THE DAILY RRITISH WHIG, MONDAY, MAY 19, 1243, ST S---- T _-- memo a . Vietoriano Huerta Stands Forth as "Man of : Mystery" | : in the Drama of Mexico's Political Regeneration -------------- EXICO'S Man of Mys- superior officers hegan to notice that oN : Accordingly it was precisimed throughithe new government and supported: it ery" they call General] young Huerta had a genius for the prac ; ES = out the republic thit to those who would [until 'the election of Madero, against whom R Victoriano Huerta, pro-| tical side of fighting as well as for the =~ ride through the mountains sud main:{he had fought tooth and nail Huerta ¥s visional President ofi the "Ww Republio.of Mexico. Gen CPS eral Huerta has for forty qo years been identified with every military -activity of the republic, and, it is his bonst, always on the side of constituted government, no matter who wes behind the government. He is a. sol dier, and, according to his own declara- tion, he is a soldier who owes allegiance theory. Huerta's career began at the time when in the fighting days Porfirio Dias was hammering away at Mexico City during the revolt against President Lerdo. Dias at this time represented all that was best in Mexico, and in fighting for him Huerta oo In 1873 the railroad between Mexico City and Vera Cruz was opened. The Bot to. persons. put to a nationality. He doo oon of this road was not the com- has fought againet men whom he later... .;.ic simple matter it would be to- served when the authority of the governs ment was behind them. and he has turned day. There was great opposition to the project from handit bands and from JIn- against men whom. he formerly served diane. The work had to be constantly believed he was fighting for the real Mex } tain law and order the government would [never had kindly feelings for Madero per supply a good horse, a carbine to sling [sonally, but he supported him and his gov- Acress: the shoulder, small arms, money /ernment. i enough with which to gamble occasion:| After Madero's inauguration General ally) and a pardon for past offences. Huerta retained command of the Depart- The capital was flooded with men who ment of the South, where he defeated the bad for years eked out an existence from forces under Zapata: At that time the brigandry and Righway robbery. Wh t|Tebel chief Oroaco was pressing the fel- they wanted most in the world was a erals under General Salas in the north. good epirited horse between their kneos, After a locomotive loaded with dynamite a carbine across their shoulders and free | Mad been sent into the midst of his tooops dom to ream the country. Out of such [nd exploded General Salas Scent Into an timber wae 'the great body of wurales "™PtY box car and killed himself. Vie hewn, and they have served for decades |fOTian0 Huerta was sent to take his place. to Anintain law Rod order in Mexics. qt), There were repeated rumors thet was President Diaz's idea, but in its ful. | Huerta and Orasco were to combine forces, when the constituted government of MeX-| uarded, and young Huerta maw mich feo has repudiated them. This is General gopvice at this time. The construction of Victoriano Huerta's avowed creed. _ {the Mexican Central Railroad, connecting There have been times during Mexico ® (Mexico City with the United States bor recent troublous periods when General der, entailed a similar campaign, as did the Huerta has been mentioned for President, pushing of a road south from the Mexican times when he might have seized the reinsiecapital to Oaxaca. As a junior officer of government, but his reply to those who|Huerta acquired considerable experience urged hit to place himself at the head of [in the field during the construction of the government was always .