Huerta To Insure Safety For Lind.

New York Times 100 years ago today, August 9, 1913:
Mexican Government Takes Steps to Prevent Public Demonstration Against Emissary.
WILL IGNORE HIS MISSION
Plans to Treat Him as Private Citizen Unless He Takes a Hand in Affairs.
WIDE PROTECTION PLEDGED
Minister Says Americans There, Not Being Blamed for Policy, Have Nothing to Fear.
ENVOY NEARS VERA CRUZ
Chilly Reception Predicted for Him — Washington Regards the Situation as More Serious.
Special Cable to The New York Times.
    MEXICO CITY, Aug. 8.— Mexican authorities are taking every precaution to prevent a hostile demonstration on the part of the public on the arrival in this capital of ex-Gov. John Lind of Minnesota, who is on his way here as President Wilson's personal emissary, to advise the United States Embassy in the existing situation. It is thought no move unfriendly to Mr. Lind will be made by the Mexicans.
    It was stated that Mr. Lind would be treated as a private citizen unless he should attempt to take a hand in international affairs here.
    President Huerta has authorized a demonstration in his favor by students and professional men for Sunday on condition that it should not be anti-American, but merely should support his attitude in the Lind case and that the men should place themselves back of him.

Protection for All Americans.
    Dr. Aureliano Urrutia, Mexican Minister of the Interior, said to-night:
    "Americans have nothing to fear. All protection possible will be given to them by the Government. This is particularly true of capitalists and property holders, not that the Government is catering to the moneyed interests, but because it believes that by guaranteeing the interests of the rich it guarantees also the interests of the poor, to whom they pay wages.
    "The Government realizes that Americans here are not responsible for the attitude of the Washington authorities, and they will be considered accordingly."
    Although there is no indication that the visit of ex-Gov. Lind will change the attitude of the Mexican Government toward the American Embassy, American citizens living here are avoiding the embassy at present in making requests that their lives and property be protected, as it is feared that such application to the diplomatic representative of the United States just now might complicate the situation instead of bettering it.
    The remarks of Chairman Bacon of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the United States Senate in commenting on the note sent to the American Embassy Wednesday night by the Mexican Acting Minister of Foreign Relations, to the effect that it was the result of a fit of temper, have been transmitted to this capital. The language employed by Senator Bacon in referring to Gen. Victoriano Huerta, Provisional President of the Mexican Republic, has made a bad impression on both Mexicans and foreigners here.

Note Well Thought Out.
    It is known in the City of Mexico that the note from the Acting Minister of Foreign Relations was the result of mature and lengthy consideration.
    The warning sent indirectly by State Secretary Bryan to Provisional President Huerta not to believe the reports of the sensational press is taken as a joke, as the United States has had William Bayard Hale, Reginald F. del Valle, and others here to ascertain the situation.
    The Mexican Government has asked Kelson O'Shaughnessy, the American Chargé d'Affaires in this capital, for full indications of Washington's stand in the present situation."
    Mr. O'Shaughnessy informed the Department of Foreign Relations today that the details of ex-Gov. Lind's mission to Mexico City had not been communicated to the embassy, and would not be learned by the chargé until Mr. Lind's arrival here.
    The chargé requested the Mexican Government to wait until it should hear the facts in connection with the purpose of the ex-Governor's visit to this country.

Huerta Gains Popular Approval.
    Public feeling in support of the course taken by President Huerta has been strengthened as a result of the Acting Foreign Minister's note to the American Embassy. The expressions of Mexican opinion on the subject, however, are not marked by any sentiment hostile to Americans or other foreigners in this city.
    Diplomatic points and precedents bearing on ex-Gov. Lind's mission still are the chief topics among Mexicans and foreigners. It is the general belief among diplomats here, both foreigners and Mexicans, that the attitude adopted by Gen. Huerta was justified.
    It is conceded generally that the Acting Foreign Minister's note to the American Chargé d'Affaires was not solely a result of the Lind incident, but was influenced by many circumstances of an exasperating nature that had occurred since Mexico's situation was laid before the public and the United States Government.