New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-24
w. N. Dickinson, Just Back
from Mexico, Deplores
Warlike Agitation.
EXTOLS HUERTA AS
NATIONS STRONG MAN
Elevator Merchant, Addressing
Manufacturers, Says u. S. Now
Faces Long Struggle.

w. y. Dickinson, manager OF the for
eign department Of the Otis Elevator
Company. for whose safety in Mexico
fears were entertained. arrived In New
York Wednesday night, and yesterday at
the monthly luncheon of the American
Manufacturers Export Association, OF
which he is director. told the members
that the Americans he had met in Mexico
City and elsewhere In Mexico were pro-
huerta and of the opinion that the adj
ministration had blundered sadly in its
treatment OF Mexican affairs.
Il cannot smile easily" he told the
three hundred members OF the association
al luncheon in the Whitehall Club, when
l think of our friends and fellow coun-
trymen in Mexico. We have gone In
there now; God only knows when we will
come out. 1t is a sad thing TO look back
upon, sad TO those OF us who have men
and Offices there. / am not worried about
business. but the present state Of the
Americans there Is something we may
we'll worry about.
81 went TO Mexico City to see for my
self how things were. When / arrived I'm
Vera Cruz everything was quiet and
peaceful Everything went smoothly at
the custom house-no confusion; courtesy
everywhere An American with me who
bad been through our customs at FL Paso
contrasted the way we were treated In
Mexico with the treatment accorded
Americans passing through our own Gus
tom house.
Il purposely went to Orizaba by day
train that | might see conditions. Trains
were running on perfect time; there was
every accommodation to be had on an
American train all the way to the capital.
Praise for O'Shaughnessy.
Mexico city / found 10 be quiet and
most orderly-everything well regulated.
On April l got into touch with Mr..
O. Shaughnessy, who, l want 10 say here
and now, has handled a most difficult
situation wonderfully. In Latin-Ameri-
can life the women are big factors, and
Mrs Shaughnessy has played her part
splendidy and has been a great aid TO
her husband.
Everything in Mexico City was abso-
lutey normal. Sunday night ] went TO
the American Club, the centre of Ameri-
can social life, and everybody was con-
tented and happy. After dinner there was
a dance. Nowhere was there anything to
indicate anxiety or worry.
"Huerta | saw much OF. He is the most
democratic of men. going here, there and
everywhere, and undoubtedly strong
character. When he took hold In Mexico
ha Oft
would jostle women on the streets; there
was disorder everywhere. Huerta stopped
all that and so far as any one could see
had restored absolut order everywhere.
After | had seen him several times /
asked Mr. Shaughnessy IL IL would be
possible to meet the President. He said
it could be arranged, and FOR me 10 tele-
phone him at 8 that night. | did SO. and
he told me It would be impossible. as
something had happened. That night
met him as he was leaving my hotel !
went with him in his automobile TO the
embassy, he driving his own machine,
and there after a while learned that the
fleet had been ordered TO Tampico.
That night every American knew that
the fleet was coming. l know that the
Mexicans did, at least many of them.
but it created no excitement. Everything
was then improving. There was not
the slightest. indication Of hatred or dis
like for Americans TO be seen anywhere.
81 went into Mexico with an open mind.
I wanted 10 see things as they were and
as our people there viewed them. And
found that 10 man they had respect for
and confidence IN the man who had made
possible the conditions under which they
were living in Mexico"
Americans Felt Safe.
How did Americans take the Presi-