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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1913
Page
7
In a forceful review, Wilson details seventeen years of diplomatic service, his cooperation with Madero and later Huerta, and asserts his actions saved lives. He claims Bryan pressured his recall and demands a reasoned, humane treatment, saying the policy shift against him undercut U.S. aims in Mexico.
Twenty American citizens and one British subject petition President Wilson urging the United States to withdraw insistence on a full and free Mexican election. They favor recognizing the constitutional and ad interim government, warn a Mexican vote would be a farce amid banditry, and cite Huerta's strength, economic harm to Latin trade, and alleged missteps by Secretary Bryan. They call for humanitarian action and prompt recognition to aid Mexico's leadership.
The Texas battleship, under construction at Newport News Shipbuilding, sails to Rockland Maine for official trials on October 23. Captain A G Grant will command and a trial board will decide if the ship is ready for commission. The crew includes naval officials and contractors. if successful, the Texas may be commissioned next week.
Mexico City report says Huerta and Blanquet were listed as candidates in Chiapas but Huerta’s denial leaves voting unchanged. Campaigns show little public interest with no speeches or parades, while Diaz and Gamboa supporters grapple with uncertainty about the field and postballot handling. Result may be delayed weeks after the Oct 26 election as Congress must count ballots, though no Congress exists until new members are chosen.
Mexico City reports foreign minister Moheno praising Henry Lane Wilson for clarifying U.S. views on Huerta. Moheno says Huerta and Wilson welcome his effort to correct Washington officials. Mexico watched Woodrow Wilson’s election and Bryan’s reception, noting less benevolence during tribulation.
Manuel Bonilla minister of communications in Madero’s Mexican cabinet arrived by steamer in Habana en route to Washington. He plans to press the rebel case before the U S administration. In Russia, plague hits Novoostrovsk near Novo-Tcherkask, with eleven deaths and a cordoned suburb.
London Oct 18 Sir Rufus Isaacs the attorney general was appointed lord chief justice succeeding Baron Alverstone who resigned. Sir A J Simon becomes attorney general and Stanley Owen Buckmaster moves to solicitor general. Baron Alverstone is created a viscount.
Louis Linder, widely known as Louie to Yale men, proprietor of Morys and a staple of Yale student life, died in his sleep at age 47 after a year of illness. He had been closely connected with Yale activities for nearly 25 years.
Forty six Federals died when a troop train en route from Mexico City to Torreon ran over a rebel mine north of Saltillo. The 97 cars carried 1,560 men. the locomotive and two coaches were destroyed, with warnings ignored to reroute the train.
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