The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-11-21
HAD EXPECTED A
DECISIVE MOVE
Huerta Ignores All Inter
national Relations and
Justifies His Assumption
of Dictatorship Small
an d Undemonstrative
Crowd Hears the Message
of Provisional President.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Mexico City, Nov. 20.-Both houses
of congress, in joint session, this after
noon were formally declared convened
This action had been expected to re-
suit in a decisive move by the United
States in it's announced intention of
eliminating Huerta. President Huerta
arrived at the chamber of deputies
shortly after 6 o'clock and began the
delivery of his message. He passed
between lines of soldiers. The crowds
were small and undemonstrative. The
message, as predicted, ignored interna-
tional relations and justified his as
sumption of dictatorship. 1t follows:
THE MESSAGE.
TN accordance with the constitu-
tionaa provision. it is the duty of the
chief executive to inform congress
twice every year Of the status of pub
licsaffairs. This provision having been
complied with by nneans~0f the exten-
siye Eeportss read in tlis ei.Esrnlts
on Sepxe1nber Is last and as it hap
pened at the time that the first OF
April was far ahead, at which time the
government should once more bring TO
your attention the status of the ma
tional situation, it can now be under
stood that this brief message cannot
be so extensive as the other docu-
ments, but that ii should be limited
to giving YOU an account of the po-
litical events which have taken place
cant date in which, by virtue Of the
solemn promise Il have made before
the nation and the world, the country
is resun1ing it's course under the
straight and inf1exible provisions of
the fundamental chart of the republic
and this within such a peremptory
time necessarily so sets in relief be-
fore persons not actuated by passion
the indisputable good faith and the
unexcelled good will with which the
government has been making efforts
to reinstate the supremacy of peace
and the law in the midst OF conditions
which without false modeSty are of the
cllara cter sufficient to discourage the
strongest decision if such is not sup
ported by such great faith in law, in
justice and in the welfare of the
country.
THE embodiment of our political
structure having as a basis a perfect
equilibrium among the three powers by
means of which the people exercise its
sovereignty. it can be easily under
stood to what extent of difficulty we
could be dragged by the least Interrupt
tion or alteration of this equilibrium.
The trainers of the constitution, un-
derstanding this. marked for each
power the province of their proper and
legitimate action. The very moment
that any of the three powers should
go beyond the boundaries limiting
their activity, the province of action
of the others would necessarily be in
vaded and constitutional functions
would be altered, thus menacing the
life itself of the political state, and
unless the trespassing power be brought
without delay to it's exclusive province
OF action, it has to cause against the
other powers invaded defensive re-
action, the vigor of which is and must |
be proportional to the gravity or fre-
quency of the infractions-a reaction |
which becomes necessary and salutary
because without it the constitutional
would definitely disa.p-
pear This situation. the gravity of /
which cannot escape the wisdom of the /
representatives / am addressing, ap-
peared before the country since the /
last days of September, and it's char
acter was so intense and alarming that |
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