.
The announcsment OF the British for
eign ONCE is looked upon as another
step in the direction Of relieving the
strain. which has arisen over the Mexi-
can situation.
1t is expected that the next step in
Britain's course will be the recall OF Sir
Lionel Garden. the British minister TO
Mexico, who was placed there solely to
accomplish the protection Of these spe-
cial interests, and whose course has
oyerstepped all bounds Of diplomatic de-
corum.
Sir Lionel. said to be a close friend Of
Lord Cowdray, owes his advancement in
the diplomatic service TO the success he
has met with in advancing certain British
interests In Latin-American countries
His methods in previous campaigns have
been almost as bold as his course in
Mexico, and he has succeeded on several
occasions IN advancing British comrner-
cial interests beyond competing American
interests. The task in Mexico, however,
involved a moral issue. behind which this
administration stood so firmly that Sir
Lionel and the ministry he represented
must now admit failure, and Gardens
recall already is being demanded by 80
British press.
Wilson Statement Significant.
Students Of the Mexican situation yes
terday were sharply interested by Presi-
dent Wilson's speech In Mobile, and par
ticularly by the passage:
..The United States will not again seek
to secure one additional foot of terri
tory by,conquest-"
This declaration is being studied with
unusual care. That the President had in
the back OF his mind the possibility that
armed intervention by this government
alone may settle the Mexican problem
and that he wished to start now assur-
ing the Mexicans in advance of our dis
interestedness as far as territory Is con-
cerned, was the construction generally
placed upon this passage
Ohicials in Washington found little real
information in dispatches which came
into the State Department yesterday
from American consuls in Mexico. II
was evident from Mexico City reports
that no majority could be declared, and
that the Congress designated at a HUI
erta-dominated election viii name the
next President That this will be Huerta
is the general belief here.
Monterey Not Fallen.
Much uncertainty surrounds the Presi-
dents Intentions with regard to the note
which he has prepared for foreign gov
ernments. In view of the conciliatory
attitude taken by. Great Britain and
France, and with several of his most
trusted advisers urging against the pro-
mitigation of the note, II is thought pos
sible he will withhold Il for the present
or renounce his original intention en-
tirely.
While there is some report that along
with this pronouncement-or in case the
is indefinitely delayed
will come recognition of the constitutions
alists' faction, there was no immediate
prospect OF this. as far as signs yester-
day indicated.
II was announced that the State De-
partment had been informed that the
reports of the capture of Monterey by
the revoIutionists are untrue. and that
the city is still held by the Federals |