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President. He talked also of <del/> Mexico and the trouble he is having with Bryan.
He said it was impossible to make Mr. Bryan believe anything serious was happen-
ing over there. He minimized everything and thought Villa was a high-minded and
noble citizen, and nothing should be done to offend his sensibilities.
Garrison has no patience with our Mexican policy. He says the Mexicans in
power are a lot of treacherous bandits and the only way to make them good is with
a big stick. He wishes more troops at Vera Cruz and he wishes to be ready to
make a quick movement upon the City. In this, he is right. I shall urge the
President on Monday to furnish every facility to the War Department to move quick-
ly upon the City should it become necessary.
The administration will be censured if riot and massacre occurs. It will not
do to take chances even though in using precautionary measures, hostilities may
possibly be brought about.
I had been told by the President that General Scott knew Villa well, but
Garrison says the only time Scott ever saw Villa was at midnight on the bridge
between El Paso and El Paso del Norte, and the interview lasted only ten minutes.
What he told Villa was that he should observe the rules of civilized warfare and
not murder prisoners and <add>commit other acts</add> <del>other things to</del> bring <add>ing</add> upon himself the condemnation of
civilized peoples. He gave Villa a copy of the rules of warfare and suggested
he have them translated, which Villa a promised to do.
This shows how utterly unreliable all information is. The President fully
believed that General Scott knew Villa well, and seriously thought of sending him
to the Border in order to keep in touch with Villa, and control him as far as
possible.
Garrison thought Huerta had used remarkable self control, and had lived
up to strict international ethics in all his communications with this Government.
He considered it remarkable that such a man should be so punctilious and account-
ed for it by believing he had considerable ability and education. He spoke of
the war map Huerta had made of Mexico <del>and</del>, which Garrison says is as good as any-
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