PROVISIONAL PRESIDENT HUERTA of Mexico has dissolved both branches of the Mexican congress, and has arrested and placed in prison all members of the Chamber of Deputies except those allied with the Catholic party. He has thus established himself as absolute dictator. He has refused to release any of the imprisoned deputies, and says that they will have to be tried for the various offenses of which they are accused. In view of this acute situation, our administration at Washington holds that the election set for October 26 will not be constitutional, since there is no civil law in the land, but a military dictatorship instead. It is understood that the president has sent word to Huerta that the United States would look with displeasure on any injury to the 10 Mexican congressmen that are now in prison. The United States will refuse to recognize any man elected president of Mexico under existing conditions, and diplomatic relation between the two countries has practically closed. It is still hoped, however, to avert a war. Some of the Old World powers that had recognized Huerta’s government are now considering the matter of repudiating that recognition and standing with the United States in the position that she has taken. Germany is talking of sending a war-ship into Mexican waters.