The Sentinel=record., 1911-03-12

president wishes the measure adoptes to provide drastic means for dealins with those who commit these offense. also.
 In this note Mir. Macedo indirectl, 1uotes President Diaz as saying thai he regrets profoundly the necessity Of resorting to means so extreme-meas ures once frequently used but which have not been employed for ffteeer years; that the conditions now, how. ever, are such that ne considers the safeguarding of property of such great importance that it justifies recourse to the extreme provisions of the con stitution.
 Under the terms of the measure approved by the president the crimes specified as those which will take from the accused the ordinary rigai of formal trial include interference with the operation of trains, the in reference with telegraph, telephone and transmission wires, kidnaping highway robbery and assault, or raid ing of villages and farms. 1t is apeci fled that for the crimes of interfer- ence with trains, cutting of wires highway robbery and under certain conditions, raiding, Kidnapping and assault small be punished by death
 1t is provided that in cases where the offender is detected and arrested in the commission his act the men making the arrest shall ask no othor proof than the fact of the offense and the fact that he ass a personal knowl- edge that the man arrested commit ted the act, to shoot him.
 In cases where the evidence oI guilt is not so apparent the accused shall be given eight days for trial This trial will be verbal and conduct ed by the authorities eifecting the arrest The first seven days sha.l be devoted to hearing such evidence as may be produced and on the eighth day sentence shall he passed. If the penalty be death and the al. thorities are left no other choice in most cases-tle execution must no' be delayed except for the purpose oi seeking executive pardon This right is granted.
 So broad is that clause covering ln- terference with the operation of the trains that it Is made to include even the throwing of a stone at passen- ger Placing obstacles on the track changing signals, derailing in any manner a train, damaging in any way the rolling stock, even the remova of a piece of timber CT a bit of iron the drawing of the spikes from the ties or the commission of any act cal culated to endanger life or property or to impair the efficiency of the serv- ice are features of this portion of ths law. and for the commission of which death is the penalty; summary deaI1 if detected in the commission and death at the end of eight days | found guilty.
 In reviving this provision of tht Mexican constitution, President Dia' ia preparing to use again that weaD on with which he whipped his coun try into order many years ago. T state rf aaffirs bordering cn anarcn, then prevailed and the problem O dealing with tie outlawry in it's many forms had to be solved.
 Ignorance and cupidity combined with viciousness. caused wide spread movement of robbery. assault and wilful destruction of property, es peclally railway property and Genera |Diaz met the situation by the drastli method he has again adopted.
 Indians throughout the republic Y these days frequently cut the tele graph wires and carried away yard of the metal for the simple reason that they could use tae material T .,,o .,o,,s about their little farms. Foi the same reason they went to tn' railroads for their supply of iron an' grass and timber. The state or al fairs demanded extreme measures The reason for the destruction 9 property this time is different ou General Diaz believes that what WI en,cacious then will be today. In it- application uais law will h' the TOT = Y s<4t...a.s nn papq Column 3.1