Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-23
against tyranny which they were carrying

against tyranny which they were carrying
on.
Their patriotic clamor did not arouse
much enthusiasm; the oppressed millions OF
Mexico would not be electrified; the urgent
necessities of the editors were not relieved,
and therefore they decided to adopt another
sort of tactics. They abandoned their high
sounding apostrophes to liberty, and
fiercely attacked the personal character OF
the most prominent and wealthy men of
Mexico. including Vice President Corral
and Enrique Creel, who has recently been
appointed ambassador to the United States.
They published the most villainous stories
concerning the private lives of these men
and the members OF their families, and for
a time no attention was paid to them. FL
nally, wnen, as my informant says, the So
called 'junta'' were down to their last cop
per- the expected happened and Gov. Es-
peron. one of the leading men of Mexico
and the object of their most villainous at
lacks, appeared on the scene and had them
arrested for libel. How lucky scoundrels
always are" exclaimed the gentleman who
tells the story.
Appeals for Funds Successful.
The fact that they were arrested by
plutocrat, and that sort of thing, gave the
"junta' the opportunity that had been
lacking all this time-to pose as martyrs
for liberty-and they printed In mimeo-
graph more tnan 10000 circular letters
| which were spread all over Mexico, appeal
| ing for sympathy and funds. They repre-
scented that they were threa tened with eX
| tradition and death; they had money
with which to pay attorneys; they could
| not furnish bonds, and had nothing to live
| upon, while their enemies and prosecutors
were backed by all the power of the Next
can government. and could draw upon the
| millions in the federal treasury. Their ap-
peal met with most generous responses;
| an era of prosperity began for the impe-
| cunious Adventures; money contributions
| in small commenced to pour IN on
| them, which enabled them to pay their ex-
| penses, to employ attorneys, to secure bail
and even to buy new font of type and a
printing press and to spend from $40 to $50
| a week in postage on circulars and copies
| of their paper which were distributed
gratuitously throughout the Republic of
| Mexico.
A newspaper at the Mexican capital, the
Colmllo Publico, bestowed columns of SYM
| pathetic praise upon the ST. Louis martyrs
| for liberty, and opened public subscrip-
| ton In their behalf which, l am told
| amounted to more than $4,000 For several
| weeks the martyrs received by express
and money orders from $50 to s100 day;
Embroidered by this prosperity they de-
veloped a grand scheme of political revo-
| luton, blackmail and plumber. As an
| nounced a ''junta LIBERAL they proclaimed
| a plan of government which they pro-
! posed to carry out as soon as their revo-
lutionary forces could overthrow the throne
of the tyrant Diaz. The "junta" comprised
| Ricardo Flores Magon, Enrique Flores Ma
| gon Juan Sarabia, Antonio I. Vilareal,
Lauro Aguirre, Enrique Bustamente, Leon
| Cardenas, Cesar Z. Canales and Carlos Car
mona Arriaga had been dropped and
pudiated long before; soon as the money
he had provided for them was exhausted
My informant says that Ricardo Flores
Magon was the brains of the movement
Villareal, ne says, lis a brave, candid, good
| fellow. but very easily Influenced" Sarabia
| is "sly and very cautious. He does not lack
| talent; his style as a newspaper writer is
partipularly sensational and ronphlV elO-
| quent, which gave him an Importance in
the group" Bustamente, who was known
| as Don Liberado,' is IAN insignificant pro-
! fessor whose only merit consisted in his
believing that RICARDO Flores Magon and
Sarabia were real patriots and brave poll
ticians' Arcon Lopez ManZana, another
of the conspirators. who furnished great
deal of information to the st. Louis news
papers about the revolution. described him
| self to the public one of the leaders OF
| the Mexican liberal party and the most
| terrible enemy of DaZ: but, according to
| my informant, he is nothing but ridicu-
| lous coXcomb, without attachments of any
kind except as a competent printer.
] Plan of the Junta.
1.-The plan of government which these
people formulated my informant says, lis
| a comical monstrosity if examined in the
| light of political science, but for the pur-
| pose of exploitation 1t is perfect jewel
and for cheating the illiterate Mexicans and
| robbng them of their money 1t Is a master
| piece; work showing wise foresight and
| thorough knowledge of our popular stu
| pidity.
| In Understanding phrases 1t urges the
people to revolt against despotic govern
| ment. 1t promises to despoil of their for
| tunes all who have become rich during the
| administration of DiaZ, and to distribute
| said fortunes among the poor drastic
| law will be enacted providing that wages
| throughout the republic shall be not less
! than dollar per day for eight hours
| Reprisals will be carried out against all
| the employees of DiaZ soon as the Ma
| gonist government is established. Finally
they announce that they are going to COM
municate with all foreign nations asking
| them not to lend any more money to DiaZ,
| for IL they do SO, when the junta takes the
| reins of government it will not recognize
| such loans. They inform their followers
| that they should, above all, practice the
| principle of solidarity, in the first place by
| subscribing to the newspaper. the price of
| each copy being 10 cents. Secondly. by or
| ganizing secret societies and contributing
| so much money each month, which should
! be sent to st. Louis and applied to the
general expenses of the liberal propaganda,
[ etc Thirdly, by creating a fund to support
| the imprisoned newspaper men in Mexico,
| political offenders eXfles, fugitives, etc. In
| order to facilitate still more the collection
| of funds, their pronunciamento was ac-
| companied by a coupon which was to be
signed by all those aspiring to possess the
| glorious title of 'Magonist liberal In order