AMERICA AND MEXICO

Otago Witness, Issue 3148, 15 July 1914, Page 29

AMERICA AND MEXICO

A PATCHED-UP SETTLEMENT. SURRENDER OF GUAYMAS. MEXICO CITY, July 5. The Mexican elections resulted in the return of Huerta and the re-election of practically all the members of Congress. Only a few voters polled, indifference being shown everywhere. July 8. Carranza and Villa have patched up a settlement. The defeat of important Federal columns around Guadalajara, with heavy losses on both sides, is reported from Oregon. July 10. Querido Moheno, ex-Minister of Com merce, is en route to the United States cn a lecture campaign. His object is to expose what he terms President Wilson s crime against Mexico. He alleges that he possesses letters showing that President Wilson and Mr Roosevelt’s real aims are the conquest of Mexico. The oil interests caused no revolution, but the politicians did so. He says that the United States sooner or later will be compelled to adopt a policy of armed intervention. He asserts that Huerta had nothing to do with the Madero assassination. Moheno is himself a likely candidate for the presidency in the near future. Huerta’s new Cabinet has been sworn in. There are a few changes. Senor Francisco Carrajal, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, becomes Foreign Minister It is that the Chamber of Deputies intends to declare the Presidential election void. July 13. Senor Robert Estevarinz, Sub-secretary for Foreign Affairs, announces that Huerta is about to resign in favour of Francisco Carbawal, Minister for Foreign Affairs, who in turn will give way to a provisional President acceptable to the Constitutionalists. Carranza, interrogated by a Huertan agent regarding his acceptance of Senor Carbawal, replied that he would not recognise Huerta or anyone chosen in this way to succeed him. VERA CRUZ, July 6. The revolt of a large number of Federal troops stationed in front of the American outposts is reported. A fear is expressed that Huerta may send a punitive expedition against the mutineers. In order to prevent a clash, Carranza’s agent has crossed the lines in the hope of avoiding any action within the range of the American lines. NEW YORK, July 10. Carranza announces the surrender of Guaymas, and that the Federals are leaving under a flag of truce. The American naval vessels in the harbour have guaranteed an armistice while the Federals are evacuating.