The Sentinel=record., 1914-03-04
GREAT BRITAIN DOES NOT RE GARD UNITED STATES RE
 SPONSl5LE FOR KILLING.
BENTON, BRITISH SUBJECT
Makes the Present Mexican Situation Less Binding and President and CaoInet Express Pleasure at the Action of British Government.

talh pronouncement through Sir Ed ward Grey, that the United States was in no way responsible for the re. cent execution at Juarez of Wm. S. Benton, a British subject, and that the American government would not be asked to resort to force as a re. suit of the incident, was the chief factor in the Mexican situation to- day
 President Wilson in a conference tonight with Sir Cecil Spring-Rice. the British ambassador, and Sir Lionel Garden. British minister to Mexico, is understood to have ex- pressed his approval and appreciation of the friendly sentiments uttered by the British foreign secretary in the house of commons. Tension which had been felt here over the killing of Benton arose largely because it was believed Great Britain might press the United States into taking drastic stops in obtaining reparation.
 The British view that the United States is not obligated to demand re- paration for Great Britain relieved the tension to some extent. though it is clear that the Benton incident has developed an intention on the part of the American government to take a more aggressive attitude toward the ocntending factions in Mexico. The entire situation was discussed at length tonight in the conference It was the first time the British ambas- sador had called on the president since the Benton execution, all his conferences having been with Secre- tary Bryan He came primarily to introduce Sir Lionel Garden, whose intimate knowledge of the political and diplomatic situation in Mexico City enabled him to give the presi- dent first hand information on condi- 1 tions there. White house officials said afterward the conference was for mutual information" and that no plans had been suggested by Sir Lionel The latter, who is enroute to London. had been attacked in the American press as unfriendy to the American policy in Mexico. His meeting with the president was most cordial The president received his visitors in the private parlors of the white house. Later Secretary Bryan attended a dinner in honor of Sir Lionel given at the British emassy.
 The conference with the president it is said was arranged to emphasize the unfriendliness of Great Britain to the United States in its handling of the Mexican problem.
 Sir Lionel expects to return to Mex leo after his visit in London and it is believed he assured the president of his own desire to follow the policy of the British government in inter posing no obstacles to the handling of the Mexican question.
 In some quarters it was suggested that the interview eventually might have an important result. as Sir Lion- el would be able to convey to Provis ional President Huerta an idea of the unalterable determination of P1esi- dent Wilson never to recognize the Huesta government
 Sir Edward Greys statement in London was received through the press in time to be read by the presi- dent at today's cabinet meeting. It produced a favorable impression, some of the cabinet officers referring to it as high minded declaration" The days developments were accent ed as showing clearly the close CO., operation between the United States and Great Britain in the Mexican sit uation a circumstance which it was believed will make a deep impression on the Mexican factions.
 While definite information was lacking as to the fate of Gustav Bauch, the Aemrican citizen supposed to have been killed by the constitu- tionalists and Clemente Vegara, an other American reported murdered by Mexican federals, it is certain there will be no let up in the efforts of the American government to ob- tain complete investigations.
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