Arizona republican., 1911-03-22
The Leaderless Insurrectos.

Since the ridiculous showing made by General Orozco in his siege" of Juarez some three weeks ago. there has been an absence of authentic news in American papers concerning the movements of that valiant war rior There has been much conjec- ture in the dispatches from Fl Paso as to the whereabouts and doings of Orozco and his "armY.-- but it has re- mained for "El Imparcial." the lead ing government organ of Mexico City. to explain the quietude of Orozco re- gently Most of the front page of the 'Imparciar' of March Is is given to headlines announcing Orozco's abandonment of the insurrecto cause. It quotes manifesto issued by Orozco. the original copy of which, the Mexican daily explains, its mani agement has seen. It being well known that Oiozco is an uneducated man. some color of genuineness is lent to the alleged manifesto by the bad Spanish in which the document is couched For example, the equiva- lent of '1 make" is written Ago" when it should be "Hago." and con vertido" Cconverted) is written con bertido"-illiterate Mexicans making no distinction between the letters "b' and "v" The whole document of which the 'Imparcial" makes such q sensation reads:
 'I make to know to all my friends in particular. and to all the insur- rectos in general. that on account of motives very powerful, the which l shall make known later, I have re- tired myself from the revolution. since they have converted themselves into pure thieves and assassins, and Blanco. Silva. Soto. Garcia and de Lara, as well as the Magonistas. are no other thing than so many traitors to the Mexican fatherland. for that they bring strangers, and only occupy themselves to rob. assa ssinate, and disturb the women, in another leaflet l shall give an explanation complete remaining for now. as always,
 "PASCUAL OROZCO."
 It was the observation of the war correspondents" during the siege" of Juarez. that General Orozco was far more fond of having himself pho tographed upon his charger than he was of making dangerous maneuvers. and no doubt he found photographers scarce after he retired to the interior of Chihuahua.
 If it be true that Senor Orozco has retired himself from the revolution. it is only another proof of the in ability of the agitators and present leaders of the instruction to CO., operate against the government. Ri- cardo Magon. editor of "Regenera- cion." the Los Angeles organ of the socialist wing of the insurrectps. has denounced as d traitor Senor Villa real. Wagons companion of last year in the Arizona penitentiary; Fran cisco Madero. the nominal chief O! the insurrectos. has denounced. the Magon brothers as traitors. and has stated that if successful he will make war upon Leyva and Berthold. the insurrecto leaders of Lower Califor- mia. while Berthold and Leyva are busy issuing manifestos against Ma denounces not only the Wagons, but all of Madero's sub-chiefs who are now in the field.
 The whole thing seems to be a Xiii kenny cat fight. so far as the insur recto side is concerned The really serious aspect of the instruction is the headway it has made without military leadership. Should a rebel leader of some military ability come to the front. the government would have occasion to be alarmed, indeed. As it is. the most reliable information obtalnaDle indicates that practically the entire population of Sonora. Chi huahua and Nuevo Leon is ready to revolt as soon as an insurrecto of some genius for war gives evidence of organizing ability. Francisco Ma dero appears to be a political, not a military. leader.
 A few days. probably. will deter | mine whether Finance Minister Li- | mantour can develop a working basis | on which the Maderos and the gov ernment can get together for reform | and peace. If his efforts fail. the | insurrection will assume formidable | as soon as a man ca