Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-09

$4,000 rounds OF ammunition to the Men-
! can Light and Power Company.
II IL q commercial shipment, alth00gh
it is believed here that the Mexican gov
eminent will see to it that the munitions
| get through from Vera Cruz to Nexaca,
near Mexico City. where the power plant
| Is located. The request for permit Tor
| the shipment was made through the New
| York representative of the Mexican Light
and Power Company and was Immediately
taken up and granted. The shipment was
made on the steamship Monterey.
Instructions Awaiting Mr.. Lind.
/ Mr.. Lind. the adviser to the American
embassy in Mexico. will find instructions
from the State Department awaiting him
upon his arrival at Vera Cruz this after
noon. Apparently it has not yet been
determined positively whether the adviser
shall proceed directly from Vera Cruz to
| the capital, for in answer to a question
Secretary Bryan today said that that
would be determined when he had been
| Informed Of the arrival of the New
Hampshire off Vera Cruz
One unofficial view Of that phase OF
the situation was that inasmuch as the
avoid an anti-American demonstration
against Mr. Lind or to see any breach
committed before the envoy has oppor-
tunity actually to communicate President
Wilson's proposals to Huerta, Mr.. Lind
might walt on the New Hampshire at
Vera Cruz while Charge dAffaires
O'Shaughnessy transmitted the proposals
| to Mexico City.
Diplomatists not In accord with that
view pointed out that inasmuch as the
| original plan. known to the Mexican gov
eminent, was for Lind to proceed to
/ Mexico City direct, any alteration at
this time would not strengthen the adj
ministrations position. and that the Wash
ington government could under no cir
cumstances recede from It's right TO SEM
| an adviser to its embassy in Mexico
| City. The view of these observers was
that any instructions to Mr.. Lind at
Vera Cruz probably would coordinate
with the policy of correcting misinterpre-
tations of his mission before he goes to
Mexico City.
Say Purpose Is Not Known.
Whether Mr.. Lind's presence in Mexi-
co will be undesirable" as has been
stated by the Mexican minister Of for
eign affairs, will soon become known.
Administration officials here are re-
luctant to believe that Huerta's atti-
tude will be antagonistic after he Of
fcially knows the purposes of Mr..
Lind's visit They take the view that
the attitude of hostility has been
aroused by unofficial misinterpretation
of the purposes of the mission.
Because of her heavy draught the New
| FIVE or six miles off Vera Cruz. and navy
officials doubt if any effort will be made
| to land the envoy today. The trip from
Vera Cruz up to Mexico City ordinarily
Before Mr.. Lind arrives. Charge DAT
| fairs O'Shaughnessy Is expected to ex-
plain to the Mexican foreign Office that
Mr.. Lind comes only as an adviser to
| the embassy, not to take part in Mext-
can politics, and on thoroughly peace
full mission.
It lis believed that Mr.. Lind will scru-
pulously observe the etiquette Of d.
plomacy and will not undertake to
raise an issue as to his status by ad-
dressing himself directly to President
Huerta or the Mexican foreign Office
| Charge d'Affaires O'Shaughnessy az an
intermediary and mouthpiece for any
thing that he may care to say.
Arrival of Mr.. Lind Delayed.
It was Secretary Bryan who an
nounced that Mr.. Lind will not arrive
at Vera Cruz on the battleship New
| Hampshire until this evening. which is
in accordance with the intimation in yes
| terday's Star that his arrival might be
delayed by wireless in order to give the
graph Charge Of Affairs O. Shaunnessy at
Mexico City just what Mr.. Lind's status
is The New Hampshire was due to ar
rive at Vera Cruz last night
ment explained In this connection that
while the battleship New Hampshire
could make the trip from Galveston to
Vera Cruz in thirty-six hours. minimum
would be about fifty or sixty hours. and
indicated that the administration did not
regard Mr.. Lind's mission as necessarily
requiring great haste.
proceeding slowly. however. so as to al
low the Huerta government to become
more fully acquainted with the purposes
Of Mr.. Lind's visit than it has been
heretofore.
Administration oh3cials take the posi-
ton that objections to Mr.. Lind's pres
ence IN Mexico are unwarranted, as the
public Is not acquainted with the pro-
posals which he carried nor the method
by which he intended to submit them.
Not an Unprecedented Position.
I Further emphasis was laid BY admin
| istration officials upon the point that Mr.
Lind as adviser to the American embassy
would occupy no unprecedented position:
the other embassies and legations had
their counselors and attaches The in
| ference that he would directly interfere
in Mexican politics, which 1t appears had
been spread throughout Mexico. was de-
clared without justification.
All his acts, 1t was said by them, would
be In accord with the proprieties Of the
| situation. all his dealings with the Huerta
government would be through the charge
d'affaires OF the American embassy at
| Mexico City. and in all circumstances,
Mr.. Lind would act merely as the mouth
piece Of the Washington admin stration
| to any one who sought to obtain the
| views Of President Wilson and Secretary
| Bryan on the situation generally.
NOT LEGALLY PRESIDENT.
Insurgent Governor in Mexico Re-