The Washington times., 1924-01-21
TORS BEGIN INVEST TGAT0N OF BOX PEACE AWARD METHODS
HUGHES FACING
FIGHT OVER
MEXICO
Congress Leaders Divided, As
Huerta Forces Here Explain
Their Side Of Revolt.

Their Side Of Revolt.
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former interventions by the United
States in the affairs Of countries to
the south Of the Rio Grande have
been opposed by the 'progressives
alone.
This Intervention seems about to
experience the peculiar fate Of being
opposed by ''progressives' and ''con-
servatives'' together.
The ''progressives" oppose Il be-
cause they oppose all Intervention
and numerous ';'conservatives' op-
pose it because they dislike inter
vention which may help a foreign
radical" faction.
Hughes Facing Attack.
These developments are now pro-
ceeding underground and anony-
rnously. They will soon show them
selves above ground and Secretary
of State Hughes will soon find
himself openly attacked from both
the CONSERVATIVE uAtu IAAO REO.
gressive" angles.
Meanwhile Mr.. Hughes is ad-
mitted by both sides to be occupy
ing an absolutely conscientious and
consistent legal position. He holds
hat the government of Obregon is
the legally constituted government
of Mexico and that the United
States IL justifiedsin rendering assis-
IN
to check the tendency toward un-
constitutional and violent methods
of installing new governments in
neighboring countries.
The agents and representatives Of
the de Ia Huerta revolving "provi-
sional" government In Mexico are
claiming in reply that while the
Obregon government may have come
into office legally. it is now en-.
deavoring to perpetuate It's power
and to choose the next president Of
Mexico by illegal means. They
point, for instance. to the removal
of various governors of var, Gus
Mexican states by act Of President
Oregon.
These governors, 1t is asserted,
were opposed to President Obregon'S 8
candidate for the next Mexican
presidency. They accordingly. it is
said, were arbitrarily removed from
their offices by a purely military
edict from ObreEon.
7, Similar in Other Cases.
It was noted here today that
similar charges, based On Consider.
able evidence, have been brought
against all Mexican presidents IN
recent times.
Each president in turn has tried
to choose his successor. ThereupOn
each president in turn has been con.
fronted with q revolution. This
present revolution by de la Huerta
Is thought to be only a consistent
incident in the customary manage
ment of Mexican political affairs.
The only novelty in it is thought
to be that de Ia Huerta peculiarly
represents q revolt Of so-called
conservatism" against so-called
''radicalism.
De Ia Huerta's agents here to-
day made great progress in alleg-
Ing and demonstrating that they
were the representatives of prop
erty interests in Mexico and that
they were strongly hostile to what
they spectacularly call the dol
shevism" of Obregon and Of Gen.
eral Gales whom Obregon is push
ing forward to be his successor.
At Odds Over Land.
The heart Of this dispute is found
to be that the Obregon government
leans toward taking land from the
large landed estates of Mexico and
toward giving this land by public
action and with moderate compen-
sation to the so-called peasants"
and "peons," while, on the other
hand, the leaders in the de Ia
Huerta movement are less favor.
able to this policy and In fact in
certain ways are hostile to 1t.
The misery Of the de la Huerta
enissaries here is that they cannot
understand why conservative
state Department, which opposes
"radicalism" In Russia, should lend
assistance to ''radicalism" in
Mexico. They are carrying this
misery to sympathetic "conserva.
tive" ears in Washington and they
are gaining friends for themselves
among people who have always
wanted Intervention in Mexico but
who hate 1t when now it seems
likely to be of assistance not TO
Mexican property interests but to
Mexican labor interests.
In sum 1t seems likely that the
senatorial "progressives" VINO op.
pose all Intervention on principle
will In this instance be able to
make large stir against the State
Department with the help Of
conservatives" who have never op-
posed Intervention on principle
but who begin to think Of earnest
ly opposing it when it goes against
their side in the unending Mexican
factional struggle.
Copyright. 1924. Washington Press
Service