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Show WILSON SERVES NOIEONMERJA DIPLOMATIC RELATION BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES MAY BE RUPTURED RUP-TURED BY HIS ACTION. Coming Election May Be Regarded By United States as Unconstitutional Because of Huerta's Assumption of Legislative Powers. Washington. The United States government Informed Provisional Pres-dent Pres-dent Victoriano Huerta on Wednesday that it looked with abhorrence and amazement upon his assumption of both executive and legislative powers in Mexico and that, in view of his course, it could not regard as constitutional consti-tutional the elections planned for October Oc-tober 26. Two notes were sent, the one strongly strong-ly phrased and written by Secretary Gryan, inquiring about the safety of the imprisoned members of the Mexican Mex-ican congress and the other drawn in forceful language by President Wilson Wil-son himself and . said to constitute practically the last efforts of the Washington government to deal with the Huerta authorities by diplomatic means unless there i3 a decided change of spirit on the part of the ot-ficials ot-ficials in Mexico City. The negotiations through John Lind had proceeded to the DOint where ttin state department accepted the indorsement indorse-ment of Frederico Gamboa for the presidency as meaning the elimination elimina-tion of Huerta and where it was confidently con-fidently hoped that a fair and free election would be held on October 26, Now, however, President Wilson haa made it clear that the Washington government had with the events of the last few days the imprisonment ol the deputies and the establishment of a dictatorship by Huerta lost all hope of seeing a constitutional election elec-tion held by the Huerta regime. |