Evening star., 1913-08-11
OBJECT OF MISSION
IS ISGUARDEDbYL|ND
Declines to Discuss Purposes
With Private Persons in
Mexico City.
HIS ARRIVAL At CAPITAL
ExCITES LITTLE NOTICE
Installs Himself at American EN-
bassy as Unofficial Adviser
to O'Shaughnessy.

h1mSeI1 To-Day IN temporary OIHceS AT inc
United States embassy as unofficial ad-
wiser to the American charge d'affaires.
Nelson O'Shaughnessy. Mr.. Lind passed
several hours In close conference with
the charge daffaires, discussing the diffi-
culties Of the Mexican nation, for which
he It. is alleged, brings a panacea.
Mr.. Lind was an early riser this morn
ing. The sun had not mounted high
over Popocatepetl mountain before he
was astir. He took a stroll through the
park In front OF his hotel and down San
Francisco avenue before the shutters
were removed from the store windows.
A few hours later an embassy auto
mobile called at the hotel and conveyed
Mr.. Lind to the embassy Of the United
States, where. to the accompaniment or
the hammering of carpenters in ad1oln-
ing rooms where they were preparing
the household goods of Henry Lane Will
son, the former American ambassador
here, for shipment to the United States.
the adviser entered upon his duties
In the meanwhile Mrs. c. A. Parker,
the wife of an embassy attache, who is
doing the honors in the absence OF Mrs.
O. O'Shaughnessy, called on Mrs. Lind and
arranged for a drive this afternoon about
the city.
DR.. William Bayard Hale, who no long
er hides his identity as the conndentlai
envoy Of President Wilson, called at the
embassy today and held long con-
ference with ex-Gov. Lind and Mr..
O'Shaughnessy. No one at the conference
would state what the first steps OF the
pacification plan were to De, or when
they were to be taken.
Federico Gamboa, the new Mexican SEC
retary for foreign relations, speaking to-
day with regard to Mr.. Lind's mission,
said:
II have great faith in the reasonable
ness Of the Judgment of the United
States, and have the conviction that the
difticulties between Mexico and the United
States soon will be adjusted
No Thrills Caused.
The arrival OF Mr.. Lind, whose mysteri-
GUS mission to Mexico was the direct cause
of public manifestation yesterday in sup
port of Gen. Huerta's attitude toward
American mediation, has Of itself been
devoid Of any thrills. When Mr.. Lind, as
the personal representative Of Mr.. VII
son, alighted from his Il ain last night
after a tedious days journey from Vera
Cruz, there were only a few persons
about the station who seemed at all Gu
riOus to watch his movements. Numer-
Gus newspaper photographers were on
hand to subject him to the ordeai OF
flashlights, and Mr.. Lind Obligtngiy posed
for many pictu. es.
Mr.. Lind persistently maintained that
taciturnity which he has observed care
fully since he was summoned from his
home in Minnesota by President Wilson
to undertake his mission to Mexico. Just
what he is to do here or just when he
will begin the negotiations for which he
has come are as great mystery as De-
T. N Tod IN
the capital by Mrs. Lind. by William w.
Canada. the United States consul at Vera
Ciuz, and by DIR. William Bayard Hale,
acting under instructions Of the State De-
partment
Met by Legation officials.
The party was received by Nelson
O'Shaughnessy. secretary of the United
States embassy, who has been acting as
charge d'affaires since the resignation of
Wilson. and Charles E. Park
er. a member of the embassy staff. Police
in large numbers guarded the approach
to the station, but as the party was
driven off to a hotel where reservations
had been made the public generally as
sumed an apathetic attitude and took
little interest in the arrival.
Reporters of a number Of Mexican
papers endeavored to interview Mr.. Lind
at his hotel. but they met with little
success.
Before leaving Vera Cruz Mr.. Lind was
visited by Gen Gustavo Mas, the mill
tary commander there, he being the first
official of Mexico to meet the emssary.
The meeting took place at the train just
before Mr.. Lind's departure, and Gen.
Mas also did him the honor to parade
a small detachment OF troops alongside
his train.
Mr.. Lind declared here that he did not
have the slightest intention Of discussing
affairs regarding Mexico with private in
dividuals. He said his business was with
official Mexico, and that he would be
very careful with whom he talked. There
need be no apprehension. he added, that
he would embarrass the government by
Of that sort.
Election Not the Only Issue.
There is reason to believe that before
his mission to Mexico is ended he will
have suggested more than the mere full
fllment of the promise by Gen. Huerta
that elections be held. 1t has been point
ed out that such a demand is not wholly
consistent since the promise to hold cleo
tons in October has already been made
and intimations of bad faith are out OF
taste at the present time.
Mr.. Lind does not propose to act hast
ily. though he will lose no time and II
NAV be that all his work In Mexico will
be finished within three weeks or pos
sibly much sooner. II Gen. Huerta per-
sists in being unwilling to see him
O'Shaughnessy, the charge d'affaires, win
transmit Lind's communications.
Mr.. Lind and his wife did not come to
Mexico prepared for anything but brief
visit. travelling with little baggage. The
departure for Mexico was SO hurried that
II occurred to neither Mr.. nor Mrs. Lind
that warmer clothing would be wanted
Mr.. Lind, without an overcoat, and his
wife without wraps shivered in the cold
air here.
Says Wilson Is Within Rights.
LONDON, August lin an editorial
this morning the Times asserts that
President Wilson Is acting entirely
within his rights IN sending Ind to
Mexico, and says that 1t would be good
nolicy on the part Of the Mexican gov
eminent to listen to Mr.. And's represen-
tations In the spirit in which they are
made. and not irritate American opinion
bv stickling about punctilio.
s.praci1onf Wilson" the editorial com