Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-03
Wilson Submits to Rebuff
and Reiterates Hope Of
a Happy Outcome
SEES NO WAY OPEN
TO FORCE DEMANDS
Continues to Deplore Talk
of Armed Intervention
to- Effect Peace

Washington. D. c., March 2-That
General Villa has acknowledged the
| authority of General Carranza as his
| chief and will not permit the Amer.
| lean commission to examine the body
| Of William S. Benton until the Wash
| ington government has consulted
Geenral Carranza, was the explana-
! ton made by President Wilson today
of the latest phase Of the Mexican
| situation
The president told callers that the
desire of the commissioners to get
further instructions from washington
as well as orders from General Villa
himself, has necessitated a postpone
! ment, but Mr. Wilson takes 1t for
granted that the commissioners will
start in a few days. ...
Asked whether in view Of the new
! Developments. change Of policy
was intended by the United States i'm
mediately. the president pointed out
| that on account of size and power, the
| United States could afford to wait just
as long as it pleased: that nobody
doubted its power and nobody doubt
! ed that Huerta was eventually to re-
| tire. that there need be no hesitation
| in forming the judgment that what
| plish in Mexico would be accom-
plish, but that those people who were
| in haste to have things done were for
getting what they would have to do
themselves; that they would have to
contribute brothers and sons and
sweethearts if they wanted something
done right away. If thes. were will.
/ ing to wait. the president indicated
such step might not be necessary.
DepIores Intervention.
The president was referring. 1t was
manding radical action of some kind,
or armed Intervention, which he
seemed to deplore.
j The white house view IS that
strictly speaking there is no right OF
| international law by which the United
States could insist on acting for Great
, Britain although the American gov
ernment has been. asked by the pow
ers to use it's good Offices for the
protection of foreigners. If. however,
England should not ask the United
| States to pursue the matter into furth-
er complications with Carran:a. the
| American government would not feel
obliged to go beyond an investigation
| of the facts through it's own consular
representatives. ..
Await Briton's Demand
The next step it would appear from
| the official view point. here is some
intimation from Great Britain as to
| how far she expects the United States
to push the Benton case. On the
other hand. there is every reason to
! believe Carranza will be expected in
the near future to give the American
government further assurances that
all foreigners regardless Of whether
their governments have recognized
Huerta or not, will be safe in north
ern Mexico. a. ........
! Secretary Bryan cancelled his en-
| gagement TO discuss the situation with
the house foreign affairs committee
and probably will enliahten some of
the congressman on Mexican affairs
privately. Efforts to head off any
agitation in congress. that the execu.
tive departments might not be EN-.
barrassed in dealing with the affair
We're evident.
Sir Cecil Spring-Rice. the British
ambassador and Senor Riano. the
| Spanish ambassador. conferred with
| Secretary Bryan but the subject of the
discussion was not .divu1ged. Huerta' s
latest note asking the United States
to reconsider the lifting of the arms
| embargo was expected here today.
Situation Trying One.
Cerranza's prestige in the eyes
of the American government and the
future of the constitutionalist move.
ment so far as the United States is
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