The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-22
'HUERTA PRAISED
 BY BRITISH ENVOY
Garden Critfcfses United States For Superficial Dealing
 With Mexico.
CONSIDERS ELEC-
 TON FUTILE
Says American Comment on His Attitude is Childish
 Thinks Foreigners
 Should Not Meddle.

| Mexico City, Oct 22-Sir Lionel 1 Garden, the British Minister, says that he has made no representations to his l Government regarding the advisabi1- ity of intervention by the United States in the affairs of Mexico, but intdmated that he was opposed to such action Neither had he address ed the Mexican Government regard ing the status of British subjects in Torreon, since he had not been off1- eia11y advised that they were being de- tained
 He emphatically refused to make any comment on the coincidence of his presenting his credentials to Presi- dent Huerta simultaneously with the dissolution of Congress, merely say ing that he had carried out the orders he had received. He said it was not incumbent upon him to investigate what President Huerta had done the night before he presented his letters.
 Sir Lionel made it plain that he did not consider it right for foreigners to constitute themselves a committee of investigation into the internal affairs of Mexico. He also expressed his be- lief that Great Britain. did not intend to withdraw it's recognition of Presi- dent Huerta.
 Discussing the trouble here he said he did notSregard it as revolution, properly speaking
 "A revolution, in my opinion,'' he said, "is an organized movement. with a. leader and fixed ideals; while this is merely a conglon eraHon of outbreaks here and there unrelated except as they are all the outgrowth of general social unrest. I do not believe that the United States fully realizes the seriousness of the situation here.''
 The present revolt he says, has no leader whom all recognize and with whom foreign Governments could treat.
 When the opinion was expressed that this situation could not continue indefinitely, he said he saw no reason why it could not, as it took 8 long time for social unrest to be remedied.
 Mexico, he said. needed punitive and remedial Lnethods@a strong man and statesman of no small ability.
 "It Is ridicu1ous,'' he said, ito sup pose thatssueh man can be found in a hapEhazard election under the pres ent circumstances.'s
 The Ambassador said he saw no reason why Gen. Huerta should be displaced for another man whose abi1-# ities were yet to be tried, saying that it was impossible for the situation to. solve itself by changing from one man to another continually. He. believed a remedy would be found when the better elements of Mexico got behind the Government, whatever it's politics, and gave their support to devise al remedy for the causes of unrest, fol- lowing punitive methods.
 While professing not to criticise the 1 Washing gton policy, he intiInated that he considered it's dealing with the sit uation here super1cial1y, without full knowledge of the real causes of the 1 trouble, as comp1icating affairs rather than contributing to their solution.
 Regarding the comments upon his action contained in dispatches from Washin gton. Sir Lionel said:
 These comments have been made, and that is sufficient; no answer is forthcofning.'
 He showed, however. that he con sidered the Washington criticisms of | his actions childish.
 He evaded all questions relative to | intervention on the part of the United States. He said his Government had not asked his opinion on this matter. and he did not understand that the United States had any intention of intervening. Consequently he had done nothing to block the American policy.