The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-04-23

be declared, Dut 1t was necessary that
suitable apology should be demanded
and when that was refused that the
respecr OF the nation should be as
serted II was typical case OF
adding inssil 10 injury and this
insult mos puaie and impudent. The
! eoyornmcnt mas acted precisely as II
shoald do in forcing suitable
apology. ana after the failure Of the
MeAiean dictator to comply in tax
ina ossession Of Mexican ports
All srler solution Of MeAieos de-
: pIorable situation may be promoted
thereby The crippling OF Gen
! lluerta may hasten his overthrow by
The constituionalists. The United
States being unayoidaoly in posses
sion OF Mexican ports might Well re-
main there until an election should
he held and q government not onlA
Installed. Int established. The nos
sitilty Of another army Plot such rs
pulled down MAdero might be pre-
vented hy the presence Of American
forces fl MeAieo, iatnei than over the
/ Texas border. Certainly another plot
shouls not have mixed mp in it and
the representatives Of this govern
ment
1t ought not to be forgotten IN un
thinking criticism of Tart and Wilson
that neither President could have
recognize Huerta as the ruler with
out officially accepting al Washing
ION responsibility for the assassina-
ton OF Madoro and for lfuerta
treason. For that plot was hatehed
and completed under the roof o. our
embassy in Mexico city,
The diplomatic intrigue of Amhas
sador Wilson. Huerta and Felix Dia7
is without 4 parallel in modern his
tory When the younger Diaz seized
the arsenal in Mexico City the Presi
dent ordered Cen lluerta 10 dfiNf
him out. This Gen. Huerta might
have done, nut fripoled away the time
for several days, Then the American
ambassador Mr. Wilson succeeded In
getting interviews with Huerta. thf
commander Of the government forces
and Diaz, tie reael He invited these
men into the United States embassy
for conference 1Iosulities were
suspended The rebel and the gov |
ernment commander came together
within the United States embassy
ana Mr. Wilson himself in reporting
with apparent pride his extraordinary
performance. stated that it was his
resolve not TO let these men out untll
thev "canle 10 an understanding
something They came to an un-
derstandina The understanding
come to under our official roof wa
that Huerta instead Of Diaz, should
he the president. and that Dia7 should
H. in other ways rewarded. Gen
luerta left our embassy with hi-
treason ACCOMPLISHED, he at once
placed President Madero under ar
rest and hurried him 70 his execution
then usurning the government
Had President Taft reeornizea
Huerta as President Of Mexico it le
manifest thsf he would have accented
TOR tho United states tull responsi
hilitv for ne treason ACCOMPLISHED
ii our embassy at Nevico City Presi
dent Taft iooE the only course pos
.if.e 10 decent government, badig
Is o.. skirts were foiied in the Mex
ican intrigue President wilson fol
lowed lat policy aaa iluerta never
has been recognized Ay TIE United
States. This peculiar situation,
largely brought on by the amazing
conduct OF Ambassador wilson, has
-aused many emDarrassments ever
since. IT has been difficult 10 deal
4ith Mexico at ALL since Huefia
QUA not Aonorably be given reeog
,ition. nor could the constltutionalisis
practically. Our government undei
he circumstances, has handled The
tnaiion in way, at least, 10 dem
,ustraie it's ffiendliness to Mexico
nd its desire to deal justly and fairly
S well as patiently with people VINO
.e~o in great diffculties- There ls
othiue 10 apologize Tor in the poiisy b
{ "xatehful waiting though the
erv name of that policy confesses
lat il must be Intellectual in itself.
The first opportunity for action that s
oth inescapable and hopeful OF
astenma The solution Of the Mexican r
nafehy is that which followed the
frest Of american sailors at Tam
lco
tate of OHIO. oity cf Toledo. -