-- | these lines, "I am not a statesman, I am a soldier! Mexico was by no means pacified with Those who are close to him and know the election of Porfirio Diaz to the Presi. him best say that it was ouly in obedi-|dency. Maeuy of the States were in open enge to the will of the people expressed rebellion, and numerous bands of outlaws trough the Mexican Congress that this and brigands roamed the country and in- grim consented to take the helm fested the mountainous districts. There fn Mexican affairs. He makes no pre.j was work for President Diaz's soldiers tenes to. being nidesirous of power. His to do, and Huerta helped them to do it in ambition is unlimited, aud power is the such an efficient maumer that promotion power the General craves. de wants i ee he had Junie ri event os be The higgest, tbe best, the strongest; *™! in comme a e troops son soldier In Mexico. He wants to be the | of Mexico Gity: ' | It was General Huerta who assisted wan on whom Presidents and govern. . { President Diaz in formulating the scheme mente lean. It may be that a taste of! hi \ political. power. may seduce the soldier ™ ich called into existence the rurales, } : {or semi-military police. In former days from his warlike ways and that he may! a ti to lead. Mexico from ithe robbery with violence was bat a common Rowe cont nus. oe on "n {incident of travel in Mexico. The trav President's chair, but it is predicted hr! 0 30 joft the beaten trail was more his.friends that should he be offered the| H Presidency he would decline it and woulg| (an likely to be held up and relieved of 8 | all his possessions, perhaps suffering bod- Again sttive to be the soldier who above ye. injury. There Ramsar, all others would bolster up the governs properly police the vast me i and mént of the republic. waste districts until General Diaz con- General Huerta was born in Chihuahua eeived the ides of arming and organis- sixty years ago. From the time he knew ing o certain element of the brigands who, the meaning of the word musket he Wwas|lived in outlawry more because of the determined to be a soldier, and when he|oxcitement and. romance of the thing wis seven con years old he entered the! than for any other reason. Such a con- military academy at Chapultepec, where, dition could scarcely exist except ameng be made a name for himself in the mas- Latin races, but President Dias and Gen- tery of the theory of things military. It eral Huerta realised that it did exist was uot long after graduation that his and they determined to utilise it. ea Miss May Irwin, Actress, - but Farmer by Choice New York, Saturday. |By making her audiences latigh Miss Trwin HEN comes the time that the|Dhas accumulated a fortuna, 'and she haa contemporary history of the not the lightest intention of stopping now, American stage is enriched with ja "he rsd SUE Yo samtnuy' play ner memoirs, Miss May Irwin, | Off as well as on the stage.diss Irwin ia actress and farmer, will re-[the embodiment of good humor and fum, cord in the opening paragraph |Her acquafitances are numerous, yet she of the preface that abe is entitled, on In Fins to, Setodnine dull carn oid gree formation and bellef, to clalm the distine-|{ oing public, she has pleased EE onideh tion of being the first person success. |season after season and now she is back in fully to r ° > alfalfa north of the forty. Rew York In one of the funniest parts, it tourth degrees of latitude. % sald, In which she has appeared. "Not changing the subject from alfalfa, Which is to say that Miss Irwin, when | aise Trwin, but you must have noticed motive force of his life, but it is mAitary | followed promotion uitil before Dias. re-|{ prevailed upon one night last week. to talk about herself, pushed aside, dis- carded, repulsed and tabooed any ime pulse the might have had to mention her sumerous achievements during a stage carter of thirty-eight years and a life that Fo been just one useful thing after ancther and chose to talk about the last Monday night how happy your friends were to sees you back on Broadway again in the farce "Widow by Proxy,' at the Cohan Theatre," it was sugested. "You $06 all the facts are contained in the one sentence." "And the author's name Ia Mrs. Cath- anne Chisholx Cushmg," added Miss Irwin with a ny, "I can't say too many kind things abéut her. I have added fewer] mysteries of alfalfa Jt i= a subject on which learned men | and women In rural districts have heated | bates. It has caused many a yonth!} to relurn hime with a blackened ¢ c | Alfalfa Has revolutionized the ag al! tural business of this the greatest coua- try in the world, says Miss Irwin. Three arops of alfalfa In one year. Just think of it! In some places they get four crops! (t's stupendous, overwheliping-a knock. out. "And if vou should make a noise like growing aifaifa in the environs of Broad- WEE" celal Miss Irwin, "there would dea run-onthe public library and the calls tor. the work of Noah Webster would out. mampber (he demands for the best sellers. 