The Sentinel=record., 1911-03-10
TRUTH ABOUT
 RESURRECTION
AMERICANS SAYS THERE I8 WELL ORGANIZED AND DE-
 TERMINED ARMY.
Says Insurrectos Have Never Been Defeated and Are Now Strong Enough to Attack Fortified
 Towns.

Atlanta, Ga, March 9.-A newspa- per man who has been in the field with the Mexican insurgents writes as fellows. from Maria, Tex:
 "Is Mexico in rebellion against tho rule of Pr ident Porfirio Diaz, or arc scattered bands of bandits to khe for the upheayal in the sister repub- lie?
 ''To secure the facts from the in- surgent viewpoint joined the reyo- lutionists in the field and was an eye witnesses of one of the most deter mined battles of the war.
 ''F'rom my observation in the field have concluded that the trouble in Mexico Is real uprising of the peo- ple against the federal government, that the sympathy of the great mnjor- ity is with the liberals and that men with brains and money are organizing and leading the fight with determi- nation to win.
 Americans and other foreignera have been treated with exaggerated consideration and their property re- spected by the insurrectos. It seems to be the policy of the revolutionists to fight with bullets and klndness bullets for the soldiers of Diaz and reliigous respect for the political and property rights of non- -combatants.
 ''In the official proclamation of re- volt the provisional officials declare that Francisco I. Madero was legally elected president of Mexico. Thew declare he was thrown into prison by Diaz. his election nullifIed and .he| will of the people baked. Having failed to change the government by peaceful means. they have taken m arms. Everywhere that went found the people wildly enthusiastic for the new order and eager to vounteer Ev cry gun that flas been carried into old Mexica has found dozen volunteers ready to use 1t against the army Of Diaz
 ''T was impressed with a speech made by Calixito Guerrero. the insur- gent bader. in Coahuila at the village of San Graciano, where forty-one men had been lined up to hear the reading of the proclamation.
 Come with us,' he said. and we can promise you aardships, hunger and possibly death. II we win we can promise you better conditions. a right to vote, right to hold up your head like a citizen Of republic, not 4e bend your back like peon slave under an autocratic despotism. Of the forty- one men whom he addressed, twenty two volunteered and nineteen were .ccepted.
 Tn Coahulla there are about 500 men under arms divided into three bands and this number IS heinz an- creased daily. It is a conservative es innate to say there are at least 5000 insurrectos i'll the fighting line In Chihuahua.
 Up until now it has been the policy of the insurgents to avoid attacking fortified towns. but to win their re- eruits and spread their propaganda through the rural districts. The lead CTS have decided that their forces now are large enough to capture tho cities and the bands are concentrating on several garrisoned towns. Abralam Tcnzales, a man Of wealth, who was educated in the United States, is pro- yisional governor of Chihuahua, and Braulio Hernandez. leader of the anti re-electionist party. provisional sec retary Of state. Both men have been national figures in Mexican politics.
 In command of the field forces near 0jinaga. opposite Preside, Tex. is General Luce De Soto, a greyhained veteran of the war Of the French in> tervention. He has nearly 1000 men in his command, ali equipped witl mp. to- date rifles.
 Tn every battle that the insur- gents have had with the federal sol diers the liberals have won T'his is largely due to the fact that the sol diers are in sympathy with the llb- erals. l saw 2 letter signed hy 2k xss- rales offering to surrender and joi4l the fight against the s0vean16o