V If ., . vr. - I I . - " iy'. V , ' . MlrNHfta-r of Wa,r drcctiTvj "by xn Paul Davis Tells of His Meet in with the Dictator and Gives His Impression of the " Last of the Big Indians." Wh 0nrl Hurta tuutd n Invi tation a (w months ago to American nawapapar man to vlait Maxico. ona or thoaa who accepted It was Paul Davis, author of thla artlcla. After being ra ealvad by the Maxlcan executive, he contlnaad his Journey into the Interior in order to aaa aome of the fighting going on in the turbulent republic. Ha got to tha front, saw battles and aklr mUhea, and finally landed in Jail, where ha remained noma time, In immi nent danger of being taken out and . ahot by fcia captor. Finally ha re gained Bla fraadom. reached Vera Crut, and got back to tha United States. Thia article by him tells of his per gonal experience with Oeneral Huerta. By Raul Davis. A MAN short and atocky. with squared, shoulders, shoulders that hare been loaded down but refuse to sag; a hard square chin and, a mouth that snaps tight; noatrlU that dilate as an Indian's should; and then eyes that peer, that tarch you out and bore through you this was tha man Don Victorian Huerta as I saw him enter the na tional . palace In Mexico City on an afternoon in March. ' ' A Practical Man. With three other. Americans and half a dosen correspondents from Europa I had gone to Mexico on the provisional president's invitation to report on con ditions in his country after one year of his sdmlnistratlon. , We had been in the capital 10 days and had seen pub lic buildings and bull rights, reviews of the troopa and ruins of Aztec tem ples, we had met fiery generals and tablnet ministers, doughty soldiers and v dainty senorltaa. And it was all very good.- But the man we wanted to meet was Huerta. Kor months he had been fea tured on the front page of every news paper. He had been damned as an as aassin and lauded as a patriot. Which, ever he might be, there was no deny ing he had the punch. He had shot out of total obscurity when the spot light discovered him standing on Ma dero'a dead body at the end of that 10 days' fighting through the streets -of Maxico. And tha reason why he had emerged on top, and not soma other politician or general, had become apparent He has brains practical, put-it-through brains. For a solid year he had held' his own with all the dip lomats of Europe and kept our state department atanding on its head. He had made himself the mainspring and the whole works of this country. Villa excepted. So we,-, wanted to meet Huerta. '- Huerta Elusive, ' But "the old man" is not too easy t meet You can see him any day of the week. In spite of dally threats of assassination, he moves about the streets of Mexico at will, dines in pub- WORLD'S CAPITAL CITY From the Lincoln Star. WHAT would you think of a world wide battle for the location of a city, such as counties have been known to wage for the location of th county seatT Wouldn't such a battle be a corker? , ' There has recently been organised what Is known by its membership anl those who are privy to its purposes as the "World Conscience society." and Its chief plan Is. the establishment of a city to be recognised :aa the capital of tha world. S Thla project arises from the dreams et an artist, Hendrick Christian An derson, an American - Scandinavian sculptor, who took up his residence in Rome. He has been assisted In his Idealistic ereation by some 40 sculp tors, artists, engineers, architects and scientists. The aim ia to create a city wherein all International activities are to have their home and inspiration. - Tha promoters of this dreamy pro ject have published an elaborate vol lume giving the design in detail, and in reviewing it tha monthly bulletin ' of the Pan-American union recently aid: . -HO -y. This proposed international city is te be a city of light health,, wide avenues parks, playgrounds, foun tains, lagoons and noble buildings. It Is to be a city without slums, a city of efficiency, convenience and beauty. Not only in structure, plan and equip ment win it oe tna loeai city, out it ls Intended to become the Intellectual, THE HANDS t H.y.