The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-22
rnounLn nnEwlNc IN MEx1co.

existing order in the Northern prov
Z inces Smuggled arms and ammuni-
ton have been unearthed at Cananea;
martial law has been proclaimed; a
number of prominent men, accused of
conspiracy, have been arrested. Thanks
to the activity OF the police, the plot
was nipped in the bud, and as troops
are being sent to the disaffected ter
ritory no serious trouble is antici-
/ pated; bu; there is no mistaising the
! general uneasiness felt in Mexico at
the discovery of so far-reaching a
conspiracy. 80
1t has been known for long time
that conditions in Mexico have not
ibeen calculated TO make President
lDiaz sleep soundly at night Men like
}General Bernardo Reyes, who recently
fed the country, have been stirring
up opposition to the Administration.
They have represented Diaz as al
despot. masquerading in the garb of
democracy, sort of Lorenzo de
Medici keeping up the form of popular
government, but ruling with an iron
hand and crushing remorselessly all
who dare oppose his will These mall
contents point to the limited suffrage,
j to the farcical elections. to the med
ding of the municipal police and TO
the vigilance of the rurales, the Mex
lean gendarmerie. AS yet the revolu-
| tionists have been unable to shake the
popular confidence in Diaz as lie
Washington of Mexico. but among dis
appointed oftice-seekers and the vic
| tins of the police, discomfort is rife
and open rebellion is only a question
of time.
The civilized world will hardly SYM
pathize with this rebellion, for the
world knows the tremendous burden
Diaz has been compelled to bear.
Raised to his place on the bayonets
of his soldiers, as the man of all men
able to bring order out of chaos. he
found the state torn by civil strife
and weakened by exhausting war.
Macmillan Was dead; the Republic
had been restored. but there was no
law worthy Of the name and no will
10 enforce Justice Diaz transformed
the country. Those whom he could not
paeify he destroyed. and those whom
he could not gain as friends he fought
as enemies. In doing this Daz has
been forced to rule harshly, for no
other rule could endure. He has been
guilty of barbarities, but he has been
justified in them. and he has never
used force unless the safety OF Mexico
required 1t.
Those who now oppose Diaz declare
that the safety OF Mexico is assured
and that Diaz continues his. stern rule
merely to keep himself in power To
this it may be answered that Diaz is
Mexico--he is the State ION the
maintenance of his rule depends the
maintenance or peacs4 and he may say
with Napoleon tina, when ne serves
himself he serves his country.
Diaz is the Francis Joseph of Amer
lea, the keystone ruler. and when he
retires from Office be it by death or
By resignation. Mexico viii doubtless
be thrown into the naelstrom of revo-
luton. Heretofore it has escaped in
a measure, The usual fate OF Spanish
American states and, under Diaz, i,
has made wonderful progress; but the
blood of the people is the blood OF
rebellion. and unless there be a strong
ruler in power Mexico may become
another Chba or greater Nicaragua
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THE SOUTH ALWAYS LEADS.
There was an Interesting discussion
In the United states Senate the othe
day when Senator Bacon, of Georgia
of Senator Hughes. OF Colorado, wh
had said that the first STEAMSHIP
which ever crossed The Atlantic Oceal
brought to our shores a book which
was written for the purpose of demon
stratins the fact that steamship
could never cross the Atlantic Ocean
Senator Bacon had no doubt that suc1
8 book was brought in steamship
to the United States; bat he wlsne,
the fact to he known that the frs
stealnship that ever crossed the At
lantic ocean, or any ocean, was III
City of Savannah Georgia, for Liver
pool When Senator Lodge of Massa
chnsetts asked for the date Senate
Bacon Was not quite certain. br
thought ii was about 1s27. Senate
Lodge was surprised, and confesse
that he had supposed that the "Bri
ANNA" was the first AS matter {
fact. the Savannah sailed In ISL
sight years earlier than senator Bacc
thought, and twenty-one years befo
the britannia" sailed from LiYcrpo
FOR Halifax, a voyage which she ma,
In twelve days and ten hours.
Senator Money of Mississippi
thought. that Senator Bacon was mi
taken, and expressed the opinion tn
the first steamship to cross the Alta
tic was named the Great Western
snG that she sailed from eharlest
Tor Bristol. England. Senator Mon
sue. ,atfg fltf E.tS- to-