"There is no worse chaos than deputies in jail, the dictatorial doubling of the tariff, the suppression of opinion, and the practical banishment of independent men.

If Huerta should fall, there is hope that suppressed men and opinion will set up a successful government." "Suppose that fail," he asked--"what then ?" I replied that, in case of continued and utter failure, the United States might feel obliged to repeat its dealings with Cuba and that the continued excitement of opinion in the United States might precipitate this.
Grey protested that he knew nothing of what British interests had done or were doing, that he wished time to think the matter out and that he was glad to await the President's communication.

He thanked me cordially for my frank statements and declared that he understood perfectly their personal nature.

I impressed him with the seriousness of American public opinion.
* * * * * The last thing that the British Government desired at this time was a serious misunderstanding with the United States, on Mexico or any other matter.

Yet the Mexican situation, in early November, 1913, clearly demanded a complete cleaning up.