Won't Have Lind Except As Envoy.

New York Times 100 years ago today, August 7, 1913:
Mexican Government Says He Must Bring Credentials and Recognition.
NOT WANTED OTHERWISE.
Blunt and Positive Statement Issued by Foreign Minister and Sent to Our Embassy.
EUROPE ALSO INFORMED
Secretary Bryan Had Previously Notified Mexico Lind's Mission Was One of Peace.
    MEXICO CITY, Aug. 6.— John Lind, the special representative of President Wilson, now on his way to Mexico from the United States, will be persona non grata to the Mexican Government unless he brings "credentials in due form, together with recognition or the Government of Mexico," according to a statement issued to-night by Manuel Garza Alda Pe, the Minister of Public instruction, who is acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, and transmitted to the United States Embassy here.
    The statement, which was also dispatched by the Mexican Government to its representatives in Europe, was as follows:
    "By order of the President of the Republic, I declare, as Minister of Foreign Affairs ad interim, that if Mr. Lind does not bring credentials in due form, together with recognition of the Government of Mexico, his presence in this country will not be desirable."

Bryan Sent Message of Peace.
    Previous to receiving this statement from the Huerta Government, the American Embassy had received this message from Secretary Bryan:
    "You may say to the Minister of Foreign Affairs that Gov. Lind comes to Mexico on a mission of peace and that the President feels sure his presence there will contribute toward a settlement of the difficulties.
    "The Mexican Government should await the President's communication and not give weight to misrepresentations published in sensational newspapers."
    The message was delivered to the Foreign Minister.
    Increased antagonism has been aroused among Mexicans toward President Wilson's plan for the pacification of the republic by the latest news from Washington that the object of John Lind's visit here as the personal representative of President Wilson is to consult prominent Mexicans and advise them that the only basis on which Mexico will be recognized by the United States is the elimination of President Huerta.
    Earlier reports to the effect that Mr. Lind purposed to deal with Huerta, perhaps by making the direct suggestion that he resign, were received with indignation by Mexican officials, and the new angle of his visit makes it not improbable that he will be treated with even less consideration than otherwise would have been given to him.
    It was pointed out by a prominent Mexican to-day that in the former case the Government might not consider itself obliged to act until the suggestion actually was put forward by Mr. Lind, but that in the second case the Government would be justified in characterizing him as one who was inciting Mexicans along lines of sedition and in applying the pernicious foreigner expulsion clause of the Constitution.
    Mexicans familiar with international law are reluctant to believe that Mr. Lind's instructions are to deal with others than the authorized officials of the de facto Government. These officials still are firm in their assertion that no suggestion involving mediation or the resignation or Huerta will be acceptable and say that the best Mr. Lind can hope for in this respect is to be ignored.
    Alleging that the state of the country is such that it will be impossible to hold a Presidential election Oct. 27, the date previously set, the Catholic Convention agreed late to-night not to nominate a candidate for the Presidency. It reserved the right to reassemble for that purpose in the event that peace should be restored to such an extent that the holding of an election would become possible.
    The debate over the resolution not to nominate a candidate developed an anti-American speech by a delegate from the Federal District, who charged that the condition of the country was due to the non-recognition of the Government by the United States. The speaker advocated that the convention take no action which would divide further the Mexican people, who, he said, should present a united front in case of war with the United States. The speech met the approval of a large number of the delegates, but it was opposed by the leader of the Federal District organization, who insisted that the attitude of the Administration in Washington did not represent the views of a majority of the American people.
    The decision of the Catholics not to enter the political fight would appear to remove the last hope of an election being held, since similar action has been taken by the Liberal Party, and there is a growing belief that Gen. Felix Diaz will be unable to return to Mexico from Japan in time to make a campaign. However, there is a well-defined belief here that President Huerta himself will become a candidate, possibly of an independent group, and in that case politicians think he would be likely to get the support of the Catholics.
    However, the anti-Huerta element, which is not prominent in the capital, is skeptical regarding the firm stand assumed by the Administration.
    A dispatch from Guaymas to the German Chargé d'Affaires here says the streets of that city are barricaded, the harbor is closed, and the city is in a complete state of siege. The dispatch adds that the German colony regards itself as in danger.