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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX. PORTLAND, NOVE3IBER 16, 1913. MEXICAN CONSTITUTIONALIST LEADER "WHO WOULD ACCEPT ONLY REMOVAL OT ARMS EMBARGO ' FROM UNITED STATES, AND HIS ADVISERS. WILSON REALIZES HEED FOR ACTION I 1 HUERTA'S REMOVAL Rebel General's Reference to "Intervention" Is Studied by Diplomats. , Europeanlnsistence on Defi nite Policy-in Mexico Has-" Left Its Impression. TRANSLATION IN DOUBT BRYAN STILL UNSEEING Secretary Fails to Realize Wltat Spanish Has Xo Precise Equivalent. Hale Confers Informally With Members of Cabinet of Coi stltatlonalist Leader. Other Nations Have Insisted On. t- . Huerta Understands Only v Argument of EorceT GARRANZA DEMANDS - 1 NOGALE8, Sonora, Nov. IB. General . Venuatiano Carranza will not consider any means of accomplishing peace 'in Mexico not predicated on the absolute elimination of Huerta. The Constitu tionalists' political and military leader issued the following announcement: -- "We will recognize nobody who suo ceeds Huerta by the power which he has usurped." This statement was occasioned by various suggestions reaching here through the press and semi-official channels that certain persons might be aoceptable to both Huerta and Carranza as president ad Interim. So name yet suggested to Carranza has brought an encouraging reply. The taking today of Juarez, port on the Texas-Chihuahua border,, by Villa's forces, the capture yesterday of Culia can. capital of SInaloa, and the attack today on Victoria, capital of Tamaull pas, on tlie Gulf of Mexico, it was as serted generally, would materially af fect the international status of the revolutionary movement. It was be lieved that the revolution had doubled in importance internationally within the last week. The suspense Incident to the pending dlplomatlo relations with the United Htates was lightened today by a mes sage In which General Huerta, con gratulated General Carransa on bis stand in regard to mediation by any foreign nation. On all sides the matter was taken lightly. It was received with amusement and was not con sidered likely to affect the attitude of the Mexican people in general toward the United States. Pressed for a detailed explanation of his announcement yesterday that the Constitutionalists would accept "no In terference by any foreign government In the Internal affairs of Mexico." Gen eral Carranza merely reiterated hla previous statement and added: "I will have no dealings with Huerta." There was much discussion, it was said, over the translation of his carefully-chosen words, the Spanish word "intervention" being rendered into the English "Interference," for which there is -no Spanish equivalent. This, it was pointed out, might refer to either force. liA intervention or intervention by sug gestion or mediation. Carransa still declined to make any direct comment on the negotiations car. rled on between him and the Wash ington Administration by Envoy Hale, but it was believed his voluntary refer, ence to "Interference," as the Spanish word for "Intervention" was trans lated, might have some bearing upon his exchanges with the United States. "The conference called off on ac count of rain," was the way Mexican officers, who have played baseball ex. pressed the situation here today. It poured until the unpaved streets were deep with mud In the border towns. General Carranza remained in nls headquarters all day and Mr. Hale divided his time between his hotel In Nogales. Ariz., and the American con sulate here. Still, while there was no formal con. ference between General Carranza and Mr. Hale, it was learned that cordial relations were maintained between the American Envoy and Francisco Escudoro, minister of exterior relations in the Carranza scablnet. -Each trans mitted to his superior the results of the Informal negotiations. It was be lieved nothing had occurred to warrant breaking oil the negotiations between Washington and Nogales before they reach their natural conclusion. CATHOLIC SENATORS AB5EST Huerta Unable to Establish His Con gress In Full Order. MEXICO CITY, Nov. 15. President Huerta was unable to bring his new congress fully to life today. The Chamber of Deputies today effected temporary organization, but the Senate proved reactionary and the lack of a ttuorum prevented organization. General Huerta and his friends, how. ever, profess to believe the greater part of their work is done, because the newly-created lower house has formal ly and In their opinion legally met. Tlfe Senate, they think, can be Induced to move Into line by Monday, wfien the Senators are summoned to meet again. Long after the hour fixed for the Senate to Convene today, the rollcall showed only 21 Senators present, near, ly all of these being generals In the army. Twenty-nine are necessary for a quorum. None of the Catholic Senators was present. This is understood to have been due to an agreement among them that the party should not participate In the Senatorial session. These Senators are regarded as Influential and their refusal to attend Is regarded as in dlcatlve .of the attitude of the church party. HUERTA CLINGS TO OFFICE (Continued From