Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-10-18
Former Ambassador Takes a
Poke at Distinguished Name
Sake and Secretary of State
Bryan.
NOW BELIEVED THAT
HUERTA MEANS TO QUIT
Prospects of Early Retirement
of Would Be Dictator Causes
Administration to Hope for
Better Days.


Thy Leased Wire Co Evening fieTaId.l
Spokane, Wash. Oct. is.--''rhc
government OF Provisional President
Huerta Of Mexico ~ jurt as legal aa
the government Of Roosevelt when he
succeeded 10 tho presidency after the
assassination Of President Mckinley
declared Henry Lane Wilson, former
United states ambassador 90 Mexico,
la AN addr, ~ on the Mexican situa-
ton delivered nt a banquet rendered
him here last night.
president Wilson could recognize
Huerta and still save his face. as no
has been trying to do ever since"
Mr.. Wilson continued. III President
Wilson does not get behind the
Huerta government, chaos L. going TO
come, and We will have 10 go down
and take care Of the country. We
would have Co supervise the election
and then the new president would be
labelled the Gringo president. As
soon as our soldiers had left the coun-
try the Mexicans would get out their
knives and We should have tu go back
again. That would mean controlling
the country and all the countries TO
tho Panama canal. Intervention
would be ail right II we stayed the 9
all the time. but II would bo bad for
our morals and pocSetbooks.
In discussing the condition OF the
lower classes in Mexico. Wilson said
that nfty pcr cent were outcasts and
Panahs and were lllitcrato and that
therein las the root OF all revolutions.
Under those conditions, he Contin-
ued, III can easily be Understood what
dlniculues my distinguished name
sake and Mr. Bryan would have IN
establishing an uitruistic republic and
how the problem kent MI Bryan
from some OF his lecture engagements,
In Mexico 1900 Americans own
moro than all the Moxicans. For
the most part this was acquired hon
cstly, but lu spite of this an EFFORT
was made Co deprive them OF their
property. Mr.. Bryan holds that prop
crty abrOnd has no rights. ! DO not
agree. You might as Well take away
ufu ns take away property
Discussing the Madcro regime, Mr.,
Wilson said that 81 Americans had
been killed In Mexico ana not one
murderer had been punished and that
six months prior 60 the overthrow of
Madcro the entire country wanted H.
yet "thc death of the two Madcros
seems TO have aRitnted tho United
states government more than the
murder Of the Americans"
Regarding the part ne took In
bringing about the making 0f Hucrtn
provisional president. Wilson said
lndl INC AtA'Ilh hNh lfihA AhN'lNhf
were IN the capital ready to renew
the bomhardment and that while
was not SO instructed, ] took immedi'
ate action 60 prevent h. The repre-
Hentatiyos of the tWo factions were ul
the embassy seven hours and finally
ngreed 90 make Huerta prOVlslona
president. leaving Dia2 at liberty 1,
pursue his candidacy. No act of min,
rendered such valuable service q
Auu.VfDuu uu and farpfuuera lu nv on.
tiro career, and yet the administra
tiun called my act an Intrusion int,
the policies Of the country. Tho oiii
oinls nt home have queer conception
OF the difficulties of their diplomati'
represeutatiVcs.'