The Sentinel=record., 1913-11-16

aA rique Paz as president of the body to serve until the formal inauguration. November 25
 Secretaries and committee to ex. anime credentials then were appoint. ed and the session adjourned at 6 o'clock.
 No disorders attended the prelimi- nary session of the deputies. No troops were to be seen in the streets, nor were any stationed in the build. ing. There were few spectators but policemen and plain clothes" men always were in evidence.
 Except for the fact that the Wash. ngton administration had said the congress must not meet. the action of the chamber ordinarily would have aroused no interest, as attention usu. ally centers only on the formal open ing
 Early today the seriousness of the situation appeared to be realized both by officials at the palace and by the people in the streets If a time limit was fixed by Washington, in which Huerta had 10 make concessions, this was not known and outwardly inc situation had not changed from yes. terday afternoon
 Certain of General Huertas friends with circumspection. continued their efforts to persuade him to give in, but there was another group, more open in its advice. These men urged the president not to concede but 10 pro ceed with bringing into existence this new congress--in short, 10 defy the United States.
 The cabinet was by no means agreed upon inc course General Hue,- ta should follow Those who favored his yielding were none too insistent as the provisional president has es- tabished a reputation for not receiy- ing advice contrary to his own opin- ion.
 Rumors that he intended to prevent congress from meeting and even that he was willing to resign immediately without specifying who should be his successor were current all day but equally current were rumors of an opposite character It was argued by many that General Huerta was not so averse to abandoning office as to teav- ing the presidency without a clean bin of health It was pointed out that should he resign without congress be- ing duly installed to ratify acts or his administration, particularly those since the dissolution of the last con gress. he would place himself p-ac- tically in the position of fugitive from justice.
 Certain acts of the president, if not ratified by some lawmaking body 1t was claimed, were of such a nature mat they might bring upon him legal prosecutio nat some future date This, if Is set forth by Huertas friends, is his reason for opposing methods for his elimination pro posed by the Unit ed States
 The tone of the capital press would indicate that all Mexico desires to see General Huerta remain at the head of the government, and edito- rialIv and in the news columns the United States is bitterly criticised. Among the people generally there is lacking evidence of violent outbursts of an anti-American character. \ feeling of apathy characterizes the attitude of the Mexican people.
 Reports from Vera Cruz Of impend' ing action on the part of the United States continued to be received here. To Mr. Lind President Wilson's per sonal representative was attributed tha statement that the American em- bassy would be withdrawn Monday and the possibility that marines would be landed at Vera Cruz
 The American charge d'Affalres' Nelson O'Shaughnessy showed depres sion and an air of pessimlsm preVaii- ed at inc embassy. Up to this even ing he had received no intima'ioh from the Mexican government that General Huerta was willing to avert complications by acceding to Fresi' dent Wilson's demands.
 The departure of foreign residents and even Mexicans, for Vea CruE' was more pronounced today trans pe, ine run in sections The managers ol ord Cowdray's oil company reeelVed ordars to send all women and ehli ara, and as many men as desired 10 on as we'll as the more important nort of the eompany's archives, to voro Cruz. These instructions were 1oead m information gathered at vera Cru1 Reports that the rebels were oathering in forme around orizana ord threatening an attack added to tha general anxiety and furnished a oontrihntorv cause for the increased o,odrs Orizaba is station on the u,ain line of the Mexican railway, and inc capture of this town by the rebels vould almost certainly mean interrup- tion of traffic to the coast.
 on the inter-oceanic railway tne onlv o.her line to the port, the rebels ,, atraadv begun robbing trans