Evening journal., 1913-11-03

BY The United Press.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 3-Presidenl
Wilson and Secretary Bryan have de-
clined 10 receive any agent who de-
sires to cline up" this government in
favor Of either Mexican faction. The
President in refusing TO receive agents
of the Carranza forces also declined
to grant audiences to Major h. G. Gill
lette. a former United States Army
officer. Gillette has been touring this
country in the interests of the Huerta
administration.
AS a result OF this development the
belief is growing that the plan Presi-
dent Wilson has in mind for restoring
peace in Mexico does not contemplate
action I'm behalf of the insurgents.
The President has been approached
several times in the last few days with
la request that he set aside the
neutrality resolution which prevents
the Carranza forces getting arms anT
ammunition on this side of the border.
He has refused to do so. II is under.
stood that the President has taken
the position that if this resolution IS
to be set aside, Congress must repeal
lit and not put the responsibility at
his door.
At the regular conference with the
newspaper correspondents today the
President let il be known that the
meetings at Vera Cruz between Spe-
cial Envoy Lind and the Russian, Nor
wegian and German ministers 20
Mexico was at the request of the for
eign diplomats. Lind has cabled that
an earnest spirit of cooperation was
shown by the visiting diplomats, but
ne did not say whether they suggest
ed any plan for the restoration Of
order.
Official circles here continued gen.
orally pessimistic over Mexico. Near.
lily everyone believes armed interven.
ton inevitable. The President anC
Secretary of State Bryan publicly as
sert that they continue hopeful tha
order viii be restored without re
course to arms. They say they d,
not believe that Huerta viii be able
TO maintain his attitude of open op
position and expect the united pres.
sure of the diplomatic corps in Mex.
leo City will eventually force him q
eliminate himself But while this is
their public attitude. the army anl
navy are being made ready for ac
tive service. Secretary of the Navy
Daniels today confirmed the repOr
that no orders have been issued FOL
the warships now in Vera Cruz har
Dor to steam north when their re
lieving ships reach there this week
The squadron now under Admiral
Fletcher. he said. will stay in Mex
,ican waters pending orders from
= Washington
late repO~ts from Mexico state that
intervention would be a much easiel
task today than a month ago. The
Mexican army is no longer a unit foI
lHuerta. Failure to pay the troops m the
field has caused open discomfort. Tho
bankrupt state Of the Mexican treasury
makes it impossible for Huerta TO pay
his men. And every official in the gov
lernment service is short OF cash. Tho
Constitutionahsts, il is now believed
would not now combine with Huerts
against an American force. President
Wilson's Mobile speech, in which he de
clared against any war of conquest ol
for territorial aggression il believed her'
to have disarmed much of the opposition
toward Intervention existing ia northern
Mexico where Carranza is in power.
The President plans conference her
soon with the heads Of the diplomati