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Show HUERTA PROMISES PROTECTION TO ALL MEXICAN DICATOR DECLARES HE WILL PROTECT THE LIVES AND INTERESTS OF FOREIGNERS. But is Equally Determined That thf Domestic Affairs of Mexico Shall. Be Settled by the Mexicans Mexi-cans Themselves. Mexico City. General Huerta, provisional pro-visional president of Mexico, made a statement Thursday which afterwards was read in the presence of all the members of the diplomatic corps and the cabinet ministers. In this state-merit state-merit General Huerta gave his most solemn assurance that the sole use that he will make of his power as provisional president will be to establish, es-tablish, first, peace in the republic and, second, to 'comply with the law of his country in holding fair elections, elec-tions, so that the choice of the Mexican Mex-ican people, whoever it be, shall, be installed in power. He stated that his use of the power heretofore had been with those ends in view. General Huerta said that his government gov-ernment was determined to protect at all costs the lives and interests of foreigners in Mexico, but that the government equally was determined that the domestic affairs of Mexico should be settled by the Mexicans themselves. He referred to the president of the United States in terms of greatest respect and expressed unbounded admiration ad-miration for the people and institutions institu-tions of the United States. President Huerta expressed his belief be-lief that, .when peace , had been restored re-stored in Mexico and after a lapse of some little time the people of Mexico, Mex-ico, having paid dearly for the experience exper-ience of the last three years, probably would be more able than ever to express their preference by the ballot and abide by the result of that ballot. |
