Evening star., 1911-06-11
MORE OPPORTUNITIES
WILL BE GIVEN NATIVES
Some Danger at Present From Dis
contented Military Chiefs.
SITUATION Is STILL CRITICAL
New Regime Will Finally Enforce
the Separation of Church and
State, It Is Thought.
By Stephen Bonsal.

By Stephen Bonsal.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. June 10--Since my return
from Mexico 1 have been impressed by
taken here of the complicated situation
south of the Rio Grande. Almost every
one seems to regard the provisional gov
ernment. recently installed. as exceeding
ly precarious and the Madero regime that
looms behind IL. which would certainly
be almost unanimously acclaimed were
elections to be held tomorrow instead OF
next October as giving hardly any great
er promise of stability. In word.
great many people seem to believe that
Mexico is about to be stricken from the
progressive class of Latin-American
states led by Argentina and Chile and
fall to the low level of Honduras and
Nicaragua.
There are certain dark clouds on the
Mexican horizon, but nothing as yet
sufficiently somber to justify these pre-
dictions. There is up to the present. no
d
though that may come. In view of the
great wealth of the score of gentlemen
who have recently been dispossessed OF
a very lucrative position IL would be
extraordinary indeed if we did not hear.
at least in the papers, of a wave Of
reaction sweeping over the country.
| OF course the transfer of authority
| in certain localities has been marked by
| deplorable scenes. The share and re-
4 sponsibility of the insurgents in these
are no greater than those or the federal
| forces The federal soldiers, and even
the rural police, took a large part in
the sacking and looting Of Pachuca. to
mention but one instance in which the
regular army men disgraced their uni
form and flag.
Killing of Chinese.
The greatest blot so far on the in
| surgent escutcEeon has been the mas
sacre of Chinese in Torreon. The
facts have as yet not been fully es-
tablished, and from the Investigations
that have made / do not believe they
ever will be.
The insurgent authorities state that
| their attacking force found the Chinese
| fighting shoulder to shoulder with the
| federals, and that they were killed fight
| ing because they would not surrender.
1t was doubtless difficult to draw a sep
arating line between the Chinese who
sought to defend their homes and stores
and the federals who sought to defend
the city intrusted to them. Casualties.
| doubtless occurred at this time that
were inevitable, but when the federal
forces evacuated the town there is only
| too much reason to believe that the anti
Chinese feeling got the upper hand ana
! a house-to-house slaughter of a race
| ,,,1f avl, hat tod i'm nj
leo was carried out. neither women nor
children being spared.
| But with these regrettabe exceptions
the other acts of violence sfgnaled by
our papers are not remarkable, when
| you remember that the Mexican people
| have lived in straightjacket Tor the
last thirty years. and certain exuber-
ance should be permitted a people which
for a generation has worn a false face
| and denied its real feelings.
Spoils Are Sought.
1t cannot be gainsaid. further. that
| Madero's new doctrine. new at least to
| Mexico, and one that takes out much
| incentive to revolutionary activity, that
| to tie victors do not belong the spoils, is
| being received with some mutterings of
| discomfort.
| There are more than fifty thousand men
| still under arms in Mexico today, not in
| cluding the bandits. No more than one
third of these can be given employment
in the army and the police. The ques-
ton what is to be done with the others
during these crucial days is of the most
vital Importance.
| Patriotic men are coming forward and
| offering employment on large scale.
The new government is committed to
policy Of public works which will en-
| ploy many more. While there will be
disorders, perhaps of very serious
nature. during the coming months. there
| is much reason to believe that the ex-
pertinent in self-government which the
| best people In Mexico have achieved the
| right to attempt through much suffering
and much loss of life will not be an
ignnominius failure.
On the contrary. there is much reason
| to believe. as well as to hope, that our
/ neighbor on the south will become
powerful republic and not remain the
/ nominal satrapy of an octogenarian who
become the tool of a group Of financiers
Of varying shadiness.
More Chance for Natives.
Under the new regime the develop
lment Of this country. which, in reality,
is quite as rich as it was regarded to
be In the fabulous days. will not be
the exclusive privilege and perquisite
OF the foreigner. Mexicans will soon
take a part. indeed. I think. leading
part, in that work which 1t is their
fright and duty to perform. With the
disappearance of the anomalous situ-
lation by which the Mexicans were ex-
lcluded from competing with the for
Iefener in many lines of activity. such
Jealousy and ifl-feeling against the for
lefgner as this situation provoked also
win disappear. With an open market
Isnd fair field Mexico cannot fail to be-
come more prosperous and more peace
able. and from the geographical nature
lof things, no government will profit
by this more than ours. no people more
OF course. the greatest danger OF the
| uresent situation 10 that some one or
| more OF the military chiefs of this civil
fan revolution, dissatisfied with their
| share of the spoils. which from the very
| nature of Madero's platform must bo
| small, will raise the standard of revolt
stu, II y undesirable that sevsrA q The