El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-29

" TRITING in the st. Louis Post
Henry L. Hall, q staff CORE
spOndent, has the following to say OF
Gen. Nictoriano Huerta and his game
ness IN Wall street:
The place to meet Huerta is IN the
financial district. Down in lower Broad
way, where men have to have a clear
head and quick Judgment, the BIC bank
ers and brokers viii tell you that the
anew recruit" can hold his own with the
best business brains in the country;
that he shows a rare combination OF
holiness and shreWdness. Of imagination
and determination, in all his business
deals. They will tell you further that
he takes his winnings without Boosting
and his losses with a smile. Wall street
likes big men, and it likes HueTta.
Acts Like a Corporation Executive.
Huerta comes down town every morn
ing, and the way he has adapted himself
to the manners and customs of down
town New York is simply wonderful.
There Is not a trace Of swagger or bus
ter about him: he acts and dresses lust
like an executive Of some big American
corporation He likes brown clothes,
and usually wears a brown business
suit. with a brown hat, a brown tie,
brown socks and shoes and brown gloves.
As his complexion Is very swarthy, 1t Is
becoming to him He stands about
feet Z or less, and his well knit frame
is very supple and strong.
A glance reveals Huerta's indian de-
scent. The cheek bones are high, the
forehead slants, the Jaw Is long and the
ears are small and set low. The mouth
is firm and the chin square and deter
mined It IS a very unflinching face.
but not devoid Of kindness, and the
black, piercing ewes, are soft and vel
vety at times. When Huerta smiles
and he always has a winning smile for ,
strangers-One gets a glimpse Of a very
charming but very unbending person
Face Bellies Reputation.
In repose the face is stern and IN
tellectual, but there Is nothing about
1t to bear out the stories Of dissipation
and drunkenness Of which one has heard
so much.
The first time 7 met Huerta was at
the Ansonia, shortly after his arrival /
in New York. 1 needed certain informa- /
ton IN connection with a legal matter
and he listened attentivelv as I ex- I
planned my reasons for coming to him. [
When he answered my questions he did /
so IN a very clear, direct manner that 4
convinced me that he was telling the Z
truth and showed him to be possessed of 4
an exceptionally good and well trained /
memory. It is impossible to be with 4
Huerta for any length Of time without
talking Mexico for Mexico is very. near
to Huerta's heart and he does not take I
kindly TO political exile
ais, 10000 IN Mexico Want Peace"
But 1 have never heard him utter q .
single word in criticism of president VII !
son or Of the United States
But here are some things / have heard 4
Huerta say and they reflect very ae-
curatelv his state of mind.
Out Of some 100000 people in
Mexico today there are 1890 600 who !
ask nothing better than 10 be let alone. [
They want peace. The remaining 100000
are bandits who are fighting for the
spolis OF one Of the richest countries
on earth; they are men who live by
than work.
But the disproportion between the
numbers Of those who want peace and I
those who are keeping the country in /
turmoil IS so great that the decent ele-
ment must triumph over theyOther. One
or the great troubles is that the real I
conditions in Mexico are not known Z
outside Of the country because not a /
letter nor a cable leaves the country ]
without being censored
A Mistaken Revolt.
when the war began in Mexico it is
possible that MaderO had the very best
Of intentions, but il is not only good in I
tentiOns that are needed to establish a I
representative government After ne ,
had risen to power, even MadrO saw !
that revolutionary methods were map 4
plicable TO Mexico. There are thousands
or his followers and Of other people in /
Mexico who were formerly in favor of
the revolution, but who now. that il has
lasted so long, are heartily sick Of IL