Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-03
President Wilson Goes to Sea
for Night Conference
With Envoy.
TRIP FROM VERA CRUZ
NOT DUE TO EMERGENCY
Air Of Mystery Which Has Sur
rounded Visit Continues to
Its Conclusion. s.

GULFPORT, Miss, January !.
Wilson today an
nounced that his conference with
John Lind had developed no
change in the policy of the
Washington administration to-
ward Mexico, and that no new
plan or move in the situation had
been decided upon.
Merely Wanted to Talk.
The President referred to the confer.
ence as a 'get-together talk for mu.
tual information He explained that al
though Mr.. Lind constantly had bee.
sending fun dispatched a conversation
OF a few hours had been deemed wo,ra
more than weeks of telegraphic com
munication, with the added value of ar
fordlng an exchange of viewpoint re-
garding the situation.
President Wilson added that there had
been no special occasion for Mr.. Lind
visit-no advices, excitement or new
questions.
The President said that his conver-
sation with Mr. Lind had covered the
that no particular measure or plan had
been dwelt upon.
When asked if he was more hopeful
for a speedy settlement of the trouble
Mr.. Wilson made IL clear that his per-
sonal view of the situation had not
changed.
The President has held that the Huerta
government is slowly being crushed. nor
only by the constitutionalist forces, but
through financial isolation, and that 1t
inevitably must fall He smiled when told
of reports that Provisional President
Huerta or some high officials of the
Huerta government were on board the
Chester, and laughingly said: We'll, I
didn't see them If they were there
Lind Willing to Remain.
The President said that while Mr. Lind
was not exactly enjoying his long stay
in Mexico. he was perfectly willing to
stay there, and was deeply interested In
the situation. Mr.. Wilson apparently at
tached little Importance to the Lind epI-
sode, pointing out that the proximity OF
his personal envoy. coincident with his
own vacation on the Mississippi coast.
had been. as much as anything else, q
motive for the conference.
The President laid emphasis on the fact
that nothing specific. such as the removal
of the embargo on arms or similar moves
Chester would leave for Vera Cruz this
afternoon. and that Mr.. Lind would re-
main there indefinitely.
Lind Returns to Vera Cruz.
PASS CHRISTIAN. Miss. January s.
President Wilson's mysterious confer
ence with his personal envoy to Mexico.
John Lind. was completed late last
night and today Mr.. Lind will return to
Vera Cruz on the scout cruiser Chester,
but so far nothing has been revealed as
to the exact nature of matters discussed
during the interview.
The President early today took Mr..
Lind's two sons, Norman Lind and john
Lind. jr.. who arrived yesterday. eight
miles in his automobile To the pier from
which they boarded the revenue cutter
Winona and went to the Chester 10 bid
their father farewell. With the eXcep-
ton of the President they were the only
visitors who saw MIR. Lind during his
brief stay here.
The interview between the President
and Mr.. Lind was comparatively brief,
although the Chester had come $50 miles
in order that it might be held. IL was
an unusual incident-the arrival OF the
Chester. carrying on board man VINO
is accorded all the honors of diplo-
matte envoy though possessing no OIL
cial status. Adding interest 10 the sit
uation was the fact that the President
went TO sea TO meet MT. Vi
having his envoy come ashore.
Wants Lind on Scene.
lit was evident that the President de-
sired Mr. Lind's visit merely TO partake
of the. nature Of a few days cruise from
Mexico. with no material interruption OF
his task of close observation there.
President Wilson does not wish Mr.. Lind
m return to the United States until the
Mexican problem is settled, and he be-
lieyes that in the former Governor of
Minnesota he has a representative III the
war-torn republic who viii continue 70
keep him intimately and closely informed
regarding every phase of the situation.
A touch of pathos was lent TO the eN-
change or farewells this morning between
Mr.. Lind and his two sons when Mrs.
Pauline MeZZinson, who lives AT bay Il.
Louis. Hiss, thirty miles from here,
sought to see her son George. a |eolnan
i'm the navy aboard the Chester. Mrs.
Mezzinson, when she learned that none
of the ships crew was to come ashore,
went on board tug, which followed the
Winona TO the place where the scout
cruiser was anchored. The tug. however
was warned away by the Chesters OFF,
GERS, and the little, gray-haired woman
was forced to call her tender goodbye
across the intervening water to her son.
who was allowed to come to the rail to
greet her. Their few words were soon
spoken. and the tug sheered of
Arouses Presidents Sympathy.
President Wilson later in the morning
went to the golf course, where he played
eighteen holes. While there he was told
of Mrs. Mezzinson's efforts to see her boy
and apparently was deeply touched by the
incident. He asked the secret service
men to get her address and ii was under
stood that he will write to her explaining
the exigencies of the occasion and ex-
pressing regret that she could not go
aboard the cruiser
President Wilson also took cogniZance
of the isolation of the Chester's crew and
requested the secret service men TO Sc
,ure all the newspapers they could find
and put them on board the vessel. This
was done this morning when Mr. Lind's
sons went on to say goodbye to their
father.
For nearly twenty-four hours Mr.. Lind
was off shore on the Chester before
meeting the President, and instead of
the personal envoy to come
ashore President Wilson took trip
In a twenty-foot launch, mounted a COM