The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-18

"The mills of the gods grind slow
official of the government In discuss
ing the Developments. The President
was not at all aroused by reports that
MIR. O'shaughnessy. the American
charge daffnires, was about TO quit
Mexico City and II stated that
no orders had been given either to
Vera Cruz, TO leave Mexico. Rumors
that the American embassy would be
closed within As hours were charac-
lied In official sources "fnkes."
LITTLE CHANGE
IN PROGRAMME
The President told callers during the
day that while there had been some
change in the Mexican relations as to
persons, there had been no essential
change in the circumstances to which
he had referred the other day as SEEM
houlties. The President. it is said, is
confident that the financial boycott of
the Huerta regime by the United States
and the great foreign powers will be a
powerful factor in bringing about the
end of Huerta.
In discussing the persistent rumors
that Charge o'shaughnessy was about
To take his departure, leaving the
American embassy's records in the care
of one of the ministers representing the
foreign powers, Secretary -Brsan stated
fatty that neither the charge nor Mr..
Lind had any conditional instructions
and intimated that both were acting
under precise instructions from Wash
ington in every step in the negotia-
tions
Indications, based on the few admis-
slons of the state department officials
are that no action is contemplated at
present that would preoipitate a crisis
In the situation. on the other hand, 1t
was remarked that no one here can
foretell what action General Huerta
might take IN the City of Mexico that
would bring about such a crisis.
CHANGES IN
CABINET DISCUSSED
Secretary Bryan has been informed
by Mr.. O'Shaughnessy of the resigpa-
tion of Manual Garza Aldape as minis
ter of the interior, but he has heard
only rumors of the intention of Cen
eral Banquet to surrender his port
folio as minister of war. While in some
quarters there was disposition to re-
gard cabinet changes as the forerun-
ner of disintegration of the Huerta
regime. In others it was pointed out
that Ii might mark the adoption by Cen
eral Huerta OF a more active and Wig
orous policy and one more defiant of
the United States government. An early
development of his purpose is ex-
peeted in view of the fact that in the
ordinary course of events he must sub
nit his special message to the congregs
not later than Thursday.
The possibility of an interruption of
the rail l.oad communication between the
City of Mexico and the seaport of Vera
Cruz, which Is now practically the only
outlet from the capital, is giving con-
siderable concern to the officials here
and 1t is said that any attempt to thus
completely isolate Americans and other
foreigners in the Mexican capital would
result in quick action by the United
States to prevent it, Secretary Bryan
had heard from some of his agents that
the line of communication was threat
ened, but it was not clear whether the
interruption was to be expected as a
result of some decree of the Huerta
government or from operations of the
revolutionists, who have suddenly ap-
peared in some force in the mountain
country lying between Vera Cruz and
the capital.
Orders for the second division of the
Atlantic fleet to return to the United
States remain suspended, leaving prae-
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