Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-06-04
AN ARMIST|CE
IMPOSSIBLE
DR.. zERTUCHE
PROMINENT SURGEON SAYS CAR.
KANZlSTAS WILL BE At POR
TAILS OF MEXICO CITY BEFORE
MEDIATORS CAN DECIDE.
SAYS HUERTA DALLYS
BELIEVES ONLY THING FOR con.
STITUTIONALISTS TO DO IS cox.
TlNUE WAR UNTIL HUERTA GOV.
ERNMENT Is CRUSHED.

Ill ID.
Declaring an armisticc. with Huerta
impossible. and stating ID n his opin-
ION that the mediation conference il go
ing beyond the object il set ont To accom-
plish, Colonel Daniel Hio Zcrtuchc. chief
surgeon 0f the c0ns,ilutl0nalist army
0f The northeast. told Herald man in
Matamoros that the only course for the
constituiionalists 20 pursue is to con
tinue the war until the lIucrta govern
ment is crushed. Dr. Zcriuchc said that
the war has gone too far the cun>tiin
tionalists have accomplished too much
for them TO step at this late date.
He said:
"Senor llucrta is already ON the floor
and il begging To get cut. Now that he
has been defeated completely he is
shrewd enough 10 invite the constitution
alists to an armistiec. In the first place.
nc ~ saying that merely To gain more
time for defense preparations. Can You
believe that We are going to wait until
he gets Mexican public opinion with
him! The only thing for he conStitu.
tionalists Ia do is 10 crush him aud force
him out of the office that h. has
usurpcd.
That man j. the biggest criminal that
Mexico has ever produced and he viii
continue Ia fool every one aS he has
been doing since President Wilson be-
gan to deal with him. Like al bandits
he has To bc shrcwd to hold his place Ia
the last.
In my opinion the mcdatorS are. not
men who thoroughly appreciate the Mex
lean situation. To solve the internal af
fairs of Mexico there j. only one way 10
act i'm I'll, interest of humanity ahd
that il to continue this war until such
men have been punished se.crclv for
their crimes. We consider this war the
most humane one that has ever hipp ~
cd. taking into consideration tn, prin
great fact that il was started to iuliil
the principles oi The law by furnishing
the instigalols.
THE mcdia,nrs are only commission
10 study and decide on The international
complications between the United States
and Mexico. with the object of prevent
ing possible conflict between the two
countries. They were not named with
the idea of establishing an arrangement
af the internal affairs in Mexico. for
those belong To the Mexican people aud
To ho one else.
How i'm the world can we have IN
armisticc when our purpose j. 10 catch
Huerta and Blanquet and others who
have been daily committing inhunar
acts in Mexico city? Should We stop
and permit such aSsasSins 10 get away?
We started this revolution without prep
arations. without men. without influence
or money. We have been successful. for
We now control three fourthS of Mexico.
we have taken more than II hundred
field pieces from the fcdcra!S. two
thirds Of our soldiers are armed with
rifles taken from llucria'S men. To ex
pect us Ia sit and wait when our goal j.
so near is unreasonable. The primtlrlc,
We have set 10 carry out are of the deep
est. For the lack Of them the whole
world is suffering.
In all candor. an armi>ticc would he
impossible and not To bc thought Of.
There il not constitutionaist soldier
that would accept IL.
"Yet we have I'M afmistice with the
United States. or we should no. have
allowed the American soldiers Ia take
n positon i'm our country An armi>ticc
with the United States, yes: with
Hucrta. no. We realize the occupation
Of Vera Cruz was the result Of a mis-
understanding. III the United States
wished 10 injure Senor IIuerta they
should have blockaded his ports huI
should not have landed their troops. foi
that act affected the entire Mexican pco
ple and by no means only the outlaws
who have ursurpcd the reinS Of orr gov
ernment.
I'VE are sorry the embargo has not
been lifted so that we could all the NOR
ouickly reach Mexico City and throw
down these descendants If Nero. We ar,
very sure that before any results arr
achieved at Niagara Falls the whoi,
ouestion will have hccn decided by oui
men who are reaching McNic" ciiy from
Vera Cruz from .lali>co. from the nortl
a,d from the soath. That j. why Scnol
Iuerta is :, ncrvo IS. lie wishes il
come down with dignity, hut ! am un
certain as to how the world will consider
the pathway he will take TO The euilio