New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-03
MEXICANS SNEERED
AT IT, S. WARNINGS
waiting Policy" Regarded
as Bluff" Says John
Hays Son.
HUERTA'S NAME WILL
LIVE MANY YEARS
Americans in Mexico Asserted
Wilson Was Causing I'M
necessary Ruin.

An article written in Mexico City for
The Boston Transcript by Clarence
Hay. son OF John Hay. gives an accurate
idea Of how the Wilson Bryan policy OF
"watchful waiting was regarded By
Americans in Mexico and by the bette
informed Mexicans before the American
seizure of Vera cruz II was written just
before the United state occupation, and
came north on the relief train which
brought refugee Americans from the carl
tal TO the coast. In part. il is as follows
Holy Week has passed. the many life
sized Judases have been hanged and
burned In efiigy IN the city streets-a cere-
mony grewsomely suggestive when seen
from a little dstance-and the town has
resumed its commercial activity. The
professional bulldghts are over for the
season, and one would expect public in
terest to be transferred TO the revolution
but it awakens very little excitement In
this city perhaps almost as little as in
the United States.
THE reasons for this are twofold. In
the first place. the explanation lies IN the
inherent indifference OF the great major
ity of the people to existing conditions.
Nothing can arouse a general enthusiasm
.-xcept the imminence of foreign invasion,
and the Mexicans have arrived at the
conclusion that the threatening atut'de
of the United States is pure blur.
THE other reason is that the average
citizen does not know what is actually
going on. az the newspapers are con-
trolled by the censors.
Though the air was filed with rumors'
for nearly "A week the government was
successful ~ stopping all positive news
about Torreon, relative TO the rebel oc-
cupation. and we read only Of the COM
plete rout Of villa forces 1t was hoped
that il would be retaken before it became
known i'm Mexico City that Torreon had
been evacuated. Even now very little
known here about what actually hap
pened.
Hail to "Muy Rombre.'
Many names appear. but always tow
ering above all the rest in importance is
that of a brown old individual of the
humblest stock, whose fame notwltt-
standing his faults. will go down through
the years as a man 'muy hombre, VINO
puts up a splendid exhibition of gameness
and fight with all the Odds against nm.
Through various exchanges OF notes
our Department of State realized cary
last autumn that Victoriano Huerta was
a very cunning old Indian. Since then he
has proved himself something more than
a cunning Indian. He has shown that "e
Possesses patience and forbearance' Wheh
il is to his advantage 10 forbear' as wen
as courage and persistency. NOT ohce'
I'm spite of all the epthets which MT WI
son has seen TT to bestow upon him, mas
he lost his temper outwardly' ana the lacl
that he has made no appalling diplomatic
bIunders since his ascendarcy has peeh
9, source of disappointment to Washing
ton.
1T is the impression among the Amer
can colony here that the ability OF huer'a
TO overcome insurmountable' oos'acie'
in an unreasonab bly, simple manner COZ"
tributed largely toward Mr.. Llnds ue-
parture from Vera Cruz. 1t gets rduIe'
irksome TO watch and wait, If that TOT
which one has been waiting so many
months fails to keep the appointment u
is hard to predict coming events, out il
Mr. Lind had waited two months longer
he might have seen at least some OF HIS
hopes realized
Tho importance Of Nelson O'Shaugn-
nessv's place in the international tue-o
war can scarcely be exaggerated. lie u
49,, o,,, containing strand which holds the
diplomatic relations of the two couhVi'c'
together. The requirements OF MS posi-
tion are peculiarly difficult to FUN. lie -
,re,ted TO reflect on Huerta the cola
disapproval of the Washington govern
ment and at the same time to present
to him requests which could ohiy DE
granted as a favor.
number Of Americans owe their per-
sonal liberty TO the efforts OF MI
O'ShauRhnessy. who never could nave Sc
cured their release from Jail If he hau
NOT been on terms OF friendship with ne
Nexican President. He has handled the
situation with tact and discretion, and Il
nv illness or other circumstances he were
forced to leave this country his departure
at this time would be a genuine caiatiIt!'
Mexico a Land OF Chance.
The broadminded American here knows
that he cannot expect the United states
IN sacrifice thousands Of millions OF dot
lars and the lives OF many American sol
diers simply 20 protect his interests II
Mexico. He was playing long shot Whsh
he put his money in this Indian country.
He had the chance of winning big stakes
and II the conservative investor n mis-
oun country proves the more fortunate
in the end the loser should take his losses
like n true sport" But the true sport
does object if he considers that the game
at which he has lost was not played
fairly.
In Justice TO the American business man
in Mexico il must be said that he has not
been demanding Intervention. except as
d,sagrAeable alternative. What ne has
been Directing to is Mr.. Wilson's policy
Of tearing down the whole financial fabric
in order to break the government now in
power. That Mr.. Wilson is accomplish
ing this successfully there is no longer
any doubt, but at the same time he
bringing on the ruin Of nearly all the
Americans living here. misfortune which
might have been avoided II he had recoS-
nized Huerta in the beginning.
Armed intervention by the United states
seems to lie the ultimate solution. Mex
leo has proved that 1t is Incapable OF
restoring a permanent peace unassisted.
and II is believed that IL would never
consent peaceably 10 the imposition of IN
..--..., .gcaI aoapt and American arm