El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-28

? designations. Madero's death did not
occur until some days later, as a re-
| cital Of the sequence OF events VIII
now make clear:
Chronology OF Events
February Is the government Of Ma
| dero was overthrown.
February 10, Madero resigned
! February 10, Huerta became pro-
/ visional president OF Mexico.
| February %. about midnight. Ma
| dero was killed while being trans
ferred from the palace to the peniten-
! tiary.
Thus Huerta became provisional
/ president Of Mexico February 10. 1913,
/ Mr.. Taft ceased to be president of the
! United States March IA. 1913. There
were thus II days within which presi-
dent Taft could have extended recog-
ntion. Why did he not do so?
Wilson Repudintes Policy.
what Mr.. Wilson inherited from
| Taft was an outstanding unanswered
diplomatic request to the de facto gov
eminent at Mexico City for definite
assurances for the lecurity Of Ameri-
can rights and the adjustment of
American claims as a preliminary to
the consideration of the question of
recognition. What Mr.. Wilson did was
to repudiate the policy of his prede-
cessor, in this as in all other things,
and create a situation that made the
adjustment OF American rights i'm
possible.
huertu the strongest Wan.
"The revolutions with which the Taft
administration had to contend were
OF comparatively short duration, while
there has been in Mexico practically
ever since Mr.. Wilson came in and
refused to recognize Huerta. continu-
Gus anarchy. There never was a time
during the Taft administration when
there was not in Mexico City a gov
eminent recognized in a large part or
Mexico, and conducting its foreign re-
latiOns with the world. Huerta. who
came in so shortly before President
Taft went out. was recognized by some
20 odd countries. as ! recall it, in
GLIDING practically all II not all, the
great powers of Europe so that Mr..
Taft left the Mexican situation with
Mexico pacified and the strongest man
who has appeared since the days OF
Diaz i'm power"
Contrast with LincOIn's Course.
The assertion that President Will
sons course had been like Lincoln's
the former secretary disputed by read
ing LincOln's instructions to the Amer
lean minister TO the government OF
Benito Juarez, in which Lincoln de-
clined to join France. Spain and Eng
land nan attempt to break down the
de factO government
Deplorable Mistakes-PenrOse.
United States senator Boies Fenrose,
In his speech, attacked the foreign pol
Icy Of the present administration. He
Our management Of international
affairs in the case of Mexico. under
the present administration. constitutes
one Of the most deplorable chapters
in our diplomatic history It furnishes
an exhibition Of weakness and ignOr--
ance hardly with a parallel
The de facto government under
liuerta was established i'm Mexico, pos
sessing the capital of the country and
powers Of established government II
we had adopted the invariahle rule Of
diplomatic intercourse and had fol-
lowed the example Of most of the ma
tons of Europe. the common sense
course would have been to recognize
the de facto government
President Practically INTERVIEWED.
1T was not our business to inter-
fere with the affairs of Mexico. We |
steadily have adopted a policy of non |
intervention When president Wilson
deliberately set up his judgment as |
10 the moral qualifications Of the |
Huerta government on the merits Of /
factions. as compared with |
political and ethical gtandrds prevail !
ing on the other side Of the line and I
refused to recognize such de facto gov I
he to all intents and purposes 1
lnterfered with the affairs of Mexico (
ana departed from established prece- |
DENTS
The president leaned toward the l
recognition Of villa, ignoring what ap- /
peared TO be the only strong govern |