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Title: A diplomat's wife in Mexico : letters from the American Embassy at Mexico City, covering the dramatic period between October 8th, 1913, and the breaking off of diplomatic relations on April 23rd, 1914, together with an account of the occupation of Vera Cruz
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: O'Shaughnessy, Edith, 1870-1939
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Publisher: New York : Harper & Brothers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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rs, many years ago, when my preciousmother was lying with me, her first-born, in her arms. N. is in receipt of a proclamation from revolutionaryagents in Mexico Gity. The part referring to foreignersstates that any protection given by them to Huerta orto his intimates will result in their immediate execu-tion, and that no flag will be respected in such cases. Itis one of those nice, little, confidence-inspiring documentswhich induce one to ponder on the Mexican situation,not as it might be or ought to be, but as it is. Its cap-tion, La revolucidn es revolucidn,^ is completely ex-pressive. February ist. Afternoon. A few lines while waiting for tea and callers. Thismorning we made a wonderful run out the Toluca roadwith Seeger and Mr. and Madame Graux, our Belgianfriends, chemins de fer secondaires, as we call them.After Tacubaya the road rises high above the city, andfor miles we motored along the heights, through stretchesof dazzling white tepetate and pink tezontli, the building- 172
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THE GUARD THAT STOPPED US A DIPLOMATS WIFE IN MEXICO stones of the city from immemorial days. The road wasfairly alive with Indians bringing in their wares, thisSunday morning. They came from Toluca, seventy kilo-meters distant, moving tirelessly over their roads withthe quick, short Aztec trot, and bearing such loads ofpottery, baskets, and wood, that nothing can be seenof them but their feet. This is also a Zapatista country,and we had provided ourselves with three pistols.High in the hills could be seen the smoke of camp-fires,Zapatistas or charcoal-burners. It was on this road thatthe son of the Minister of War, Blanquet, was held upabout three weeks ago. His party was stripped and itsmembers sent home as they were born, even that lastpossible covering, the floor-rug of the motor, being re-moved. However, beyond being stopped at intervals by gen-darmes, who tried, unsuccessfully, to make us leave ourpistols at the jefetura of their little village, we were notinterfered with. Our c

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