The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-11-26
MANNING, S.. G. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 26 1913
'HUERTA Will FALL
WILSON THINKS FORCES nov
ACTING SUFFICIENT TO
FORCE HIS RETIREMENT

Blockade is Not Expected Although
Admiral Fletcher Will Do Whatev
er is Necessary for the Protection
Agreement With Constitutionalists
Of All AIiens-Hale is After NJ
The Washington government be
lieves the power of the Huerta gov
ernment is slowly "crumbling ant
disintegrating". No positive step:
have been taken by the administra
ton at Washington within the last
few days to compel compliance with
the demand for the elimination o1
Huerta. No preparations have beer
made for a blockade of Mexican posts
such as have been variously reported
Foreign interests generally will be
protected by the United States, and
at Tuxpam, in particular, especial eff.
forts will be made to protect British
interests pending the arrival of the
British cruisers. The sending Of the
English ships is in line with previous
notification to the United States and
is regarded as a normal move taken
in emergencies such as exist at Tux
pam. It IS intended to have sober
ing effect on those Constitutionalist
officers who, according to official re-
ports, have announced their hostility
to English interests.
The landing Of marines has not
been found necessary thus far, no
instructions to that effect have been
sent, nor has there been any request
for such instructions. In the mean
time Admiral Fletcher will be ex-
pected to take whatever steps he
! deems necessary to protect all foreign
interests. The parleys with the Con-
stitutionalists have been carried on
in no formal way, but merely for in
formative purposes.
The administration, though not
condoning the inhumanity Of the
armed strife, generally is inclined to
view with some complacency the re-
prisals by Constituencies and
Federals on those officers or men who
have been deserting from side to
side. The foregoing salient facts
were obtained from those with whom
President Wilson Thursday discuss
ed the Mexican situation.
The impression that the Huerta
government is fast losing its control
over territory hitherto dominated by
it, is based on the dispatches to the
State department, which also show
that diplomatic pressure from with
out is having much to do with weak
ening the resources Of the provision
al government. There was some en-
phasis in the denial emanating from
the White House that any steps OF a
summary instructions to Charge
O'Shaughnessy within the last few
days. The president made it clear
that beyond what already has been
published there were no moves in
the situation, as far as the United
States was concerned, which were
unknown to the public.
The president holds the view that
as a result of all the influences now
at work Huerta will slowly but inevi-
tab1y be compelled to yield to the
force Of circumstances and retire. AS
to the future program Of the United
States. the president believes that Of
necessity it must be kept within the
secret councils of the administration
and that premature publication
might impair its efficacy.
AS a consequence, there was no In
formation obtainable as to the plans
or purposes of the washington gov
ernment in the event that Huerta
shold retire. 1t was made plain by
the White House that in the parleys
between Gen. Carranza. the Constitu-
tionalist chief, and William Bayard
Hale no effort was made to map out
plans for the future. Mr.. Hale's mis-
sion was described as one merely de-
signed to learn what was in the
minds Of the Constitutionalist chiefs.
what disposition they seemed to have
toward the situation.
Names of provisional successors to
Huerta. or anything so specific that
it might be termed negotiations"
had not been carried on or authoriz-
ed by the president. according to the
White House explanation. nor was
there any formal request for creden-
tials from Mr.. Hale. 1t was made
plain that Mr.. Hale had gotten the
desired information, and White
House officials stated emphatically
that the parleys conducted by Mr..
Hale did not affect the pending plans
Of the American government and
that there had been no debate on any
future program which the Constitu-
tionalists might assist in.
1t also became known that the Of
fetal investigation into the execu-
tions at Jaurez had not been complet-
ed. In this connection White House
officials called attention to consul
lar report received from Torreon,
showing that many OF the alleged
atrocities reported IN the dispatches
did not occur; that foreigners had
been protected, but that the execu-
ton of Federal prisoners had been
justified by the Constitutionalists on
the ground that these officers were
traitors. It was apparent that Presl.
dent Wilson views the constant fuc'
tuation Of officers from one side to
! the other in the Mexican revolution