Meanwhile we may note that President Wilson has publicly reprimanded
Mr. Wilson, the ex-Ambassador to Mexico, for criticising in the press a statement recently published by Reuter purporting to describe the attitude of Great Britain on the question of the recognition of the Huerta rigime. The ex- Ambassador regarded the statement, which was unofficial, as an attempt to saddle him with responsibility for the British recog- nition, and described it as "pure subterfuge." (We may add, in parenthesis, that statements are being freely circulated in the American patriotic press to the effect that the official recog- nition of President Huerta by the British Government has been brought about by the pressure of powerful commercial interests in which their supporters are concerned.) President Wilson has conveyed to Sir Edward Grey through Mr. Page the regret of the United States Government that a diplomatic official should have been guilty of such an impropriety, and disclaims all responsibility for Mr. Wilson's action.