1p thin City; there are persons. who never heard of aifalfa. Some who bave think it #8 _DeW breakfast cereal. If I were of A Wagering disposition I'd chance some: thin that you don't know what it ls? "Wha altaifar Tem nits See. you don't know." Treas fhrew up her bands ia a, > that suggested she believed her Jierviewar to be hopeless--a belief, by the on which she could hot take out a it. . i lines and less 'business' to new t than jn any play for a 10h Se Yan's noticed my friends, bless thelr hearts, and 1 was very happy to get back. But to hear some of the things that have been said about the new play and the old star one Would think that I had been away for a decade A friend stopped me to-day and said, Tm glad you were adle to coms back.' "And what 4M you say "1 said, 'IT never have been away. It is true 1 did not play in New York last sea: son, but 1 was at Wallack's the yeur bev fore and I never was accused of shirking my share of the fun of entertaining the public. In te summer, of course, I get AWAY to my farm on Irwin Island. in the St. Lawrence River. It is there I get the mast out of life." Miss Irwin was getting back to alfaifa. "The records show," it was said, "that you made your début as an actress at Rochester, N, Yin 1875. Is that right rt "Quite right. With my sister Flora I | appeared on the variety stage. Mr. Will. liam Harris was on the same bill, playing in the team of Harris and Carroll. I mens on it as a coincidend because in later years I starred under Mr. Harris' manage "Irwin wae In her apartments in {hej ment. Rochester: was not far from my 1 k Hotel, where she has lived home town, Whitby, Ontario, which is near Jr many years whea in New York. From! Irwin Island, where 1 pass my summers." windows on the seventh floor she § a first class view of considerable of New York patate. women Who have chosen the stage | & Drefession have been as prudont as Arwin. In the neighborhood of . Fortysthica and Forty-fourth Ale ulvas a number of select lois. "Several years ago 1 became interested ip alffifa growing, but was told my place Was too far north for the product. How- ever, 1 studied my land, prepared it with great care, had it ploughed pro and con and waited for rain, sli of Which took time and patience. At Jast when I belteved the soll ready for the seed I sowed alfalfa, and would you believe me if I told you folment he was fssisted and advised by General Huerta. 3 The period of development of Mexico following the establishment of the Diaz régime saw the construction of many rail roads, the building ard repairing of highs ways, the installation of. telegraph lines, all of which tended to facilitate the move ication. It was a period of militarism; for Mexico needed an iron hand and se accomplishing things which it could not have done without the railway and tele graphic facilities. Accordingly, the army became more than ever an important face tor, all of which aided Victoriano Huerta in his vise to power and importance. It was a month before the resignation of Diaz that Huerta was appointed lien: tenant general, in command of the De- partment of the South, including all the troops 'south of Mexico City. To the end General Huerta counselled Porfirio Diaz against resigning and offered to re- take Juarez with three thousand men, but. the President declined t6 sanction this proposition. He wanted General Huerta at the capital because he felt that he could depend upon him. Whatever may be said of 'Vidforiaho Huerta's loy- + |alty, it cannot be depied that he was the big military figure of the Diax régime aud that there was no man in the armies of Dia» who could so support the to'ter ing Presidency. To the bitter end Huerta fought. for Diaz, but when Fragoisco Jeon de la Barra was chosen provisional President of Mexico he transferred his allegiance to ment of troops and the speed of commun: | vere methods, The army was capsgble of ibut until the very last Huerta seemed fo be loyal to Madero. Daring the Made» {revolt when Huerta was fighting on the side of Porfirio Diaz he showed bis own | personal courage. With three or 'four aids he dashed through the rebel lines in lan automobile and returned 'with 'trotpe, who relieved a band of foreign residents whe were in danger from the threatening rebels, ! Whea Huerta saw that the Madero gov- ernment