Bisbee daily review., 1914-12-16
.HUERTA DECLINES TO RETURN TO MEXICO
 EXCEPT AS SOLDIER
ExiIed President Living nj Bar. celOna Says His Country Must Have Order But Those Now in Control Are Incompetent.

BARCELONA. Spain. Dec 15-Far | from the scenes of his former tri- | umphs and defeats. General don Vic. | toriano Huerta once dictator of Mexico. today lives quietly in a little dwelling half an hours drive from the l center of Barcelona.
 His surroundings are not those of ! man of wealth, and he explains that he has barely enough money Co keep l his family in comfort. He moves i about about quietly and without os- tentation in any form Every after 1 noon he may be found in a prominent cafe, drinking With some of his trusted lientenants and talking quiet. ly but never is in the spotlight
 If Huerta plans a return to Mexico. he does not admit it In an interview recently he declared that only on condition that his country needed him as a soldier to help repuulse an at. tack would he return to it. His physi. clans have advised him to go 10 America, but he refused to heed their advice Spanish society has not ex- tended him welcoming hands, due, he says to foreign influences. but he | likes the climate of Barcelona so he will remain here and educate his eight children
 The generals house is in a small garden and there are other similar little homes on all sides. When The Associated Press correspondent called by appointment to talk with the gen | eral, the front door of the house was wide open. One of several men plant | ing palm trees--small and poor trees with which it seemed the tenants wished to recall tropical vegetation remarked that there were no ser wants to open the dor A ring would bring someone.
 A muscular young man who turned out to be one Of the generals aids, answered He knew of the appoint ment. but remarked that the generals | dinner was at that moment ready The hour was D. m. The reception room was 8 tiny one and all the furniture about the place appeared to be of the simplest and cheapest kind Four rooms to be seen from the hall were empty One of the generals daughters came and took several chairs from the reception room for the dining room table.
 The general came out immediately He was stouter than formerly and wore a new overcoat with the collar turned up, as he seemed cold. His health, however, appeared perfect
 Upon the correspondent excusing | himself from dining, the general made an appointment to talk over Mexican affairs at the Cafe Maison DOre, one of the principal cafes in Barcelona The general goes there every after
 noon and remains several hours. Later he was found in one corner of the cafe. surrounded by ten or twelve men with dark faces, gleaming eyes and turned-up mustaches. On the ta' Ice were water glasses half filled with cognac The entire party went Unto a back room for greater privacy.
 The general ordered more cognac. It
 was slow in coming and he was i'm
 patient. General Saurea, General
 Huerta. who is no kinsman of the for mer dictator, and Colonel Chaves were among the six generals and
 three colonels of the party. They
 were all young men. They were ex-
 tremely deterential WEen Huerta
 took a cigar from his pocket two or
 three of them lit matches and held
 them toward him. Two of General
 Huerta's sons were also there.
 What is your opinion of the Mex