Arizona republican., 1913-09-17
In It He Promises to Spare No Effort to Bring About Unrestricted Election of President and Vice-Presi- dent in October
SAYS SOLE
 AIM IS PEACE
Charges That Attitude of United States Government Causes Unmerited Afflic- tion and Retards Pacifi- cation of Country
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH

1 MEXICO CITY. Sept 16-Provi- 1 sional President Victoria Huerta de- 1 livered his semi-annuaI message to- night at the opening of the second | session of the twenty seventh Mexi- can congress. In it he promised to spare no efforts to bring about the unrestricted election of a president and vice president of the Mexican republic next month. declaring that it would constitute the greatest triumph of his career to turn over his office to a successor with the country at peace.
 Huerta said the strained diplomatic
 relations between Mexico and the
 United States caused the Mexican
 nation to suffer unmerited affIiction
 and retarded the pacificatiDn of the
 country. Nevertheless he hoped for
 an early solution of the differences
 between the two nations and to see
 Mexico and the United States once
 more united in bonds of friendship.
 The tenseness of our diplomatic relations with the government of the
 United States, although luckily not with that of the people. puts Mexico in a state of apprehension"
 The message was disappointing to those who expected Huerta to deal at some length with the recent dipIo- matic exchanges. This subject. how ever, he said, being so delicate and the permanent commission of con- gress being already nformed,' was passed with bare mention. Deputies and senators in joint session. filled the floor of the chamber of deputies The balconies were packed and the diplomatic gallery was filled with f"reign representatives and their f2milJcs.
 The silence which prcvaile.! during the lea ne of the presidential q. cu- nrcnt was broken at the conclusion tY lrn'13Ped cheering in which c.ui. srcsslncn were join=J by the crowds in the galleries.
 In the message Huerta said: The Mexican government regards the pa cification of the country as Ban ur- gent necessity in order to restore the public services to Q normal state; re-establish political, social and eco nomical equilibrium and make possi- ble a program of reform which will satisfy the national aspiration.
 T will spare no effort and no sac rifice to obtain coveted peace and guarantee fully in the coming cleo tions the free casting of the ballot
 "Of the treasury funds amount ing a the beginning of the last ffs- cal year to s276OO.O0O, $24,90OO, 900, | he said. has been expended for the pacification of the country. Of the loan of $1OO,O0O.Oo0 authorized in May. French bankers took $3O,- 100000
 Out of this Speyer and company l had repaid $20,0OO,00O. half of which | was a loan to the national treasury and half to the monetary commis- | sion. For the army 660O horses and | 23O0 mules have been purchased | during the year. The national car fridge factory it is said. is turning out 26O,00O cartridges monthly. Be i sides a great number of cannon of | various descriptions. machine guns, | rifles, carbines and ammunition the has contracted abroad 1 for ten aerOplanes. seventy seven ar mored automobiles. fifty unarmored | and two armed trans ports.
 At the close of the reading of the i presidential message, the session of ! congress adjourned until tomorrow
 In spite of rumors that dealt inn partially with attacks upon Ameri- cans and army uprising and the l assassination of the president, Inde- pendence Day came and went with | nothing to mar the holiday spirit | Politically the great event was the | opening of congress and the reading 1 of the presidents message The great | parade, however, was the feature in which the public interest centered.
 More than four thousand volunteers and students, ranging in age from twelve years upward, had their first taste of military discomfort, stand ing for hours in a drizzling rain and | plodding through muddy streets. They l bore the hardships well. Close to ten thousand marchers passed in re- 1 view. These included one thousand | of Blanquet's veterans who did hard | service in the Zapata country.