was tottering, when friends were {advising the President to resign and the {Congress was trying to force him from | office, Huerta transferred his allegiance {to the opposing forces. His act might be viewed as allegiance to the Congress. At {any rate, he consented to communicate {with General Blanquet, and apparently a | scheme was devised for the overthrow of {the Madero régime. | For ten days he defended Madero against heavy odds and in the face of strong popular opposition from certain quarters. The' came the tottering of the Madero régime, he saw that the President was doomed and to-day he is provisional President of Mexico, Students of Mexican affairs ery out that the republic is in need of a strong man, a man like Porfirio Diaz. Many surmise that Viectoriano Huerta, soldier. man 'of | mystery, may be that man. AlN Mexico {is on the qui vive watching him. Which way will he turn? is the question on every man's lips. More than any other living being he holds Mexico's destinies to-day and none knows what he will do. He is the quigf, forceful, iron soldier, a n whom Mexicans fear, yet look to as a liberator. | Men to 8 a lover the American man ) (1 appears to the least adven- tage Thus is that most excellent development of the human race, American manhood, arraigned before & select number of the Pars models, assembled to hear about "The Pursuit of Happiness in the United States." And who do you think is grasp. ing the handie of the toasting fork, hold. ing her countrymen up where they might sizzle if they were foolish epough to take the charge seriously? That persistent little sensationalist, Miss Marie Van Vorst, novelist and general juggler of [social problems! Naughty! mang" 1 Among the questions this charer @ Self- lexpatriated sounder of social depths asks harselt in her talk is, "Why de American girls prefer European husbands? But do/they prefer European husbands? Isn't it assuming too much for any defi- nite 'conclusion to rise up and declyre a preference Where it is 'blatantly evident no 'such preference exists? Pardon for disputing the word of a wise woman, Paris, but we don't want yon to get ug wrong. Our vote Is cast for the tall, broad - shouldered, clear - eyed, frank - hearted, open-handéd son of Uncle Sam every time. If now and then love, ambi- tion or one of the motive powers of the universe sends the American girl across seas to build her nest abe is the exception that proves the rule, and only a minority of her sisters display any green fiags of envy, They are too busy engaging the affections of some man of thelr own age and station to bother about decadent castles and tar- nished coats of arms. To every foreign alliance there are a buidred home love knots being ted. To call a certain segment of girlhood brought vp om a chiffon and orchid schedule, and whose ambitions outstrip their heart, the American girl is unfale to that vast ma- jority of wholesome, healthy young erea- tures who are glad to let love go where it is sent and who prefet™ a bandbox apart- ment %ith the right mam to lements even a glittering mobility... Seeptics may scoff, but it's being done every day, "The American man as a lover lacks audacity," says Miss Van Vorst. "As a i GENERAL VICTORIANO lchfld he is under the dorination of his | mother and sisters. A school mistress | demonstrates t¢ him female superiority {and later in life, no matter to what class he belongs, his education is directed by women. Ie has learned to shape and con- trol his destiny, but has not yet learned to dominate the heart of a woman." 1f there is any man under the sun more audacious than the boy back East who asks the maiden of his fondest fancy to turn her back on the past and go with him Empty sanded 10 the mining camp of the Western mountains, the apple orchard of the Western vallg, ibe wheat farm of amd towers with ihe scign of. or} Women Here Prefer American Titled Europeans guides him, As for sister, give her a Jumping rope and brother a 'cocked hat and In three minutes he will have the rope around her arms playing horse, with sis. ter in the character of the horse, while the future head of a family stamps and jshouts and in every respect conducts him- self like the lord high commander of the community. "I notice the charge was made against the American - suitor rather than the American husband," sald a happy