El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-12
REVOLUTION HAS COST
S26,000,000 and IHDENHTIES UNPAID

lions. With the new appropriations,
the expenditures directly traceaDle 10
the revolution run up TO z6,OOO,0OO pesos
The Diaz government originally appro-
priated 100000 and 10 this the pro-
visional government added 100000, the
latter item to cover cost Of mastering
cut the revolutionary soldiers ana any
indemnities which might result from
the damake done by troops during the
war 20 foreign or native interests Tnls
j, 00O. 900 was expended without any
one OF the claims for indemnity having
been touched, and II is now UNDERSTOOD
on high authority that this matter viii
be left over for the government OF Ma
derO TO handle
One Of the reasons is that the total
OF the claims is not vet known ana the
Claims commission mas not passed uly-i
the merits Of more than small proper
Gon Of the claims which have Deen
Heavy Foreign Claims.
The Chinese government alone VIII
ask indemnity for the death Of some
thing like $50 Chinese killed by the
rebels during the revolution, OF which
over 500 persisted IN the Torreon mas
sacre- This is aside from the claims
which are to be presented for actual
property loss. While it has been ru-
mOred that the claim for each life
would be 100000 pesos. there has been
no statement either from the govern
ment or from the Chinese minltser as
L the amount
The Spanish minister recently pre-
scented to the department Of foreign re-
letions a claim for 100000 pesos as in
demnfty for the death of q Spanish citi-
zen killed by the reVolutlonlsts at
hacienda in the state of Puebla last
April and, although this claim has not
been allowed or even discussed as yet
Z is regarded as probable that the
Chinese will at least follow the example
cC other nations in this matter
Mexican Railway Directorate.
The movement for the MeXicaniZatlOn
of the National railways has taken
new turn, and, through the Mexican
uress the newly elected board of dlrec-
tors is being urged to choose a Mexican
president and vice president or the ROAD
on the grounds that these executive
offices can be well filled by MeIicans,
and that with the heads Of the various
Departments unchanged, the detau
work Of the road will be carried on
Just the same as ever and without hitch
3f any kind
The newly elected board OF directors
is TO meet about the middle Of this
month for the election OF OIucerS or
the board, the delay being caused by
che fact that there IS Mexico Clty
board and a New York board, and the
votes Of the New York board for chair
man and vice Chairman have to De
awaited. While there has been no Off
cial announcement Of the matter Il is
the gossip in railway circles here that
there will be no change in the higher
officers of the railway, and that z. N
brown. president and c. r. Hudson.
wee president, will be reelected. 1t is
upon these two high officials that the
most recent attack has been directed
Old CientificOs Out.
The familiar names Of Jose /. Lllman-
tour. Guillermo LandR V Escandon, for
~ner governor Cf the federal district;
pablo Macedo, former chairman of the
board. are missing in the list Of direc-
tors now and the claim is made that
with one exception no representative OF
.Le Cientificos remains. On the other
hand the Madero element has taken
hold. with Gustavo MaderO, who is re-
yqrded as his brothers political mana
ger: jaime Gurza, subsecretary OF
finance. and Manuel UrQuidt, subsecre-
tsrv of communications and one of
those who was with Madero at Juarez,
IS board members
Added interest is given to the change
Ct directors by the fact that # is
claimed to have an important bearing
on the battle for the oil supremacy in
Mexico between the Waters-Pierce and
tile interests Of the Lord Cowdray
Aguila Oil company. The claim has
be en- made that there We're certain old
Cientifico directors OF the railway who
were known as Lord COwdray direc-
tors. and that their influence on the
board placed the rival oil company at
a disadvantage.