The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-14
WILSON WILLING
TO DELAY ACTION
FOR A FEW HOURS

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13-United
support from the great powers abroad
for the American policy toward Me1i.
| co, shown in variety of quiet diploma
tic activities, gave President Wilson
and Secretary Bryan confidence today
that the elimination Of General Victo-
riano Huerta as provisional president OF
Mexico would soon be an accomplished
fact.
That the financial blockade insti-
tutod by the United States had effect
lively tied the purse strings of Europe,
that diplomatic pressure was being ex-
erted on all sides at Mexico City; that
close friends of Huerta were applying
their influence, and persistent reports
saying Huerta had gone into mysterious
seclusion raised the hopes of the Wash
ington government that definite prog
ress toward solving the Mexican prob
lem was being made.
Acquiescence Abroad.
An exchange of cabiegrams with EN-
bassador Page, an agreement by Great
| Britain to leave the solution of the
Mexican problem in the hands of the
United States, and an announcement
that no moral or financial support
would be granted by England to the
Huerta regime. set forth in London
press dispatches, created favorable
| impression throughout official Wash
ington. 1t was felt that Great Brit
ain, France, Germany and other ma
tions now stood together in acquiescence
to the plan for the elimination Of
| Huerta,
| President Wilson had prepared early
| today statement of the situation out
lining the communications presented by
Charge o 'Shaughnessy and John Lind,
but within a few hours such favorable
advices had been received as to cause
the president TO withhold the document
from public alton. He stuck it away in
drawer with many another summary
of international affairs which 1T has
been found unnecessary to make public.
Outlook Favorable.
"There are elements in this case, ~
said the president, (Which I cannot
discuss at present, but which make it
look to me very much moro favora-
ble''
The president spoke thus Of the sit
uation to a half hundred Washington
correspondents at their semi-weekly con"
ference. His manner was calm and it
was apparent that he felt decidedly en-
couraged by recent adyices. The presi-
dent is not usually quoted after these
conferences, but today ne permitted
quotation to the extent Of the single
sentence, This he did to allay any ten
sion that might have arisen in this
country over the situation described in
the dispatches from Mexico City. Asked
about the word favorable he ex-
planned that he meant Favorable to a
settlement -
No Details Given.
The president gave no details to show
upon what his optimism was based, but
he made it clear that primary con,
dition Of settlement was the ousting of
Huerta and all those who stood for the
kind Of government he was conducting.
1t was evident that the president had
received important dispatches, but he
declined to say whether they were from
Mexico City or Nogales the constitu-
tionaist headquarters. Later, however,
it was learned that from other high Of
fcials the plan of financial isolation
was bearing fruit and that the plan for
Huerta S elimination was being
especially some Of those which had
previously recognized him and upon
which he had come to rely for aid.
One of the important factors in the
situation which caused Washington
calmly to await developments was the
report through authoritative channels
that members of the Huerta official cir
Gle were divided, some of them urging
his resignation to avoid international
complications They were reported to
be using every effort to prevail upon
him to make a formal announcement of
retirement at fixed date.
Cannot Hold Out.
The situation has progressed to the
point in the view of many officials
where even definite rejection of the
American demands by Huerta would not
alter his future materially. Confidence
prevails that be, is drifting into certain
bankruptcy and cannot resist much
longer tho pressure e1erted against him.
Another Influence that is expected to
contribute to Huerta q overthrow is the
extension of moral support to the con-
stitutionalists. If pressed to the ex-
tremity the American government will
lift the embargo on arms to aid the
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uation, but there is still bopefulness
among high officials that such q step