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Show I HUERTA TO CONVENE CONGRESS 1 AND READ MESSAGE IN PERSON Ratification in Entirety of Chief Executive's Acta as Dictator Expected General Determined to Relieve Himself of Danger of Being Called to Account in Future May Be Brought to Self -Elimination. ; : fed i NEW DEPUTIES FAVOR HUERTA POLICIES P Provisional President Limits Message to Account of Recent Political Events and Claims Government Has Acted in Indisputable Good Faith and Good Will to Reinstate Supremacy of Peace and Law in Mexico. EfcTjH Mexico City, Nov 20. It was re I gardpd here tocluy as nol entirely Im- l7J Wl PFpib!e ,,inr Provisional President. wVH Huerta, alter having, through the .TT'fcP r.irifi. :Mmn f the iict rnn-r.-f-. re- i lie er himself fnun the dnnter of In- ,m ing railed t'i a. ffuini for hU acts by 'bHBiome future administration, might be k SHB brought m thf in it '!!. a.i- ! tior. through ill"' efforts of t ho Inrc.p uJtJKI; Ki'rs Mitt'Timg llif I nlfcrl SuUs It whs not generally expected today (hat Hw'tt;i. on tho cnscnmc c! th iiev, Mexican nngress. at o clock '"" this eseninc would em-nunier much Kef the obstructionist tactics which characterized ih last con.irp??. as the n'" deputies were known to be M In smpathy with his polic ies. On tbeir meeting. General Huerta, it wis R assumed, would automatically forfeit gS the self imposed powers w hich he has fete : fnjo cd since the dissolution of the B two houses early last month. New Congress to Ratify Acts, i One of the first steps the new eon- P jress was expected to take was the lUIIA ratification in entirety of th- chief IHdll pse.-uthf's acts as dictator and that I the two houses would tw asked to do I this was plainly Indicated In his mes . . , tape to them In securing of this rat'fieatlon or - I his nets Is currentls reported to hae hnpii one ot the reasons w h iieneral I Huerta so obsllnateU opposed th t pressure to hear on him by the (Jnl- rj.-jted States and other nations to with-F with-F draw and efface himself. L The provisional president is said ;"WjB by those believed to be- in a position III to know to have been persuaded that lie r;,i$ i'-'.pn and to have named Mami' l f.ar-a Aldalpe. former minis-i minis-i j) ker of the Interior, as the man he de-I de-I sired to succeed him. when the in-J. in-J. ' ilstence of John i Ind the personal R representatn e of President Wilson, ft I on ,;"f ri boll t ;cti of the new congress. I I s cause him to change his attitude and reject the idea of resigning I Up to the moment of the lact rep- J i f;..r-r;i .,, n. i 1; T-.ini 7 Llnd. the friends of the provisional sjsjsj president say. he frequently eulogzeJ HSenor Aldalpe as one of the most j p worthy to be head of the Mexican III Hv Jjovernment. and he appeared to look UlN I '''th some decree of equanimity on . thf hi-fi of turnlut over the prcsi-ie -i IJ. cy to h.m Effu-iivt Greeting to O'Shaughnessy The roarijd manner In which Pro-i Pro-i visional PL 'tnt Huerta displaced bis eor'iuMiaD HOlrrt Nelson O Shauph . iflPARncan charge , d affaires, and the- in which he Bit' applauded the pla.sinp of ihe Star r0 8pangic.l Banner" at yci-ierday'a re ception in ( hapultepee castle were jftP subjects of much comment lodaj A' r. mg E thouch the entire diplomatic corps I. was present. General Huerta did uoi &0 converse at hntl, v. 1 1 h an of the fa r diplomats except Mr OShaughness " v V. whom he spoke prirateiy for a t)C 9 Quarter of an hour The provisional president appeared K to be in high spirits while he was :d- ME forming Mr. O'Shaughnessy of the K substance of the message he was about to deliver to the new congress and telling him that he w ould send l copy to the American embassy in W advance of its delivers Senora Also Cordial. iJM M 'he sann- time. Senora Huerta I 1 showed preaf cordiality in her recep-ltfl recep-ltfl tlon of Mrs ( Shaughnesc.y. The recep'lon was on a very clab-orate clab-orate hi ale and the rooms svere pro-fuEely pro-fuEely decorated with flowers Th( a refreshment bill alone amounted to Besides the diplomats, the high mil-w mil-w tar officers the leading civilian o:' ftcials and their wives, nearly all the pt mc-muTH of the hpu congress, were Ivl present. jjl . Washington Nov. 2ft. The eyes of J official Washington were turned today to-day on the Mexican congress and Huerta s message on his recent as sumption of dictatorial powers. The possibility that the new congress might act on concessions discredited in advance bs the I n I ted States, svas thought in many quarters to be a pivot on which the next moe by th.s government might turn. Those who have been of the opinion tbat Huerta would retire after his acts had been ratified by the congress, still held confidence in their theory So far aa can be learned, the mer lean