The Sentinel=record., 1913-11-11
WILL CONVENE THE NEW CONGRESS SOON
MAKES IT PLAIN THAT HE CONTINUE PRESIDENCY CONGRESS RESUME NORMAL FUNCTIONS A

have been brought about if he had continued to tolerate revolution in the midst of one of the constituted branches of the government; and, as the senate alone could not function constitutiOnally, he declared the con gress dissolved. But as it has never been the proposal of the executive 70 govern outside the constitution he took care immediately to convoye elections to constitute a new congress and solely in the meantime assumed extraordinary faculties in the depart ments of hacienda, gobernacion and war, where such actions was indis- pensable, and this was done with the solemn promise to give account of the use which he has made of such powers to the new congress as soon as it shall be installed
 'lt also was a motive of especial care and attention of the al interim government to respect and uphold the judicial power which continued without any let in it's august mission of seeing that individual guarantee es are respected, so that the march of the public administration has con tinued without other obstacles than those which a state of internal strife, which even yet prevails in some DOT tions of the republic, perforce brings with 1t.
 The elections of president and vice president of the republic and of deputies and senators to the con gress of the union already have bean held Congress will be installed with in few days and in accord with the constitution will pass upon the cleo ton of president and vice president and will render a decision as to thalS validity.
 As the approach of the date fixed in the call for the holding of cleo tions the president of the republic learned that his numerous friends were putting him forward for the first maeistracy, and as in accord ance with article 7S of the constitu- tion he could not be elected legally ! in a desire to avoid erroneous or nal evolent interpretations, and as there was not time to make known his views to the friends who were put i ting his name forward, he made a most solemn declaration before the honorable members of the diplomatic l corps accredited near the govern ment of this republic that the votes | deposited for him in the ballot boxes
 would be null and of no value, and
 that even in the event, legally i'm
 possible. that the new congress should declare him elected president
 he would not accept the office. By indication of the constitutional president, ad interim of the republic Gen. Victoriano Huerta, and with the unanimous approval of the cabinet formed by Lies Manuel Carza Alda2e | Nemeasio Garcia Naranjo, Rafael Re bollar. Jose Maria Lozano and Adolfc De La Lama, as well as Gen. Aureli9 | Blanouet and Lie Agustin Cara Ga lindo. sub secretary Of justice, now
 charged with the administration oi that office, l have the honor to ac
 quaint the highly esteemed govern ment of your excellency through ex
 cellency's honorable office with this
 general orcentation of the policy oI the government of the republic tt the end that all of the cultured coun tries by whose friendship Mexico i; honored may do the executive th' justice of recognizing that his honesi and patriotic effort Is intended solely
 to bring about the well being ant
 prosperity of the Mexican republic.
 q have the satisfaction of renew
 ing to your excellency on this oeea
 sion the assurance of my distinguish ed consideration.