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Show " HUERTA LANDS Oil " AMU SOU FORMER PROVISIONAL PRESI DENT OF MEXICO EXPECTS TO REMAIN HERE UNTIL MAY. Promises Not to Do Anything Durini His Visit That Will in Any Way Involve the Neutrality of the United States. New York. General Yittoriam Huerta, former provisional presiden of Mexico, who for nearly a year ha been an exile in Spain, arrived her' on .Monday on the Spanish steamshi Antonio Lopez from Cadiz. General Huerta was passed b; United States immigration officials a; a transit alien, after he had declare-: under oath that he would do nothinf that would in any way involve the neutrality of the United States. The former president said that h had come to the United States partij for pleasure and partly to attend tc some personal business connectec with family matters. He swore thai he had no intention of going to Mex ico or to Cuba. The length of his stay here, he said, was indefinite, bill he would return to Spain, possibly sailing from New York early in May General Huerta was met at quaran tine by representatives of the presi and an array of photographers. Whilt submitting to being photographed in every desired pose, he declined to say anything as to his mission, agreeing to 'meet newspaper men at his hotel here later in the week. Regarding this appointment, he said: "I understand that my presence in this country creates in you the desire to know my view about the affairs of Mexico, and I promise to satisfy your wishes to the best of my ability. I beg you, gentlemen, to remember that no interview with me should be considered con-sidered as authentic unless it carries my personal signature." General Huerta was accompanied by General Jose C. Delgardo, who his been his private secretary for ten years, and by Abraham Ratner, a personal per-sonal friend of the general, who declared de-clared himself an American citizen, giving his residence as New York. |