New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-13
HUERTA HERE;
VOWS TO BE GOOD
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rirc On United States territory
should consider my first duty 70 salute
this great nation, as many OF us cltl
IONS have been and are my personal
friends.
~ understand that my presence IN
this country creates in you desire 10
know nv views about the anairs OF
Mexico. and | promise to satisfy your
wishes to the best of my ability. For
this purpose / invite the men OF the
American press to the Ansonla Hotel
on Friday, the 18th. at 10 a. m.
81 beg you, gentlemen. TO remember
that no interview with me should be
considered as authentic unless 1t car
ries my personal signature. ~
The statement was signed "
Huerta."
Older in appearance than when he
left Mexico. his friends said, but with
? hold. fearless expression about his
beady black eyes that neither the Sc
we're grillinG of the immigration in
spectors nor the clicking shutters OF a
battery of motion picture machines
could change, General Huerta looked
equal to any test that he might have 70
undergo to gain admission 10 the coun-
try. He was accompanied by his sec
retarv. General Delgardo and Abraham
z. Rather. Russian by birth but
American by naturalization, who was
intimate with him in Mexico.
Silent on Mexico.
While he refused to make any state
ment except the written one, or 10 dis-
cuss the turbulent condition OF AFFAIRS
in Mexico, the ex-Dictator showed no
reluctance to being photographed.
Coming up the bay he stood on the,
spar deck of the Antonio Lopez and
let the photographers blaze away;
Throughout the posing he did not
smile once. His appearance was that
Of man aging rapidly, the skin being
drawn tightly over his prominent
cheekbones and the lines about his
mouth deeply sunk, heightening the
iron-mask expression for which he was
always noted. The Indian Characters
tics of his features were marked.
In height General Huerta is hardly
moro than feet s inches. He wore
suit of dark blue serge, stiff white SHIRT;
poke collar and a black four-ln-hand
necktie. from which a diamond shone
with the bleam of small incandescent
bulb. In the dining saloon, where the
government agents took his dec laratloa
of intentions. ne removed his hat, re-
veaIing an expanse of brown scalp COW
cred with only fine fuzz, suggesting
the result of continued applications OF
hair restorer. At the sides and back OF
his head his hair was iron gray, the
same color as his closely clipped mus
tache.
During the examination Of the i'm
n,ioration men General Huerta became
aroused at the nature of the questions
He became fdgety. his eyes gllstened'
end once he used an oath in making a
rcplv He regained his composure IN
startIv however. and faced other de-
Laws and matters of routine attending
his landing with a calm indifference.
Fx-Dictator Sixty-One Years Old.
In response to the first inquiry he
told his name. and added that ne was
sixtv-one wears of age. He declared he
Ceme TO tho United States for pleasure
and partly to attend to some personal
business relating to family matters
"When did you make up your NINA
TO come to this country" he was asked
The question was interpreted.
"a month and two weeks before the
steamer sailed" was his reply.
on came mere W FlnAb |i'N
States. and not to go from here 10
Mexico" q,
not going 10 Mexico" He added that
it was not his intention to VISIT Cuoa
either.
Asked if he intended to remain more
than thirty days, General Huerta SAID
he might return 10 Spain on the sane nn
steamer early in May. He was unde-
cided. he added, how long ne would re-
main here. -,
rotary for ten years, he said. Ike ms
employer, Delgardos appearance aug ;pn
S ST5edu Being unfamiliar with the Eng
Ish language his duties fell largely
upon the shoulders Of Rather. On me ne
dpck his brother and the latter's wiie
,not tho former Provisional President,
and added TO the welcome of half a
dozen Mexicans g.. .u,r