government means to continu its plan of financial blockade with diplomatic pressure from without. The closing feature of Huertas message, in which, after proposing I the sanction of congress, he added tha' if this was withheld and author-its author-its entrusted to another, he and his ministers were agreed in advance to accept such a result, was regarded with some significance as indicating that Huerta himself waa at last recognising rec-ognising the possibilities of his own elimination Some officials declared there was no new move In prospect for the immediate im-mediate future It was also said that no Instructions of a final character had gone forth to Charge CTShaugh nossy. The departure of William Bayard Hale from NogaJes. after parleying with the t onstltutionallsts, was also said to be a factor iu the delay. It was regarded as possible that offl clals here would aaif Mr Hale's return to gain first hand Information for making another move. Washington. No, 20. The full text o: Huerta's message to the Mexican congress, which he will read in person per-son at 6 oclock this evening, is as follows In accordance with the constitutional constitu-tional provisions relative to the mat tor. it is the duty of the chief executive execu-tive to Inform the congress of the ration tw(ee every year of the status sta-tus of public affairs, these reports corresponding to the two solemn openings op-enings of the regular sessions of sour duties This provision having been compiled with by means of the extensive reports I read In this chamber on September 16 last, and II happened at the time that the first of April was far ahead, at which time the government should once more bring to your attention the status of the national situation, it can row be understood that this brief message cannot be so extensive as the other document- bul that it should be limited to giving you an account of the political events which have taken place since October tenth !at to this significant date, in which, b) s irtue ol the solemn promise I have made before the nation and the world, the country Is resuming its course under the straight and Inflexible In-flexible provisions of the fundament al chart of the republic and this svithin such a peremptory time necessarily nec-essarily so sets in relief before persons per-sons not actuated bv passion the in disputable good faith and the unexcelled unex-celled good will with which the government gov-ernment of the nation has been making mak-ing efforts to reinstate the supremacy supre-macy of peace and the law In the midst of conditions svhich, without false modebty, are of a character suf flcient to discourage the strongest decls'on if such is not supported by a great faith in the law. in Justice and in the welfare of the country. Political Structure The embodiment of our political structure having as a basis a perfect equilibrium between the three powers pow-ers by means of which tho people ex- ercl9es its sovereignty. It can be easily understood to what extent of difficulty we could be dragged by the least interruption or alteration of this equilibrium. The framers of the constitution, understanding this to be the case, marked for each pow or Ihe province of their proper and legitimate action in order that by remaining Invariably between the lines marked for each of them, perfect per-fect harmonv of the whole svould be preserved. The very moment that any of the three powers should go j beyond the boundaries limiting their activity the province of action of the others would necessarily be Invaded, the equilibrium would be deeply disturbed dis-turbed and constitutional functions would be altered, thus menacing the life itself of the political state, and unless the trespassing power be brought without delay to Its exclusive exclu-sive province of action, it prosokes from the other powers a defensive action, the vigor of which is and I must be proportional to the gravity or i freouencv of the Infractions a reac- tlon which becomes necessary and I salutory because without it, the constitutional con-stitutional organization would definitely def-initely disappear This situation, the grait of which cannot escape the wisdom of the representatives I am addressing, appeared before the coun try and the government under my dl rection since the last days of September Sep-tember and its churacter was so Intense In-tense and alarming from the beginning begin-ning that the course of events could eaiilj be forecast Attitude of House "I refer to the attitude svhtch l perhaps fresh In the memory of all Mexicans, principalis of the house of representatls es which, in front of the other two powers, but preferably against the executive, whose action, so urgently and decisively needed at this moment, the aforesaid assembly endeavored to