-rrilj CO cafes, mingles with the) audience In the theatres, and altogether live the most democratic Ufa of any despot on reoord. It seem, that our presenta tion to him was to be a formal occa sion, and such things take time In Mexico, finally our hints became more Insistent, and at last tha hour was appointed and we were escorted to the national palace. Thla palace Is a rello of bygone days when Spanish emperora ruled over the land of the Aztecs. Most of its fur nishings I found were relics, too musty with the atmosphere of a dead -monarchy. Brown soldiers In the blue uniforms with red edgings of the Twenty-ninth regiment, the backbone of the army, guard the doors. Military aids, secretaries, state officials, and diplomats tread softly through Its rooms and corridors holding-whispered conferences behind their hands. Even the canopies and draperies seenr to shroud secrets. Xt Is ail very lmprea slve and mysterious. Ton feel you rw getting tangled up In Intrigues with ' Huerta squatting like an old spider in the oenter f things spinning the web. An hour rolled by. At Intervals we advanced from corridor to ante chamber, to a reception room, and fi nally we were summoned to a state apartment Here wa endured another wait Twenty correspondents chewed their pencils, heaving - sighs of Im patience with swords and fixings of their heavy dreas uniforms, and then . tha double doors are thrown open, sev i eral secretaries and cabinet officers come In looking guilty as pallbearers and enter Huerta. Before he has taken three steps Into the room everything has wakened up. He wears a little brown hat pulled down over his eyes. He has a touch of the rolling gait of a man who haa ' spent most of his life In the saddle and plants his heels quick and hard. His manner ahows we are there for business. The Introductions are run through with In short order and he - sizes each man up at a glanoe. We' seat ourselves by his direction he . even hustles a'few chairs and, sign ing to his Interpreter, he begins to talk. An Excellent Talker Two men have been pointed out to me as "the chap who writes Huerta's speeches for him." But nobody needs to write speeches for Huerta. He can speak for himself. He talks with care ful emphasis and, to aid -our weak Spanish, (most of mine Is In my vest pocket dictionary.) be enunciates with painstaking care. He hunts for Just the right word, and when he catches it If it tries to elude him he gives a little grunt of approbation that Is tra- artistic and practical International capital of the world, a clearing house for the various social cultural, scien- . tlfic and political aspirations of hu manity." It matters not to the dreamers that the proposed city will cost in its building a hundred million. Nobody thinks of hundreds of millions since . the Panama canal -was built As-designed the city will cover some' 10 square miles of ground., and its plans are so drawn that It can be built t almost any spot that is accessible to the sea. - The International committee of or ganisation Is to determine the site and , location of the world capital city. Among the" places that have been mentioned are the Dutch coast near The Hague, the Riviera near Cannes, Tuervueren .near Brussels, the Mar mora coast near Constantinople, the New Jersey coast near Lakewood. the Isthmus of Panama and the island of Cuba. Many leaders la art- science, education and world politics in the various v countries of the civilised world are taking an active intereat tn the project' and the meeting of the in- ternational - committee next year will create world-wide interest BJSXT SVaOAT. Tlve fifth article by Xnrt Aram la the series on Bnssla and Russians, en titled "Documents Which TJnoorar Of ficial Crimes in Bnssla,' will be pnb- ea im TXB BVITOAT JOTTSVAA net sranday. OREGON ; SUNDAY JOURNAL, 'PORTLAND, -SUNDAY k WITH HUERTA M?THE' MEXICM CAPITAL . , , , 9 J ST .1 4 PtA HAc.ow.rj ditionally Indian. As I sit almost at his knee he shoots s, glance at me after each sentence and occasionally says In English, "Understand?" I nod "Yes" whether or no, and he goes on; It was his own idea to bring us to Mexico. As be rode In his car down - the Paseo de la Reforma one . day be turned to his stenographer, who ac companies him practically everywhere, and dictated the invitation. Then he told hia cabinet about it and they, per force, approved. So now he welcomes as to the republic and tells us ' that "we are there In the cause of human ity; that Mexico Is an unknown coun try to the rest of the world, and Is grossly misunderstood. ' Then he has - a mammoth map' of the republic brought in and, pointer In hand, like any schoolmaster. ne lines ua up and gives us our lesson in Mexican geog raphy. ' ' - - But Huerta's Interest Is less in the glorious traditions of Mexican history (and much of it Is glorious and hair- ' raising, too.) than In the Job be has on hand of licking the country ' Into" , shape. And that means licking the . rebels. On the map he points out the .territory that Villa and Carransa hold, taking care not to exaggerate their - holdings. Then he tells how he -has , been busy reorganising th army - tn the past year, and is now ready to .move against them and wipe them out V "They aren't rebels,'? he explains. "They are band It a.