wife, emiling down upon the piain goid band she twirled around her third finger. "When it comes to a comparison between hus. bands I guess the United States leads the world. Some girls might prefer the sort of a man who would [ail on one knee and kiss her hand while breathing vows of eternal devotion, but unfortunately this variety is likely to be long on words and short on deeds. . "The volatile suitor whose eyes flash with the fires + Jealousy, who iy always stand. ing beside your chair ready to serve you and whe is prone to drop the mask with the marriage service, is not to my liking. Most rem girls realize their young country. men are out trying to make a position worth while for themselves. Work to them is a refining influence. That in why they do mot object If the man is late for a dinner enEngement, or if he has been too busy at the office te take in the last operatic sensation. Suridcs cujture and refinement 'are pretty shifty sands upon which to build the Mesa! American homa'™ Concerning the fascination of the Euro- pean title, ihe typical American girl is no more caught by it thaw she ia by the plain Mr. which precedes the 'name of the man she has found irresistible Above jut other men. Also, though ft is true jthere are no princes," in the titled sens: {of the word, there is no reason why rr vaulting young citizen of this land may [not have Governor, Benator, Repregenta- tive, Chief Justice, or even Presidéne I nitened to the front of his name: When it in there he will have the satisfaction of (knowing he had something to do with the ! placing of it, that it le' a mark of meri§ [rather than an accident of birth. | Meanwhile the girl he has chosen wil) have the pleasure and privilege of ciimibe [log with him every step of the way, When (he "nally airives hers is the satisfaction of being the brightest jewel in his crown of glory, his comfort, his pride, hig coune sellor, lis heipmate. Miss Van Vorst would have her audience believe that the American girl is a cold, calculating bit of femininity who sits aiofy when the amorous Latin declares his love in wos of liquid flame, snd from her acta] helght indulges In a laugh up hes sieeve. All the time she knows he 1s doling out & lot of bunk, but for the sake of the art in the delivery she appears to believe fand 'even injects an equal amount ob warmth {ith hee own answer, { Pure piftie, as any spirited American gir} {will bear witness. ASK the next hundped of real estate as "weo« a. i Bot shown u, yOu meet what is their notion of an idee} Rea the Western plain, ha'las » B avowal, and If you get thelr confidence - be to i , 3 a : BN 5 re & 5 - 1 " -- A Ny Ney Tark prog. : Herp, then. Is an objet lesson Ifor|in Watertown, N. Y. a month ago, 0 I] "After the I tnvited him fact or fiction. And yal, JUs being done) oy wii; find ics those same little words hax bean adding - Joungts Blayery. Mis hwin Proves It is gent » tigre lo. him ia come to 116 le my QiSsihg eam said he hadaany. Call it courage or pluck oF any! just three--with none of the fluffy rutfiss hay been ad io her holdings right] * ? - pussible for an' actor fo be really iater-|theatre. He sat out framt close (o UN [enjoyed the play husely, but Be did mot), \ 0 vou will. A 1ri6: Just an good|of Orelan Affictiont; We wan ey There are pumerous lots tu Lex. i ested in something forwign to the fre and his thee was a revelation. Ther lke the ine 1 refer fa . for ty of love as any StrAlEht out from the shouider . Something quea so foreign as alfalfa. wis 'in the play a lime which has siae CW ay pet" | asked, surprised' { ¥ > . adjacent 10 the new sub-! \ NE wl Tn 'charg of my Dace 1% an Intrestsibeen changed. Speaking of one of the | "Well™ he siidy With & drawl "why other name Kage mals ou Jug Ni Van Youlte Sve Deen aiding and xetting | Gavan : ing old character," continued Miss Irwin,f persons in the play I said, 'lle's not over riart a discussion™ There will soma 18 It. true that 1BIAALS the mare you o grab a -~ : 8 oy 'welio has been in employ for some] forty, and I'm not that * It al Ways brought persons whe will ou are Nuither is young America a la Georie Cohan and shout "America tor no my Pio) fo § oug ayy much older ! halla a long, leas Ume.|@ years, LUL never has seer me play. 1 wags laugh.' But Ton didn't lavgh than forty. ©] |e dominated by he mother. She merely) Americans! - '