Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-15
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Immediately on assuming Office
President Wilson refused to recognize
Huerta as the head of the Mexican
government in spite of the fact tina
recognition had been granted by Great
Britain. At the same time the Nader
istas rallied under Venustiano Carran'
"a, governor of Coahuila and Francisco
Villa declared against Huerta.
Throughout the winter the tension
between the United States and Mexico
continued to grow acute. Ameri.
can warships were dispatched to Mex.
lean waters and a large number of
troops were concentrated on the Dor.
der. At the same time the constitu.
ed themselves, advanced from the
north defeating the Huerta troops in
battle after battle.
In the second Felix DiaZ revolution,
which resulted in the overthrow of the
Madero government Huerta vas i'm
mediately called to active command as
the senior ranking general, then in the
capital. He escorted Madero from
Chapultepec castle to the palace on the
first Of the ten days fighting and was
placed in entire command OF the
forces Of the government. He direct.
ed the government troops during all
the subsequent fighting, and the con.
duct of these operations led to severe
criticism on the part Of Madero's
friends. It was charged that he did
not carry out the operations with any
spirit, that he disobeyed the commands
Of President Madero, and that before
General Banquet entered the city 1t
was this conference which sealed the
fate of the Maderos.
Huerta was the moving spirit In the
contamination of the plot that result
ed In the seizure of the person of Pres
ident Madero and his brother Gustave.
The climax came in April when a
party of American ~bluejackets was
seized at Vera Cruz and thrown into
Jail. The Americans were quickly re-
leased but Huerta refused President
Wilson's demand for a formal salute to
the Stars and Stripes as a measure of
PREPARATION. On April IL American blue.
Jackets and marines landed at Vera
Cruz in force and occupied the city at
ter some street fighting In which a
number Of Americans were killed.
Shortly afterwards a mediation pro-
posal was made by Argentina, Brazil
and Chile and accepted. Conferences
were held at Niagara Falls but brought
no decisive result.
Matters dragged along until July z
when Huerta, his finances exhausted,
his army thoroughly beaten and dis
organized, his enemies growing stead
lily stronger, presented his resignation
to the Mexican congress. He sailed
from Puerto, Mexico, a few days later
on the German cruiser Dresden and
after a short stay in Jamaica. charter,
ed a steamer and set out for Spain.
On November % President Wilson
ordered the evacuation Of Vera Cruz.
On March 8, 1915 Gen. Huerta left
Spain ostensibly for Buenos Aires. He
disembarked at Algeciras, Morocco
and early In. April boarded q steamer
for New York declaring he was com
ing to THIS country simply on a pleas
ure trip. After remaining In New York
for some time he started west with the
announced intention Of visiting the
San Francisco Panama exposition. On
JuIlC = I NC "0o "AiCoSSo ~ oCSA "
vice agents al! Newman, N. NJ, on a
charge OF conspiring to incite a revolu
ton against a friendly country. He
was released on bond but was r%earrest
ed by secret service men at Ell Paso
on July 3 when apparently planning to
cross the border.
Huerta remained in jail until Decem.
Der % when he was permitted to be
removed to his home in FL Paso on
account Of the serious nature OF his
illness.
During Huerta's stay in America
numerous stories were circulated from
various sources asserting that he was
being backed by German agents in 8
plot to embroll this country with Mex
leo. These stories YER officially de
MED by Count Won Bernstorf, the Ger
man ambassador. They we're revived
again, however. by statements by fed
eral officials that Franz Won Rintelen
a German agent, had spent large sum
Of money %endeavoring to dis
turbances on the Mexican border.
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