Talk:Ten Tragic Days

The recent change of January 8, 2010 talks about the destruction of the 18th Corps of rurales. I don’t doubt that this happened, but I question the date: February 20, 1913. Madero was arrested on the 18th, and Huerta and Díaz signed their pact, so by the 20th, the fighting was over.Ramon4 (talk) 18:21, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Another factual discrepancy
As someone has already noted at the head of the article, it contains far more editorializing and expression of the writer's opinion than is appropriate for an encyclopedia article.

There's also a problem with at least one of its claims of fact. The final paragraph states that the Mexican public "look[s] upon the Ambassador’s retention under the new American President as a mark of approval...." The problem is that the Mexican Revolution article says in the section about the Huerta presidency that "incoming president of the United States Woodrow Wilson refused to recognize Huerta's government. Henry Lane Wilson was withdrawn as U.S. Ambassador by Woodrow Wilson...." Which article is closer to the truth? Billfalls (talk) 22:02, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Henry Lane Wilson, the American Ambassador to Mexico, presented his credentials to President Profirio Diaz in March 1910. He represented the Taft administration, and as such, was predisposed to favor the Taft and Diaz administrations.

When Francisco Madero became president in October 1911, Henry Lane Wilson did not view this change as a good thing for either Mexico or the United States. When the Ten Tragic Days occurred, Henry Lane Wilson assumed that the removal of Madero would be good for Mexico and the Taft administration.

Woodrow Wilson didn’t become President of the United States until March 1913, after the Ten Tragic Days. Probably President Wilson had a lot on his plate, and he did not replace Ambassador Wilson when he assumed office.

In June 1913, President Wilson sent his friend William Bayard Hale to Mexico to evaluate the situation in Mexico and Ambassador Wilson. In July, Hale reported back to President Wilson that Ambassador Wilson’s actions in Mexico were not bringing credit to the American government. This article here on the Ten Tragic Days is almost entirely based on Hale’s report to President Wilson. Perhaps that is why it sounds so slanted.

In August 1913, Secretary of State William Jennings Bryant informed Ambassador Wilson that President Wilson would accept his resignation, and Henry Lane Wilson left Mexico a short time after that.

Ambassador Wilson served for six months after the overthrow of Madero. During that six months, Ambassador Wilson supported the policies of the new President Huerta. He did this despite that fact that President Wilson, and Secretary of State Bryant were coming to the conclusion that they could not support or recognize Huerta’s overthrow of Madero. Naturally, the Mexican people, or at least the Constitutionalists who were warring against Huerta, viewed Ambassador Wilson’s continued tenure as proof that the American government approved of Huerta’s overthrow. By the time Ambassador Wilson was removed, the Constitutionalists felt it was too little too late.Ramon4 (talk) 03:32, 20 October 2010 (UTC)