The border vidette., 1913-08-02
PRESIDENT WILSON STANDS PAT
United States Will Not Recognize
Huerta Government.


The president made it clear to-
day to those who discussed the
Mexican situation with him that
he was not swayed in the least
by the arguments of AmbaSSa-
dor Henry Lane Wilson in favor
of recognition of the Huerta
government in Mexico. He let
it be known that his analysis of
conditions from official and I'M
official reports and his Judgment
of what should be done were not
altered by the ambassadors
statements.
The president is formulating
n policy which he told callers
today involves nothing not en-
tirely friendly to Mexico. 1t
was not announced what the
program will be but he is en-
phatically and unalterably OPP
posed to recognition under any
circumstances of the govern
ment set up by Provisional Pre-
sident Huerta through events in
which President Madero and
Vice President Pine Suarez met
tragic deaths.
1t developed today that De-
mOcrats of the senate are con-
curing in this view and that
further discussion of Ambas-
sador Wilson's statement before
the senate foreign relations com
mittee brought out a general
sentiment of opposition to the
suggestion of recognition Of the
Huerta government.
Senator Bacon, chairman Of
the committee on foreign rela-
tons, pronounced the opinion
that to recognize the Huerta
government would be putting q
premium on revolution in Mex
leo. He believes, moreover, it
would be an incentive to every
revolutionary leader to assassi-
nate the head of the nation with
the fnll expectation that his act
would receive the approval and
official recognition Of other ma
tiOnS. Bacon also il of the OPT
Mon that recognition of Huerta.
far from bringing about peace,
would be the strongest encour-
agement to ambitious chiefs.
Bacon reflects the views of the
president, who has held from
the beginning the pronounced
opinion that the great moral
question involved is greater than
the mere Judgment of the acts
of single ruler. In the Latin
America statement issued short
ly after the Inauguration, the
president set forth emphat1cally
the opposition of the United
States to those who set up a
government by arbitrary force
and announced that the Amer
lean government would prefer
associations with governments
founded on law and order.
While not referring at any
time to any particular nation,
the president is known to have
had Mexico in mind. The i'm
preston he desired to spread
was that while seeking nothing
itself, the American govern
ment had no sympathy with the
volatile processes by which gov
ernmentS are overturned in La
tin America.
just when the president will
make known his views is not
certain and it may depend some
what on the possible adjustment
of the dispute by factions them
selves in Mexico. The president
thinks the prospect of peace is
growing stronger daily and re-
CARDS the problem by no means
insoluble. He conceiveS that
the Mexicans themselves will
shortly be able to bring about
peace. With the American gov
eminent absolutely opposed to
the Huerta regime, adm;nistra-
ton officials here believe that
friends of President Huerta will
prevail upon him to retire in
favor Of a provisional president
favorable to all factions.
Meanwhile it is more likely
that the policy of President Will
son will be to await develop
ments in the southern republic
and refrain from Offering me-
diation or other conciliatOry sug
gestions until they have eX
hausted every resource to bring
about peace.