The Washington herald., 1914-03-03

by European governments. VINO aireaus
have recognized the Huerta government.
and are not prepared to recognise tne
belIigerency of the constituuonaiists W
treating directly with carranza- AT pres.
ent however, we have no intention Oh
insisting as long as other nanons are
satisfied 10 permit matters to drift.
As for the growing demand for action
of a drastic nature, the President VIII
insist that the demand be strong ana
general before he will permit 1t consio-
Grafton in his plans Only In case OF
eventualities never really consioereo
would the President sanction armed IN,
tervention without the whoie-nearteo
backing of the country.
CarranIa DodEing Issue.
Briefly then. the Mexican problem Is
where it was-sttll problem, the answer
no nearer. We have received notnins
further from Carranza; We do not know
wb.tber he intends to permit the COM
mission to view the body Of Benton; as
a matter of fact, we dom care, par ~ w.
larly, and neither does the British soS-
ernment. g.
No request has been made upon Gen.
Carranza that the American investigat-
ing commission, which was helo UP at
Juarez last night, be permitted 70 ~
forward to Chihuahua 1t was intlms'eu. s
however. that such a request Would oe
- S,;tb some confidence OF favor
able answer. ~
We do not know whether Benton was
,,,urderad or not. but Great Britain
- convinced that he was, and that SET
ties II for the tire being. we uoi
I-now how far Villa will sustain the iedo-
ership of Carranza, ana lndicatlons -
we will not ascertain in the immeoia.e
tnture as Carranza seems disposed TO
tske every possible step to prevent a'oi-
rect issue with his chieftain-
Setback for Policy.
The State Department had nothing to
saw Yesterday. For some unaccountaoie
reason the department is disinclined 10
accent credit FIR taking the initiate IN
nostnoninC the trip of the commission
from Juarez TO Chihuahua, and sun us
Dosed not to blame Carranza for II Inc
impression drawn from Secretary bIS an
discussion Yesterday was that simultahe-
ously he decided to Interpret CarranLa :
first note as applicable to the proposeu
trim of the commission. and Carranza de-
termined to prevent the members OF the
commission from entraining at Juarez.
As 10 the possibility of a continuation
oF the trim. Secretary Bryan admitted
Yesterday that the proposal TO we" the
body of Benton, in view OF the latehess
of the day, has become detail IN con-
sideration of the Benton case
This much WAS patent from discussions
yesterday-the' President feels that lar,
ranza's unfriendly attitude Is a decioed
setback for his policy, and he is con-
siderinC intervention more seriously than
at any time since the Mexican situation
became hic problem. He feels that IL
will be doubly hard for this government
to continue its policy without a trlehoiS
attitude on the part of the constitutional
lists. But he feels. and this strongly, that
this government is big enough and the
f,I,ritv Of its motives well enough recog-
rized. to resist Indefinitely any effort
from any tCreign or interested quarter, to
force its hand
He now looks upon Intervention as a
distinct possibility and his ear Is very
close to ground to learn the effect OF
The CarranZa defiance on the country.
The country from what information
sifted into Washington yesterday, Is
much more interested in the Mexican
problem since CarranZa's note than ever
before. The rebel chieftain was the princi-
nal topic of Sonv- -rsation in Washington
Yesterday, and discussion showed that
the constitutionalist cause lost many
friends when Carranza sat down to read
the law to Washington.
Envoys at State Department.
Sir Cecil Spring-Rice. British Ambas-
sador. came early to the State Depart
ment. bringing with him the Spanish
Ambassador, Senior Don Riano, whose in
terest is the same as that OF the British
because Carranza has declared that spain
also must deal directly with him. The
killing of a Spaniard in Tepic has fur-
nished a parallel of the Benton case.
John Bassett Moore on the right OF
Spain and Great Britain to choose to ask
the United States to act for them in
stead of themselves dealing directly with
Carranza. The conclusion reached was
that this is admissible. and 1t may be
accepted as an established fact that
neither government will yield to Car
ranza's demand for recognition for his
claims that they must deal with him
alone. The ambassadors also conferred
with Secretary Bryan on the same sub
ject, and were assured that the United
States would continue to exert itself in
their interests
HucrtR Criticises Policy.
Secretary Bryan said yesterday the de-
partment had no new information with
regard to Gustav Bauch, the American
citizen for whom search has been made
for ten days. Unofficial advices from Ell
Paso indicate positively that he is dead.
and by Villas order. The State Depart
n'cnt is expecting a report from Gen.
CarTanza on the Bauch case.
Charge Algara. of the Mexican Embassy
here, yesterday delivered to Mr. Bryan
copy of the Huerta circular note to all
the governments, about the nonreceipt of
which at Washington there was a good
deal of mystery last week. This note is
protest against President Wilson'S ac-
tion in raising the embargo on arms and
against the moral support of the constI-
tutionalists by the United States. 1t con-
stitutes general appeal to all the powers
to lend to the Huerta government their
strong moral support in its efforts to put
down the revolution, and lays much of
the blame for the ''anarchical'' condi-