Bisbee daily review., 1911-02-24
TURNER INTERVIEWS HE
 MEXICAN REBEL LEADER

By T. c. Turner in Fl Paso HeraId) REVOLUTIONARY HEADcUAR TIERS, in camp south of Guadalupe, Chih. Feb. 20-( (Delaycd) Francisco H. Madero, provisional president of Mexico and leader oi the Mexican revolution, today answered many questions for she El Paso Herald, be l ing interviewed for the first time since bis disappearance from San Antonio at the outbreak of the trouble He did not seek to be in- teTviewed and eXpound his views, for he is here in lead of his forces. having entered the field to share in the hardshsps and dangers { of actual warfare. He gave his views on Americans, trusts. politics. | elections in Mexico, and Mexican il- ' I,eracy.
 When 1Iade-o says anything. he ! says it, and there is Ho question as to what he means. He only hesi- tated once. and that was when asked him about the iiliteracy of his ; people. Then only did he modify i hIs statement. This Is what l asked ! him and this is what he answered:
 will you win?'
 ~Yesi The most important reason is that the public sympathy is with us. We knew the whereabouts of the enemy because the people inform us. All is favorable for us because we have the aid of the people, all the { people. Our soldies volunteer, and they are fighting for ideals and for liberty and their rights.
 Then there is the quality of our soldiers. aside from their spirit. On ly the large cities are under control of the government. Our men come largely from the country. They are men who know how to shoot, how
 to adjust themselves to camp life, how to fight. The soldiers of the Government are soldiers against their Isill, the men largely of the criminal
 class. They are from the ranches
 and they do not want to fight While
 their officers are brave men they
 have not an interest in the fight
 Both our men and officers have an
 interest iR the fight
 Our tactics will be changed. VA
 sTc strong enough to rely more on
 massed movements with more per
 feet unity of command. Before, we
 
 10 every ten Of theirs Now we vii be able to fight on more equa grounds, and fight our battles to def l nite conclusions"
 Why have you remained in hid ing until now?"
 |, Everybody knows what woalt have happened had exposed ml identity in Mexico And in the Unit ed States it was best that I remair incognito until the proper time. merely awaited until it was decided by the development of affairs wha should be the strategic center. TheI entered the field in command O my army. Now I will lead them What effect has the entrance O Navarro into Juarez?"
 Only effect In case we had ta ken Juarez, it would have been i'm possible to have held our position against the government forces with out affecting the efficiency of Oui strategic movement We could no have held the town and also the sur rounding district without a seriou. sacrifice to our men. We preferred to centralize the government force and then deal with them as a unit { which we have done"
 How many men have you in thu field?H
 T will give yop the exact fgnrei
 as I have them. (Refsrring to
 note book and displaying the figures. Up to January 10 we had 640e in al
 Mexico. armed and in the field O these 2500 were in the state of Chi huahua- Up to January 2s. the mes recent estimate, we had an increa 2. over the total of 220o. and an in