Evening journal., 1913-08-23
A. F. DUPONT
TELLS OF The
MEXICAN ROW
Foreign Representative of
Wilmington Firm Gives his
Solution Of Rebellion
SUGGESTS METHODS OF
ENDING REVOLUTION

CelNt pToltcllou lOi uiHhcll VI nlS |
property from his Government in |
Mexico A. Francis DUPONT, auditor
OF foreign affairs of the E. l. dupont |
de Nemours Powder Company and a
nephew Of Senator Henry Algernon |
DUPONT, of Delaware, reached New
York yesterday.
Mr.. DUPONT. whose business train
ing has made him a keen observer of
events, was filled with a sense Of in
Justice at the manner in which af
fairs we're being conducted in Mexico
and at the policy Of the Government
here. During the six weeks that he
spent amid the turbulent hoilings OF
the Mexican revolution and anarchis-
tic regime he has come to believe
that the only solution of the situa-
ton there lies in these three bold
movements on the part of the United
States.
The immediate recognition by
President Wilson Of Huerta as
the head Of the present Mexican
Government.
The actual movement of
strong force of United States
soldiers across the border and
their stationing in Mexico City.
The taking over of the French
loan by American financiers, and
the offer OF New York bankers
to place money at the disposal of
the Mexican Government
Tells Of His Escape.
Mr. DUPONT told the exciting story
OF his escape from death in Mexico
CITY. and how he and 200 other Amer
ican citizens were forced TO flee from
the country where lawlessness RACES.
He said:
Several Americans and myself
were dining at the Chapultepec on the
evening of August 13. This restau-
rant is on Passed del Reforma, and is
lvery popular among American visitors
lin Mexico City. We heard shots.
Suddenly the proprietor, his face quite
pale rushed into the room and shout
ed to the guests to fee for their lives.
"Our automobile was drawn up out
side the door, and we all made quick
time to the business place of Derber
,Carlisle, who was one Of our party
Arriving, we found more than hun
Idred other Americans with their
wives and children had gathered
there. Naturally we turned to the
American Embassy for protection and
information.
What was our surprise when we
lphoned them and could gain absolutely
no information. We waited a half
hour longer; the women in the party
had become hysterical. Within two
hours after we had heard the first
shots in the Paseo del Reforma 200
lof us were on our way to Vera Cruz.
III was our only possible chance 20
save ourselves-to flee the country" /"
Speaking of the three solutions which
he proposed for the solution OF
the present terror in Mexico, Mr.. DUPONT
said:
1T is hard for us up here to realize
what a hold President Huerta has upon
his fellow eountrymen. The upper or
ruling classes are with him. almost to a
man. When he passes down the streets
he IS cheered by the citizens who see
him He has thnt bulldog quality in his
nature which makes him hold on until
death / am sure he would be willing 70
see Mexico in a fiery rage for years yet
before he would resign the position to
which he has been elected by the cabi-
net He is not despotic about it; merely
determined. He claims that his election
has been legal and that the United
states ~nOUiQ ne lNt HioI W uuitAA H.
After this has been done think that he
! will not hesitate a second to resign. and
: then to make the race for the presi-
dencv again at the polls. About his
election there can be no doubt; the
7 Mexican people are with him.
How can you defend your state
ment that troops should be landed in
Mexico City al once2 Mr.. DUPONT
was asked He said.
"It would be the moral influence oi
their presence that would make sucf
move valuable The Mexican peo-
! pie have lost their respect for oui
Government. They think that we are
: afraid; they believe that our Govern
ment has not a powderful army, anf
: that it is our weakness and then
own strength that makes us hest
+ tate to demand our rights in Mexico
There is no more pitiful sight u
the world than the present Mexican
army. II is composed chiefly of es
E capped convicts and of mere boys be
e tween the ages OF ~ and Is years
II is this sort Of regiments that arr
defying law and order. If we woul'
land several thousand husky, mani.
looking American soldiers in tn
city. il would not be "a hours befor'
things would quiet down there"
Believes Huerta Approves.
but what would President Huert
l think of such a bold mover? he wa
asked He said;
"Confdentially. | think that Huert
h would approve of it. He is at hear
: a friend of Americanism and puts hlr
S self out to show this. Several even
S ings before we were driven frol
e Mexico City we were dining in POP
d ular cafe. President Huerta was a
d the next table to us. BY our CONVEX
a sation he must have recognized us a
t. Americans He arose instantly, bow
It ed and lifted his hat TO us. But
d am convinced that demonstration {
our power would help along"
would not the fear that-our sol
diers once in. they would neve
h leave. terrorize the people?
y mo. indeed" Mr.. DUPONT reptile
II quickly. 1--WE went into Cuba an
3 we're GLAD to leave after our soldier
7 had done their duty"
Speaking of the power of the Amer
% lican dollar in Mexico, Mr.. duPon
/ thought that Americans should d
10 what they could to obtain the friend
,a shin of the Mexican republic. TIL
government is being pressed cor
tinually by the burden of the Frenc
loan. and would appreciate any none
of lent by American capitalists. Tn
b. natural resources there are III
~ measurable, he went on TO say, an
Be the investments would be certain. +
n said:
le THE Mexican Government is no
seizing all the powder and ammun