- They -are fight ing for loot not for liberty. They pillage, murder, violate women they are entirely beyond the pale of civili zation and will be dealt with accord--lngly,". - - , Huerta lg not to be caught napplnjg. He Is shrewd and he is .witty. : , vHow much money," ' X naked him, ., . - i, it. "will you need to conduct your cam paign against these bandits?'' "Thirty cents apiece Jor ropes to bang them." he flashed back. "And how long will it take to rid the country of them?" I persisted. He had been bluffing a bit about the strength of his army. Now there was . the glint of a laugh in bis eye aa he explained bis answer must, not be R en too seriously and he said: "How old la God?" We were at liberty to go anywhere through the country that we chose, he told us, promising that all our ques tions would be answered frankly, that military escorts would be provided If . we wished to go to tpe front and that 1 he and the whole machinery of gov ernment were at our disposal. After this expansive Invitation he led us to the banquet table and there cor- ' reeled my pronunciation of "Salut!" the Spanish equivalent j of "Here's luck!" to be pronounced over your ' cognac cognac not cocktails, begins ' every spread in Mexico. - ' . Capacity for; Brandy Huerta. drinks enough cognac to ' .make any American's hair curl, but : the stories of his drunken rampage are wild. It may be that he can't drink enough to bowl him over. His .capacity for cognac is the admiration and despair of his followers. But no 'one1 ever sees him unsteady on his legs, or hears him talk with a thick ; -tongue. . " - , i.-- , That his head has seldom been bad- y fuddled during the past year and a half is proved by the fact that It la ' .still on his shoulders. When Huerta took office on Madera's downfall, .he could scarcely count on the support of y any. one In the republic. The people i MORNING, JUNE 28, 1911 'is FHOTO v CO 14 rs M. Mn avto were dazed by th volcanie erup tion that had splintered the moun tain of their government. Huerta kept his head. Sycophants crowded in, but men of force and Influence held aloof, and there were plots against him, in evitable conspiracies. Some plotters were exterminated, others banished, and the fear of him went forth through the land. About the fit of the year when the tide seemed to be turning some what in his favor some influential men began to warm up to him and others were squeezed Into an appear ance of support But the middle and lower classes hate and in Tfhispers re vile him.- Two hundred thousand men have been impressed into his armies to be butchered in this desolating war. And the Mexicans see that it la hia political fight not theirs. They have nothing to gain, everything to lose Even in tha army among, the offi cers trained in Chapultepec Academy, Mexico's West Point, hatred of Huerta has been growing, though fighting is tn business of their lives. Sitting on gun-carriages . at San Pedro -waiting for the next assault of the rebels, three of thefae young officers tol4 me at dif ferent times , that their country was being driven to destruction. And Huerta is the driver. He grabbed the reins of government and has held on like Krira death. He seems to hyp notise his cabinet officers and all who come in contact with him, such Is the force of his dominant personality. The fear of him has gone throughout the state. He has become more than a man ' to the- imaginative Mexican. He is an evil Jin whose eye sees in the dark and spies out treachery. This 1. why - no assassin's - ballet has yet - found him. Several bold attempts- have v. His Rule of Fear Fast Ending Drinks Heavily, But Is Rare ly Intoxicated Transacts Business in His Automobile. been made on his life. Once In the Cafe Coluna Roma a congressman walked up to his table and fired point blank at him, having