Bisbee daily review., 1911-03-24
A POSSIBLE
 PERIL IN MEXICO.

Despite the efforts of the Ameri- can government to soothe the sensi- bilities of the Mexican authorities, the situation carries possibilities Of trouble for our government. ia an swer to a protest from General Diez. our war vessels on each coast are to leave the vicinity of Mexico as soon as possible No more troops arc 60 be sent 10 Texas at this time. Y is also intimated that the idea of joint maneuvers for the srnas and navy in Texas and adjoining waters may ba given up. although. so far as known, no objection to these has been made by anybody connected with the Diaz regime. If this :,lar should be abandoned it ~ould mean that the United States would spare no pains to save the susoeptihlhdcs of the Mexican government Fin2nce Minister Ilmanteur and Am bassador de la Barra in New York and Washington are doing a good deal of talking here for their sos- ernment. and some of the things which they say are evidently receiy- ing the attention of our authorities
 But Limantour's intimations that the American prisoners ia the he.sds of the Mexican authorities woul re- ceive the same treatment as tine na tive insurrectos opens chances ot se rious trouble for the Diaz regime. On the face of this statement thsL nc favors would be granted to the American prisoners. there is an as peet of fairness. Engaging in -shel- iioa against the government of a country which is friendly to us lhe, would have no right to lsk for the protection of the United States Tat by the coming revocation of constitu- donal guarantees, which virtually means the establishment of mar,'ai law throughout Mexico. al the in sursecto prisoners will be isafle to the death penalty without trial It is said that some American prison CTS have already been executed by the Mexican authorities. Neither the United States nor any other great power in these days executes prisoners of war. The stage of bar. barism which justified any such treat. ment Of prisoners has been left be- hind by the big civilized nations. There are many American adventur- CTS in the insurgent armies. and if Diaz' forces succeed in making head way against them some Of these reb- els will fall into the Mexicans' hands A wholesale execution of such prisoners would be sure to call out a very emphatic protest from a large element of the American peo- pie.
 Everybody remembers the remon- strance which our government made to zelaya of Nicaragua for ordering the execution of the Americans. Groce and Cannon. Yet they were in exactly the same category as the American adventurers who are in Madero's army. They are fighting against the existing regime, just as those adventurers were. In each case those Americans ought to have kept their hands on The quarrel was not theirs. Yet the execution of the disturbers aroused a bitter feeling here against ZeIaya, which quickly caused his overthrow and expatria- tion. This feeling would not work qnite the same way in Mexico's case. for Diaz is a wise ruler, who has done a vast amount of good to his people. His government has in vited American capital to step in. and thus far he has given it ample protection. so far as the general pub