San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-20
OBREG0N
HAS FORGOTTEN.
PAN|'S ENM|Ty
Minister of Finance At
tacks Adolfo de la
Huerta's Record.
DE LA HUERTA TO RUN
Private Advices State That
He Will Stand for
Presidency.

Private advises received here from
Adolfo de la Huerta are that he Will
formally announce Tor president by
the end of this month.
From the pro-CalleS propagandlSts
reports have been circulated that DE
Ia Huerta was vacillating as 10 enter
ing the race but De Ia Huerta's state
ment 10 the Associated Press at Mex
ico City Friday plainly says that in
view of the fact that from every quar-
Ter of the republic his friends and
partisans demand that he Offer as
candidate. left him no alternative but
10 enter the campaign.
The we'll thinking and property
owning classes in Mexico. especially
the Mexican citizens, who fear the
ladicalism of Elias Gales and his
followers, MOrones and Gasca and
Proan Of Vera Cruz, and all of whom
are strongly pro-Huerta are of the
npinion that President Obregon has
not realized what radical agitation
means to the cOuntry's future. ana
how much it will retard economic and
industrial development. The poor
people will continue poor, and their
education will be spOndlngly I'm
itei, they say. On the other hand
if Obregon's successor is sane and
safe man and continues a middle OF
tho road policy there will be bright
outlook for Mexico's future when the
public is assured of guarantees and
adequate security.
Must End Church Question.
The church problems must also be
treated along rational lines. and every
man and denomination allowed TO
worship God according to the dictates
OF his own conscience.
The establishment of religious
. schools. both Protestant and CATHOLIC
must be allowed. as the public school
system of Mexico is sadly deficient.
and only the great work OF the
Methodist Hussey Institutes and the
Jesuit College. has given some OF
Nexico's most famous statesmen their
higher education in Mexico.
Jorge Prieto Laurenza, president
of the National Congress is urging
an investigation by congress into the
death of Pancho Villa. which if loyal
" carried out would doubtless indl
cate the guilty party. and would con
tinue to be the chief topic of politi
cal discussion. On the other han'
the Carrancsta. Albert PAM. per
sonal enemy Of De la Huerta and wit
succeeded him as minister of finance
has according to reports reaching thu
city. rendered public statement tina
Mexico's treasury is bankrupt an
makes insinuations and charges u
glittering generalities against HI
predecessor. 1t is charged that PAM
report is buncomb for political effect
but at any rate the staunch friend
Of De Ia Huerta in Obregon's cabinet
are determined TO stand by De J
Huerta even if a ministerial crisi
j. produced at 4 time when Preslden
Oregon is i'll.
Say Obregon Has Forgotten.
The probe Ia Huerta partisan
charge that President Obregon hs
evidently forgotten the time vhe
PAM was 4 close friend Of Luci
Blanco, and when B.snco. a suboI
dinate Of Obreson's By a coup a
Mexico City tried 10 arrest ObresoI
- When Blanco was run out Q
Mexico City by the advance Of Viii;
PAM fled TO Vera Cruz, wher
through the influence Of Alfred
Breceda. Carranza favorite. Par
made his peace with Don NenustianC
and remained as director general {
railways.
The feud between PAM and De
IIuerta dates back from the time whe
both Oregon and De Ia Huerta bi
1er1y resented that Catranza shoul
be friendly with PAM. after tn
Lucio Blanco affair in Mexico Cit!
A manifesto published at that tim