Semi-weekly herald., 1914-03-02

were sticking to their
homes. But the evening passed with
out event and the next day, though
the newspapers, under big headlines
scored the Americans and President
Wilson, Americans who ventured on
the streets, saw no indication of i'll
feeling.
Then the word went around amongl
the Americans in the colony that the
Mexican people in the capital were
mostly in favor of Carranza and that,
instead of blaming Americans for
aiding the rebels, they were delighted
with President Wilson'S assistance
Within few days it became appar-
ent to Americans that this was true;
the average Mexican man on the
street or in the store showed no re-
sentiment but only pleasure-that is
he showed his pleasure secretly, to
the American friends he could trust
in Americas action.
There is no one general in the
world who has had as much fighting
during the past three years as Gem
eral Pancho Villa, rebel leader. Mill
tary attaches of the embassies and
legations in the Mexican capital con-
stantly pay tribute to Villas military
genius. An instance of Villas mill
tary cleverness was described by a
European military student, thus:
.Villa never overlooks an oppor-
tunity to take advantage of the en-
emy. All of his fighting, lately, has
been done by means of long, thin
firing line. He distributes his troops
over a vast space. It's one of the
cleverest things he has ever done, for
he knows well that the federal SOL
diers are men who have been forced
into the army and their generals
must keep them punched as they dare
not let them get too far away, for
fear of desertion. Durango, Victoria
and Ojinaga were lost in. this way,
just because the federals didn't dare
to split their bodies of troops into
small bands"
Huerta has all of an Indians stoi-
cism. This is the way he spent the
eventful day on which came the news
that President Wilson had raised the
embargo on arms shipped to the reb-
els:
About 10 O'Clock after breakfast,
before word came of the raising of
the embargo, he went to the Cafe
Colon, near his home merely stop
ping off for drink, on his way to
the palace. Of course, in every cafe
in the capital there is always some
one ready to take drink with "the
president" At noon he was still
there, with secret service men wait
ing around at various tables and
standing on the sidewalk outside the
cafe doors.
At l o'clock came news that the
embargo had been raised. The Mexi-
can and American newspaper cores
pondents began wild search fol-
Huerta. At last, at 8 O'Clock, one
American photographer and an Eng
lish newspaper woman, seeing his
car outside the cafe, entered the
place and demanded to see the presi.
dent. The secret service men immed
lately bundled them both into an aut.
omobile and took them to cells in the
nearest police station.
In the meantime other correspond
ents had found Moheno, the minister
of foreign relations, at his home, al
lunch.
81 don't know where Huerta is
he said. "He leads very informa
life. Come to my office at 5 o'clock
There were dozen correspondents
there at the appointed hour. After {
long wait Moheno got into his car
riage and the correspondents trailet
him to the palace, where the elusive
dictator was located.
A score of newspaper men immed
lately sent in their cards. Out cam,
a secretary.
"The president will probably max,
a statement" he said. Another Ion,
wait until $3.50 when the secretary an
nounced:
"The president can't see you. He il
very busy. Maybe he will make ;
statement tomorrow"
| Within ten minutes Huerta was il
his automobile speeding toward an
other cafe.