El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-30
''HUERTA, APE
LIKE INDIAN
DECLARES HALE
Wilson'S Unofficial InVesti-
gator Upholds Presidents
Mexican Policy.

New York, April 3O.-CharaeterizinG
Tzns-ts as an "apelike indian. villainous
and +reachsrous," William Bayard Hale,
Dresident wilson's unofficial lnFestlga-
tor of affairs in Mexico, mas contrib
rred to the forthcoming uunlDer OF
the Worlds Work an arllIie glL-OI
the presidents Mexican po4lCy ana
DOiuting out an important development
in the character Of American diplo-
macy. This. he explains IS an inter
probation Of the Monroe doctrine. Ihat
Establishes the suZerainty OF the United
STATES only as an effective source OF
moral inspfratiOn over the nations OF
Central America and the West Indies.
The press and people Of America" he
saws. have not yet awakened to the
fact that the first year OF the Wilson
administration has given the United
states a new character among the pow
ers OF the world. Before Mr. Wilson
had been in office a week, he had given
the Monroe doctrine an Interpretation
the implications Of which go Tar beyond
anything voiced by Jefferson, Madison,
Monroe, Quincy, Adams, POLK. webster,
Grant or Olney. Before Mr. Wilson had
been in office a year the powers Of
other continents had yielded to the
principle Of our domination in the vest
ern hemisphere. It is not fantastical,
therefore. to speak Of our moral empire
in America"
Discussing Intervention in Mexico. Dr.
Hale SAYS. AN American army would
have no physical difficulty in getting
back out Of Mexico; nobody would use
il up before il got away; the difficulty
would be that greed and a false sense
OF national honor would do their ut
most to keep Us there permanently in
occupation.
We do not want Mexico" he de-
clares, especially We do not want her,
because we do want the good will OF
the rest Of Latin America It would
be a FOOLS act, indeed. to barter the
confidence Of a hemisphere for all we
could gain by anneXing Mexico
Not Necessary to Remain Long.
IF armed Intervention should be
predict that our forces viii be
ordered home just as soon as con-
stiutional order has been restored;
and that, so far as the power and in
fluence Of president Wilson can bring
II to pass, nothing in the nature Of an
indemnity, either in money or land,
viii be asked or will be accepted. But
nobody can predict how far the influ-
ence OF the vast American investments
in Mexico. which would be multiplied
IN value by being brought under the
American flag, might go toward rem
dering withdrawal impossible. What
We do want in Mexico. and throughout
Central America, is-Order-
Merely a MurderOus Plot.
The coup detat that overthrow Ma
derO in February. 1913, was in no way
revolution 1t was a barracks plot. a
conspiracy Of a few army officers. fl
nanced by cientificos living in exile
and few Spanish reactiOnaries. It
was attended by circumstances OF
treachery so eXecrable, Of villainy so
fantastic, Of cruelty so barbarous. that
the story is one which the mind has
difficulty in accepting as credible
DenOunces Huerta.
The chief actor. Huerta. an apelike
indian. aged. one eyed, subsisting on
brandy, when the moment OF his tri-
umph was fully come. rose from break
fasting with the presidents brother
0eckoned to a file Of soldiers. arrested
him. had him carried away to be shot to
death and his body thrown into a hole.
went to the palace, embraced the prcss-
dent whose chief commander he had
become through prOtestations OF faith
fulness to death. and signaled in
guards to arrest him BY promises Of
safe conduct out Of the country. the
treacherous general secured the sigma
president Pine Suarez TO deeds OF res
ignatiOn; hastily gathered less than a
quorum Of congressman in a chamber
Killed with soldiers and commanded by
artillery had himself acknowledged as
president; carried MaderO and Pine
Suarez out into the night and had them
shot to death behind the prison
Perhaps this is enough to suggest
that there could be no question Of
recognizing Huerta as the head OF a
lawful gOvernment-once IL had been
resolved to scrutinize revolutions. But
indeed. IL would surely have been i'm
possible for tragic romance to have i'm
agined character so hideously vii