The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-08-15
LIND IN MEXICO CITY.
HIS JOURNEY TO MEXICAN CAPT.
tai AN UNEVENTFUL ONE.
NO SIGNS OF DiSAPPROvAL.
FOREIGN RELATIONS BODY MEET
Senator Bacon, in Statement, Says the
Committee Heartily Approves
Course the President Has
Taken in the Matter.

Mexico City.--John w. Lind, acting
as the personal representative of the
president of the United States, arrived
in Mexico City Sunday night, with
Mrs. Lind, William Bayard Hale and
American Consul w. w. Canada, the
entire party coming from Vera Cruz,
to which place Mr.. and MRS. Lind
came Saturday evening ON the battle,
ship New Hampshire from Galveston.
The Lind party boarded the train at
Vera Cruz Sunday morning at 4
o'clock and came up to the Mexican
capital on an uneventful journey.
With the arrival in Mexico City OF
John Lind, personal representative OF
President Wilson, administration
members declared that no further
steps would be taken in carrying out
the policy of the United States toward
Mexico until Mr.. Lind had made a
careful study of the general situation
there.
While the president has mapped out
a distinct course Of action, about
which strict secrecy is being main
tanned, it is known that the instruc-
tons to be sent Mr.. Lind from time
to time will depend largely on de-
velopments in the Mexican capital in
the next few weeks.
Mr.. Lind will make all his recon-
mendations to Charge O'Shaughnes
sey, so that whatever representations
are transmitted by the latter to the
Huerta government will differ tn no
way from the notes the American gov
eminent has hitherto. advanced to the
de facto authorities in the Mexican
capital. Mr.. Lind's connection with
them, it was stated, would not be ap-
parent. His mission, it was explain
ed, was to act as a substitute, unOf-
ficially, for former Ambassador Henry
Lane Wilson, whose personal views of
the Mexico controversy were SO pro-
nounced.
Further enlightenment as to the er-
rand of Mr.. Lind and the policy the
president has formed came Sunday
from Senator Bacon, chairman OF the
senate committee on foreign relations,
who declared that President Wilson
was facing great problem" In the
present situation, and he had the
hearty support and cooperation, not
only of the foreign relations commit
tee, but of members OF the senate gen.
orally, regardless of party lines.
To explain various interpretations
of the conference between the presi-
dent and the foreign relations commit
tee, Senator Bacon made the following
statement:
1.-THE foreign relations committee is
heartily in sympathy with President
Wilson in trying to solve this prob
lem peacefully. The presidents I'M
dertaking is with that view and in
that general purpose the committee is
in accord and has faith in his SINGER
ity and integrity. 1t recognizes that
he wishes to settle the question with
out violence and for the best inter-
ests of the United States and Mexico.
OF course he can not now be expected
! to 90 into details. In the first place,
! some of the details are necessarily
not worked out and depend in meas
ure on developments and the infOrma-
ton which is to be derived from the
methods he is now pursuing. In the
second place, some matters OF detail
! if given out in advance in the present
delicate situation will defeat the very
ends sought to be accomplished"
If anything should happen to Gov
ernor Lind, President Wilson's per-
sonal representative to Mexico City,
or any other overt act should occur
| that should demand intervention, the
| first troops to be loaded On transports
would be the Fifth Brigade, stationed
at Fort Crockett, Texas under the
command of Colonel Daniel Cornman.
This brigade consists OF four regi-
| ments of infantry, a machine gun pla-
toon being attached to each regiment.
| The Sixth Cavalry, commanded by
Colonel O'Connor, and the Feurth
Field Artillery, commanded by Colo
mel Berry, really belongs to the Fifth
Brigade and would break camp at
| tho emma tina for naSSaRa tn tha