irst Page.) ill"- , i i f - . r. iv - A "1.4 ' W - - I V i - I I V- - - 1 ril 5- ill- ' The tone of the capitaj prcna would Indicate that all Mexico desires to see General Huerta remain at the head of the government and editorially anct in the news columns the United States is .bitterly criticised for the part it has played. Among the people genrally there is lacking evldenoe of violent outbursts of an anti-American charac ter. A feeling apathy characterises the attitude of the Mexican, people. To Mr. Lind, President Wilson's per sonal representative, was attributed the statement that the American Embassy would be withdrawn on Monday and it is possible that marines will be landed at Vera Cruz. The American charge d'af faires. Nelson O'Shaughnessy, showed depression, and an air of pessimism prevailed at the Embassy here. Departure of foreign residents and even Mexicans for Vera Cruz was more pronounced today, trains being run In sections. The managers of Lord Cowdray's oil company received orders to Bend all the women and children, and as many men as doslrei to so, aa well aa the more Important part of the company's ar chives, to Vera Cruz. These instruc tions were based on information gath ered at Vera Cruz. Reports that the rebels were gathering in force around Orizaba threatening an attack added to the general anxiety and furnished a contributory cause for the increased"! exodus. Orizaba is a small station on tho main line of the Mexican Railway and the capture of this town by the rebels would almost certainly mean in terruption of traffic by this road to the coast. - On the Interoceanic Railway, the only other line to the port, the rebels have already begun robbing trains, and to the fear of possible drastic action by the United States is added that of iso lation of the capital. gress, but opposition developed among the newly chosen lawmakers, and Gol xalo Zunlga, Senor Aldape's secretary ana himself a deputy, appeared In his atead. Nominally for a few minutes he presided; but there was little of par liamentarx form observed in what fol lowed. One group called for one man and another group for another man to act aa chairman. In vain Senor Zuniga called on the deputies for order, insisting that they ooserve legal procedure. "Don't talk to us of law," cried Sal vador Diaz Mlron, editor of Impercial and an ardent supporter of General Huerta. What have we to do with law? We are greater than the law, The country is in a delicate position and it is our dutyXoproceed in more expeditious manner. The controversy was ended by the appointment, without balloting, of En rique Paz as president of the body to serve until the formal Inauguration on November 20. The roll of deputies Included all members of President Huerta's staff, the chief aide of the Minister of War, the private secretary of the President, the private secretary of the Minister of War, a large number of men more or less closely Identified with other gov ernment officials, and many detectives who- had been employed in the capital. Except for the fact that the Wash Ington Administration bad said the Congress" must not meet, the action of the Chamber ordinarily would have aroused no Interest, as attention cen ten principally on the formal opening. HASHXJTGTOX IS CONFIDENT Carranza Understood as Seeking to Placate Own People. WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. While offi cial information from Mexico City to day was meager, the Washington Gov ernment maintained tonight Its oonflt dence that provisional President Huerta soon would be eliminated from the situation. The steady pressure through dlplo matlo channels, and the practical cer tainty that the embargo on arms will be lifted unless Huerta yields are ex pected to force retirement of the pro visional president. How soon this would come to pass, no, official would predict. Neither at the White House nor at the State Department was there any disposition to regard seriously the statement Issued from the National palace at Mexico City declaring that in view of Venustiano Carranza's repudia tion of any form of mediation by, or alliance with the United States, Pro visional President Huerta can do no less than join him in his expression of patriotic sentiment and maintain un altered - his dignified .attitude toward Washington." while on the surface thig statement gave the Impression that the United States had met a rebuff in the diplo matic camps of both Mexican factions, Administration officials conversant with details of the inner situation con strued it merely as an attempt to meet temporarily the arguments of expe diency being urged on Huerta by cloee friends. The declaration,' first from Carranza, that he would not accept mediation by the United States, and re iterated by Huerta, caused no concern here, for the Washington Government maintains- It has never offered to me diate. Carranza's utterance was not misun derstood by the Washington Govern ment, for inasmuch as he had annealed to the United States to- lift the embar go on arms and a special envoy had gone to his headquarters to discuss the situation, the necessity of showing- his followers that he does not intend to surrender the