El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-06
De la BARRA
IS MEXICAN
PUZZLE
Return of Former Provis-
ionaI President OOmpG-
Gates Mexico's Troubles
Is WARNED NOT TO
RETURN TO MEXICO


Mexico CITY. March $40 other
event holds as much Of speculative IN
terest in the Mexican political situation
as the arrival here OF Francisco Leon
de Ia Barra after an absence OF TOUR
and One-half months All sorts Of pre-
dictiOns as TO his future part in ma
tiOnal affairs are being made, accord
Ing 10 the light in which the maker
views the local situation, but In the
main there are expectations that senior
de Ia Barra's influence VIII be OF
benefit
Even the members OF the Progressive
Nationalist party the men who sent
the cabled dispatch to the absent eX-
president advising him for the coun-
trys good not to return to Mexico, 90
not contend that he comes with the
purpose Of fOmenUns new difficulties .
Tor the administration Ineir Tear IS
that bis name viii be a rallying cry
for the powerful discOntents, among
them the church party The influence
of this party in Mexico Is difficult 10
determine. Political party life in Mex
leo is. as a matter OF fact, generally i'm
possible to predict for any period OF
time. for the plain reason that there
have never previously existed free pO-
litical organizations
He Is Different.
While popular support for one ale
glance or another, however, IS as yet
a matter or the personal popularity OF
the leaders, senior de la Barra has been
differentiated from the others by his
ability 70 command a continuous atti-
rude Of respect on the part OF Mexico
AT large. Whether from a sense OF
fairness toward Francisco MaderO when
the latter was making the poluca4
campaign tLa- preceded his formal cleo
ton TO the presidency, or from an as
tuue sense that the future held POSSIBLE
tiles Of more lasting pre-eminence in
his country, senior de Ia Barra declined
the nomination as an opposition can
didate which the Catholic party tried
TO force upon him.
Warned Against Returning.
When, two days previous to his de-
parture from Paris on his return TO
Mexico, the members OF the Progress
sive Constitutional party, all known as
intimates OF the MaderO administratiO
sent the message warning against his
return, the publication o. that COM
municatiOn aroused a protest which
was in no sense confined to the Catho-
lie party The students Of the National
universities allied schools. an cratic
but influential political element. were
among the lOudest in their denuncia-
tiOns OF the action Praise for the past
record or the returning eX-preSldenr
rang only less loudly than denuncia-
tiOns OF the sentiments which inspired
the warning cablegram- President Ma
GerO. quick to sense the current OF
popular feeling, fastened to character
ize the act Of his party associates as
iu-judged and to add his contribution
10 the praises OF the man who had
helped make him president
Call Him Diaz Adherenf.
Having been an official representa-
men who are most blindIy attached to
the results Of the MaderO revolution
hold that senior de Ia Barra can never
represent any other element in Mexican
politics Months OF revolutionary tur-
mol since the accession Of Francisco
MaderO nave produced In many quar-
ters a reyulstou Of feeling which is ele-
waiting the memory Of president Dlaz
into unmlstaka bic favor. such feeling
Is likely to rebound to senior de II
Barra's benefit, and fl seems likely that
-
may be looked TO as one OF the future
1avorites of popular confidence
Might Unite Warning Factions.
1t may, at the same time. be rea-
sOnable presumption that he is too old
a man IN politics 10 permit the wine OF
pei sOnal popularity so to enter his head
as TO wrongly AFFECT his actions BY
those who claim to know senior de Is
barra best. IL IS predicted that his ac-
tivl1es VIII be devoted to bringing to
SeJner the warning factions vita the
object Of giving back TO Mexico the
conditions OF peaceful security which
are its most crying need They con-
Je5G that he viii powerfully restrain
any Il-Judged activities on the part OF
enthusiasts and convert such support
INTO power which, while IL may even
Iually land him safely In the presi-
cency- viii give its first attention to
esta olisnlng order and giving Mexico
another chance to demonstrate that il
Announcement Timely.
announcement simultaneously By
Eascual Orozco and -Emiliano Lapata
Jnat they were ready to guarantee to
property holders In their ..jUrisdic-
lons' the security OF their possessions
lndlcaIes q desire to caA forth popular
respect upon ground that had hith-
ertO been neglected They chose to
make the announcement at a time
" neu the federal government had
practically ACKNOWLEDGED that 1t was
unable TO offer any such guarantees.
w ME the ability Of Lapata to make
good ms promise may be open TO some
uouDls, IL appears that OrOzcO has from
the first been able to qualify as a pop
Ilar protector in chihuahua. which be-
speaks a radically differing state OF
affairs in the two sections OF the re-
pubic The states OF Puebla and Mo-
re1os are peOpled with the folk OF the
oL9 Mexico dozen generauons Of
exploitation, Witnesses Of succeeding
regimes OF band1rry and alien lneXperi-f
ence 20 established popular authority
produce a race in whose fmaginatiO
JEere can lingeE no image Of even a
proNImate republican rule In act
they are not unlike the Ameri
baCkWOOds mOuntaineer who settle
own questions OF justice and ke
gun in readiness for the advanc
OF his personal interests. Uni
and out Of touch with the rest
needs no captain 10 lead him
for plumber. Taking away DO
and the pressure of govern1
monty, conditions IN FueDla- and M Ore
los would probably be very little die
ferent from what they now are.
Northern Mexico More Free.
But northern Mexico breathes a diff
ferent air. Its people, peon and land
lord alike, have lived In the saddle too
long and felt the freedom Of the open
spaces too long not to have developed
a different individuaHty- Carless OF
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