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Show WILSON MAY OPEN PARLEY WITH ENEMIES OF HUERTA President Inclined to More Drastic Policy, Having Determined to Deal No Longer With Huerta. Washington. President Wilson Indicated In-dicated to those with whom he discussed dis-cussed the Mexican situation on Thursday that he was irrevocably determined de-termined to deal no longer with the Huerta regime, but that further steps toward bringing peace to Mexico were being considered. No move is expected, ex-pected, however, until after October 26, the date set for the Mexican elections. elec-tions. Just what the Washington government govern-ment will do is a matter of speculation specula-tion among the high officials, but the trend of events, they say, is unmistakably unmis-takably toward conducting negotiations negotia-tions In some form or another with the constitutionalists. The policy of the United States has been to make complete record of having hav-ing attempted to handle the problem by peaceful means. Up to the present parleys have been carried on with the Huerta authorities, who have rejected the good offices of the United States. Strong pressure now is being brought to bear upon the president and Secretary Secre-tary Bryan to give the constitutionalists constitutional-ists an opportunity to -compose the situation sit-uation through the support of this country. Reports that the president was preparing pre-paring to recognize the belligerency of the constitutionalists are based chiefly chief-ly upon the friendly disposition toward tow-ard them that has arisen among administration ad-ministration officials since Huerta's proclamation of dictatorship. |