sovereignty of his coun try m negotiation with any foreign goveriment was taken Into full - con sideration, here. The American Government likewise realizes that Carranza will not enter Into any compromise arrangements or negotiations with Huerta or any of the group surrounding him. For this rea son chiefly has President Wilson in sisted throughout on the elimination of the Huerta coterie as a necessary first step to peace, and he has always con- tended, too, that the Mexicans must, of course, actually compose the situation themselves. Huerta's expression on the heels of Carranza's utterances was regarded here as an effort to show no less patriotism than the constlutlonallst chief at this time. The Washington Administration does not construe Its activities in the situa tion as Included in the terms "interfer ence" or "mediation." The Washington viewpoint is that the United States has the right to announce exactly on what conditions It will recognize any govern ment. It has sought to emphasize through its representatives that under no conditions would Huerta or any one of the group surrounding him be recog nlzed, and also that it will not recog nize the legality of any acts of the Mexican Congress which was sched uled to convene today. By making its position similarly clear to other foreign governments, the Unit ed States has secured acquiescence in its view of every great power, without exception. It is solely through the ques tion of recognition and the desire for a restoration of constitutional government that the United States bases its right to inform Mexico of wnat appears to the Washington Governmenftne only course that will lead to friendly and regular international relations. AliL OFFICERS ARE EXECUTED Rebels Spare Only Common Soldiers Among Prisoners. ," EL PASO, Tex., Nov. 18. Executions of federal prisoners captured by Gen eral Fan eh o Villa's rebel troops today at Juarez have begun. The order for the execution of many of the prisoners has been Issued directly by General Villa, and at different periods during the defy the firing squads took out men , and shot them, Abave General Venutio Carransa (Front Row. Third From Left), the CDDunander-ln-Cklef of All the Constitutionalist, Who Is Daily Becom ing; More and More Powerful and Looming Up as the Bis: Leader In the Rebellion Aeainst the Hue rim Real me, Photographed With Governor Itfay torno (Second From Left, Front Row), of Sonora Province, the Stronghold of Carranza. Belovr Castom-Hons e at Vera Crua, Through Which Amer ican Arma Would Go If Admitted to Mexico. . JUAREZ IS TAKE Federal Garrison Surprised by Early Morning Attack. COMMANDER IS MISSING Sword and Epaulettes Grace Cabinet of Enemy as Souvenirs but Cas ' tro Himself Is Thought to - ' Have Escaped. Et, PASO. Tex., Nov, 15. For the sixth time In the last three years Ciudad Juarez changed governments when 2000 rebels, led by Genera! Pancho Villa, attacked and captured the town between 2:30 and 5 o'clock this morn ing. . Taken completely by surprise, the federal garrison of approximately 400 men put up a weak resistance. So unprepared for battle were the federal defenders that Villa's troops actually reached the center of town be fore a single shot was fired. Although an accurate count has not been completed, it is estimated that 40 persons were killed In the fighting. The rebels lost five men, the federal dead is estimated at 30, and four or five non-combatants were killed. Among them was Charles Seggerson. of 251 Paso, an - automobile driver, who was on the main street of Juarez .in his automobile. "No looting" was the order given by Villa to his men after the town had surrendered, and not a single case of theft has been reported. Guards were placed at downtown stores with orders to shoot the first man who at tempted to loot: The rebels took 125 federal prisoners, 95.000 rounds of ammunition, two field pieces and two machine, guns all In addition to an' important port of entry and a military strategic point. General r rancisco Castro, com mander of the Juarez garrison, is among the missing. It is the genera opinion that he escaped. No trace of him or his body has been found. His scabbard, sword and epaulets were found in his residence on Juarez avenue, and General Villa has them for souvenirs. El Paso police thought today they naa captured uenerai castro in iiJl Paso, but the prisoner proved to be a Colonel from the Juarez garrison. He was sent to Fort Bliss a prisoner. El Paao Messenger Shot. Bullets fell thick in El Paso during the attack, and Lester Burnett, a mes senger boy, was shot through the hand while walking the streets in the early hours. Almost all the downtown busi ness structures were hit by 'bullets All El Paso was aroused by the firing; and the streets were soon filled with people. Miraculously no others were struck. United States troops took station near the - international boundary and held ' the Americans away from the danger zone as much as possible while the battle lasted. Order was quickly restored in Juarez after the capitulation, and at 2 o'clock streetcar service between El Paso and Juarez was resumed and Americans be gan to flock to the Mexican city. Lit. tie damage