East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-02-27
LIFTING EMBARGO DID
NOT WORRY MEX|cANS
IN FACT THEY SEEM FAVORABLE
TO CARItANZA IN THE
CAPITAL CITY.

TO CARRANZA IN THE
CAPITAL CITY.
News Was Received Quietly and Ex-
peCted Outbreak Did Not Occur
Pleasure Was Shown Among Aver
age Citizen That President Wilson
Allowed Arms Transported.
MEXICO CITY. Feb. 27.-The Mex.
leans in the capital took President
Wilson's act Of raising the embargo
in their characteristic way. That Is
they didn't do what they were ex-
pected to do. While the news came
as bombshell to the government Of
ficials, the public seemed to be in no
way excited by the fact that Wash
ington had. in a manner OF speaking.
decided to give assistance to Carranza
and the rebels all the war munitions
they could use.
Trust the Mexicans to do the ex-
pected thing" says American old tim
ers here. And. in this instance. the
Mexicans followed the rule. Ameri-
cans really expected them to do some
thing; to riot or insult Americans on
the streets, On the evening of the
day that the news reached the capi-
tai. the American club was deserted;
Americans were sticking to their
homes. But the evening passed with
out event and the next day. though
the newspapers. under big headlines
scored the Americans and President
Wilson. Americans who ventured on
the streets, saw no indication of i'll
feeling.
Then the word went around among
! the Americans in the colony that the
Mexican people in the capital were
mostly in favor of Carranza and that,
instead of blaming Americans for aid
ing the rebels. they were delighted
with President Wilson's assistance.
Within few days it became appar-
ent to Americans that this was true;
the average Mexican man on the
street or in the store showed no re-
sentiment but only pleasure-that is he
showed his pleasure, secretly, to the
American friends he could trust-in
Americas action.
There is no one general in the
world who has had as much fighting
during the past three years as General
Pancho Villa, rebel leader Military
attaches of the embassies and lega.
tions in the Mexican capital constant.
ly pay tribute to Villas military gem
ius. An instance of Villas military
cleverness was described by a Euro
rean military student. thus:
villa never overlooks an opportu-
nifty to take advantage of the enemy.
All Of his fighting, lately, has been
| done by means of long. thin firing
line. He distributes his troops over
vast space. It's one of the clever
est things he has ever done, for he
knows we'll that the federal soldiers
are men who have been forced into
the army and their generals must
keep them punched as they dare not
| let them get too far away, for fear
of desertion. Durango, Victoria and
| Ojinaga were lost in this way, just be.
cause the federals didn't dare to spill,
their bodies of troops into small
hands,
Huerta has all of an Indians stoi.
cism. This is the way he spent the
eventful day on which came the news
that President Wilson had raised the
embargo on arms shipped to tn,
rebels:
About ten o'clock after breakfast
before word came Of the raising O.
the embargo he went to the Cafe Co
lon, near his home, merely stoppin,
off for drink, on his way to the pal
ace. OF course, in every cafe in tn,
capital there is always someone read,
to take a drink with the president.
At noon he was still there. with Sc
cret service men waiting around a
various tables and standing on tn,
sidewalk outside the cafe doors.
At l o'clock came news that tn,
embargo had been raised The Mex
lean and American newspaper CORES
pondents began a wild search fo
\ Huerta. At last. at 3 O'Clock, on,
American photographer and an Eng
lish newspaper woman, seeing his cal
outside the cafe, entered the plac,
and demanded to see the president
The secret service men immediatel,
bundled them both into an automobil,
and took them to cells in the neares
police station.
i In the meantime other correspond
ents had found Moheno, the minister
of foreign relations. at his home, a
lunch
II don't know where Huerta is" h,
said. He leads a very informal life
Come to my office at O'clock"
There were dozen correspondent,
there at the appointed hour After q
long wait Moheno got into his carri
age and the correspondents trailet
him to the palace, where the elusiv.
dictator was located.
score Of newspapermen immedi
ately sent in their cards. Out came g
secretary
THE president will probably make
a statement" he said. Another Ions
wait until $3.50 when the secretary an
nounced:
THE president can't see you He 1.
very busy. Maybe he will make Q
statement tomorrow"
Within ten minutes Huerta was In
his automobile speeding toward an.