The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-05-28
Huerta Will uerta Won't.

AS one endeavors to study the,
Mexican situation he is always con-
fronted with the question Of what
will, or what won't, Huerta do as to
a matter of the final settlement of
the vexed matter.
By some, it is said that Huerta
will agree to be eliminated, by others
that he is ready to flee the country,
by others that he will fight to the
last ditch and will have the City of !
Mexico in shape to be dynamited IS
q final to his defea-, il the CoHstitu
tionalists drive him out CT the c3pi-
tai Of Mexico.
list now it is being reported that
the Mexicans representing Haer.a
in the mediation proceedings arc
prepared t. agree for Euei Ia that
hewiI eliminate himself e@essaly.
That is one thing wh;ch President
Wilson has been seeking a q part OF
his program Of havln.: cog>ti tuficnal
government restored to Mexico
But Dr.. john w. Butler, for over
thirty years head OF the Methodist
missionary work in Mexico. says:
''HuertA will not eliminate himself,
nor is he apt to flee the country. |
know Huerta and believe that he
will not leave Mexico until he is
carried out feet first
Tho fo attirr1In yUolI . G
that of Carranza and Villa, will all
be considered in the efforts to have
mediation settle the Mexican matter.
AS to present conditions and the
outlook the view Of of DR.. Levi B.
Salmans, who has just arrived in
New York from Guanajuato. Mexico,
is of interest. DR.. Salmans has lived
in Mexico for nearly thirty years as
medical missionary under the
Methodist Board Of Foreign Missions.
Dr.. Salmans says in reference TO
these things: The policy of med
atou has already somewhat relieve d
the irritation by indicating 10 the
MeXicans that we are ready to act
fairly. 1t Will rot, however, inf1u
ence Huerta to resign from the
presidency nor coercc the Rebel
leaders to offer d truce 10 the d,cIa-
ter The warning factions ii Mex
leo today can hardly be expected to
reach a mutual agreement and set
UP a united government for the
country, unless help comes from the
outside'
Or. Salmans, in the in the inter
view given out by him, as to the
feelings of the Mexicans towards the
Americans, gives another angle of
view frhm that generally accepted.
Many Mexicans, he says, are not
unfavorably disposed to American
intervention. because they realize
that the object of such intervention
is not to exploit but to help. To
say that the cry, Down with the
gringoes,' is on the lips of every
Mexican is grossly unjust. The
Americans as whole are loved and
respected by Mexibans to a degree
but little understood in the United
States. This esteem has b5en built
up within the past quarter century
All along it has been the desire that
the Americans remain in the country
A most kindly spirit was shown By
Mexican public officials and soldiers
at the time Of the departure OF
American refugees from the interio,
to the coast cities.''
Butt to return to the matter OF
Huerta. Upon his attitude and thai
of his, adherents must depend the
result of the mediation proceedings
as we'll as the settlement of the Mex
lean question, in so far as he is
factor. Later, if the Huerta will Of
won't IS settled, there will come the
question as to what position is take1
by Carranza and Villa. News ant
Observer.