Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-01-07
Huerta Is a PitfuI Figure,
Says Foreign Correspondent

took up business again. and was or
The point Of becoming % partner IL
some marble quarres when the fail-
ure Of other lea lers 10 defeat Oroz-
co.'s rebellion Ia the north forced
Mndero 90 call upon him for aid.
! have laid stress upon his business
enterprises because they show that
# ilherta was not. as his enemies de-
clare n man consumed by ambition
for power Had he been that he
would not have retired So quietly intd
i private llfe. what he sought was mon
ey rather than power II "a ayarice,
many think, rather than ambition,
which has made him cling to office
with so desperate q grip
Organizing Capacity Recognized
Before ne agreed TO take command
against Orozeo he made certain de-
mands for war material These were
~ first refused, but he persisted and
Madero's government give way MS
campaign was q triumphant success
4 There was not much fighting but
/ captain burnside, the United stateg
military attachc, who accompanied
the federal forces, came back with
q high opinion Of finerta's organic.
! ing capacity
Yet third time Madero dispensed
I with his services, until as the end Of
/ his disastrous presidency approached
I he was compelled 70 rely upon Iuerta
! once more. During the fighting IN
lthe capital he commanded the federal
/ troops but he saw from the first
/ how hopeless Malero's position was.
I, has been charged against him thar
I his conduct WAS "disloyal" to one who
hod trusted him and loaded him with
benefits As the foregoing relation
/ proves, Madero only used him when Il
was necessary, and twice flung him
aside after he had accomplished his
task, Had the issue Of events been
different he would no doubt have been
cold shonldered again.
Huerta saw that the people Of Mex
leo CITY were now no wildly enthusl-
asiic for General Felix Diaz as they
had once been for Madero. Another
wave Of sentiment had engulfed them
lie saw that Madero had become inn
possible
Urged 20 End Carnage.
He was appealed 70 by senators,
deputies, foreign residents, ana with
especial force, AIS he hlmself has told
me. by Henry Lane Wilson, the Amer
lean Ambassador, 10 end the carnage
IN the streets, $4,000 had been Killed.
NIo met General Felix Diaz at the
American embassy; a few hours later
Mauero was made a prisoner and
forced 20 resign
Huorta, being minister Of war and
The strongest man IN sight, became
provisional president, in accordance
with the terms Of the Mexican consti-
tuition. General Felix Diaz acquiesced
IN this arrangement upon the UNDER
Standing that he should be elected
president In SIX months time.
lluerta's greatest difficulty at this
crisis was 60 know what he could do
with Madero. He consulted Horny
Lane Wilson. and at first it was arr
ranged that he should be allowed 10
leave the country The difficulty ia
the way OF this was that tho gover-
nor Of the state Of Vera Cruz and
the federal general commanding that
district were both Maderlsts ana de-
clared that Ii the late president We're
sent there to take ship he would be
received with presidential honors
The killing Of Madcro.
ID O.. 4.
fer NIadero. with his Vice president,
Pine suorez from the palace 60 the
peuitontiary. there 20 await trial on
charges of treason to the republic. on
The wny both prisoners were killed.
Some say that they attempted 10 cs-
cape and were shot under the Ley
Fuea." others say that they were
mur Tered either by "Fellxistas' or by
the friends Of a Colonel Ruiz. who had
been assassinated IN the palace before
Maderoa fall.
By the government and people Of
the United states the suit is laid al
General iluertas door. although not
q particle OF evidence In support Of
thai accusation has been produced
lie may have known that the attack
was to be made, he may have ar
ranged il, but IL he did so he acted
la direct opposition 10 his own in
terests To assume off-hani that he
planned the transformations is certain
IS unfair.
From that moment. however he
had Ia face the determined hostility
A. ta
fused, to recognize him, partly on the
ground that 10 wished 10 discourage
violent revolutions nv political adven-
tnters. an epithet which scarcely app
plies to one who had the office thrust
unon Kim Ia the manner l have de-
sorhed
Unable TO borrow Money.
He was unable TO borrow money for
the purpose Of defeating the rebellion
which broke out few days after he
hseame president. The Carranzstas
cverrau the north Hapata ana bis
brutal poems seourgel Morelos anil
It's neiehbor states,
Tlucrla had made it known that his
first task must he 10 give the country
l''4A'f AAt'A tfiftf Nv "'Ni' '''t'iH ''"t'=f
reforms in the hand system, taxation
system. judicial system, jefe poiitico'
system, which al who think at all ad
mil 10 be necessary. AT first he seem
ed to be the very man Mexico needed
and SO he might have proved TO be
With support, though peace without
Justice would have merely postponed
the reekoniug.
Unsupported. The task was too
heavy for him Hailed nj the outset
aa the savior Of his eauntfx General