Often the defeated forces are regarded as bandits and the victorious forces too often seek vengeance upon the officers who fall into their hands. who led the vanquished armies. Of course. we can not defend these practices. If Calles had been defeated and fled to the United States. I would have been as earnest in defending him as a political refugee as I would be in defending any of the followers of de la Huerta. My position is that our Government can not tolerate the actions of its agents and officials who seize persons who come to our shores. whether they come legally or illegally. for the purpose of surrendering them to foreign governments. when it is known they would be promptly executed.