Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-05-16
THE WAR IN MEXICO.
Madero Gradually Bringing Order Out
of Chaos.

Although the Associated Press is
sending out quite a lot Of matter
about the situation in Mexico, 1t is diff
ficult to gather from this matter a
very satisfactory or comprehensive
idea of conditions. The details given
do not seem to go to the heart of the
situation.
From the stories that were wired
out Of Juarez on Saturday, 1t appeared
that the insurrecto leaders had quite a
monkey and parrot time Of 1t during
the day, and as the upshot of their
disputes, the whole insurrectionary
movement came near collapsing In
confusion.
There were several causes leading
to the trouble. For one thing 1t seems
that General Pasqual OroZsco, who has
command Of the insurgent army, had
kind Of an idea that the higher
power was vested in him, rather than
in Madero, the provisional president.
and In trying to assert that power In
two or three particulars he came near
precipitating conflict.
The disposition Of General Navarro,
who commanded the Mexican army
that defended JuareZ, was one Of the
things that gave rise to a quarrel.
The common soldiers as we'll as some
Of the officers thought that Navarro
should have been shot, and they
wanted to wreak their vengeance on
him. Madero would have nothing of
the kind. He made 1t clear that Ma
varro was prisoner Of war and should
he treated as such: but when 1t be-
came evident that he could not trust
his soldiers to respect his wishes in
the matter, he took Gen. Navarro into
an automobile and rushed him across
the boundary line to Fl Paso, leaving
him there with the understanding that
he would return and give himself up
when wanted.
When Madero got back to JuareZ, he
found Gen. OroZsco boiling hot and the
officers under him a little hotter, so
Madero and OroZsco went into Made
ro's headquarters to talk 1t over. Ma
dero addressed himself to the task of
convincing OroZsco that since the or
ganiZation Of the provisional govern
ment all authority and discretion was
vested in the civil end Of the combina-
ton and that 1t was the business Of
the military end to obey the instruc-
tions of the civil end. Unable to ap-
preciate this doctrine fully Orozsco
grew louder and louder in his talk, and
finally called upon a squad Of soldiers
to put Madero under arrest.
The soldiers rushed in with their
officers at their head and half dozen
rifles and revolvers were leveled at
Madero's head and heart. The brave
soldier stood up before them unmoved
by the excitement and slapping his
chest with his hands said: Kill me,
kill me If you dare" The soldiers
hestated, and following up the ad-
vantage by making to the soldiers the
explanations that had previously been
A.
nally melted by the love and admira-
ton which they had previously form
ed for their general and began to
shout: viva Madero."
After that OroZsco began to realize
the very serious mistake he had made
and proceeded to charge Esquival Abb
regan with responsibility for the whole
trouble. Abregan was formerly a can
didate for the presidency of Mexico,
and has been a kind Of go-between
friendly to both sides since the break
ing out Of the present trouble. Ac-
cording to Orozsco, Abregan has been
saying some very hard things about
Madero, and had offered him a very
tempting bribe to go back on Madero
and help put that gentleman out or
business.
AS the upshot of it all, Madero made
friends with OroZsco and gave Abregan
to understand that 1t would be healthy
for him to make himself scarce as soon
as possible, which suggestion Abregan
did not hesitate to take advantage OF.
Other reports indicate that there Is
very considerable hesitation among
the politicians to know what to do.
Most of them are Of opinion that Ma
dero has things going his way, and as
usual under such circumstances are
focking to his standard in large num-
bers: but some Of them are still busy
Matching up sinister conspiracies with
a view to getting such advantage for
themselves as they might Madero,
however, up to this time appears to be
big enough and broad enough to hold
his own.
The revolutionists, so far as 1t ap-
pears are still holding to their original
demands. They want DiaZ to step
down and out and give the people a
chance to hold an election that will
reflect the free and untrammeled pop
ular will Madero occupies the posi-
tion of being willing to stand for the
presidency; but will not take the
place except by the purely voluntary
choice of the people.