New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-16
Man of Brilliant Attain
ments and Indomita-
bic Will.
FOUGHT FOR MADERO;
TURNED ON HIM
His Fall Brought About by Re-
fusal of United States TO
Recognize Him.

| BOTIlFlO DlhL, the Olu A1tci ~
fled the country before the victorious
Francisco l. Madero, it was General
Huerta who headed the escort that
took him to Vera Cruz. Huorta him
self is now on the verge Of passing
over the same route, bent on the same
purpose escaping the short shrift oil
conquering revolutionlsts.
Yet Huerta was not less remarka-
BILE man than Diaz. If anything ne
was even more remarkable. But ne
/ lived at later date. Times had
changed. That was, perhaps, the one
thing Hucrta did not realize. Huerta
/ had no love for Madero, though he
served him faithfully for while.
/ Ideaiists were not in his line. lie
could not see'that it was Madero and
not himself who was typical OF the
new era. And so he has gone.
Huerta has been much mlsrepre-
sented and much misunderstood. Not
few have supposed him part Indian
and almost wholly an ignorant peasant,
and drunken, brutal sot to boot.
Throughout the past trying five months
he has shown himself TO be what he
was, a gentleman, an aristocrat OF the
highest type.
Far from having come from ignorant
peasant stock, Huerta came from a long
line Of ancestors, the Huertas of Chi
huahua, we'll and widely known in their
own land. He inherited patriotism and
was an aristocrat by nature. AS a
child he was surrounded by luXurle5
little dreamed of by the great mass
of Mexicans. He spent his early years
in the midst of men and women OF
culture and refinement. Only mis-
directed patriotism made him a brutal
butcher. a ruthless murderer, heart-
less assassin. It is greatly to be
doubted that he ever slew Tor the mere
lust of Staying. For he was man
whose bravery and courage were as
indomitable as his spirit.
Hucrta's Many Attachments.
Huerta was a man of great parts.
He was well educated and had high
military genius. His strong, supple
body, whose natural physical health
was heightened by constant outdoor
life. was matched by an active brain,
deep intellectual capacity, quick per-
cepton, and marked decision Of action
If war and politics were his vocation,
his natural prediction was no less
for scientific study He was a pro-
found mathematician and no mean as
trOnOmer.
Such was the man who has fled from
Mexico City and whose name through
out the world stands for that of cold
and calculating assassin.
By profession Huerta was a soldier
an engineer. He was born in Chi
huahua in 1857. At the age of eigh-
teen he entered the military school at
Chapultepec, the West Point of Mex
leo, and it has been said, that even
at that early date Porfrio Diaz looked
upon him as a possible successor He
was graduated in 1879, and when Dlaz
reorganiZed the Mexican army he made
/ Hucrta a captain of engineers. At
/ once Huerta began to show the mate
rial he was made Of for while he was
still only a captain he devised the plan
of the general staff corps which DIaz
adopted For the next few years ne
was an active member of-the Military
( Map Commission and had charge of all
the astronomical work in drafting a
map Of Mexico on a large scale. Dur
ing this period he led exploring and
surveying parties over the widest
parts of the republic and gained IA
/ knowledge Of the country unequalled
by that of any other man.
His First War Exploit.
At the age of thirty-fve he was
lieutenant colonel in charge of a
military station. But attending din
ners and balls and the society of
charming women was not what HUI
erta wished. He wanted to get into
the War Department at the capital,
and he got there by method which
was typical of his career With two
or three attendants he purposely wan
dered into mountain pass, where he
knew he would find noted and desper-
ate bandit, Zcgzaa. But he did not 90
to capture Zegaza. He went to be
captured When surrounded by the
band, he surrendered without even a
show Of fight. Then he obtained his
release by promising to let Zegaza
know when the garrison would be out
of the town so that the bandits could
loot the place. True to his word, in
his own Huertista way, he sent Ze
gaia the message Next Thursday"
And the garrison was out of the town
all right. They were hidden in am
bushes, from which they surrounded
and captured the entire Zegaza band.
The achievement obtained Cor Huerta
lUt DOol Et utolIcu IL INC Htdu ol
the Geographical Department of the
War Office in Mexico City.
At the same time Huerta never
missed chance Of active service. He
was in several campaigns against the
Yaqui and Maya Indians and obtained
the rank Of 6rigader general and was
member Of the General staff.
When the Madero revolution started
Huerta WAS given command of all the f.
detached government forces in the
State o. Guerrero, and as fighter op.
posing Madero he became noted in the /
United States as we'll as Mexico. :
month before the abdication Of Diaz he .
was appointed to wage an active cam I.
paign for the defence of the capital.
Throughout all the uprisngs Hucrta /
showed the marked inclination OF his
character. He was a shining example
Of loyalty to the administration 20
him the administration was Mexico. .
After he had seen mis- old chief Diaz
depart from Vera Cruz never 70 re-
turn Hucrta FASTENED back 20 his cam
mand and fought as valiantly for Pro
visional President de la Barra as he
had fought for Diaz.
Fought for Nadero.
When Nadero was elected President
he became a fighter for Madcro and
was Madero's right hand man. Il was
this which made his rcputcd assassina-
ton OF Madcro seem the blackcr
treachery, but loyalty to the admins ,
trGtlon was his nature. and Hucrta has
always asserted that Madero had +
ceased 70 be the administration and
had turned the people against him be- .
fore he Toll. II Mas nnlN The nLhnr |