Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-08-13 | Page 1 | Envoy Lind Wins First Skirmish

iv U 0 Y li N D WINS fIRST SKIRMISH ISH President Wilsons Wilson's Personal Representative Received Unofficially Unofficially Unofficially Un Un- officially by Foreign Minister Minister Minister Minis Minis- ter Gamboa of Mexico 1 MEXICO EXICO CITY Aug lg 12 The l-The The first skirmish in ill in inthe the diplomatic war between Mexico and thin the United Stated State took place toda today and aud was wa won by bJ John Lind President re ident Wilson's Wilsons s 's personal representative when he hc la managed ed to tobe tobe tobe be received Cd unofficially by Foreign Minister ini Frederico Camboa Gamboa Both Buth Mr dr Lind LincI and ana insist that no great importance impo is attached to the thin visit visit- The Mexican i government o is still insistent that it wi will I not Hut deal heal with Mr 11 Lind officially nor nOL l listen ten to an any suggestion sugg froni him as to tu mcd mediation l lor or to tu any proposal al emanating from front his government go Mr r. r Lind wits waS pre presented to Senor Gamboa b by Nelson lIness nesS charge of ot the tile American embassy em bassy in the tue character of or a private citizen The conversation between the Mexican e. cabinet officer and Mr Ir Lied Lind was entirely Informal both carefully avoiding I. the subject of or politics or 01 the time mission which Is personally entrusted to Mr 11 Lind by ItY President Wilson The Thin visit of Mr Ir Lind consumed but buta a few minutes of Senor Sunol Gamboa's time and few persons knew that It had bad been beon made rim Tho rho time selected l for the call was when few fe visitors vero at th time tha foreign office and a it disposition was as shown In hi the department to cloak it with rec In V ilc J v of or the tone lone of or noto last week I Issued through h tho time chars charge e hero here that Mm- Mm Mr lr would not be re received received re- re unless he brou brought ht credentials and also official recognition thou tion of df t the Huerta government great grea rea significance attaches tt to his reception by cabinet duct chief oven o uno- uno By D some persons hl his reception recep recep- lion tion is taken as an all indication o of the dh disposition po of or President Huerta to learn earn the tho character of ot th the message Mr Ir Lind bears Officials high and antI low 01 persist In saying that President t will ihl never ne receive t Mr Ir I Lind es especially s en- as President Wilsons Wilson's ernia- ernia unconfirmed ru rumor ru- ru ear sar sary but there them J Is an mor In circulation that stops steps already have lave been taken to bring about a conferenCe con- con ferenCe between them