The Washington herald., 1910-11-26

OF Alexandria. Va. who was for many
years editor OF the Mexico City Daily
Record, the only independent daily news
paper published in Mexico. in an inter-
view yesterday gave his ideas In regard
10 the Mexican situation.
There seems to be no doubt that the
reports of trouble In Mexico have been
very greatly exaggerated" said Mr.. Bar
rett, land you viii find that this condl-
ton is always true when news from
Mexico is reported from the border
towns II is extremely difficult to secure
reliable news from interior Mexican
points, where the present revolution Is
said TO have centered, and on this &C
count all reports from El Paso and San
Antonio, hundreds of miles away, should
be received with a great deal of caution.
ION the other hand, reassuring reports
from Mexico City should not be received
at their face value. for they all come
either from government sources or from
subsidized newspapers, whose fortunes
are wrapped up with these Of the Diaz
administration.
Diaz Army In Control.
The reason The present revolutionary
movement viii fail is because OF the alb
solute control of the Mexican army by
Gen. Diaz and the thorough manner IN
which he has prepared himself against
all such movements. The Mexican army
IS in a high state Of efficiency. and for
the last ten years enormous sums Of
money have been spent in improving its
artillery and general equipment Ad-
rI,a .f-41.
pultepec is the Military Academy the
West Point Of Mexico. where the army
officers are trained. After graduating
there they are sent 10 the capitals OF
Europe, where they receive post-gradu-
ate course, and come back to Mexico
with all the latest ideas of military eff
cheney gathered from their sojourn
abroad
THE most effective part OF the Next
can army are the rurales, which corre-
spond with the Texas rangers. These
soldiers were recruited by Dlaz when he
first went into power in 1877. At that
time Mexico was infested with bands OF
brigands and Diaz sent for the leaders OF
many OF these bands and offered them
the alternative of becoming a part OF
the Mexican army or being exterminated
They accepted the former proposition.
and since that time have been invaluable
in cleaning the republic OF Mexico of its
desperadoes. They are a picturesque
body OF men. uniformed in charro cos
tunes OF tan buckskin with white trim
mings Heavily armed and mounted on
the best horses. they are located at the
mountain passes and are a terror 10 the
criminal.
Nothing 90 Fear.
''As long as the Diaz administration
retains the support OF the army IL has
nothing TO fear, and FOR that reason the
present revolutionary movements cannot
succeed. Gen. MadeTo Is not a soldier
and l do not believe has the confidence
of the army He is, therefore, up against
a losing proposition and It is my predle-
ton that he viii be thoroughly discredit-
ed with the next few days
while the present revolutionary move
ment Is doomed, the condition in Mexico
Is so serious that 1t is only a question of
time when the present administration
must fall. II is possible that this win
not occur during the lifetime OF Presi-
dent Diaz. as Il is hardly probable thai
he viii be able 10 finish out his present
term Of six years and a successful revo-
luton at once cannot be expected. Year
by year the condition OF Mexico has be-
tbiilt more CRITICAL ana Ten. lildZ either
has permitted himself TO be blinded TO
the real condition OF affairs or has placed
SO much reliance upon his ability TO con-
tinue his iron rule OF Mexico that he
has brought conditions TO a point where
they are constantly menaCing.
Gen. Diaz has been President OF Mexico
since 1854. and previous TO that time
served four years from 1876 to 1880. He
was a revolutionist himself. and was
largely instrumental in the overthrow of
several governments previous TO his own
There is no doubt that he is one of the
greatest men of his age but must be
classed with men Ike Napoleon and Peter
> the Great, who in order TO carry out
their own ambitions crushed the individ-
ual mercilessly.
Exercises Own Power.
Gen. Diaz is the absolute dictator OF
Mexico. a dictatorship based upon his
military power, and there Is no ruler I'm
the civilized world to-day who exercises
the same power as he does 1t is an
absolute, ineontrovertible fact that every
governor. every senator. every congress-
man. every judge, and in fact. every
public officer is personally appointed by
the President. BY the means Of tefe
kQCdIf0
In every community, the federal govern
ment has direct supervision over every
inch OF the Mexican republic II is per-
fectly true that the dictatorship has been
for the good of his country and not for
MS personal ACKNOWLEDGMENT, but, never
theless. the people have commenced to
chafe under this one mans rule.
1t was to be expected that as Mex
leo grew In civilization, - it's people
became better educated, and its Young
men became imbued with the ideas of
personal liberty and the desire to take
part in the affairs OF their government.
they would grow restless under a condi-
ton OF affairs that has existed in Mexico
for the past thirty years
Personally, / look for Mexico to be i'm
state of serious unrest and unsettled
condition Of affairs for the next quarter
of century. The great mass of people
are entirely incapable of government.
They are uneducated, and do not have
the first ideas OF self-contrOl Diaz must
be succeeded by another dictator. or else
state of anarchy viii inevitably follow
in Mexico.
Other Men TO Blame.
while I believe that Diaz has been
thoroughly honest in all that he has
done, and that his rule has been for the
good Of Mexico. this cannot be said OF
many OF the prominent men who help
him control the destiny of the country.
II IS well-known fact that graft is ram
pant in nearly every department of gov
eminent affairs and that millions of dol
lars are annually taken out of the peck
cts Of the people by monopohes which are
owned by men high in the affairs of the