Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-21

dent and MIR. Hale since the latter came
back from Mexico.
While Mr.. Hale later refused to discuss
the conference. it was understood that ne
gave his Impressions of the conSti1u-
tionalist movement and able TO III
terpret for the President recent events
i'm the northern states of the southern re-
public. He has already made a NUMBER
OF written reports to the President.
No New Move Decided On.
1t is understood that the adminstra-
ton has not decided upon any new move
in the Mexican situation, although the
President is watching the situation
closely.
Mr.. Hale's last conferences with the
constitutionalists were carried on
through Francisco Escudero, then Gen
CarraaZaS minister of foreign AFFAIRS.
Reports were published at the time that
the constitutionalists refused to carry
on further negot .ationS unless Mr.. Haze
showed some credentials proving his au-
thority. This report, however, was de
MED.
The disposition of the fugitive soldiers
who cross the boundary of Mexico INTO
the United States has again become Il
disturbing question, owing to the pro
test of the Huerta contingent against
what they regard IL discrimination
against their soldiers and favorltlsm
shown toward the rebels.
Paris Loan No Help.
The news from Paris that an inter-
national group of bankers has decided
TO loan the Mexican government suffi-
cient money to meet the bond interest
payments due in January was not ex-
pected here to have any effect on the
bad financial situation in Mexico city
since the money will go directly to pay
Dondholders, and will not go into the
Golfers of the Huerta government.
The bankers Interested in this new
loan are said to be the same ones who
assisted in underwriting the bond issue
and therefore they naturally in
terested in seeing that the interest is
paid, in order that the purchasers or
the bonds shall lose no money.
The Paris report said that the New
York firm of Speyer < Co. was among
the bankers who nave agreed to advance
this new loan. James Speyer, head Of the
American branch of this firm, was a cali
er at the White House last week and
saw President Wilson. Following his
call, however, he denied that they had
discussed any phase of the Mexican stu
alton.
Oil Company to Issue Stock.
4 report which aroused interest here
last night in Mexican circles was to the
effect that the Aguilar, Eagle Oil
Company, controlling large fields in Mex
leo. is about to float a common stock
issue of E1,ooo,00O in London. This
report came from constitutionaIlSt sources
in London. Lord Cowdray, head of the
Pear son syndicate in London, Is the pro-
moter of the Aguilar company.
Senator Ashurst of Arizona, WHO on
Friday introduced a bill i'll the Senate
providing for the construction of a barbed
wire fence along the Mexican border, cX-
planned in the Senate yesterday that the
fence was not designed to stop incursons
of Mexicans into American territory, but
to keep out Mexican cattle infested with
ticks.
The constitutional confidential agency
here last night cabled TO Lloyds, the big
insurance association i'm London, that
IF steamers of any nationality bring
into the territorial waters of Mexico mu-
nitions of war under contracts with the
government of Huerta the constitution
alists will consider the destruction of
these vessels justiiiable under interna-
low