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Show LIVING ON PLUNDER. General Victoriano Huerta took enough of this world's goods with him when he fled from Mexico City to support sup-port his family in fine style in southern south-ern Europe. Old Porfirio Diaz used to keep the bulk of his money on the other side of the Atlantic for use in just such au emergency as finally arose. Huerta, however, did not have the same opportunities as the preceding dictator, but was compolled to depend upon what he could grab during his comparatively short "reign" at Mexico City. There must have been considerable ioot at that. A large number of Huerta Huer-ta "s officers and friends fled with him, and they all seem to be prospering in Europe. JIuerta's daughter has just married General Queroz, tho ex-dictator's aide, and we read that the old brandy-soaked, one-eyed Indian gave a wedding breakfast to persons after tho ceremony in the Bona Nueva church at Barcelona, Spain. Iu the meantime the struggle in Mexico continues. con-tinues. Carrauza has fixed his temporary tempo-rary residence at Vera f'ru., which the dispatches refer to as his "capital," and is conveniently situated in case it becomes necessary for him to follow Diaz and Huerta aciVss the seas. Presumably Pre-sumably he has alreafly taken steps to prepare for a voyage and will not go empty-handed if the convention chiefs continue to gain the upper baud. Mrtny presidents and dictators of Haiti, Santo Domingo, Venezuela, and other so-called American republics have taken similar measures iu their day, and have enjoyed life in tho gay French capital after having played their gamn to the limit at home and escaped with their lives. Old Abdul Hnuiid, the deposed sultan of Turkey, had $10,000,000 on deposit in Germany when Allah willed that In: should no longer rule. Unfortunately for Abdul he was imprisoned by the new rulers, his harem being restricted to four of his oIde.it and ugliest wives. In addition addi-tion he was finally compelled to aid the government in securing the $10,-UOO.000. $10,-UOO.000. Emperor William of Germanv is said to haw made heavy investments in timber aud other lands iu British Columbia, Co-lumbia, as well as gilt-edged American securities. Perhaps the thought of being be-ing compelled to abdicate never entered his mind at, the time the investments were made, but it. must, be acknowledged acknowl-edged the proceeds will conic in bandy ;r iiie -var lord in c:,to t!1P v. ;ir rc-Mjii.. rc-Mjii.. iIt- nrun a y for hilu and the people of Germany conclude to set up in business for themselves in order to prevent future wars as far as possible. It. should bo added that tho kaiser's mouey was obtained iu a legitimate manner, and ihoro is no taint upon it so far as known. The cases of Diaz, Huerta and other one-time American rulers are entirely different. They were murderers and robbers who should have been executed for their mauy detestable crimes, instead in-stead of being allowed to make lavish display of their blood money iu the European capitals and watering places. If peace ever returns in Mexico, perhaps per-haps the people will erect a government govern-ment under which it will be impossible for public officials to loot the treasury treas-ury or sell concessions and franchises to foreigners. Unless they do the wars of the last four years will have been fought in vain. One good-sized balo of mouey awaits the formation of this stable government, govern-ment, for when the. United States evacuated evac-uated Vera Cruz something liko $1,000,-000 $1,000,-000 in customs duties was removed to this country for safe keeping, and will doubtless bo retained until a president of Mexico is formally recognized. Car-ranza Car-ranza had his eye upon this tidy little sum, and had ho obtained it might have vanished from Mexico some weeks ago to turn up in some winter resort in the southern part of Europe. But it was not for Carranza. A 6omewhat similar case is reported from Port au Prince, Haiti, where $110,-000 $110,-000 in gold was placed on board the gunboat Machias by the National Bank of Haiti aud shipped to the United States. The government of Haiti, erected as a result of the recent successful suc-cessful revolution, has not been recognized recog-nized by the administration at Washington. Wash-ington. This country, however, is not in possession of the Haitian bauk6 gold. It is being transported to New York on the gunboat" because no merchant mer-chant vessel was sailing at the time, so the new revolutionary government will probably protest in vain. The National Na-tional Bank of Haiti will be . able to regain possession of the money any time it so desires. It is much safer in New York than in Port au Prince, for not even the president of the United States can lay unlawful hands upon it. The Haitian bank took no chances, aud great is -the chagrin of the new. ruler that $110,000 iu gold escaped his clutches at the outset of his administration. |