concealed hi , revolver in his napkin. Huerta was -not scratched. Other plots have been laid to shoot him In the dark. But his very fearlessness protects him. Even today, when half Mexico City is waiting only for some one to lead the mob and drag him to hi doom, no on has the courage to take the first atep. r , . The first entry In the autobiography of Don Victorian Huerta will read that he waa bom an Indian. And the last entry In that book should be: "He died an Indian." First, last and all the time, Huerta is an Indian. There are 16,000.000 people in Mexico. Twelve millions are Indians, nearly half of them full-blood. Huerta is the laat "big chief" th world will ever se. In the Army Forty Years He' himself wa trained in Chapul tepeo Academy. He was born of poor parents tn a little village near Oua aalajara. but he attracted the atten tion of soma military men by Ms alertness and at 1 was sent to the military school, where he ws grad uated from the engineer course with honors after sevan years. For 40 years he progressed In the army step by step. Then suddenly he saw his ' chance to become the boes of the country and he Jumped for it There are stories of the million he haa shipped abroad and placed to hi private account in Pari. They would be hard to prove. Millions have been scarce tn Mexico during the past two years. Most people believe that the old man wouldn't overlook a, change to get the coin, but he has been a fairly busy individual during hi 'un in offlce.0 By an accident I learned that he haa a rainy-day fund in bills and gold to the extent of several hun dred thousand dollars even "the old man" himself doesn't know how much stored away In his safe. He haa lltle time to spend in riotous living. If he were playing the game for money alone be would have slipped out before this. Now at the first sign he makes of fading away the wolves will be hard after him. Huerta la greedy of power. He brook no in terference and will risk no rival. Gen. Mondragon, a really capable mlli tsry man, was minister of war during the first months of his administration. The war portfolio is the most ticklish In the cabinet. Huerta grew uneasy about Mondragon. He gave a banquet for him. When th time for the toasts arrived Huerta arose and an nounced that he was feeling very trlste that evening very melancholy indeed. His dear friend Gen. Mon dragon was leaving for Paris tomor row. "Why a you mistake, your excel lency," Mondragon protested. "I am not leaving for Paris." "Yes, my dear general; yes. you are. An important mission," Huerta in sisted. "But I am not prepared." persisted the general, floundering for excuses. "I have no trunks; nc " "Don't worry. I'll send your trunks," snapped Huerta, and to make It plain that he waa in earnest Huerta sent around 80 fat trunks to the Mondragon residence early next morning. Mon dragon packed the trunks and Huerta went to the station and bade him an WORDS WE MISPRONOUNCE From the Kansas City Star. . ARE either and neither pronounced "eether" and "neether" or "eye ther" and "neyther"? This ques tion, much disputed. Is answered in favor of "eether" and "neether" by Ju lian W. Abernathy in a useful little book entitled "Correct Pronunciation." Not a single modern dictionary gives "eyether" the preference, says the lit tle book, and goes on to quote Rich-' ard Grant White, who says "eyether" is an affectation and a second - rate British affectation at that Which should hold the "eyether" advocates for a while. And now about the word vase. It's pronounced "vace." whether it comes from the 10-cent store or Tiffany's. "Vase" Is wrong, says the book, and "vaws" is vulgar. Another tally for us old-faahloned folks. Perhaps you've been confused by hearing people talk about' "rice" and finding out afterward that they meant the noun "rise." Well, they were wrong, too. A straw rote of the beat modern dictionaries hands the prefer ence to "rise" as the proper pronuncia tion. Another word that Is frequently mispronounced Is depot It should be ."deep," not--depoo" or "daypo." . , Our old friend Jean Valjean. of coarse, is . properly "Zahn Valxahn." and the great state of Kansas is pro nounced as though the first were ax. The folks who Insist on making It soft are all to the bad. - J. Plerpont Morgan is a" "fin nan seer." -not a "fynanaeer." . Th Renaissance Is pronounced "rn- ecwcC -bwo all but tearful farewell. He likes Mondragon, but