The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-11-02
Feeling Grows That Outside
Force Will Be Necessary
to Restore Order
PRESIDENTS PLANS
ARE STILL SECRET
Observers Are Not Sure Order Would
Be Restored Even Should the
ConstitutiOnalists Get the
Ascendency
by G. Il. STEWARD

washington november 1.-NSpeclal.)
There is nothing reassuring in the Mex
lean situation as it stands today. Three
great powers who are vitality interested in
Mexico have agreed to hands Off until
the United States can shape definite pol
icy in light of recent events.
But in well informed circles in WASH
ington-this diplomatic understanding is
taken to mean that these European pow
ers expect that the United States win as
sumo an attitude toward the Huerta gov
eminent and toward Mexico that will
take definite shape toward restoring some
kind of order in the southern republic,
either in one way or another.
In view of the Monroe doctrine and our
close proximity to Mexico, foreign nations
are looking to the United States to take
the initiative In taking steps to bring
about peace in that country. 1t Is also
evident that the efforts of President WIZ
son to restore tranquility In Mexico made
through John Lind to Huerta have been
in vain, and that the administration is
now confronted with the problem in even
a more knotted form than before.
Have Come to Naught
The elections of which Huerta made
such frank and apparently sincere prom
ises have come to naught. OF course every
one, in this country at least, feels quite
certain that they turned out just as
Huerta had planned all along they would,
and gave him the excuse of declaring that
there was no election, and leaves the die
tator in control. Huerta will be given
time, but that he will announce that the
election failed because of insufficient
number of votes is felt as certain. How
the foxy old soldier will reconcile the nom
election of a President and the election
of Congress, when the ballots for both
were the same, is, however, arousing some
curiosity.
President Wilson has gone the full dis
lance in every way possible to avoid a
military clash in Mexico. He will con-
tinue this policy, but doubt is beginning
to rise In the minds of many If after all
the best thing to do is to intervene on
the grounds that the longer we wait the
more time it will take to accomplish the
desired purpose, and armed intervention
according to many close political obSery-
ers-is bound to come.
Latin-American countries may be asked
to cooperate In bringing about peace in
Mexico, and from England, Germany and
France come assurances of sympathy
ment and from the two former of CO.
operation.
President Wilson'S declaration in Mobile
that the United States was to never again
expand by force is regarded here as a
distinct declaration of the sincerity of the
purposes of this government In case 1t
should be forced to armed intervention
In Mexico, and a disavowal OF any inten-
ton to engage in a territorial grab by
conquest.
Must Take Early Action
Just what step this government will
take, and what its policy will be is prob
lematical That it will do something 1t Is
certain, for 1t Is believed that it is COM
mitted to the foreign powers to take some
early action. Recognition of the consti-
tutionalists and the raising of the embargo
on the expectation of arms into Mexico
or intervention are considered the two
main alternatives to be chosen by the
President. That he would like to arrange
an armistice for the purpose of having a
real election In Mexico Is considered GER
tain, but efforts of this nature have failed
once, and it is not now considered pos
sible.
Then, too, comes the question of what
real election in Mexico is. The nearest
they have ever come to having one was
the election of Madero, when something