The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-08-09
HUERTA WITHIN HIS RIGHTS.

One need not pay too much attention
| TO sensational rumors, either from
Washington or the City Of Mexico, with
regard to what is going TO be done IN
case the Presidents special representa-
| tive is not received by President HUI
crta. or is denied access to the coun-
| try. Neither is it, TO be assumed that
| President Huerta will be showing any
hostility to the United States in case
he deals summarily with Mr., Lind. So
far as animosity is concerned, it is
shown in much greater degree by our
government against Huerta, than it is
shown by Huerta against the United
States.
The threat that if Lind is not received
officially when he does not go officially,
the United States will recognize the
brigands of Mexico as possessing bel
ligerent rights. is SO shameful a propo-
sition that it is not for one moment to
be credited, The United States would
belittle itself in the eyes Of the world
in scandalous degree if it should un-
dertake to recognize lot of robber
and brigand bands as possessing inter
national belligerent rights, and we can
not for one moment believe that Pres
ident Wilson cOntemplates so disgrace
full an act as that.
What will occur will probably be
something like this: Mr.. Lind will go
to the City of Mexico entirely unob-
structed. He will be accorded an in
terview with President Huerta, and in
that interview the character of his mis-
sion will be inquired into. If he is
there officially, such officialdom as he
carries Win him will be duly recog'
nized. But, if he is there without any
diplomatic character as an official, and
is there merely TO make inquiries, he
will be dismissed from official concern;
but will doubtless be unmolested and
allowed to prosecute his inquiries IN his
own way, without either help or him
drance from the Mexican government,
precisely as the previous special inves-
tigator sent by President Wilson was
allowed to do.
In either case, we do not see any spe-
cial advantage to come from sending
Mr.. Lind to Mexico. IL he makes any
report at all that is worth considera-
tion, the report will necessarily be a
confirmation of what ambassador Will
son tried to tell President Wilson, but
was not allowed full scope Of eXplana
tion. Mr., Lind will necessarily report,
as Embassador Wilson reported, that
the government of Huerta is in fact the
only real government with which the
United States can treat officially with
regard TO any affairs in Mexico. That
is q plain, evident fact, and President
Wilson is losing time and adding to the
irritating friction by his present refusal
to recognize Huerta and by the annoy
ing delays and objections that he is put
ting into effect against Huerta.
There is no question but that the tone
Of our administration has been distinct
ly adverse to the Huerta government,
and encouraging to every insurgent
band that has sprung up IN Mexico in
resistance TO the government there.
Surely the time for this sort of en-
couragement of rebellion in Mexico by
our government has passed by. 1t is
time that we got down to business. and
recognized the Huerta government as,
in fact, the only government that there
is IN Mexico with which we can, with
any sort of plausibihty, deal