Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-01-22

palace in Mexico City to the peniten-
tiary they were shot and killed.
Huerta became president then and
everyone in this country was anxious
to see what President Wilson would
do, because of the many Americans
living there and the nearness of that
country to our own. II was i'm
portant that he act firm and make
the new Mexican government under
stand that we would stand for no
nonsense. Henry Lane Wilson was
then our ambassador in Mexico and
he urged President Wilson to recog-
nize Huerta as the Mexican presi-
ent but our president would not do
so although Spain did so in April,
1918, Great Britain and France in
May and many other countries a lit
tie later. A great many people be-
lieve that this failure to recognize
Huerta was the first of thousand
big mistakes that President Wilson
has made in dealing with Mexico
and that had he recognized Huerta
it might have saved years of trou-
BILE and hundreds of lives"
''Why did they think this?' ask
ed Jack.
because, Jack, the attitude of
the United States encouraged Huer-
ta's enemies who called themselves
Constituencies and after captur-
ing several towns they set up an
other government with CarranZa,
who is now president, as provisional
president BY June they controlled
nearly all of north Mexico. Be-
cause President Wilson didn't agree
with Ambassador Wilson he was
called back to the United States and
resigned July 4, 1913, and John
Lind, formerly governor of Mime
sofa was sent to try and settle the
troubles in Mexico for Woodrow
Wilson. But he failed and Mr..
Wilson admitted ii in message to
congress on August 9th of that
year. Things went from bad TO
worse in Mexico with Villa, the ban
dit leader, capturing many towns,
and killing Americans and British.
On April 8, 1914, Mr.. Lind gave up
his job and came home. Villa
fought harder and started what fin
ally caused the downfall of Huerta.
While they were fighting at Tampi-
co on April 10, 1914, shells fell near
the city and damaged many oil
tanks. Read Admiral Mayo, who
then commanded the U. s. fleet sta
toned in the harbor, ordered the
fire directed away from them, and
on April 10th when some United
States marines were landing at Tam
pico to get gasoline for their launch,
they were arrested by Mexican Fed
eral troops. The Mexican colonel
who arrested them changed his
mind, released them and apologized
but Admiral Mayo was angry and
demanded that the American flag be
saluted as an apology. Huerta re-.
fused to do this. Our fleet was
then ordered to Mexico and Presi-
dent Wilson ordered that our flag
should be saluted by Huerta before
500 p. m April 10Th. The salute
was never given and the only result
was the landing of our marines
few days later and the loss of many
of their lives. Ever since that
time. with the shifting and chang
ing OF affairs in Mexico, President
Wilson has done nothing but send
notes and warn Mexico until 1t has
become a joke with Mexico and she
does as she pleases.
Gin 1915 a convention was held
in Washington between representa-
tives of the United States and the
South American countries to try and
bring peace in Mexico. Villa
agreed to make peace but Carranza
demanded he be made president In
August of that year Mexican ban