he likes to be sure of him. . -k "Th old man" haa had enough troubles abroad during hi reign, but thy have been nothing compared to his troubles at home. He not only has to us one y. nd occasionally a foot, for his cabinet but he has to be on the Job In every department all the time.' And the worst of his troubles is money. How he ha man aged to aquees through a year and a half with hi credit cut off and the revolution growing bigger wvery day is a mystery even to the financiers closest to the throne. His creditors have been barking around him every day. Once he called them all up to the palace, those with large accounts. They were shuffled from room to room and the gloom deepened. Finally ! "the" old man" burst in on them. For SO minute he abused them for their greed. "Money!" h yelled. "You want money! Well, the government has money. There! And there!" and from every pocket he pulled out hand-' fuls of gold coin and threw it around the room. "Now. go home! And come back tomorrow. KIsa your families 'good-bye and com back to collect your bllla" The American automobile man who told me of thla scene went back the next day. And be got his money. 0.000. But "the old man;' bluffed a lot of them out There Is no trick he is not ready to turn to. te win. One of the best thing be does is to keep out of reach when he doesn't , want some one to find him. Much of his official busineis Is transacted in his limousine, and the limousine keeps , moving. Almost every morning he drives out to Chapultepec park and. In . the shadow of the old castle and the giant trees, h oalls his ehjefs Into conference and lays down the law. Face to face with htm 1 could scarcely believe that he was over 00. His vitality is enormous. He is a two-handed talker, ahort gripping hands they are, and he makea Jabs with his fist to drive his point home. The thing that grows on you 1 th capacity of the man. When all hi resource are exhausted 'he ha will power to go on. It is this power of personality that la holding the rem nants of his forces together todsy. As you watch him you wonder why he has not become the idol of the populace. He has the magnetism and the dominance that ought to catch them in pHa of themselves- And the reason probably la that there isn't any populace in Mexico. By this I mean the people at large know they have no voice in the government Oovernment to them spells oppression. They are dumb, driven things. And Huerta is, a driver. He ergeka the whip s'hd rounds up 'the men. "More cannon meat," they say aa a squad of volun teers goes marching down the street under the rifles of soldiers who have been broken to the wheel. The days of despots In Mexico sre probably numbered. What sort of despot Huerta would hare proved had he got control is now beside the mark. He has played the game. He has not overlooked a trick. He Is losing be cause the world is too strong for him. But he has made a great one-man fight, and stands out as one of the most fascinating figures that has ever stepped out on the world's stage to play a leading part esans," accent on th last syllable, not Renaysans, and Salome get her last syllable pronaunced. Poets are filled with the divine "af flaytua." not th divine, "afflaatus." The ruler of Japan la the mikado, with the recent on the second syllabi, as all serious minded students of Gil bert and Sullivan know, and never the Mlckadoo. Gibberish Is pronounced with a hard g. and not Jtbberlsh." and the word flaccid is "flakald "not "flasid." Amateur is "amaturr," not "ama toor" or "amachoor." The Antipodes Australia, you know are pronounced "antipodeez." When the winds soughs through tha branches It "sows,"' never "suffs." A faucet is a "fawcet" not a "fas set" These sre only a few examples. The book contains 2000 word which ar commonly mispronounced and 800 proper names which are frequently Im properly spoken. A little study of it will enable you to bawl out almost any one of your friends frequently, besides tending to improve your own vocabulary. "Careless and slipshod enunciation among presumably cultured people," the author says. "Is - probably more common in the United States than in any other country in the world. A Frenchman is proud of Ws speech and treats It as a fine art. while an Amer ican regards his speech with indiffer ence or contempt" Probably he ia right, as he Is a Ph. , D. : and the author of a book ea Amer ican literature. , - ' ,