The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-09
ALL FACTIONS To
RESENT MEDIATION
HUERTA MINISTER TO FRANCE
STOPS OVER IN NEW YORK
.r TO TALK A EFT.
HE'S LOVER OF PEACE
SENIOR DE LA BAREA, HOWEVER.
BELIEVES PRESIDENT WILSON
SHOULD RECOGNIZE MEX
ICAN GOVERNMENT.
HE'S LOVER OF PEACE.

NEW YORK, August s.-That In
Prevention in any form would be
fraught with serious consequences &c
American interests and that 1t would
serve only to unite all Mexican fac
tons in resentment toward what would
be considered an unwarranted af-
front to the dignity and honor of their
country. was the opinion voiced by
Francisco Leon de la Barra, who ar
rived here today on his way to France,
where he Is to represent the Huerta
government
Senior de la Barra. who was pro-
visional president of Mexico after the
fall of Diaz and who has had much
experience in diplomatic posts of one
kind or another. including several
years residence in the United States
left no doubt In the minds of those
who talked with him that President
Wilson's determination not to recog-
nize Huerta is believed by him to be
the only obstacle in the way Of peace
and constitutional government In
Mexico. He declared that internal
disputes ought not to obscure the fact
that throughout Mexico there is a
fervor of national patriotism that can
always be relied upon in the event OF
trouble from the outside.
Urges Recognition.
The new Mexican ambassador TO
France is not a bellicose person. All
his training binds him to the side OF
peace and order under the law. He
believes evolution In always more eff
fective than revolution and he feels
deeply the heavfness with which her
problems are weighing upon his coun-
try, but there In no nfiefAktng his
conviction that timely recognition
would have sirnpiifed matters and
saved lot of trouble. In his view the
essential thing is that Huerta has been
declared president by the Mexican
congress. congress elected in
Madero's time. too. and that recogni-
ton has been given by every other
great power except the United States.
stiIl he IL optimistic. His long
residence here has given him CON
fidence In the fairness Of the Ameri
can people. and while he has never
met President Wilson. ne says he is
convinced from a study OF his writ
ings, from what he knows OF his train
ing and what ne has been told, that
a sense of justice is the chief char
acteristic OF his mind. and the funda-
mental basis OF all his thought He
does not appear to be alarmed by
stands. He counsels only that the facts
be ascertained before any decisive step
Ia taken.
Says WIN Receive Mnd.
As for the mission OF John Lind,
he belittled the suggestion that the
agent OF the president of the United
States would be treated with anything
but courtesy. He believed he would
be well received. but he declined TO
discuss the matter further, pleading
that this turn of affairs had been
given since he left Mexico. He as
serted that any American citizen Ia
safe In any part OF the country con-
trolled by the government at this
time.
Mexico has two serious problems
Just now" said the AMBASSADOR. Zone
is internal and the other external. So
far as the former Il concerned, be-
lieve, 80 far as / am able to Judge
from what have been told, and from
what have read since my arrival. con-
ditions are improving on the side of
the government. The military pro-
gram Is in a fair way to be carried
out. Railroad communication is
firmly established throughout the