Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-21
One Probable Cause.

Ouc 1ICUdU1S cause.
1t may be that the delay in action in
the Mexican situation is with a nice cal
culation that the problem will solve it
self.
The relations of the United States with
Mexico under present conditions, accord
ing to President Wilson. are confined to
necessary exchanges with a de facto gov
eminent. 1t is more or less made plain
by the President that the United States
does not regard as necessary a special
act of recognition
The United States does not, therefore,
subscribe, so far, 10 the vfew-which is
believed to have prompted Great Britain
and Russia in their presumed recognition
of the Huerta government in Mexico
that President Huerta is constitutional
president well as provisional president
of that republic Aside from the political
aspects of the case, however, President
Huerta holds office. diplomats point out.
by authority of the Mexican constitution
in regular form observed.
The late President Madero and the late
Vice President Pine Suarez-whether or
not under pressure is not essential to the
technical proposition, it is urged-le-
signed those offices. Minister of Foreign
Affairs Lascarain, as next in order of con-
stitutional succession, assumed the presi-
dency. He designated Gen. Huerta as
minister of the Interior the office next in
When Provisional President Lasca rain re-
signed Minister of the Interior Huerta--
as the constitution Of Mexico provides
in the absence of a ranking minister, be-
came provisional president of the repub-
lie.
That the Taft administration through
Amba ssador Wilson more or less regular
ly recognized the Huerta government, and
conceded its proper constitutional success
sion. is accepted among Latin-American
1irl
trad cited, record Ambassador Wilson as
having been one of the first to greet the
Huerta government upon It's accession.
Ambassador Wilson's Situation.
The following. significant words. report
ed TO have been addressed to President
Huerta, are ascribed to him.
II salute the new president of the
legally constituted government
An act of recognition by diplomatic
representative Of the United States, with
out express dire ction or sanction of his
government, has precedent. The State
Department in Washington on one occa-
sion of such import never considered it
necessary to acknowledge the report of
its minister. announcing his official
recognition of the new government on his
individual responsibility.
The State Department Will not admit
nor Will 1t deny that announcement has
been officially made through diplomatic
correspondence of the accession of Gen.
Huerta to the presidency. Nor will it
acknowledge that the Mexican govern
ment has asked consideration of the &C
ceptability of its designate to be am
bassador to Washington.
The Mexican embassy in Washington
now under the direction of First Secre-
| tary de la Cueva as charge d'affaires. is
equally reticent Yet 1t is to be assumed
de clare those advised of diplomatic prac-
tees, that diplomatic communications in
each instance have been received at the
State Departent from the Mexican. gov
eminent. 1t seems evident that this gov
eminent has made no reply to such COM
munications.
Commentators In diplomatic circles who
have discussed the situation present a
hypothetical question which seems per-
tinent Should there by chance have been
no diplomatic representative of the United
States in Mexico at this crisis, and a
Mexican envoy present in Washington
with great American interests at stake
would this government have dealt for
mally with the Mexican representative
here? The imperativeness of recognition.
if formal relations should have been in
sisted on, under those conditions, seems
evident to Latin-American diplomats.