The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-25

nave Deen taken IN the OUTSKIRTS OF
Paris, the p%rettics, are the charming
Ruma peasant girls.
when Hucrta Wns In the saddle
Beginning in October Of 1913. the in
teresting If not wholly pleasing record
set down by tprrn Mrs. NEr suTD
iO'SHArGHN Messy in 4 Bipiomdf'S VIE
IN Mcrico tIarpcrs' runs 20 the sever
inc of diplomatic relations with
Mexico and the Vera cruz incident"
Of uncomfortable memory. Al that
time. Whpu tn" OShaughressNS were
about 20 depart from the station whore
they had served not only faithfully
but compctently. iiucrta sad 20 them
He d ,esn't understand"
He was Su l;Xceencia o. rresi-
dente Wilson. 1t was always in this
forma, phrase tina, the Dictator re-
ferred To- the head of the American Nd
minis'ration that he believed tn hc
making the persecution and pursuit NJ
himself the first object OF It's enter
prise. When the salute which vas
never given vas demanded HIcrta he.
lievcd that Justice was on his side and
that any far arbitration would 50 rule
He believed that the honor ana soy
~ereignty Of Mexico wero in Ms keep
ing. and ho stcadfas'lv refused - ho
false Ia IN" rust lie expressed ho !ef
that the demand FOR a salute was hut
a p-e,.xt. and tha, If he Yielded u
would he hat a mater Of ,hrce or f"ui
months before Su Exrclcncla Q! I'res.-
den'a wilson wou,d dcyiss another
No.. a. sN,,,ylp,~9, N.. 81. - ;, "
hu, praise fur NictorIano Ntiorta. Is
h.r opinion h!asscd? Not go 90 into
the detailed merits II tho case. the owl
dpnCo. the internal evidence. az her
strong narrative shows the old Indian
To have been n man. whether Nou
liked him or not. whom Won must re-
spcrt. In WAYS inuUwcrnh'o he
showed h.s personal friendship fNr the
representatives, NJ the American ma
ton ON tho n occasion when they
NIGHT rossihiy have anticipated trcach-
crv an his part he doair with Thorn ne
"fui,hfu''y as ever.
Hs psychology was Indian and
deep His way of dealing with a Il ~
cIlt situation was Simply To- subtract
himself from h.. wa.j quietly Uutil
events had marched by. AMI ;hcn ro-
sumo tn" appearance Of tho control
which he had never in realty rc'.n-
pushed iiN wa keen. strong. pcrSo-
verln@. and Yet there was u suh'iltv.
more than suhtirty. n his character
~" was not sentimental about the
value ~ a li'c, Mrs u~ShaUGrHossv
VIII not accus" him of tho murder "f
Franc SEQ Madcru. hut sh" DOCS De
lev" him guilty or = neglect no' CON-
doncd by tho auXic'ics aud mul,iplcX
occupations of that crnw died. time
Hu"rta used press gang motNols
when he stood in need of mon. Af'cr
a bull fight n" impressed seven hun
dr"d ar So men from tho crowd .Nf'er
u hig irc H." s"iled nearl, y Thousand
To the Congress he quoted Napoleon
To the offc't that If tho cn,lrtry was
saved the means cmplrvci We're retro
actively sanctioned He admired the
French Emperor Gran homhrr. gran
homhro!"
oncc. having suGGcstod t. a puhli,
servant - whose fingers an i-lo"i f
natelv large perc"utag" ~ the rcN,-
nue he handed had stuck tina, "a triI
to Europe would he good for his hcalth
and had better he uttered upon IN,
very next day he exchanged tn,
Latin American emhrac" with tho de-
parting official, "Xchiming t"udcrl>
Tod : por ii pdtria." overNthluG f.,
your country. mi Genera" And the
exile repeated sadly "Todos uur Ia
p%a,ria," and wcrt his mournfui hu'
mi,igatod way.
In a word, while she does not mss
upon our rendering To- I"lcrtt trlhut,