The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-04
HUERTA THEIR IDOL;
WILSON THEIR OGRE
Banquetcrs at Chapultepec
Cheer Anti-Yankee Outbursts
of Dictator's Ministers.
MOHENO IN HIS ELEMENT
Only urrutia Tries to Stay the
Passions Of the Wine
Crazed Audience.
MOHENO IN HIS ELEMENT

arti-American outburst. the inevitable
outcome of Washington's attitude toward
those at present governing Mexico. was
old Chapult,r'c taken by the Americans
IN ls47.
II was only natural that those gath
cred at the banquet. spread beneath the
giant trees under which Cortes camped
and later Scott rested before stor,ning
the castle crowned rock, should have re-
called with bitterness those invasions OF
the foreigner. end. under the influence
~ the heady wine supplied In profusion
by the Presidential host should give vent
20 the feelings of hostility which the ex-
perience of the last year has taught them
they may indulge with impunity
II was the saints day" OF their Presi-
dent. which they had gathered to cele-
brate--their President. who has waxed
heroic In their eyes by his defiant disre-
gard Of the sanctonless Nominations OF
his northern neighbor-and the men who
with him are governing Mexico. notwith-
standing the American Presidents re-
fusal OF recognition, felt irresistibly mn
PEELED TO say what they thought OF the
notices. Jupiter Tonans and his fellow
citizens.
Inveigh AEntnst the Yankee.
And so they inve.ghed against the Co.
Inssus Ol lne NoTln. tne lfi1ptrlhilstlC
Yankee. the predatory northern barba-
Ran, whose cupidity would wrest from
the noble Mexican people their ancient
heritage; and they lauded their Presi-
dent as modern Ajax. the first SO bold
- to defy the Thunderer, the champion
Z all Latin America, acclaimed Mex
eos President no; only by the choice OF
me Mexican people but by all the other
Latin American peoples. who see In him
their protector and their only salvation
from the northern ogre ravening to devour
them.
In such vein. and characterizing the
Yankees most opprobriousiy. four MEM
hers Of rresiden' Hu. rta's Cabinet ad-
dressed 500 Mexican men and women as
Sembled TO do honor to the Executive.
tanning their luminosity toward the
"Gr!ngo" and elic!tins wild applause.
The stage setting--for the theatrical
appeals to the passions Of the audience
II Minister Of Foreign Relations Moheno
~ Ministers Lo2ano. Garcia Naranjo and
Olaguibel--was ideal. Behind the speakers
lowered the rock Of Chapultepec. stormcd
AMI taken by the "Gringo'' Gen. Scott
over their heads arched the ancient aqua
justes tcypresses) which had seen the
coming Of the cruel gold hungry Spanish
invaders and but a mile or so away stood
the monument marking the spot where
Mexico's heroes fell In defence OF their
country at Moline del Rey.
But such appeals 10 race hatred can
produce only disaster and the enthusiasm
with which they were received shows
how grea; has been the growth Of anger
with the lapse Of months and how preg-
nart with danger is Washington's do
nothing policy. while things in Mexico go
steadily from bad to worse and more
hopelessly away from any peaceful settle
ment
All here are convinced that had Presi-
dent Wilson accompanied his first ulti-
matum on such incongruity Of phrase.
made needful by the multiplication OF such
utterances. may be pardoned) by an an
nouncement that the alternative would
he Intervention without any recognition
" the rebels, the revolution would long
since have died and without the feeling
uf MeXicos governing class having devel-
pped to anything like its present bitter
ness
Although the railing OF Moheno and the
other "Quadrilaterals" won the plaudits
81 the crowd Huerta-who, whatever his
moral obliquities, is anything but a fool
realized the folly OF his followers and
deprecated deeply the imprudence Of such
viruent anti-foreign talk at a time when
his countrys fate Is trembling In the bal
ince and International frendllness is so
bulsItIedDlt 10 MEXICO SALVATION.
Urrutia's speech.
He So expressed himself to many Of
his most intimate friends, declaring that
trrutia was right. Urrut!a formerly
one Of Huer,as most trusted counsellors.
cut forced out VI the Cabinet by the
intrigu,s Of the American hating quad
tilaterals." rose. after the applause
greeting the last of the angry speeches
had subsidized TO express deep sorrow
that such things had been said.
He told his listeners that his voice
must needs sound dIscordant with the
Isean OF praise intoned to the President
on that--hiJ Saints-day. but that while
he had from The beginning believed that
Gen. Huerta was predestined to save his
country, and believed him endowed with
The high capacity to do It, and though
Cen. Huerta had achieved much. there
were Yet 100000 men and women of
their common race tUrrutia and Huerta
are both IndiaIs) who for long years
have clamored vainly for Justice and for
bread and that Gen. Huerta's true tri-
uinph would be to raise this downtrod-
den proletariat. doing them Justice and
giving them at least an animal subslst-
onCe
The imperative thing to do, he said.
was at once TO put stop to the bloody
struggle which, unchecked, Will leave
Mexico depopulated and ruined. The Jus
tIce due the suffering millions could
only be dispensed by the establishment
of peace, and it's continuous maintenance
aud the existing conflict, internal and in
''lnational could only be settled by diplo-
matte means and the Governments en-
i.'' ment Of the ample peaceful resources
~ its disposal.
When President Huerta shall have
achieved this the orator concluded, he
VIII not only have won the gratitude of
% / Mexicans bur also the blessing 81
rdNen.
Huerta Approved.
Minister Goroztieta and acting Minister
'.'"cer congratulated Senior Urrutia upon
his sane and fearlessly expressed Views
'HI President Huerta warmly approved.
Yet, in the evening, after the banquet
~" acting Minister Of Government ad'
'npn.shed the assembled newspaper mer
That they must not publish word Of the
-'"r'hos at the banquet, under the pen
any ~ going to Jail or even direr 0onse'
Il"nces an admoniton which all the
newspapers OF the capital this morning
most carefully needed.
Chaputepec IL one Of the most beauti-
IN spots in the world. The castle sur
mounts a precipitous rock, In the inter-
st'ces ~ which are rooted trees through
w" tops Of which look out the castle win
luWs