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Show I UNO ARRIVES L FROMJMEXJCO II Wilson and Bryan Arrange for I Conference With President's II Personal Representative. II . Washington, D. C, April 13. John I Lind, President Wilson's personal rep- HI resehtative in Mexico, returned to I Washington today after an absence of I months. While he came for a rest, I he brought much information for con- I fcrences with the president and Sec- I retary Bryan. The first of these took J place at a luncheon with Mr. Bryan. I ir. Llnd greeted inquirers by ask- I ing if It were true that Rear Admiral Wk Mayo has been ordered to revoke his j demand for the firing of a salute-to it the American colors at Tampico and jl when he was informed that, President Wilson had Insisted that the salute j he fired, he 'smiled approvingly. HI Llnd Fatigued and Thin. Hj The face of the former Minnesota j governor was bronzed by the tropical j sun and he appeared somewhat fa-H fa-H tigued and thin. He was unconimu- ' nicatlve about conditions In Mexico, and laughed when a friend approached him in the hotel lobby and told him ' that he had acquired the title "The Silent Mr. Lind." H "It is ordered," said the former gov-H gov-H ernor, "that a n)an has to go abroad ,to get a reputation. When I was in public life In this country some peo- pie said I was talkative, but I seem to have gotten a reputation for sil- ence." ' H Mr. Lind said his plans were not H definite and depended largely on his H talks with President Wilson and Sec-H Sec-H retary Bryan. He left Mexico at his own request, he said, because he H needed rest and a change. He inti- B mated that he. was ready to go back SB should a contingency arise requiring jfj his return. the president a good deal of Information Informa-tion that has not been communicated through official telegrams, but that in formation was said to be descriptive of general conditions and In no way affecting the diplomatic status of affairs. af-fairs. The rigorous censore-hlp that has been established in Mexico and the inability of the people in southern Mexico to learn definitely about Constitutionalist Con-stitutionalist victories in the north are phases of the situation which Mr. Llnd probably will tell officials here When Mr. Llnd left Vera Crus, Torreon had fallen but the news was known to only a few people and those who attempted to spread it were promptly arrested. |