Arizona republican., 1911-06-30

passport was necessary. so one was
procured from General Torres. the
federal commander.
Senior Mascarenas took the pass
side of the line to the insurrecto
camp. When he came to the federal
camp with General Ojeda in charge
the passport was declared a fake and
Senior Mascarenas was taken before
Ojeda. The latter asked if he was
not one of the moving spirits Of the
revolution, and Senior Mascarenas in
formed him that such was the case
Mascarenas was then told by General
Ojeda that. taking this important fact
into consideration, it would be a good
deal better for the cause OF the Mex
lean nation if one Mascarenas should
be shot and that he should therefore
be shot i'm five minutes.
Senior Mascarenas tells the story
in the Following words: 1 was told
by General Ojeda that | should be
killed in five minutes and, of course,
appreciated the danger which | was
in; | told the general to keep cool.
however. and reminded him of the
facts i'm the case at Juarez. | told
him that if he became too quick on
the killing of the insurrectos that
he would probably find himself fac
ing a firing squad some day. He
jumped up and down at this point in
the conversation. and after waving
his arms around in the air a good
haf no 90
him | told him to keep cool and
that he had better thing my execu-
ton over twice before he really or
dered it done.
Just then Colonel Pillion came in,
and as soon as he saw me he spoke
to me in q very gentlemanly way and
inquired of my health. | told him
that my health VS. in danger at the
present moment, and that I under
stood that | was going to be killed
in about two or three minutes. The
colonel was Mortified at that and l
told him the case He Immediately
began to demonstrate with Ojeda. He
told him that to kill me would be
very bad for the whole of the MeXi-
can army and that it must not be. |
had done nothing in the fighting line
and that | was peaceable supporter
Of the insurrecto cause. He finally
argued Ojeda into letting me go and
continued on my way To the insur-
recto camp 1t was a nrrow escape.
and | don't know what would have
been the result Of the whole thing If
the colonel had not come to my res
cue. He is a fine man and is well
educated He is noted for his fine
manners and his fine way of dealing
with people, and certainly helped me
out of a bad place.
In regard to the battle at Juarez,
l was with Madero just before we
captured the town. 1t was not Ma
dero's plans TO make the attack when
he did. His troops got away from
him and il was all on account of
some Americans. There were about
twenty seven of them, and they
started the men off They said that
they were going to start things and
| take the town, SO they started out
and the men followed them. l be-
/ lieve that if the men had not fol-
! lowed them they would have taken
the town themselves. They helped
! US a good deal They did not use
guns to fight with. but they made
! bombs out of cans Of dynamite. They
| did things that our men would not
/ do They went up close enough 10
the federal works to throw the cans
! of dynamite into the works. They
cut a short fuse and ran this into
! the can and then threw il by means
Of a long string. They dropped these
! into the barracks and all causing a
good deal of damage.
The quick end to the revolution
was a great surprise To all of Us.
| was greatly surprised. for had
/ looked for a great deal OF fighting
to be done before we moved Dia2
out of the government. There seemed
| to be general feeling among the
people that the change had TO come
/ They were behind it all over Mexico
and that was what made ii go 50
quickly. 1t is not ended yet. There
! is a party in Mexico at the present
| time which is bent on mischief. They
are old sympathiZers of DiaZ who
are trying to get in power themselves
since their former master is gone
| Since he is not i'm power. they want
/ to land something themselves. and
there will be trouble yet. | am
\ afraid