A COMPLICATED POSITION

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 5 March 1914, Page 5

A COMPLICATED POSITION

LONDON, March 4. , Sir Edward Grey's speech has created > a good impression. WASHINGTON, March 4. * The opinion is growing that President "Wilson will eventually be compelled to abandon the waiting policy, and that he is disillusioned regarding Carraza and Villa, but dreads sacrificing the lives entailed in quelling the anarchy. MEXICO CITY, March*4. It,is reported' that General Carraza has summoned the Cabinet to discuss the Benton incident. Carraza declares that Britain has no rights in regard to Benton. England having recognised "Huerta, she had no diplomatic standing. LONDON, March 4. Speaking in the House of Commons, Sir E. Grey said that all efforts had failed to secure an investigation into the facts of Mr Benton's death. The persistent difficulties met with offered the strongest presumption that there was a desire on the part of the responsible persons to conceal the truth. The f United States had shown every desire to secure the protection of British subjects.