Mexico Sees Intervention.

New York Times 100 years ago today, August 23, 1913:
Capital Believes That We Are Preparing to Take That Course.
Special Cable to The New York Times.
    MEXICO CITY, Aug. 22.— Strong belief prevails here to-day that the United States Government is preparing for intervention in the affairs of this republic, and it is the unanimous opinion that the Penrose resolution authorizing President Wilson to send troops into Mexico means war.
    Many Americans are preparing to leave the country. Prominent citizens of the United States living in this capital say that if the Washington Administration is determined not to recognize the Huerta Government, possibly the sooner intervention comes the better for the country and all concerned.
    El Pais heads seven columns of political news with the statement that intervention is the plan of the American Government. That newspaper takes as indications of such intention on the part of Washington the appropriation of $100,000 to remove Americans from Mexico and similar proposed expenditures by the Wilson Administration.
    It is announced by El Pais that all military movements in the United States have been followed closely by its special correspondent.

Lind and Huerta Reticent.
    Ex-Gov. John Lind of Minnesota, President Wilson's personal representative in Mexico City, declined to be interviewed to-night. He refused even to receive a visit from any newspaper correspondent. It is believed that he has received instructions from Washington to pursue that course.
    Provisional President Huerta said the situation was too delicate for him to make a statement in connection with Senator Penrose's resolution in the United States Senate looking to the policing of this republic by American soldiers, particularly as the resolution so far merely was tentative.
    The situation is regarded as dangerous and almost critical. Little else is discussed in public places.
    Americans and Mexicans alike believed that as soon as the discussion of Mexico's affairs on the floor of the United States Senate ended, something would be done to do away with the uncertainty in regard to the intentions of the Wilson Administration.

Uncertainty Blocks Easiness.
    Paralysis of business has resulted from the tension due to the uncertainty caused by the wavering policy of the Washington Administration.
    The attitude of Senator Penrose in comparing the Mexican situation with that in Nicaragua has resulted in much feeling among the masses in this city. It is regarded by politicians and foreigners as an indication of lack of knowledge of conditions existing in Mexico on the part of the American Senate.
    Although the Mexican Senate is not in regular session, it is meeting informally to discuss the international situation. All its sessions are secret, but it is believed that the Senators have indorsed the stand taken by President Huerta in rejecting the peace proposals sent to him by President Wilson through ex-Gov. Lind.