Sunday, July 28, 2013

Says Envoy Wilson Was In Huerta Plot.

New York Times 100 years ago today, July 28, 1913:
Chocano, Peruvian Poet, Accuses Ambassador of Being an Accomplice Against Madero.
HIS VIEWS ALL BIASED
South American Banished from Mexico Denies Huerta's Control of the Country.
    HAVANA, July 27.— José Santos Chocano, the Peruvian poet who recently was expelled from the Republic of Mexico by Provisional President Huerta, asserted to-night that Henry Lane Wilson, United States Ambassador to that country, was implicated in the Huerta conspiracy from the first, and afterward in the killing of President Francisco I. Madero, Jr., deposed by Gen. Huerta and Felix Diaz.
    Señor Chocano, whose expulsion from Mexico was a result of his activity among the workingmen of Vera Cruz, made his astounding charges against Ambassador Wilson over his signature. The accusations against the Ambassador were prompted by the statement given out in Washington by Mr. Wilson to the effect that Victoriano Huerta controlled all save two of the States of Mexico. He said:
    "It is natural that Ambassador Wilson is interested in justifying his accomplices, and it is probable that he advised Huerta to organize an anti-American demonstration in Mexico for the purpose of causing an impression on the State Department in Washington.
    "It is believed in Mexico that Ambassador Wilson expects to receive pay for his services to Huerta from the $200,000,000 loan to be obtained with the recognition of Huerta by Washington.
    "It is stupid to say that Huerta dominates all the republic save two States, as Ambassador Wilson is quoted as saying, when he only controls one railroad — the one running between Mexico City and Vera Cruz.
    "The complicity of Ambassador Wilson in Huerta's plans is something to which two Spanish-American Ministers in Mexico City will bear witness. I refer to those from Chile and Cuba.
    "By these declarations," the statement concludes, "I serve my race and the real interests of the United States, which fortunately have as President a man very different from Ambassador Wilson."

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.