was done in Juarez, as the rebels had no cannon. Villa assured Mayor Kelly, of El Paso, that all Americans would receive pro tection. Villa expressed regret that an American had been killed in the fight, and declared that if the federals came from Chihuahua to attempt to retake Juarez he would meet them south of the town and prevent a battle that would endanger Americans in El Paso. ZETA PHI FRATERNITY MEMBERS INSTALLED Local Chapter Enjoys Banquet at ;JJultnmali Hotel, Following Secret Work of Initiating Candidates Seventy-five Delta Taus Are Present. ...if- OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Nov. 15. President Wilson's change of attitude oward Mexico is the direct result of European protest against th policy 'of Inaction long maintainedTiy the United States. The European complaint was based largely on the fact that the United States, while Impliedly requiring European re spect for the Monroe Doctrine,, declined to guarantee protection to foreign lives and foreign property in the strife- rid den country to the south. The interesting and inside storv of me resident's change of heart may never do ruuyv told, but in diplomatic circles the underlying causes are well understood. Doctrine Means Responsibility. While President Wilson has never openly warned Great Britain, Germany, France or other nations that the United States will insist on rigid observance of the Monroe Doctrine, such intima tions nave gone forward through dip lomatic cnanneis. By the same chan nels word has come back to Wasblne ton that If the nations of Europe are to respect the Monroe Doctrine, as they are periecuy willing to do under rea sonable circumstances, the United States must also observe the doctrine, and assume responsibility for protect ing not only American lives and prop erty, dui tne lives and property of other foreigners who have gone into Mexico. "Unless the United States protects our citizens and their property in Mex ico, we shall be compelled to intervene." is the warning that has come from more than one of the big powers of isurope. though the threat was couched in alplomatic language. Secretary Bryan apparently never understood these diplomatic . messages, for his course has given no intimation that he, at any time, appreciated the gravity or tne international complication that has been steadily growing worse. Presi dent Wilson finally sensed their mean lng, and when he did. he decided to change his tactics, on hla own responsl bility and contrary to the advice of Secretary Bryan. Bryan Policy Get Nowhere. The Bryan policy in Mexico was ac complishing nothing. True, Mr. Huerta was made aware of the fact that his occupation of the Presidency was dis tasteful to the United States, but" he cared nothing for that, so long .as the united states did nothing to remove him. Some of his state papers have shown him to be a far more efficient diplomat and politician than Mr. Bryan. Instead of demanding of Huerta that he guarantee full protection to Ameri can lives and propocty in Mexico, and the lives and property of other foreign ers, secretary tsryan advised all Ameri cans and other foreigners to flee the country and abandon their property, looking to the future for compensation for financial losses. No sooner did Americans flee, however, than Mr Bryan repudiated his own position and ruled that the United States alone could be held responsible for damage to aban doned American property, especially where the principal damage was due to abandonment. According to the Bryan view, the American Congress must now make restitution to Americans who have suffered financial losses in Mex ico, if any restitution is to be made, If Mr. Bryan ever. had any compre hensive idea how order was to be re stored In Mexico by peaceful means. he has never made that idea, public Practical men have believed that chaos in Mexico can only be ended by harsh means. To many far-seeing Americans it has been apparent that the lives to be sacrificed must ' either be those of Mexicans or of American soldiers sent to Mexico to restore peacer Huerta cares nothing for threats. He recog nizes only force. President Wilson finally appreciates that the United States must do one of three things: Either give the Constitutionalists ac cess to arms, that they may meet and overthrowHuerta; must intervene with armed- American forces, restore peace and set up a new' government, or abro- gate the Monroe Doctrine and allow the nations of the Old World to inter vene and restore peace. PHONE TOLLS CUT DOWN California Commission Rules' Cent Is Income Enough. 9 Per SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15. Reduc tions on all California long-distance telephone calls were announced here today by the State Railroad Commis sion, averaging 21 per cent and aggre gating $520,000 annually. The Commission finds that the Pa cific Telephone & Telegraph Company's income from long-distance calls aver ages 14 per cent. Nine per cent, the Commission thinks, is sufficient, and made its reductions accordingly. Mayor Perkins, of Denver, when he has the "blues." reads James Whitcomb Riley's poems until the fit 1b over. 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