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Show HUERTA IMPRISONS DEPUTIES ' AND BECOMES DICTATOR Issues Proclamation Declaring Depw. ." ties Had Shown Implacable Hos- tlllty to All of His Acts. j Mexico City. President Huerta's de-fense de-fense of bis action in causing the arrest ar-rest of 110 members of the chamber Of deputies, on Friday, and causing the members to be thrown Into prison, it, that the deputies were revolutionists. revolution-ists. It Is his belief, as he states H. tat they represented Carrania sentiment senti-ment In the capital. In a proclamation dissolving the chamber It la frankly stated that their threat to remove J jjtp selves from the capUa.1 and hold sessions where they would enjoy the protection which tbey alleged was denied de-nied them here, meant that tbey would transfer their sesslona to territory controlled con-trolled by the rebels. In a separate proclamation addressed address-ed to the Mexican people the president presi-dent declared that the deputies bad shown systematic and hnplacable hostility hos-tility to each and all or bta acta. The establishment or a virtual dictatorship dicta-torship by Huerta through the use ot military force Is Interpreted as likely to have the most far-reaching consequences conse-quences to the Huerta regime. It also was held as vindication of the attitude of the Washington administration that military assumption of power should not be recognized, and there is hope now among high officals that foreign governmenta which hitherto had recognized recog-nized the Huerta regime would withdraw with-draw their support. Mexico City. There haa been endless end-less speculation here regarding the effect ef-fect of Provision! President Huerta's coup d'etat. Many appear to believe that the logical result w ill be a split In the army, which, they assert, has only been held together by General Huerta a personality. They argue that there has been dissatisfaction over Huerta's course In general and that this will test loyalty to the danger point. |