The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-05-25
HUERTA MAY QUIT
THE PRESIDENCY
is cHAFING UNDER RESTRAINT
OF DUTIES AS SUCH-PReFeRS
THE BATTLEFlElD.

Mexico City, MAY -f'--ue' oi"
Huerta is chatting under the restraint
imposed by the duties and ceremonies
attending his office as president, ana
some OF his old friends in the army
will not be surprised If one day ne
throws off the tri-t6lored band and
again dons the military uniform. 1t
is said that the president, not muy
satisfied with the progress which Is
being made against the revolitionists,
is seriously considering the resigla-
tion of his office in order personally
to direct the campaign.
That the army has not made any
great advancement in restoring peace
is evident, and Huerta, who planned
and carried ou the campaign against
Oroozco a year ago, is pardoned by
his intimates for believing that he
could do the job more expedi,hously'
Il am not a man OF governmental. ot
fairs" said Huerta recently in the
course of an impromptu after dinner
spec ch. Il am a soldier, and every
time that | see a body O. men en-
training, long to 60 with t1cm in
to the field"
Who would take Huerta place as
provisional president is a mate! or
much speculation. His inability 10
find a man who would 81 sly the
PEOPLE and display 'he requisite OK
ecutive abnity is wlat may prevent
MeXico's soldier president from alan
doning the pala' 70 place Felix
Diaz in the pre- ,ij.2ncy lropaniy
would not improve th2 situation Sradt-
" and certainly It would not please
Diaz. since his occupancy y! the pro-
visional post woull greatly lessen
his chances of hOll.1y 1t as an elected
incumbent. The selection Of Fran
cisco de la Barra Wolld please many
of his intimate 'rien1s. But tie
Catholic party liJ its eye on de Ia
Barra as a can 1idd'e for The presi-
dency at some iu.uIc time when cleo
tions can be held. Once it was sng-
gested that General Geroniplo Trevino
take the provisional presidency. Bit
the general Is gettine IN in years, ana
in addition he does not wan. The place
Whether Huerta would do any bet
ter however, in the field than his
| officers now are doing is regarded
as by no means certain. He prob
ably has an influence over the army
greater than that OF any other gen.
eral; but the army today is poor
| thing compared with that left by
| Porfrio Diaz, Notwithstanding that
| Diaz's army was far less efficient than
he considered it. 1t has been demon
strated that the army is not a unit oI
loyalty, and Ie' introduction into its
ranks of thousands Of eXrebels ap-
pears not to have greatly strengthen
strengthened its loyalty and tc
have lowered discipline and efficie ency
AS minister of war, Huerta might d.
rect all phases of the campaign, Du'
| as a simple general in the Veld Le
could direct only small part, and
what he might accomplish in one re
| gon might easily be offset by what
transpired in other parts of the re-
| public.
Huerta and Diaz believed in Feb
ruarv that they had restored Mexico
| to a peaceful condition, and they
| probably did not dream that the coun-
| ter revolution ever would assume the
proportions it has today. There is
no doubt now, however, that n" num-
| her of rebels is greater than the mum
Der of government troO6Ds, and 1t has
become practically natter Il
money which side vii win. May be
gan with the government still on TIE
, defensive. but making promises of the
early inauguration of terrible cam
paign against the rebels. 1t was be-
lieved in the capital that by the
time the rebels would have exhausted
their supplies of ammunition and
would be unable to buy any more, OF
to get it across the American bound
airy line even if they possessed the
| necessary means to purchase 1t
Money is not plentiful in the rebeI
treasury but neither is it in that oi
| the national government. SO far as
getting guns and ammunition across
the line is concerned, the rebels ap~
pear to be having less difficulty than
did either Madcro or Orozlo and
MeVicans in the capital are open in
their dcnunciatiOn Of the WashinSton
government for not maintaining a
StriCter patrol.