The Washington herald., 1913-11-21
STATE DEPARTMENT GETS
HUERTA'S MESSAGE READ TO
CONGRESS LAST NIGHT

! The text of the message which Presi-
dent Huerta read TO the new Mexican
Congress at o'clock last night was re-
day, President Huerta having furnished
Charge O'Shaughnessy with an advance
copy late Wednesday night.
In the message President Huerta prac-
| tically ignores the relations with the
United States. confining himself to a
discussion OF his action with respect to
| the old Congress and the executive pow
| ers assumed by himself in the emer-
gency. 1t is significant that the Mexi-
can President informs the Congress that
IL in their patriotic wisdom they see fit
to approve of his acts he will be graf
! flied, while II the Congress does not
approve, he and his Cabinet Ministers,
Huerta declares, will accept the respon-
sibility for anything that has been done.
and will abide by the decisions OF Con-
gress. This is regarded here as the show
of an offer to Congress to choose Huer-
tas successor IL they so desire. and Is
considered as another shrewd move upon
the part of Huerta to make his record
absolutely clear, so far as legality and
constitutionality are concerned
Text of the Message.
There is no expectation, of course.
upon the part of Huerta or any one
else that the Congress will oust him
from the Provisional Presidency and
choose some one else.
The message, in part, follows:
The embodiment of our political struc-
ture having as a basis a perfect equili-
brium between the three powers by
means which the people exercises its
sovereignty, it can be easily understood
to what extent of difficulty we could be
dragged by the least interruption or al
teration of this equilibrium. The franz
ers of the constitution, understanding
this to be the case, marked for each
power the province of their proper and
legitimate action, in order that by re-
naming invariably between the lines
marked for each of them, perfect harmo-
nv. of the whole would be preserved.
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 invaded. the equilibrium
would be deeply disturbed, and consti-
tutionaI functions would be altered. thus
menacing the life itself of the political
state.
This situation. the gravity Of which
cannot escape the wisdom OF the repre-
sentatiyes / am addressing. appeared be-
fore the country and the government un-
der my direction since the last days of
September, and its character was SO in |
tense and alarming from the beginning |
that the course of events could easily be |
1 refer to the attitude which |
is perhaps fresh in the memory of all |
the Mexicans, principally of the House |
of Representatives, which, in front of
the other two powers, but preferably /
against the executive. whose action, so |
and decivisely needed at this |
moment the aforesaid assembly en-
to prevent and defraud. sys-
there being nothing to dis
suade its anti-patriotic purposes, not
that to embarrass the ac-
tion of the Executive meant to place in 1
danger the life of the country itself.
solution of Dilemma.
''The Executive was not lacking in the |
foresight mentioned above, but rather un- /
derstanding at once the results of the |
rule of action adopted by the House, all |
care was taken to avoid conflicts and to /
preserve a perfect intelligence with the /
legislative power. considering that all the /
Efforts of the government would be i'm |
practicable without 1t making allowances |
contrary to its rights and prerogatives on
more than one occasion and employing /
tentative efforts to obtain
closer relations between the two powers. |
which every day became more difficult
he House, on account of the assembIage |
,f certain elements, became a focug OF |
a barefaced agency of the
>abeis, who In our northern frontier have