The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-07-25
HUERTA LASTED
ONLY ONE YEAR
AFTER WARNING
His Flight Follows Twelve Months
Of What May Be Called
lettering.
FALL CERTAIN FROM FIRST
In the Absence Of Recognition BY the
United States Il Was Recognized
That the Dictator Would Be
Unable to Retain Power.

Washington.-Just one year has
elapsed since President Wilson an
nounced that his Mexican policy then
consisted Of the edict that "Huerta
must co." and assured the American
public that the Mexican president was
"tottering." and soon would fall.
For the first four months Of Presi-
dent Wilson's administration he was
absolutely silent regarding the Mexi-
can situation. though 1t gradually be-
came known that he did not intend
to grant Official recognition to the HUI
erta government. Late in June, 1918.
representatives of number Of Euro
pean powers drew up letter of pro-
test, in which it was declared that
the United States had largely contrib
uted to the, anarchical conditions In
Mexico and that 1t ought either to rec
ognize the Huerta government and dis
courage the revolution or assume re-
sponsibility for the pacihcation Of
Mexico. This Joint document reached
the hands of President Wilson. and re-
suited In action by him.
Lind Sent to Mexico.
Henry Lane Wilson. hold-over am
bassador to Mexico, was recalled, and
after q scant hearing at the White
House was asked to resign. John
Lind. former colleague of Secretary
Bryan in the house of representatives
and former governor Of Minnesota.
was designated the presidents conf
Dental agent and sent to Mexico in
an endeavor to get Huerta's sanction
to q plan for his elimination.
Mr.. Lind presented four proposals to
President Huerta, through his minis.
ter of foreign affairs, the Mexican
prssident declining to receive the
American emissary because he had nc
credentials. These proposals. or rath
er demands, were for:
The resignation of Huerta.
The establishment of provisional
government. pending the holdings OF
elections.
The elimination of Huerta as can
didate for the presidency by election
The conclusion of an armistice be
tween the contending forces.
v. 8. Backs Down.
In the, correspondence that ensued
the United States receded from its
proposals one by one until there re
NAMED only the demand that Huerts
be not candidate In the elections due
to be held in the fall. It was general
ly conceded that In the Lind CORE
spondence Huerta's foreign minister
FREDERICK Gamboa, had decidedly the
best of It. and the administration was
finally left to content itself with Gam
boa.s statement that certainly Huerts
could not be candidate to succeed
himself because Of q constitutional
prohibition to that effect, a. the net re
suit Of the Lind discussions,
President Wilson addressed con
gress ON the subject Immediately upor
the failure Of the Lind mission. urging
q policy Of patience. while Lind went
to Vera Cruz, where he remained nj
most continuously. playing the role o.
reporter to the president until Apri
last.
Soon thereafter william Bayart
Hale. the presidents campaign biog
rapher, who had also been serving II
Mexico City, a. an unonicial observer
for the president. was assigned on an
other secret mission and went to thu
Mexican border to ascertain the pur
pose and character Of the Constitu
tionalists.
v. 8. Backs the Rebels.
His reports, combined with other in
formation possessed BY the president
are considered to have been chiefly re
sponsible for the presidents decision
to back the Constitutionalists just a
far ~ possible. This policy Of sup
port for the revolutionists was never
onicially announced. but became In
creasingly evident
Meantime Huerta had found, 20 4
was ofFicially asserted in Mexico City
that the congress. consisting largel,
Of Maderistas. was conspiring agains
him and defeating his governmental
projects. He accordingly. in October
arrested . large number Of the deputies
and put them In prison. whore man,
OF them remained for considerable Pc
| RODS. He declared himself . virtna
dictator, pending. he said, the cleo
tions, It which : new congress was u
be chosen and candidates tor presidsn