The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-27
NATION Of MEN;
BRAIN Of CHILD
MEXICO Is NOW BEING TORN BY
ARMED BANDS. WHO REFUSE
TO QTIT.
DIVIDE BIG ESTATES
ICONS DEMAND SMALL FARMS AND
CONTINUE TO DoaM COUNTRY
AND CREATE DIS
ORDERS.
BY VICTOR ELLIOTT.

BY VICTOR ELLIOTT.
WASHINGTON. July 26.--Reports
are daily printed that bands OF former
revolutionary soldiers are piIlaging and
destroying property in Mexico. despite
the fact that peace has been officially
declared In an interview secured from
one of the wea1thiest land owners In
Mexico. row on "A visit to Washington.
The true side or the Mexican troubles
was told. His name be requested not
10 be mentioned. as lie said, should the
story come TO the ears OF officials in
Mexico. much might hr made Of IT,"
In starting his interesting story this
admirer Of former President Diaz. nova
ia exile in Spain. declared that the
fightiue in Mexico had not yet stopped,
not Utthstdndiuv the fact that peace
had been declared Furthermore, he
said Francisco Madero. Dictator of
Mexico, has not the power 70 crush
the warltke tendencies Of the people,
VINO have been soldiers in the reVoIl
uurlary army. The insurrecto army.
he continued, was nothing more than
"a mob. an unorganized, undiscipiined
set Of men with a taste Of the glory OF
victory. without much of the horrors
of war. They have had no power
before. because they were poems of the
LARGE property owners, he said, while
in the revolution they were given arms
and freedom the power to take what
they wished. they rode and shot and
We're rlctors because the federal troops
would not fight. the" conquered cas-
In and they are not willing to lay
down fb,jy a ND IN
fui pursuits.
Peace Means Work
They see only In the return to-
peace he said ''the resumution Of
, labor IN the mines. on the railroads,
or on tho haciendas At a small wage,
much hard work and low wages and
! this has not the glamor OF clankins
spurs, good horses and fine saddles
stolen from former eHtployers-aud the
ripht 10 take what they wished without
asking permission or making payment.
| ff~~ are not able as vet to see that
81 conditions cannot long continue.
th.ldren I'm Intellect. the majority OF
them think only Of the present
THE inSureetos no longer have the
Old federal enemy to fight for the
federal army is now tho army of Fran
| cisco |. Madero. whose name formed
the rallying cry of the revolution. Ma
dero forced Diaz to step out of the
presidency, and, when de la Bara came
In as successor TO Diaz, Madero die
tated the cabinet and has continued to
| dictate policies. The result Is that the
insurrectos have the government they
| fought for. conducted by the man
whom they fought To put in office. but
| the war dtd not last long enough; IL
was not severe enough; they did not
! have enough hardships to make them
! tire of II, and the result IL that they
refuse 10 lay down their arms.
/ ITO the south of Mexico City the
nsurrecto could no longer find uni
! formed federals TO fire. upon. and only
this week the Discontinued branch OF
the former Madero army fred on an
/ other ranch of the Madero army. There
+ has been continuous fignting in that
| heighborhood since the peace WAS sign
| ed at Juarez.
Chihuahua in Bad Plight.
throughout the State of chihuahua
practically the same condition exists.
| Large bands of armed men refuse to
| give up their arms, They argue that
Madefo has not yet put INTO effect any
! or the reforms they fought for and
they intend to keep their arms until
! they see what Madero intends to do.
| They lay particular stress on the fact
| that he has hot yet divided the large
| estates into small farms and distri-
buted them to his men,
-Four or five months ago, the SOL
diers In the field selected Abrain Con
zales for Governor of Chihuahua and
Madero appointed him 10 serve until
There could be an election. At that
tlTe Pascual orozeo was their general,
NOW that there is no longer any need
Tor general. these men want Orozco
for governor, and there is already
much bitter feeling
Gonzales is a man Of business af-
/ fairs, who sacrificed all he had to. Join
the reNolutionists. He speaks English
well and was educated in the United
state. nsrozco Is q popular idol. He
was formerly teamster. a man
scarcely able to read or write his name
unable TO speak English, and knowing
nothing Of business affairs, yet Chlhua~
hua fs state OF vast business enter
nrises, with millions OF American and
English investments.
Mon With Boys Intellect.
An incident Of the Mexican nature
is best illustrated by the following:
Recently the garrison at Cananea re-
belled. against the civil authorities,
openly the prison. released the pris-
ohera, and then relented of their mis-
deeds. The civil authorities and the
garrison were Maderoists. So 1t is In
all parts of Mckee. IA nation OF men.
but boys In intellect.
All M'AIdIS, however, are not OF
this calibre. but the great mass Of the
people are uneducated and belong to
the type that fnakes I'm the insurrecto
army unable to read. possessing no
wealth. wishing for that which is gau-
dy and attractive and firing soon OF
everything but excitynent
THE great majority OF the people In
the government are untitled for. or in
competent TO conduct Republican
government such as you have in this
country This Is recognized by all who
know Maxico4a niax held. Mexico IN
to the world a. Il nation of peace. be-
cause he was able to hold these men
in check. They discovered that his
terrible army was but a piaything. and
that II was easy to defeat They were
told that the wealth would be stripped
from the men who had been their
masters, and that 1t would be given to
them. They want It. They are wait
in~ for II, and when they get 1t they
will litter II away and want some
thing else.
you. IN these United States know
very little concerning Mexico and II
Questions. The people there are as dif-
ferent as the people OF Europe are
diversified. What the end will be for
Mexico IL hard to be fofeseen, hut In
the opinion OF many. Mexico will only
succeed under arbitrary rule, never