present and defraud, systematically. There be.uig nothing to dissude Its anti-patriotic purposes pur-poses notwithstanding, that to embarrass em-barrass the action of the executive meant to place In danger the life of he country itself. "The exc-cutlve was not lacking In the foresight mentioned above, but r::lher understanding at once the results re-sults of the rule of action adopted bv the house all "are was taken to avoid conflicts and to preserse a perfect per-fect co-operation svith the legislative power without which all the efforts of the government would be Impracticable. Imprac-ticable. "The executlse relinquished Its rights and prerogatives on more than one occasion and employed repeatedly repeated-ly tentatisc efforts to obtain closer relations between the two powers, which even day became more difficult. diffi-cult. House a Focus of Insurrection. The house, on account of the assemblage as-semblage of certali. elements, became be-came a focus of insurrection, a bare i faced agency of the rebels, who in our northern frontier have devoted their efforts to slaughter and pillage, and which is still to be regretted, to the svork of bleeding their fatherland, so that when It may be debltuated and impoverished, it should submit to the dangers from abroad and without with-out restriction. "The house eDdeas'ored to prevent every effort of the government k aggressively invaded not only tho province of the Judicial power but executives, ex-ecutives, in order to co-operate in the Infamous purposes of the rebels. Having Hav-ing come to this extreme, the government govern-ment under my direction had to face this painful dilemma the decision of which could not be held any further to consent In the preservation of tho House as an assembly of dema gogues. so that it would end by Strang ling the other two powers dragging the country to the chaos of a bloody anarchy In which our nationality In evitabls svould have quickly perished, or to take a legal action of defense and public health, waiving for a brief time so called 7opular representation and appealing to the people to come before the polls In order that tbey mlght express their ultimate and sos ereign desire. Decreed Extraordinary Powers. "Congress having been dlssolsed, and in absence of this important organ or-gan of the government from that dat. until the assembling of the new cham bers. it became necessary' to decree extraordinary poweri Under slml lar circumstances the great Benito Juarez long governed under the re gime of extraordinary powers There fore it does not seem excesslvf that ms government may have resorted to them in view of the lack of the legislative leg-islative posver. bul the national representation rep-resentation will not fall to obserse how moderate has been the action of the executive In not decreeing nof exercising them, except with refer ence to three branches of the sdmlnls tration. hacienda, gobernacion and war; that Is to say. iu those branches in which its action wbb absolutely indispensable This would seem a propitious moment mo-ment to give you an account of the use made of the above powers but inasmuch an it la the purpose of this . ongress to pass on them I shall in due time and under separate distribution distribu-tion give you an itemized account of the use made of them by tbe executive, execu-tive, 'o the end that If you find his action useful honest and patriotic, you should afford him your supreme sanction and in case that you are cf a different opinion, you should lay the responslbillt ies on him svho may deserve de-serve them with the aasurrnce that the chief executive, as well as his secretaries, shall make no effort to evade them as they all have achieved their respective posts during different days over the country', and have be forehand accepted every sacrifice if necessary In behalf of public service and the. welfare of the country Under Eye of World. '-'The present moment is extremely solemn and perhapn decisive for the welfare, of tbe nation Not only the eyes of 15.000.u00 Mexicans, but those of the svhole civilized world are at this time fixed on us Your attitude and your action shall inform our fel low citizens and future generations whether we have been right In ellnR ing to our nationality, in placing national na-tional dignity abose all business interests in-terests of the moment, or if on the contrary, instead of that attitude of intense national feeling, we should have ceded Defore reprovable interests inter-ests and unworthy ambitions In giving you in the name of the republic the most cordial welcome I pray for the prompt arrival of the hour in which all Mexicans may be united In close fraternity, so that we may devote our decided energtcs to the great and fruitful task of reconstructing recon-structing our natiou." |
