852.00/2683: Telegram
The Ambassador in Mexico (Daniels) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 19—6:30 a.m.]
145. I talked this afternoon with Minister Hay who told me that he had received communication from Uruguayan Minister suggesting mediation in Spanish situation. He said that his Government could not take action suggested because it could not meddle in internal political affairs of any country. This was contrary to fixed Mexican policy. He added that Huerta54 was ready for intervention because he thought it would strengthen him but the Revolutionists opposed it on principle. In the second place, he said that the proposed mediation could do no good because the chasm separating the Government and rebel forces was so deep it could not be bridged, their ideology was so far apart they must struggle until one obtained the mastery. He believed neither side would welcome mediation. These statements were made as soon as I broached the subject, showing that he had been giving it thought since receiving the communications from the Uruguayan Minister.
- Probably refers to Adolfo de la Huerta, who in 1920 joined forces with Alvaro Obregon and Plutarco Elias Calles against President Carranza, and served for a time as Provisional President of Mexico. In 1923–24 Huerta led an unsuccessful revolt against Obregon, then President of Mexico, and the latter’s candidate for the Presidency, Calles. See Foreign Relations, 1920, vol. iii, pp. 129 ff., and ibid., 1924, vol. ii, pp. 428 ff.↩