The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1913-10-28
-nuERTA STATES HIS POSITION
First Establish Peace; Enforce Law
In Holding Elections.

Vera Cruz-General Felix Diaz left
his residence at 10 o'clock Thursday
night, escorted by President Wilson's
personal representative, John Lind,
the American consul, w. w. Canada,
and his secretary, two American resi-
dents and few friends. 1t is believ-
ed that he is on his way to the Ameri-
can consulate to take refuge there
General Diez first went to the Ger
man hotel, which is separated from
the American consulate by a wall.
The military authorities have been
notified that a special train has been
ready for General Diaz and have is
sued orders to the militia to surround
the block. Diaz, it is stated, will be
arrested if he leaves the consulate,
the federal officers believing that he
has gone direct there.
Mexico City-General Victoriano
Huerta, provisional president of Mex
leo, made a statement Thursday which
was afterward read in the presence of
all the members of the diplomatic
corps and the cabinet ministers. In
this statement General Huerta gave
his most solemn assurance that the
sole use he will make of his power as
provisional president will be to estab
lish first, peace in the republic, and
second, to comply with the law OF his
country in holding fair elections, so
that the man chosen by the Mexican
people, whoever he be, shall be in
stalled in power. He stated that his
use of the power heretofore had been
with those ends in view.
General Huerta said that his gov
eminent was determined to protect at
all costs the lives and interests of for
eigners in Mexico, but that the govern
ment equally was determined that the
domestic affairs Of Mexico should be
settled by the Mexicans themselves.
He referred to the president of the
United States in terms of greatest res
pect and expressed unbounded admir-
alton for the people and institutions
of the United States. He pointed out
with great emphasis that the differ
ence between the people of Mexico
and the people of the United States
was difference so inherent and fun
damental in the character of the two
races as to make it entirely impossi-
BILE to apply to the people of Mexico a
democratic government for his coun-
try.
1t must be understood clearly, he
said that from the standpoint of rep
resentatiye government, where the
masses have right to and do express
their opinions at the polls, Mexico
never has had government by the
people, In the sense in which there
is a democracy in Great Britain, Ger
many, France and the United States,
there is not and never has been a de-
mocracy in Mexico.
"The best government Mexico has
ever had" continued General Huerta,
"has been a government by the few,
and it will be a long time before Mex
leo is able to have any other kind of
government. 1t will require many
years to bring the country to point
where millions of men will be able to
go to the polls and cast a ballot and
abide by the result of that ballot.
"As it is impossible to impose the
will of any foreign country upon the
Mexican people except by force, the
logical course of all the governments
of the world, especially the govern
ment of the United States, is that they
shall give to the government for the
time being in Mexico their recogni-
ton and moral support in the efforts
which that government is putting for
ward for the protection of lives and
interests of foreigners, including Am
orleans, throughout the country.
1T has not been many years since
nearly 100000 Americans were in
arms against each other, and nearly
half the territory of the United States
was in rebellion against the central
authority at Washington. The govern
Of TYyit of of that tin1p
had the right to expect and had the
pleasure of receiving the moral sup
port of the entire world in it's endeav-
or to restore order. The United States
established a central authority at
Washington over the entire country,
and the people of Mexico must feel
the same as the people of America
would have felt if any foreign nation
support of the government of the
United States had depended upon the
elimination of Lincoln as president.
81 believe that the officials at Wash
ington have no right to commit 90,-
100000 Americans to course which
will be as unjust as it will be disas
trous to their country
The elections are to take place Oc-
tober 26, and under the laws of Mexi-
leo it is necessary for a majority of
all the voting precincts in the repub-
lie to send in their election returns.
1t is possible that in great part of
the republic the present disturbances
may prevent the people from having |
an opportunity to vote and it is not
unlikely that when the returns are re-
ceived in November it may be found |
that less than the legal number of
precincts have expressed their wish
at the polls.
In this event the constitution set
ties the problem by calling for new
elections, and in the meantime the de
facto government in Mexico must con-
tinue.
General Huerta expressed the hope
that in such event the government
at Washington would recognize him
and lend him such support that he
would be able to pacify the country,
continue TO meet all its foreign and I