Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-06-15 | Page 13 | Huerta's Power is Not Apparent

HUERTA'S POWER IS NOT APPARENT i i? Mexico 'a President Held Unable to j i' : Check Growth of Kebel Senti- rnent, j r . MEXICO CITY, Juno 14. In the j; three mouths General Huorta has been president of Mexico be has made no J substantial headway against the rebels, , A according to the opinions of close and ; ; , impartial observers of the situation iu If j this republic. Unless there is made a ; '' - radical change in the conduct of the ; i government's campaign against its en- ; omies, or unless tho rebels become ! jj. much weaker than they are today, for- ; H oigu observers beltove that Huerta will . have great difficulty in restoring peace ; ;f to Mexico. As for the rebels, they i ' . have prown steadily stronger since j j General Huorta becamo prcsidont, and j (j ; now there is scarcoly a state in which I H s their mobile columns havo not been j J oporating in defiance of the govern- H mcnt'a superior armament and organi- zation. j j "Tho country is plunged in an- j II -i archv," said El Diarlo, n pro-govorn- jU ment paper, roccntl', "Brigandage i ( 1 holds sway m a largo portion of the ; i jl national territory; clefentod in one ; j place, tho bands reappear in anothor, ' i and they carry their audacity to the '( ji point off defying the federal divisions i Jj in their headquarters." The usual ex- I V prcssion in tho local papers, however, Y. ib of n different charactor. For tho t'fc" most part they reflect the carefully J : studied optimistic tone of . the officers J i at tho national palace, who make much W of defeats administered here and there, and often fail to make any mention nt j " all of rebel victories. (