Later
The President received the ministers at the Palace this morning and in the afternoon Señora Huerta receives at Chapultepec. I have people for dinner also. The President’s answer to the Spanish minister’s speech at the Palace was long and disconnected, with, however, the insistent refrain that he had but one idea—the pacification of Mexico, which he would and could accomplish if given time. The German minister wasn’t there. He was off investigating the murder of a German subject in the interior.
Huerta appeared at the New-Year’s eve ball at the Country Club—a most unusual stage-setting for him. As soon as he saw N. he joined him and gave him one of the abrazos they so enjoy hearing about in the States. His undaunted amiability may stand him and us and the Colony in good stead on some day of reckoning. He himself will always find asylum here. It is a pity that the Embassy did not hide Madero behind its secure door.