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Show HUERTA STILL i mmmi Mot Ready to Discuss Ameri- can Demand Wtih His Cabinet Ministers. i Mexico City. Nov. 5 The undtr-iurrent undtr-iurrent of conversation at the Na-'Jonal Na-'Jonal Palace last night carried ru- . nors regarding President Huertas itiitude In the face of Washington's iemands that he retire but th-)re&ldent th-)re&ldent himself preserved silence. Huerta6 lntimatef aro familiar Mth the terms of the communlca-lion, communlca-lion, which they regard as practlc-, practlc-, ) ijiy mandR.tory. The memorandum Tom the administration at Washlsg-n Washlsg-n states that unloss General ijuerta leUre Immediately and Lheroaiter I lias nothlnc to do with the conduct ol a I lairs, or the formation of a new government, thn president of the Tnitcd States will issue an ultimatum, ultima-tum, which if rejected, will cause him to call upon eoii-p U) imthoruo him to use stornr-r methods. The language usrnl caused Huer-ta's Huer-ta's trlends to regard the American communication in Itself its conclusive, conclu-sive, since General Hu-rta is glvpn no choice recardlng further participation partici-pation in Mexico's official affairs American Memorandum in the memorandum It Is impressed upon General Huerta that his retirement retire-ment from the presidency and non-Interference non-Interference on his part are the only steps which would be acceptable to the Aint.Tica.il government ll- Is re-iiiiDd.-d that any attempt upon his part to leave as his successor any of ' ! men , oniierti .1 w lth thn our d etat by which be obtained the presidency presi-dency to utilize in the. proposed government gov-ernment any of those chosen In the recent elections, even those named as congressmen would result in the definite def-inite breaking off of all relations. It Is suggested that General Huor-ta Huor-ta be succeeded by some man or by some small group of men who will conduct the affairs of government temporarily somewhat on the Mm- oi a commission form of government and that it be. understood this man or group of meu shall take Immediate Imme-diate steps to call new elections in establish a permanent government. No More Temporizing. General Huerta Is reminded the United Stales Is anxious to avoid trouble as much for the welfare of Mexico as to preserve international peace. He is urged to abandon power pow-er and to do it Immediately., since the American government It Is Indicated In-dicated will tolerate no further temporising. tem-porising. The report that Washington Washing-ton had sent a new communication .to General Huerta spread throughout the city but aroused only casual Interest. In-terest. The special cabinet mooting called by the president for today was not held This Is taken as an Indication In-dication he la not ready to discuss the Washington demands with his ministers. |