The chronicle=news., 1913-04-12
NEWS FROM THE
MEXICAN CAPITAL

| To accord recognition 10 the Itutfta
adm uinistration created grave anxiety
in tnc ..oNican capital. u cohdi'ioh
which was noticeable. during the
last week in March. even In govern
| ucnt circles.
Under some circumstance wash
lngton's coolhcss would not have
been So serious. but with the impoN-
eI ish.d state OF the national treasury
common knowledge. the distant niii-
tuds OF tao United States. accordin;
to III. views OF we'll Informed ob,crN-
rrs, assumed almost ~" proportions
OF - national menace Popularity II
WAS assumed. and In high govern
m"It offices Il; was not denied, thai
on. little friendly nod from Uncle
sam would have rendered the work
II til. rountry's fInincicr, who arr
Iirying to borrow l"n ."u',ono pesos
,ssu. .Dun uUOI comparatively simple.
Even the armed enemies OF IN"
government conccdc that President
HueTta will pursue u determined pol
ley in restoring order. but his closest
personal friends admit his job Is so-
ing 10 he increasingly difficult unless
some means can be found for replcn-
ishiug the national funds. \ month
after Hucrta WAS made president
th.r. was not enough money on hand
to pay the expenses OF the govern
mcnt for any but II short period. He
and his counsshors continued max
Ing their plans. however. on the hs-
sumption that the money necessary
wou,. he forthcoming IN due time
from some source or other. Hut "
has not yet appeared. and people are
now asking whence II can be expect
cd.
There Is oi course no denying the
fact that the Withholding OF Amcri-
can recognition makes IL more diifi-
cult for Mexico to borrow. Local
.ank.rs do not hesitate to declare
that II the United States pcrists In
turning her back on Mexico. money
loaned to the Huerts government
would he a risk not lightly TO be as
sumcd. and that the possible over
throw OF iincria would leave the
holders Of tho new bonds in an en-
barrassinS prcdicnmcnt.
Realizing the delicate si,iaiiou In
which their country Is placed Few
youns ucn and women attempted 10
innugura'c a popular movement To
supply the nation with funds from
amounts offered have bccn sums like
$50 or icss. and Il has been pointed
out to these patriotic and srlf-sac-
rif.cinH persons thn, their efforts are
not. after uli. practical.
The government has asked con.
grcss 10 authorize two bond ISSUES.
OOD, aud the second for the hundred
million ,S5O.0 .OOO. II Is pro-
POSED to use tho bonds Of the 3i0.-
900 loan In pay Ing sbndcmnitics FOR
damages incurred hurtag the rcvolu-
tion OF i?lU-il: for covering sub
ycntions promised railroads; for
meeting obligations In completing
public works, aud similar purposes.
Wha, the recipient does with bond
50 issued Is n matter 0f indifference
To the government He may hold II
and collect the per cent interest;
dispose oi IL FOR what he can get
now. or sell II when the country
is once again ut pcac. and the prices
OF securities consequently higher.
Tho big loan. however. Is for the
express purpose Of getting money
cash. For this foreign bankers vii.
nav. to bc solicited. When Iiucrta
was given ih. presidency there WA
a popular belief that the credit of
the country had been greatly I'm
proved. This was based on the as.
sumption that peace had com. with
the passing OF the Madero regime
One month. however. has sufficcd to
show that peace has not yet come to
Mexico.
Civil war has never intcrfcred SER
lously with Mexico theatrical scas-
on. and the days following caster
Sunday. when the playhouscs are
opened for the spring season, were
no exception.
At three of the theatres opera,
comic and grand. is being sung to
full houses. At one Of these Espcr-
ANA Iris. a Mexican soprano. is sus-
| tanning her popularity. which. In
the past two seasons, was lucrative
enough to enable her to buy the the
atrc In which she sings. At anoih
cr house the French opera OF New
| Orleans is appearing.
The successes and the rcverscs Of
the army and the progress Of the
| revolution continue to be the chief
topic of interest in McXico's capital.
as they nave been for the past three
years, but politics is running close
second in general interest.
President llucrta assumed tn.
presidency as provisional executive
with tho promise that as soon as
peace had been restored ughout