The Washington herald., 1913-10-15
WILSON SENDS
note TO HUERTA
coNrINuED Prom PAGE oNE

mission by the imprisonment of unsym-
| pathetic Deputies. and with two candi-
dates-Felixi Dlaz and Manuel caiero-
who can expect only opposition from
Huerta, persisting In making the race for
the Presidency in the forthcoming cleo
tions, an outbreak. in which large part
Of the Federal army might be expected to
| Join, Is hooked upon as highly probable.
/ The attitude of the United States in re-
| pudiating In advance the choice Of the
elections-so called-an6 the probability
that this repudiation will be followed
after the election by that OF other pow
ers, easily may serve TO encourage snti-
Huerta factions TO revolt. even though
| such revolt offers reasonable expectation
of massacre for the imprisoned Deputies.
Students OF the situation IN Mexico City
declare that such a revolt. il IL brought
about the downfall OF Huerta, would re-
suit in q state OF anarchy.
The Mailed Fist.
Upon this expectation critics Of the
Presidents Mexican policy are laying
greatest stress. They declare that IN
Ipersupposing that constitutional govern
ment Is possible In Mexico, the President
is ignoring things as they are for things
as they ought to be. The mailed list.
which may expect any degree Of respect
In Mexico at this time. and the mailed
fist Of HCerta, they declare to be the
most efficacious In sight at present. Non
recognition Of Huerta's self-selected sue
cessor. they declare, can lead to but one
step-intervention- And this step Presi-
dent Wilson is determined not to take
as long as there is any hope Of a peace
able solution.
Yesterdays announcement admits the
final defeat of the mission Of John Lind.
President Wilson's special envoy to
Mexico. Mr.. Lind Is now at Vera Cruz,
the nearest seaport to Mexico City.
1t is not probable that he win return
to the Mexican capital, although he
may remain in the country to aid in
getting American refugees out. Gov.
Lind was sent down to urge Huerta
to guarantee fair and free elections.
President Wilson has repudiated in ad-
vance the elections Huerta has ar
ranged. Huerta thought President
Wilson would be willing to accept the
form and ignore the substance Presi-
dent Wilson has announced to the con-
trary. Apparently there is nothing
more to be said on the subject between
the two Chief Executives.
Regarding the termination OF the
Lind mission. a dispatch to the New
York Sun from its Washington corre-
spondent says. in part:
This termination of the Lind mission,
so far as its original purposes are con-
cerned, marks the discard OF one Of the
boldest moves ever attempted in the
field OF La8p-American affairs by an
American administration. The Lind mis-
sion was essentially an effort to accom-
plish, by diplomacy and without the use
of force, a result ordinarily achieved
only by means of actual intervention
So far as the object intended was con-
cerned, il was equivalent to diplomatic
intervention in the political affairs OF
Mexico.
In the first week in August last, IT was
announced that John Lind, formerly
Governor OF Minnesota. was proceeding
to Mexico City as the personal represent
ative of the President to lay before the
Huerta government the Presidents plan
for adjusting the troubled situation in
that country. On she same day the resig-
nation of Henry Lane Wilson. as Am
bassador to Mexico. was accepted, after
II had been announced from the White
House that the President had no use for
Mr.. Wilson's information or views.
Demands that We're Made.
Mr.. Lind laid before the Huerta gov-
ernment four demands, presented upon
behalf of President Wilson. These were:
That President Huerta resign; that
Huerta pledge himself not to be a candi-
date at the polls; that arrangements be
made for the holding of an election at
an early date in accordance with the
provisions of the constitution for chooS-
ing a President by popular vote, and
fourth, that an armistice be arranged
between the government and the revoiu-
tionists, in order that the country might
be in a state of peace during elections.
as required by the Mexican constitution
Subsequently, upon the rejection Of
these demands by Huerta, they were
modified. and all but the demands for the
noncandidacy OF Huerta and the holding
OF popular elections were stricken out
Upon these demands the President stood
firm up to the moment he learned Of
Huerta's Imprisonment Of the Deputies,
dissolution of Congress, and assumption
of dictatorial powers.
The replies of the Huerta government
on all points were contained in ingen-
iously impudent notes. in which the
Presidents proposals were all rejected, as1
such; although he was reminded that the
Huerta government already had set Oc-
tober Is as the date for the holding of
Presidential elections. The Mexican gov
ernment proposed also that President
Wilson recognize II Immediately; that an
exchange OF Ambassadors take place, and
that the United States enforce the neu-
trality laws. Mr. Lind withdrew to Vera |
Cruz, where he has been for nearly two |
months, awaiting developments and occa-
sionally advising the President of events |
in Mexico. Mr.. Lind was not recalled |
because Of the hope that negotiations |
might possibly be renewed with more sat |
isfactory results
REGARDED as Pledge.
when Federico Gamboa, Mexican !
Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Huerta |
Cabinet and the author of the adroit |
notes to Mr.. Lind, was nominated for /
President by the Catholic party, and |
President Huerta announced that the gov |
ernment would remain neutral in the /
election, this action was acclaimed by /
the Washington administration as proof /
of the acceptance of President Wilson's
proposals. The administration also held
that the references in the Gamboa notes |
to the constitutional disability Of Huerta
to succeed himself in the Presidency /
amounted to a pledge from that gentle
man that he would not be a candidate.
"Since the nomination of Gamboa,
Manuel Calero. former Ambassador TO
the United States, has entered the Presi-
Dental race, and Felix Diaz, now en-
route from Europe. has announced him.
self to be still a candidate. 1t has been
felt from the first, however, that Huerta
would by his own choice decide the re-
suit of the balloting in such parts Of the
republic as voting was possible"
President Huerta3s