The Penn's Grove record., 1913-09-19
'HUERTA BLAMES
ALL ON WILSON
Says Mexico Has No Trouble
with American People
PROMISES A FAIR ELECTION
Promises to Hold Election October 26,
but Silent on Own Candidacy
French Bankers Took $3o,o0o,ooo
Bonds-Orders War Supplies.

Mexico City.-Provisional President
Huerta in his message to Congress
refers to the tenseness of the diplo-
matte relations between the Mexican
government and the United States,
but luckily not with the people of
that country" He expresses the Nope
that the negotiations with the Amer
lean government will speedily result
in a solution of the difference which
have arisen between the two coun-
tries.
General Huerta, as if to contrast the
attitude of the United States toward
the government of Mexico names 26
other nations which have recognized
the present government of Mexico, the
list including most of the European
Powers.
The provisional president promises
on behalf of the government to hold
the national elections for the presi-
dency, set for October 26, on schedule
time and adds that arrangements for
the holding of these elections are al
ready in progress.
In his reference to the status Of the
relations between the United States
and Mexico, President Huerta insists
that there is no crisis between the
people of the United States and the
people of Mexico and that whatever
tension may exist is between his gov
eminent and that of President Wilson.
who seems to be determined not to
recognize him, thus preventing the
p~aci1cation of the sister republic
which is its neighbor.
General Huerta carefully avoided
in his message any reference to the
request that he retire from the gov
eminent or that he be eliminated as
a candidate for President, although
he clearly states that he will promptly
restore peace and bring about the
unrestricted election Of a President
and a Vice President.
The Provisional President blames
the strained diplomatic relations be-
tween Mexico and the United States
for the delay in the pa~cification of
I1C SONlIIl " DuI dOuS LudI lie Sill
cerely hopes the crisis will be ended
and that the two countries will once
once more be united in the bonds of
friendship.
Those who had expected that Pres
ident Huerta would explain in his
message the latest notes exchanged
between the United States and Mex.
leo, as did President Wilson in his
message to the American Congress,
We're greatly disappointed, as the pro-
visional executive made no reference
to these diplomatic exchanges other
than to state that this subject was
too delicate to be discussed at the
present time.
General Huerta's message was
greeted with long cheering by the
deputies and Senators.
In his report on the present condi
ton of the finances of Mexico, Gen.
eral Huerta said that 1874, 900, 900 had
been expended for the pacification OF
the country. This, he said, left So,
zoe, 900 of the amount which was in
JIG ISdouIy dL TIC DSSIuLluS VI tlc
present fiscal year, French bankers,
he explained, had taken $50, 900, 900 OF
the 500, 900, 900 loan authorized in
May and out of this Speyer & Co. had
repaid $1,000 900, representing a loan
to the, treasury and $4,000, 900 as a
loan to the monetary commission.
While the national cartridge fac.
tory was turning out at the present
time 260, 900 cartridges monthly the
Government, President Huerta said
had contracted for a great quantity
of machine guns, rifles and cannon
Orders have been placed abroad fol-
ten aeroplanes, Z armored automo'
biles and so unarmored cars.