| Show Huerta Making No l Progress rog Business Languishes Mexico Cit City April 11 That That th the withholding of official recognition of or orthe the United States materially hl has weak weakened ened the Huerta government go Is the opinion generally b bv by die tl public public public pub pub- lic anti and privately admitted in Izz certain Mexican official circle The new rebel Ont movement has made malic greater reater 10 progress r S than lias ilas the tho provisional provi pro government In Insurgency in insurgency In- In ncr and anI II U no longer 01 Is a n. secret that the 11 condition of or th the tho tr treasury atur is uch I as will not flOt permit the tile continuation continuation continua continua- tion of or military operations much long longer r This has been publicly a admitted b by tho Mexican minister of the tue interior Garcia Granado Granados The chamber of ot deputies has hac not approved approved ap ap- ap- ap II proved pro the lie proposed forel foreign n loan but its failure to take up this ma matter t is said fald I Ito to be due t tor to a desire to 1011 1 further embarrassIng the finance fin ance department far tat has hu been heen to ar ar ran range c for Cor the flotation of th the loan notwithstandIng notwithstanding not not- withstanding recent a assurances to that I effect from London It Is assumed by tho the government go that Us Its Inability to Issue tho loan l I It s due directly to non non- recognition h hy by Washington Editorial lion lion-I writers comment continent upon phase of or tho the situation and anti th ro has begun besun a propaganda propaganda ganda anda In tho the local ocal press tending to place illace responsibility for Cor the fate of or Mexico on the United States Further complicating the th financial difficulties of or tho government Is tho steady teh Increase In tho the exchange rato which within a week has hag mounted from practically parity parit to 20 and that rate rato on only I Is available le to favored ored pa- pa Ja- Ja In lii an effort tu tv I check the upward upward up up- ward wa-d tendency of the rate I II I the th minister of ot r fiance is 15 urging C Congress Con Con- gress JreES to authorize an Increase of JO 10 per cent In the thc port export ta tax on gold go This Tills has hns brought Mexicans to tho th realization tion Hon that thal even r. the national currency no nolon lon longer cr is 1 maintained on a gold old basis Business conditions In Mexico I arc reflecting re r.- ro- ro tl seriously I the thc lie revolutionary rc disturbance Smelters at Monterey Y and Torreon have ha he been en closed for lack ck ot of fuel rUel At Han ian Luis Luls Potosi th the th smelters ar are running on half halftime halftime time antI and at A Aguas at a n third of or capacity At t Chihuahua and Mate ate huala buala the tue mills arc running on full Cull ii time me Transportation facilities remain se seriously so- so crippled n Rebels I practically call control the states of ot Sonora Coahulla and Durango while hll the situation in the south wh where re Emilano 1 still Is in control contral has haa not chan changed cd materially In Nuevo levo Leon the federals slowly arc are regaining possession of or the railroad to Laredo on the Texas border but tile tie rebels pu pushed he hack from this line lino or of communication communication com corn are ext the zone ot of operations operation far to- to thc cast castI eastward I a IllIn Ill I In southern Coahulla Coahuila the tho rebels hold the Immediate neighborhood around Torreon an and b between tween there thero and anti Chihuahua Chi interrupt traffic on th the Mexican can Central railroad almost at will wilt I ISo So uncertain Is the situation In the I state of Durango that the Io government Itself Is una unable le to fa say ay whether tho the state stale capital is hI held b by government o forces force Thero Ther Is no communication between between be be- tween Durango and Mexico CIt City either b by railroad d or telegraph |
