Albuquerque morning journal., 1913-11-16
Administration Confident That
Steady Diplomatic Pressure
and Financial Blockade viii
Prove Huerta'S Undoing,
POSITION OF CARRANZA
IS FULLY UNDERSTOOD
Officials State No Offer Of
Mediation Has Been Made
and Object of HaIe's Mission
Is Not Generally Known,

fnY sosnisa JOURNAL spfeiat ltAstb wtsti
Washington, Nov While Off
oial information from Mexico City to-
day was meagar. the washington pov-
eminent maintained tonight lts conf
dence that Provisional President Hu-
erta soon would be eliminated from
the situation.
The steady pressure through diplo-
matte channels, the financial blockade.
and the practical certainty that the
embargo on arms will be lifted unless
Huerta Yields are expected 20 force
retirement Of the provisional presi-
dent. How soon this would occur no
official would predict
Neither at the white House nor at
the state department was there any
disposition to regari seriously the
statement issued from the National
palace at Mexico CITY declaring that
lin view OF Nenuatiano CarranEa $ ne.
pudiation of any form of mediation
hy or alliance with the United states,
Provisional President uucrta can do
no less than Join him in his express
sion of patriotic sentiment aud main-
tain unaltered his dignificd attitude
toward Washington
While on the surface this statement
hHhN NINE NIIN f'rHNNNiA ANNNN NHN| NNANN."'
states had met with "a rebuff in the
diplomatic camps of both Mexican
factions. administration officials con-
yermut with details oft The inner sit
uation construed 70 merely as an at-
tempt to meet temporarily the arru-
menls of oxpcaioncg heng ur4cd upon
Hucru fy close frteais The dfc-
mrauon first from ranzn, that h8
would not aceepi mediation by the
United states and reiterated by ilu-
crta caused no concern here, for the
Washington government Waintalns lt
never has offered 90 mediate Car
rau2a'e utterance was not misundcr-
stood bv The Washington government,
either for inlsmuch as ne had ape
realed To the United Stutcs tO llit
The embargo on arms and as a spe-
cial envoy had gone 20 his headQuar-
ters 20 discuss the situation, the me-
cesstv Of showing his followers that
he does not Intend 10 surrender the
sovereignty Of his country by nego-
tiating with any foreign government
was taken into full consideration here.
The American government likewise
realizes that Carranga will not enter
into anv oompromfse ARRANGEMENTS
with Huerta on any of the group sur
toundinp him. For this reason chiefly
has President Wilson insisted through
ont on the elimination Of the Huerta
coterfa as necessary first step 10
neace though he has always contended
100 that tho Nexicans must. of course
acti,alIv conpose the situation them
eeIvos Uuerfafs EXPRESSION on the
heels Of Carranza's utterance was re-
earded by high officials here as an
sffort "a sbow no less patriotism than
tbo oonstitutjonaltst chief mt this time
The washington administration does
not oonetrue its activities in the sit
nation as Included in the terms "in-
terferencep or mediation" The
washington viewpoint Is that the
Trnited states has the right to state ex-
actlv on what conditions II will rec
ogniza anv government. II has sought
~ er,nhasi9e through its representa-
ttvoe that under no conditions would
t4norta ar anyone of the group sur
hin, 10 recognized and has
a,,,,o,,ncod aieo that If will not rec
o,t,,t,a tt,o iagatity of any acfs of the
~ efd,tt"ae - conereee which was sehed-
liza ,o son,tara today Nv MAILING its
,ileitt,,, ,ir,,i1arl,, rIcar ~ other for
~, ,r,,.o,.nr,orts the United states
bas secnred ncauiescence in its view
- 20 o,.ar,s oroat nouer without exeep-
~ ~ - adis1,, tbro,,gb the question
W ~. rao,oritinr iti ard the desire for
% 'V~VG''l''g .',3a,, annetitntional eovern-
i.9,,t - tha+ t,a frnitod states bases It's
r,e,ht .lieht va tn ~ Form Mevico Of what ar
: ia',t ~ ~ tVoebfnoton Government
pea's ~, ~ ,,ls an,,,.',o ibat wuI leod to
tlle AZ. gi'y aod roouta'. International re-
! iitgI,p.F t,a anu
i''so"' the constitutioraliets the
rr.itod stotoe aIeo has refrained from
,l,,,,l ulreIt lt, ,oe, for tbo narleve be
.,,.,, tsri1t,a, Ua,,ard Hale aud Cen
..ett.F
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