Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-02-25 | Page 7 | Ex-President Diaz Ready to Respond to Country's Call

PRESIDENT EX-PRESIDENT DIAZ READY TO TD RESPOND TO 10 COUNTRY'S CALL Will Return to Mexico If Foreign Foreign Foreign For For- eign Complications Arise Out of Revolution j II Egypt rpt 11 Feb eb 24 4 1 Diaz former formel dictator of Mexico declared declare today that h Is holding himself himself him him- sel self In readiness to 0 respond to the call caB of r his country countr In c case o foreign complications complications com corn should hould arise out of oC the tho revolution revo lution there re o If It this should not occur he said he lie would not return to Mexico until settled set set- tied go government had lied been re-c re reestablished re tab tab- there and his reappearance on the sc scene ne could be made without rl risk k koC of oC being being- wrongfully I Interpreted The aged ex president expressed the ho hope e that hands of off Mexico would continue continue con con- to be the policy of ot the tho United 5 States Slates t ates General Diaz Diax was great greatly elated at the tho success of his nephew Felix Diaz and of or Huerta the provisional president whom he lie consider quite capable of worl working out the salvation quite of or the republic The president ex-president after pleading that his aloofness from the politics of ot his country countr precluded an any criticism b by him of th tho late President Maderos Madero's admin admin- I made the tho following statement to the Associated Press I I prefer to sa say nothing regarding the thc faults fault of ot Francisco Maderos Madero's rule or the thc causes cause of oC the revolution As a apolitical apolitical apolitical political opponent of ot my opinion opinion ion might b be ba considered biased blast Gen Huerta Is an officer cel an and a gentleman who possesses the confidence ence of ot all classes In Mexico Personally I have ha the greatest respect ct for and con confidence In him I chose him to escort me from Mexico City to Vera VeraCruz VeraCruz VeraCruz Cruz when I was as exiled I think G General Hu Is In a position position po po- po- po to maintain order until a constitutional constitutional con con- government hn has be been n definitely definitely established When reports of oC the thc po possibility of or Intervention I b by the United States were ere mentioned the former president gravely grave grave- ly h l' l retorted JL 1 l and m my adherents always have e been ben and will be sincere friends of ot tho tIm United States government o I cannot Imn Imagine lne the United States or others other taking an any action Inconsistent with well known n honesty of or pur pur- pose Jose Se General Diaz Dias hope hopes and intends to return to Mexico at some time This however howe he lic said will not occur until II peace has been firmly established re-established and m my return cannot have hav haan an any ml misconstruction misconstruction mis mis- construction placed on eu It It Should ho how how- over ever foreign complications arise I will hold Iod myself entirely at my lily country's ser sen ice