Milford chronicle., 1913-08-29
HUERTA ASKS
FOR MORE Time
Wilson Agrees to Request TO
Delay Message 10 Congress.
PEACE TERMS MADE PUBLIC
stiil Hope QriginaI Proposals Of Unit
ca States May Be Accepted by Mex
lean President.

Eleventh hour Developments in tl
Mexican situation postponed the re1.
Ing by President Wilson Of his spacia
message TO congress and indicate,
-hat the HUerta government after all
mhigh- withdraw or modify its reieC
zion OF The proposals oil the United
States designed 10 bring about the es
tablshmeur Of a constitutional COVER.
meut which The United Safes c0ul.
rec0su.ze
Postpouement Of the message was
at -he request oil Seuor Gamboa. The
Mexican minister of foreign affairs
The request was based upon supple
mentary suggestions by John Lind, ad-
vtsed 10 the American embassy in
Mexico City. and President Wilson 5
personal emissary
Special Envoy John Lind departed
from Mexico City for Vera Cruz for
the purpose OF impressing upon Pro
Visional President Huerta that there
will be no further postponement OF
President Wilson address to con
gress.
As the result OF this action by Lind
Huerta now understands that unless
ne accepts the America nproposaIs all
negotiations between the United
States and Mexico toward mediation
will be broken off.
simultaneously with the announce
ment Of the delay in reading the mes
sage the original proposals by the
United States, presented to Provisional
President Huerta, through Mr.. Lind,
We're given out.
II was also officially stated that in |
no case would the United States with
draw from the basic. principles OF its
position, paramount among which is a |
refusal to recognize Huerta.
The original proposals of the United
States, as given out officially for the
drst time, We're:
I. Cessation Of hosdlities and a def
1ite armis-ica
2 An early and free election.
3. Huerta to bind himself not to be
2 candidate
= 4. Agreement by all parties to abide
by the results Of the election.
Upon these proposals the Huerta
government at the last moment. ask
ed further time for consideration. and
lpon certain supplementary sugges-
lions by Lind, the nature of which was
not diyulged the request for a post
was made
This message had been read TO the
.wenty-one members of the senate for
.ign relations committee and the
louse foreign affairs committee. and
presumably what was a general out
Inc of it had been allowed to become
public
The expression of the American pol
cy was to follow long and unusual
.ffort to persuade the defacto author
ties in Mexico City to suspend hos
Hides, convole a constitutional elec.
ION and TO insure freedom of choice
4 president and congress by elimi-
.ating the present ruler-Victoriano
Iuerta-at least as a candidate for the
presidency. although apparently not ,
IS had been understood, as provisional !
resident :
In view OF the rejection of those
uggestions the message was under
TODD to set forth that the United =
Itates had not felt compelled to EN-
hasize its ideas by arms but. having
btained the moral support of the civ
lied world. the American government
ad decided to pursue policy OF alb
olufe enon.fnfarferpnce
From the first it was realized that
My two courses of action were before =
mediation or armed inter, :
ention. The one had failed and the
ther was ont called for by any exist
az emergency.
The United States. therefore. the
lessage was to set forth, would re c
lain aloof hoping that moral suasion
ventually would prevail.
Arms would be denied all warning Il
actions, Americans would be assisted G
o leave the troubled zones and the n
-nited States patiently would await e.
le establishment of a secure, stable Il
nd constitutional government before b
xtendiug recognition.