The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-31
Foreign Relations Com
mittee Impressed With
His Statement.
HUERTA RULE BEST
FOR Orleans
Declares He Repeatedly Told
Mexican President That Mad
ero Must Be Protected, and
That He Believes Huerta
Was Not Implicated
in the Murder.

Washington. July 30.-Ambassador
Henry Lane Wilson's conference to-day
with members of the Senate Committee
on Foreign Relations resulted in
stronger support for his plan to recog-
nize the Huerta government in Mexico
than ne has received at any time since
reaching Washington After three
hours questioning Of the ambassador
many members Of the Senate commit
tee tonight expressed the opinion that
serious consideration should be given
10 MS recommendatiDns of a guarded
and restricted recognition of Huerta
designed to bolster up the present gov
ernmcnt until elections can be held
October 26.
The determination OF the govern
Inents main policy does not rest with
'he senate however. and there was
iio.hihs !s IN the situation tonight to
indicate that President Wilson or Sec
retary Bryan had wavered in their de-
termination not to recognize the
Huerta government at present
The matter presented TO the SEN
ate committee by the ambassador al
I ready had been laid before the Presi-
/ dent and Secretary of State and their
attitude against recognition had been
based upon information from other
I cohhdentiai sources. many of them at
variance with the reports Of Ambassa-
DOR Wilson.
Id
was distinctly a presentation of his
slde OF the case" By the amba ssador to
Mexico. As result of the generally
faVora BILE impression he created. and
the close scrutiny and tentative an
nroNai given his report by many mem
bers OF the committee II is believed
IN" administration VIII he urged TO fur
nlsn the Senate committee at once with
lts private information gathered bv
William Bayard Hale. Reginald Del
Vale and by consular agents at yari-
Gus points.
Points of Difference.
Two principal points of difference
have been developed between Ambas
sador Wilson and the administration
fuerta over Mexican affairs and to
conditions that would result from the
downfall of the Huerta government
Ambassadors Wilson told the Senate
committee that the Iiuerta government
dominated affairs throughout the re-
public and had driven the Constitu-
uonalists out OF many of their strong
holds. including the States of Coahuila
and Ceuvo Leon
President Wilson. it is said. has in
formation which he and Secretary
Bryan consider thoroughly reliable
which shows the Constitutionalist
strength TO be greatly in excess of the
estimates of Ambassador Wilson. and
indicates that the Huerta government
dominates the situation only in n small
part of the republic.
The need for immediate recognition
o? the Huerta government as laid be-
fcre the committee by the ambassador
was based on the belief that President
Huerta cannot long retain control OF
governmental machinery under pres
ent conditions. II is claimed the gov
ernment each month is running behind
financially. and that American recos-
milton is necessary to enable Huerta
l" obtain credit for immediate govern
mental necessities
Should the Huerta government fail
in the opinion of Amba ssador Wilson.
conditions in the republic will be worse
han at present. and American lives and
property Will be in greatest danger.
The fact that many members OF the
Senate committee took the same view
AT the close of to-day's conference
probably will result in President Will
sons submitting to the Senate the in
formation in his possession. upon which
he bases the belief that recognition Of
Huerta Is not necessary TO the protec-
ton of American life or property
Ambassador Urges Recognition.
Ambassador Wilson made direct
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