File No. 812.00/7833.
The American Ambassador to the Secretary of State.
Mexico, June 19, 1913—5 p.m.
296. This morning General Díaz assured me that his relations with Huerta were excellent up to date; that he had no reason to doubt Huerta’s good faith nor his intention to carry out the election law impartially and regularly; that the compact made in this Embassy1 between himself and Huerta he now considered dissolved by the definite agreement and law for the constitutional election on October 26; and that he believed Huerta should receive the support of all Mexican elements and foreign powers in his difficult task of restoring peace. His information was that the revolutionary forces in the north were becoming badly demoralized, and on account of the large number of troops that were being dispatched north he expected to see a radical change in the situation there within two weeks. He greatly regretted the failure of our Government to accord official recognition of the present Provisional Government, as our attitude was misinterpreted both by the rebels and the Government, and tended rather to breed disorder than to impress what he believed was intended—our adherence to constitutional methods.
- See telegram from the Ambassador February 18, midnight.↩