The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-17
Ovation Given President
Huerta as He Reviews
Troops and Later Adj
dresses Congress
IN HIS MESSAGE He
BARELY MENTIONS
THE UNITED STATES
Does Not Deal With Diplomatic Ex-
changes Between Two Nations.
Hopes to Pacify Country Be
fore Election-Declares II
Will Be Unrestricted

Mexico city, September 16-ln spite
of The rumors which dealt imrartially
with attacks upon Americans, an army
uprising and the assassination of the
President. Independence Day came and
Went with nothing to mar the holiday
spirit.
Politically the great event was the
reopening of Congress and the read
ing of the Presidents message But
without doubt General Huerta was
moved less by that than by The spec
tacle of thousands of students. citizens
and soldiers doing hira honor as he
stood on the balcony of the national
palace reviewing the great parade. the
feature in which public interest cen
tered,
More than 1000 voluntee and stu
dents, ranging In age from u years
upward, had their taste of milhai v dis
comfort standing for hours in driz-
zling rain and plodding through muddy
streets. They bore the hardshsps NAM
fully however, marching proudly be-
tween dense lines of onlookers whom
the rain failed to daunt, through the
principal business streets, past the pal-
ace and TO various points whore they
disbanded.
10000 Passed in Review
II is estimated that close to 10000
marchers passed in review They in
cluded 1000 of Blanquet's veterans. who
did hard service in the zapata coqn-
try, resnlar and volunteer cavalry and
infantfy rurales, mounted ana foot POI
lliee ARTILLERY cadets and hospital cerpss
Nezt to tF dents and voluhtee4s
who received the most enthusiastic APP
plause were several ambulance antomo-
biles filled With white gowned Young
women OF the Red Cross hospital serv-
Ice
Along the line of march balconies.
housetops and pavements were crowd
ed; the air was filled with flowers and
confetti showered Upon those who
marched At each end of San Fran
cisco avenue, the principal business
thoroughfare, triumphal arches had
been erected and added To the general
decorative effect of the banners hung
from light posts and windows and the
flags of various nations covering the
store fronts
Wild Applause Greets Huerta
President Huerta and his aides. rid
ing through The streets after the CON
clnsion Of the early ceremonies at
Chapultepec. were greeted with wild
applause The Presidents greatest
triumph appeared to be at his recep-
tion at the joint session of deputies
and senators when he entered to read
his message He was greeted with
viVas both by the crowd surrounding
the chamber and that which filled the
hall. six o'clock was the hour set for
the formal opening of the session and
presidential salute of q guns was
fired. Prompt to the minute the ex-
ecutive mounted the steps of the build
ing, stopping only an instant a the
doors to bow his acknowled grnents.
The city was ablaze with strings OF
incandescent lights tonight. All public
buildings were srofuselv decorated. I'M
I'll midnight the thoroughfafes present.
the big cities OF the United States
Crowds filled the Zocalo in front of the
national palace. while crowds wandered
noisily about the streets. footing horns
and making the most of the expiring
holiday.
-Huerta Reads Message
Provisional President Victoriano Huerta
delivered his sem-annual message today
at the opening of the second session of
the twenty-sevenAh Mexican Congress-
In It he promised TO spare no efforts to
bring about the unrestricted election of
President and vice president of the Mex
1t would constitute the greatest triumph
of his career to turn over the office 10 his
(COutinued on Page TxyeIye)