The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-16

MIR Lind presented four proposals to
Huerta through his Minister Of Foreign
Affairs the Mexican President declining
10 receive the American emisary be-
cause he had no credentials. These pro-
posals. or rather demands, were for:
The resignation of Huerta. the estao-
lishmeut OF provisional Government
pending the holding Of elections. the elimi-
nation Of Huerta as candidate for the
Presidency by election and the conclu-
sion Of an armistice between the contend
ing forces.
In the correspondence that ensued me
United states receded from its proposals
one by one until there remained only the
demand that Huerta he not candidate
in the elections due to he held In the fall
I, was conceded that In the Lind CORE
spondence Huerta's Foreign Minister,
Gamboa. had decidedly the best OF H. ana
/ the Administra ton WAS finally left, AZ the
ne. result Of the Lind discussions. to con-
tent itself with Gamboas statement that
certainly Huerta could not be candidate
10 succeed himself because % consu-
tutional prohibition to that effect
! President Wilson addressed Congress
on the subject upon the failure or the Linz
m ssion. urging policy or patience
Lind withdrew from Mexico city to Vera
cruz, where he remained almost con-
tinuously. playing the role Of reporter to
the President until April last
Soon thereafter William Bayard Hale,
the Presidents campaign bographer. who
/ mad been also serving In Mexico city as
an unofficial observer for the President,
| was assigned TO another secret mission
and went to the Mexican border 10 aScer-
tain the purposes and character Of the
lConstitutionalists. His reports, combined
with others possessed by the President,
are. considered to have been chiefly re-
sponsible for the Presidents decision Ia
back tho Constituencies cause Just as
far as possible. This policy Of support
for the revoldtionlsts was never officially
announced. but became increasingly evil
dent.
Meantime Huerta had found. so II was
officially asserted in Mexico city. that the
Congress. consisting largely of Maderis'
tas, was conspirlng against him and de-
feating his governmental projects He
accordingly In October arrested large
number of the Deputies and put them In
prison, where many Of them remained for
considerable periods He declared him
self a virtual dictator pending, he said
the elections at which a new Congress
was To be chosen and candidates fo'
President voted upon.
This action by Huerta brought an angr,
response from President Wilson VINO no
thed him that the United States woulc
not consider giving any recognition 10 tn
results Of the elections.
European and South American govern
ments were given to understand that they
might expect drastic action by the United
States In Mexico II Huerta did not retire
but Huerta did not retire and the United
States took no action.
Though barred from being n candidate
TIuerta received the greatest number n
votes in the elections held in November
which we're admittedly farcical Feli'
Diaz was also a candidate, but fearful
, OF Huerta, did not venture further int
Mexico than the port OF Vera Cruz Tn
, elections for President were declared volt
because not a sufficient number OF dis
| tricts had participated in the voting AM
as "a result of the farce Huerta rename
in power as provisional President pend
ing the holding Of a new set of elections