MEXICO'S DICTATOR.
READY TO RETIRE. PRESIDENT WILSON'S BELIEF. AMERICAN HOSTAGES HELD. frimcs-?vdncy Sun Pneoial Cable.) i Received 8.30 a.m.) ■ LONDOX. November 20. The "Time~" Washington correspondent lenrns on the hignesi! authority that President Wilson in convinced that Huerta"- resignation is (jnly a matter of tune, lie is trying to discover means of retiring which will require the least loss of dignity. General Huerta is reported to be arresting the heads of prominent United Slates Im-iness houses and holding them as hostages in the event of hostilities. The iiiMirreetion has spread north and south-cast and traffic hue been entirely suspended. The rebels are gaining jrround everywhere. Huerta is reported to be preparing a CongTessionaJ mes-sajre quoting Xapoleon's justification for the dissolution of Congress and imprisonment of the deputies Huerta makes no reference to international questions. He asks the new Congress to endorse his actions regarding internal affairs, and declares that the law will not be violated if the fatherland is saved. The Japanese cruiser Ifrsumi has been ordered to Mexico.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 278, 21 November 1913, Page 5
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