The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-24
The MEXICAN REVOLT
Minister Romero Says Garza's is
a Robbers Raid.
WEAKNESS OF THECHURCH PARTY
Remarkable Revised Review With One of
the Best Mexican Authorities
of the Day.


spondence of The SUNDAY HERALD. II
had long chat this afternoon with Senior
Romero on the rebellion in Mexico and on
the condition Of our sister republic. There
is no one better fitted to speak of Mexico
than Mr.. Romero. For the past thirty-five
years he has been one of the leading Off
Gals of its various governments and as far
back as 1859, during the administration of
Buchanan. he was connected with the lega-
ton here at Washington. He was at this
time only twenty-five years old and he had
charge of the interests of Mexico in the
United States before he was twenty-five
He was secretary of the treasury during
the administrations of both President Jau-
rez and Diaz, has been member of the
Mexican congress, one Of the officers of the
Mexican army. and of late years again
minister to the United States He is known
here at Washington as one Of the shrewdest
and ablest of the great foreign diplomats
and the most important treaties which we
have with Mexico have been made with
him. He is a man Of wide culture and is a
writer of note on political questions. Per-
haps no man in the world has more prac-
teal or better knowledge of Mexico and its
affairs than he. and he is one of the closest
friends of President Diaz with whom he
h8s been associated during the greater part
OF his life. He was born in the same town
as Diaz in Oajacs, in the southern part of
the country, and here he and the future
president went to college together. During
the fight for Mexican independence, Romero
resigned his post as minister to Washing
ton and Joined the Mexican army, of which
Porfrio was then commander. He served
here as the chief of staff of General Diaz
and was closely associated with him until
he was again sent back to Washington. He
opposed DiaZ in his rebellion against Jau-
rez, but upon the accession of Daz to
power the friendship between the two was
renewed, and the President of Mexico has
no stronger supporter than Romero.
Senior Romero is very popular in Wash
ington. Under him the Mexican legation
has become one of the leading social CEN
tiers of the capital, and Madame Romero,
who was Philadelphia belle when Senior
Romero married her, gives perhaps the
most noted entertainments of the diploma
lie corps. 1t was through Romero that
Mexico built the magnificent mansion in
which the Mexican minister lives here. and
be is looked upon as friend of the United
States as well as of Mexico. Senior Ro.
nero is now hfty-tve years DID, He is a
slender, rk-faced, black-eyed man of
medium height, and the gray is just begin
ming to creep into his full black beard and
TO pepper the raven darkness OF his hair
He is nervous in his movements and is the
nprsOnlfc of pnerpv md oo+iop
talks English as well as he does the Span
tsh and French, and my conversation with
him was in good, everyday United States
/ asked him as to Catarino Cara and the
revolution along the Mexican border. He
replied:
Il know very little about this man Cara.
and he is an unknown character in Mexico.
lie is not man of any prominence or of
any force and l am surprised that such an
exagReration has been made of him by the
American newspapers. AS far as l can
learn he seems to have been a printer by
trade and he published little newspaper
at Laredo, Texas, on the Mexican border.
issuing it weekly or monthly as he had the
means. He is not man of character and
have extradition papers here for his arrest.
The papers include photograph and
description OF him and the description
states that he is forty years old, tall, of
medium weight and of fair complexion.
His hair, il states, is of a chestnut color.
his eyes are light and he has a rather
heavy moustache. His face is peck marked
and he has scar over one of his eyebrows.
This is all / know about him. | consider
him more of a free booter than q reyolu-
ZIONIST, ana his force is made up OF snug
glers, malcontents and the bad clements
which you will always find along the
frontier l don't imagine he has a
large force, and l doubt whether
he has more than fifty or one hundred men.
As to his being the leader of a revolution.
the idea is preposuerous. Even if the
country were in shape for a revolution he
would De the last man TO lead it and this
talk about the northern states being in his
favor and wishing TO revolt is ridiculous in
the extreme. Ii is equally ridiculous To
talk about his being the leader of the
church party in Mexico and the truth is he
is penniless adventurer associated with a
band of outlaws whom the Mexican people
neither respect nor fear"
rs it true, Senior Romero, that Mexico
is on the eve of revolution {" l asked.
81 think not" was the emphatic reply
1.-The restless elements of the country. if
there are any, are in power and the men
who have been chiefly concerned in the
revolutions OF the past are now managing
the government and are managing il to the
satisfaction of the people. Mexico has
never been in so good condition as she is
to day, and with the exception of one or
two places where there is comparative
famine, the people are thoroughly satisfied
with the government and with their nros-
pects. Even supposing that Dissatisfaction
existAd the church party or that which is