The evening times., 1911-04-24


to bring their war right up to the
opposite edge Of the river, where ev-
erybody can see it in its full hideous-
ness, and give regular performances
twice a day. stopping only for lunch
and siesta, free admission to all,
comfortable seat sprovided, gentle-
manly ushers will not pass among
the. audience to distribute photo
graphs Of well-known and popular
generals, only tain caints copy.
The brave insurrectos have the
chance to pose for the pretty ladies
with cameras. The administration
officers have the opportunity Of
standing around in full uniform and
looking ferocious.> Everybody is hap
py.
The only persons in the neighbor-
hood who seem to be displeased with
the situation are the racing promot-
ers of Juarez, which is just across
the river from Ell Paso. The ap-
proach Of the revoltosos made the
horses nervous and seriously affected
the gate receipts, hence they are
somewhat peevish and have even ried
to induce the jefe to send squad
OF police out and chase the rebel
army away. They were backed up
in their demands by some of the mer-
chants who had nervous apprehen-
sions about looters aud other dis
agreeable things.
But Ell Pasans say: "Oh, 90 away
and let 'em fight" The younger
generation along the Texas border
has never seen a real war and now
that 1t has been staged right on the
edge of town they want to see the
thing through.
Ell Paso has not been so excited
about anything in years. Friends
meet on the street and say, "'Lo!
Seen the war?" Clarence calls up
Myrtle over the drug store phone and
asks her If she would like to take q
spin out to. see the battle this after
noon. and Myrtle Immediately accepts
ana declares herself excited to death.
The small boy has lost his interest
IN marbles and baseball spring prac-
tice, and demands to know at the
breakfast table IL dad is going to take
him out to the war today.
Wars wild alarms burst upon tho
ears of the pleasure-loving inhabi-
tants Of Juarez about a week ago.
There wes panic when 1t was told
that an enormous rebel army was an
preaching for the awful purpose Of
sacktng the town. The authorities
scoffed and kept on scoffing until a
force Of brave defenders which had
been sent out to order the insurrec.
tos away came running back minus
their cigarettes and sombreros, when
the authorities suddenly ceased SCOT
nng and looked serious. They turn
ed pale when 1t was noised around
that the leader Of the invaders was
none other than the redoubtable rebel
chief, General Orozco,
The sound Of Orozco's name was
carried across the river to the Amer
lean side, and Immediately Ell Paso
decided there was something that
should not be missed. There was a
scurrytng around for automobiles and
other swift conveyances. and soon a.
large part Of the population of Ell
Paso was trooping out in a state Of
high glee to cheer the combatants on
1t was found that the seating ar
rangement were excellent. The Rio
Grande flows between sharp, high
os."nc w CAIuST blOo, ana the Mills
outside Of FL Paso furnish excellent
observation points for watching the.
movements OF the people across in
Mexico. It would be hard to con-
struct grand stand or an amphi-
theatre that would suit war specta.
tors so we'll. El Paso thus ensconced
with . lunch basket hanging on the
rear Of the auto and a pair OF field
glasses In its hand, told the lighters
to go ahead and may the best man
win.
In the first bout between tho fed
erals and the rebels the formed
showed a yellow streak. They ouit
cold before fifty shots had been fired
and retreated ':in good order" the
dispatches say, back to safe territory.
Maybe they heard the dinner bell. At
any rate they retreated and the spec-
tators on the American side 1eered.
They had come out to see a real war.
and here was a buncsh Of Diaz's fin.
est who refused to come out where