Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-05-24
hDERIb GHAFlAG
UNDER RESTRAINT
OF PRESIDENTS
CLOTHES



tlueFta 81 chatting Under The restraint
smpoaea hy the duties and ceremonies
lotitnelng his Office az president and
some ~ hts old friends IN the army
VIII not be surprised IL one dap he
throws IN the tfi-coiored band and
hHain dQue she military uniform. X
u said that the president. not fully
eatlaned with the pfoarsns which Is
heinz made eealnsi the revolutioniste.
a serloaaiy considering the Resignation
~ his office h order personally "a az
rect the campaign
That the army han not made anv
sFeat advancement IN restoring peace
n evident. and Huefta. who planned
and carried out the campaign against
oro1co q year ago, - pardoned By his
lntlmates for believing that he coul1
Do the Job more rxpeaitiously. n am.
not a man 81 governmental alfaifs."
said Huersa recently IN the course Of
an impromptu after-dinner speech. II
am a soldier. and every time that
SEQ body 81 men entraininR. | Ions
70 SO with them into tho Held"
Who would take Huerta's place az
provisional president Is matter OF
much speculation. His inability 10
md man who would satisfy the peo-
pie and display the requisite execu-
tive ability Il what may prevent Mex
ico's soldier-president from abandon
Ing the palace. TO place Felix Diaz In
tho presidency probably would not im-
prove the situation greatly, and ccr-
tninly q would not please Diax. since
his occupancy of the provisional post
would greatly lessen his chances OF
hcidlne IA AZ an elected incumbent.
The selection of Francisco de IA Bar.
"a would please many OF his intimate
friends. but the Catholic party has is
eye on De N Barra az a candidate for
the presidency at some future time
when elections can be held once 4
was spgEested tina, General Geronimo
Trevino take the provisional presi-
acncy but the general t. getting on
In years. and In addition he does nor
want the place.
whether Huerin would do any bet
ter. however. IN the field thnn his OH
GERS now are doing Is regarded as by
no means certain lie probably has
an influence over the army greater
than that Of any other general: but
the army today ~ a poor thing COM
pared with that left BY Porfirio Diaz
notwithstanding that Diaz's army was
far less efficient than he considered
a. Il has been demonstrated that the
army = not a unit OF loyalty. and the
Introduction into its ranks OF thous.
ands Of ex-robels appears not Ia have
groatly strengthened its loyalty ami
10 have lowered discipline and ell
cheney. A. minister Of war Huerta
might direct an phases al the cam
p&ien. but as simple general In the
ield ne could direct only mail part.
and what he might accomplish III one
region might easily be offset by what
tranRpited Ia other parts OF tine re-
public.
Hnerta and Diaz believed In Feb
ruary that they had restored Mexico
20 peaceful condition, and they
probably did not dream that the
counter-revoiution ever would assume
the proportions !. has today There
In no doubt now. however. that the
number Of rebels H. greater than the
number % the governors troops ana
II has become practically a matter OF
money which side viii win. May BE-
gan with the government SIM on the
defensive, but making promises OF the
early inauguration OF terrible cane
paign against the rebels. II was be-
licyed IN the capital that by that time
the rebels would have exhausted their
supplies of ammunition and woulc be
unable 10 buy more. or 20 set IL across
the American boundary line even u
they possessed the necessary means to
/ purchase ~. Money " not plentiful
IN the rebel treasury; but neither IL u
in that OF the national government.
SO far a. getting guns ana ammuDi-
| ton across the line 10 concerned. the
rebels appear tn be- having less diff
I Guilty than did either Madero or
orozco. and Mexlcans In the capital
are open In their denunciation Of The
| Washington government Tor not main
tanning stricter patrol
| We're Il not for the fact that tho
Mexican soldier generally provides his
own ratlons. he would today be the
highest paid nghung man In tho
world. Madero raised his wages 10 "a
peso so cents gold, day. and Huerta
has further increased a to peso and
a hair as cents gold. The main
tenance ~ the army In the past three
years has been MeXico's greatest item
% expense. but Notwithstanding that
the government rs hard up ana has
had diihculty IN securing the loan for
which Il has been striving Huerta
considered the increase necessity.
conscripliom however. has been the
method adopted.
Judged by some OF the expenditures
--or announced intention 40 cxpend--
the government Is not 30 poor az facts
would seem 90 Indicate Recently "
was stated az the national palace that
in order 20 Increase the efficiency Of
the army the war department had nu-
thOrlzed the purchase 81 twenty nero-
planes ana the establishment OF "a
school OF ayiniion. Already the gov
eminent has two machines Captain
Manuel Lcbrijn in In charge OF aerial
infiruCiion. ana the war department
Processes 40 believe that before many
months army cfiicers win be locating
rebel hands ihrough The use Of these
machines