Evening star., 1911-02-01
IN MEXICO
Established Government Not in
Peril, Says Maj. Hine.
RAILWAYS PEACEMAKERS
Their 5000 Miles of Track Knit
Republic Together.
GOOD MEN AT THE HELM
Building Up of Large Middle Glass
Regarded as National
Necessity.

| Maj. Charles Hine. formerly of this city.
has returned to Washington within the
past few days from the City of Mexico,
where he went in October to fill an en-
sagcment with the National Railways of
Mexico in a service similar to that which
he has for several years been rendering
on the Hartman system of railways in
this country as an organization expert.
| In the course of his work in Mexico Maj.
Hine covered a large part of the re-
public and had opportunity to observe
conditions. He gave a representative of
The Star today an interview on the sub
ject of the present state of affairs in
Mexico, touching upon the insurrectionary
movement now in progress. He prefaced
his remarks on the subject by differentiat-
| ing the present anti-adm!nistration mill
tary activities from a revolution. Maj.
Hine said:
"The most formidable uprising has been
| in the state of Chihuahua, due largely
to local disaffection against the authori-
| ties Of that state. Owing to the noun
famous character of this region there
| will be probably more or less banditu
warfare for some time to come. 1t
should not be taken seriously, however.
The government Of Mexico is too secure
and stable to suffer serious and prolonged
Inconvenience.
Found Travel Safe.
Il have recently travelled in over twenty
states of the republic stretching from the
Rio Grande border to the Guatemala
frontier. l did not find it necessary to
carry arms Of any description. AS mat
ter of fact there was more danger from
train robbers in the United States dur
| ing the same period. Mexico has such a
heritage of the glamour of romance that
her affairs always suffer from q magnif1ed
perspective. What we would call a riot
on the east side in New York or a cow
boy drunk at a roundup in the west fire.
quently becomes a revolution in the press
dispatches from the border. Somebody
once asked border correspondent why
was in effect that of the man who
charged 20 cents for the sandwich-he
needed the money.
seriously speaking, Mexico has many
problems, but their solution is in good
hands We of the Anglo-Saxon race with
600 years the start of Mexico in our evo-
luton from feudalism still have our prob
lens of graft in the big cities. of race con-
tact in different sections and of adjust
ing delicately the relations between man
and property. The bulwark Of our CIV
| ilization Is a sturdy middle class. The
able statesmen and publicists of Mexico
| realize the necessity for a larger middle
class in their development. Just how this
can be best brought about is. of course.
the question which only cursofy OBJ
servers feel wise enough to answer.
am optimistic enough to believe that
Mexico may yet beat US to it in working
out many difficult problems.
Those who look for prolonged revolu-
| tion or outside Intervention when the
present regime passes will be disappoint-
| ed. Transportation and communication
are welding together the republic of Mex
| leo beyond the power of malcontents to
destroy. A most interesting phase Of the
industrial development is government
partnership in the railways.
Gouornn,onf i, HnYofrn1