El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-27

Delng the maximum allowed by law.
Already large portion of the land
pas been taken up, and is being Guilt
vated for all kinds OF grain fora &c
plants. fruit and vegetables No crop
ever fails. and there is a market for
| everything that can be raised.
The Revolution.
The Mexican revolution has been a
! good advertisement for FL Paso, but
has seriously interrupted the business
! of the city. Railway connections on
the south have been practically cut
off, the entire state of chihuahua is
! paralyzed; there is not a thing doing
The Mexican Central railroad is torn
| up for more than 800 miles and the Mex
| leo & North Western which runs to-
ward the Gulf of California to impor-
tant mining properties, is completely
disorganized. This, of course. compels
a general suspension of mining and
trade, and many ,haciendas have been
abandoned. Several towns have been
| destroyed; others are in possession Of
the insurrectos- The city of Chihuahua
Is IN a state of siege, and Juarez, which
lies across the river from Ell Paso and
is connected by a trolley line, is in a
state of hysteria.
It is not an organized revolution,
however; there is no central authority,
no head or junta directing the move
ment of troops, but the state Of Chi
huahua and the northwestern part Of
Sonora are In a state Of terrorism.
They are swarming with bands of gu
erillas, bandits and outlaws each under
its own leader and operating. on it's
own account.
Francisco /. Madero, who was a can
didate for president of Mexico against
Diaz last December, started the move
rhent. but cannot direct 1t. He woke
up the monster of disorder and de-
structiop but he cannot control II, No
one can speak for the guerillas, for
almost every band is out for loot and
adventure under the command of ire
sponsible persons. including several de-
serters from the United States army
and other American adventures. who
are well known as bad men, in San
Antonio. FL Paso. Tucson and other
places along the border One of the
most energetic of the guerilla leaders
was recently a freight conductor on
the Southern Pacific railroad. I read
letter from him to one of his former
crew, advising him to come down and
join the revolution. He said he had
already more than $4,000 worth Of
plunder slowed away in a safe place
and knew where to lay his hands on
s100, 900 more
Is Powerless-
Thef question is, why does not Diaz
put this movement down? And the
answer is that he would If he could,
but is powerless. His rurales or coun-
try police are loyal. but are too few in
number. His regular army is insuffi-
cient, and he dare not Withdraw the
garrison from any post for fear OF
outbreaks. The entire population is so
impressed and agitated with the pres
ent movement that the slightest ex-
cuse is likely to provoke an insurrec-
ton anywhere Diaz dare not attempt
to raise a volunteer army, because it
could not be trusted. Already there
has been much trouble with the regu-
lar troops in Chihuahua, because Of
their sympathy with the insurrectos-
There have been several mutinies. and
the officers are compelled to use the
greatest tact and diplomacy in 25der
to get any service out of tt troops
And even if an army could oe depended
upon, it would require 500. 900 men 20
suppress the outlawsfn Chihuahua and
Sonora, because of the mountains in
sympathy of the peon classes through
out the state.
1t has BEEN a popular deiusion that
raflways<dre a specific cure for revolu-
ton Sfhe Mexican government has
paid many millions of dollars in sub
sjaies to encourage the construction of
Hines upon which soldiers could be
promptly transported from one end Of
the republic to the other. 1t has re-
Gently bought for military purposes
and now controls practically all the
railways in the republic, but they have !
been quite as convenient to the insur-
rectos as to the state, and have been n
source of weakness as often as they
have been a source of strength
The Tnsurrectos.
There Is an organization of revolu-
tionists and Francisco Madero is its /
recognized head Somebody is con-
tribting large sums of money for rev.
olution propaga nda thre,
n"hIic. There are rumors that much |
of it comes from New YCT7-
1T is possibly provided by the Madero |
family, who are rich and numerous, |
and are bound to win or lose every !
thing. II the federal government |
should suppress the movement and re-
cover its power and prestige the vast /
estates of the Madero family will un- |
doubtedly be confiscated. and the pro- ,
ceeds turned into the treasury to re- /
imburse it for military expenses
There is general belief that the |
has the approval, If not the
actual aid, Of the Roman Catholic
church, which has suffered severely
from the liberal party, and has never
been reimbursed for the property of
which it was deprived by Juarez many
years ago. Diaz has been the enemy
Of the church from the beginning, and
has tried TO destroy its influence, but
has failed. The local priests sympa-
thize with the insurrectos, although
many churches have been looted
told you in q letter several days ago
how Sam Robertson of San Benito,
Texas, had been approached by a priest
and offered a large tract of land and
a large sum of money if he would or
ganize a revolution in the northeastern
part of the republic. and other evil
1ences have developed to show that the
Maderos are in close relations with the
hierarchy.
You must not believe all the news
paper reports that come from FL Paso.
There has been a good deal of fiction |
from this place, graphic
stories OF battles that were never
fought, long lists of dead and wound
ed that were never injured and i'm
portant military movements that were
never attempted. But there is an ap-