Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-08-04
THINKS HuERTA
WILL COME BACK
Il Wouldn't Surprise Moheno,
Former Cabinet Secretary.
"CARRANzA COULDN'T LAST"

~Ysar and Q hsN Would d Limit ~
HE Endurance - President" -eeess
at Villa a. . Political Figure In Nlsxi.
eo-ts6tds Cns Man Power Rsspensi.
bic Fer cewntsy's UWreet.
Querido Moheno. late secretary Of
foreign a6airs In the Husrta cabinet
discussed numerous angles Of The Meg.
lean situation In IN interview With .
New York Sun reporter the other day.
With The retirement Of Huefta, No
heno left Mexico. He viii probably ~
nain-4n New York snti the n6xicau
government n put on . stable footing.
Then he u anxious 70 return and give
an account Of his late secretaryship 70
the proper authositiesL
The possibility that Husrta might
again become Z political figure In Mex
leo was held strongly By Senior No
heno.
II should not be surprised" be said.
II Huerta would b. . very popular
man In Mexico within ok months
through one Of those changes Of feel
ings frequently seen In Latin coun-
tries. A man may b howled down BY
the masses while he ID in power. but
the moment he loses his power be b.
comes an object Of strong sympathy
This Is just an accentuat1on Of the
American feeling for the under dog"
Will Smell Psychological Moment.
"HOw will Huerta know when the
time Is ripe for his return7" Senior Mo
heno was asked.
He spun one Of his hands around In
the air and then touched bis nose.
Hell smell It," declared the one time
secretary.
ut is almost impossible to tell Just
what will happen in Mexico" con-
tinued Senior Moheno. "Of course. II
General Carranza accepts the terms Of
provisional President Carbajal and be-
comes president himself the status Of
the government will be 6xed for the
time being"
How long do you think Carranza
will be able to hold his office under the
most favorable conditioner"
"A year and half" he said de-
cisively AT the top Of the heap
General Carranza will Immediately be-
gin to be held responsible for every
public and private Ill. Then, besides
many other possible developments
which no man can foresee. there u
Villa to be reckoned with"
do you think there IL any chance
that villa will finally Dust Caransa
and become the head Of the govern.
ment himself"
The question afforded Moheno much
amusement. For Z moment bis eyes
were quite lost In = face rippled By
laughter.
Says Villa Has No Chance.
twill Jack johnson become president
Of the United StatesT' be asked at last.
well. he has just az much chance Of
doing 30 as villa has in Mexico. villa
II so ignorant that he couldn't hold
any government position. As a fighter
he can get a good deal Of support, but
as political fgure-none
"Of course. IL Carranza bows down
to him he may actually control the
running Of the government for a while,
but he will always have to do so be-
hind screen"
Senior MOheno was asked II he saw
any prospect Of peace in Mexico with
in few years.
Peace in Mexico can come about
only through changes in the constitu.
tion." he declared "Just now the
president has 80 much power that any
body who seizes the Office Is pretty
sure Of playing lone hand in running
the government Most Of this power
must be taken away and vested In
parliamentary bodies somewhat after
the fashion of those In Spain or Chile.
'The predominant power must al.
ways be autOma tically retired by an
adverse majority of the popular vote.
With these safeguards alone can Mex
leo become the peaceful country we
are longing to make It,"
"Have recent revolutions developed
and men strong enough to give ma
terial help to thus stabilize the govern
ment?"
Senior MohenO shook his head.
Fighters have been developed" he
said. but no statesmen"
NEED OF MORE MARINES.