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entirely devoted to lifting the iron
hoof OF the Diaz tyranny from the
necks of his fellow citizens that he
would not condescend to- make at
least small use of his opportuni-
ties TO mulct them himself, | will say
that the Banca Minera branch here
has been requested Cat the point of a
gun, of course,) to contribute $10,-
900 cash to the good of "the cause.
Mexican citizens are being hauled
down to the jefatura and are per
mitted" TO subscribe substantial sums
OF cash money, varying from $4,000
extracted from "the Gomez family
down to $500 taken away from Don
Castillo .Baca. But / understand that
the latter happy patriot has been
granted the additional felicity of hav-
ing to provide corn and hay for the
horses of all of these 1900 troopers
so long as they remain here.
Wednesday May cath 1911.
| happened to be down town to-
! day while these disinterested "Defen-
ders of the Common People" were
busy extracting $4,000 in cash from
the Golfers of the Banco Nacional. 1t
was an interesting spectacle and |
must say that they displayed neat
ness and dispatch in performing the
operation that would have done Gre
| dit to Mr. Walsh, OF Chicago Mr.
Morse Of New York, or any Of the
, other famous American bank wreck
ing artists.
Altogether. according to Jose Tam
ago. manager for Stallforth, goods
! and cash aggregating in value SIP,
600 have so far been taken away from
the people of this place for the good
OF The Cause | may be too Gym
isal, but cannot restrain the belief
that the chiefest motive in this revo-
luton is nothing more noble than a
fervent desire TO secure property for
nothing. OF course they are un-
| doubtedly a men who are ami
mated by purely patriotic motives,
but | would gamble my last cent on
the judgment that not over ten per
cent of the rank and file, and not
over thirty per cent OF the officers
among Madero's fighting men have
any higher ideal than to line their
own pockets, and perhaps taste bit
OF adventure. When the fighting is
ended, we will witness the govern
ment taken from the hands of the
little white group of Porfistos who
have been holding it tight all these
last thirty years, and placed in the
care of an almost equally small group
OF the Maderistos. But it scenes to
me preposterous to imagine that the
common people will exercise any
more voice than formerly The mas
ses simply haven't the desire nor the
ability to assume any effective poll
teal activity. The best they can do
is to put their trust in new group
Of masters and TO hope that these
new masters will protect them from
eXces sive exploitation, and will pro-
vide them with some system of ed
ucation so that the present genera
tons children may have been train
ed and developed to a point that
might enable them to exercise the
duties OF citizens OF a real democ-
racy
| am coming TO the conclusion that
the real hope for the people of this
country lies in the possibility OF the
northern portion, at least, being alb
sorbed by the United States. We
are strong enough and sufficiently
conscientious TO provise q proper ed
ucational system and to strive to in
culcate our own political ideals, and
moreover, our ownership would ire
mcndously stimulate an immigration
and SO much the more quickly bring
about racial absorption
Thursday May 25th, 1911.
While / was down town last night.
I was startled by a couple Of armed
horsemen dashing down part Gale
Mcrsadcros, and directly followed by
galloping six-mule coach full Of
Maderistos They went directly to
the Jefetura and it was shortly an
nounccd that the main person
among the arrivals was Col Jose de
la Luz Soto, the Madcristo military
commander of this zone. Although
It was nearly ten o'clock when he got
here all the church bells were set to
changing, the band came out to the
main plaza and hundreds of the Mad
eristo troopers lined up on dress pa