The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-04-06
De LA BARRA
STAND CAUSING
SPECULATION
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Barra's benefit, and II seems likely
that in the course of ordinary events
he may be looked to as one OF the fu-
lure favorites of popular confidence
Ii may at the same time, be rea-
sonable presumption that he is loo
DID a man in politics TO permit the
wine of personal popularity so TO
enter his head as to wrongly affect
ais actions BY those who claim to
know Senior de la Barra best, it is
predicted that his activities will be
devoted to bringing together the
warning factions, with the object of
giving back to Mexico the conditions
If peaceful security which are its
most crying need. Tney contend
hat he will powerfully restrain any
ill-judged activities on the part of
enthusiasts and convert such sup
BORT into power which, while 1t
may eventually land him safely in
he presidency will give its first at
ention to establishing order and
living Mexico another chance to
demonstrate that 1t can, in soma
way, rule itself.
Rebels Guarantee Property.
Announcement simultaneously by
oascual 0rozco and Emiliano Zapata
hat they were ready to guarantee
0 property holders In their "jurisdic-
ions" the security of their posses
ions indicates a desire to call forth
opular respect upon a ground that
.ad hitherto been neglected They
hose to make the announcement at
time when the federal government
lad practically acknowledged that it
Tas unable to offer any such guar
tntee.
While the ability of Zapata TO
make good his promise may be open
0 some doubts, it appears that
)rozco has from the first been able
0 qualify as a popular protector in
hihuahua, which bespeaks a radic-
lily differing state of affairs in the
NO sections of the republic The
tates Of Puebla and Morelos are peo-
led with the folk of the "old Mex
co." A dozen generations of ex.
ploitation, witnesses of succeeding
egimes of banditry and alien mex
,erience to established popular au-
hority, produce race in whose
Imagination there can linger no
mage Of even approximate republi-
an rule. in action they are not IN
Ike the American backwoods noun
aineer, who settles his own ques-
IONS of justice and keeps q gun in
eadiness for the advancement of his
PERSONAL interests. Unlettered and
1ut of touch with the rest of the
World, the Mexican backwoodsma
reeds no captain to lead him ON
orays for plumber. Taking away
10Th Zapata and the pressure of gov
2rnmental authority, conditions in
'uebla and Morelos would probably
re very little different from what
hey now are.
North Mexico is Free.
But northern Mexico breathes a
liflerent air. It's people, peon and
landlord alike, have lived in the sad
lie too long and felt the freedom of
he open spaces too long not to have
developed a different individuality.
of the polish of civilization,
II which they knew much through
contact with the busy life across the
Rio Grande. they yet have a broader
sense Of genuine liberty and are more
lmenable to authority OF their own
making, Physically, as well as
they differ from the south.
they have more money, better |
'l0thes; they must work harder for
| living in more rigorous climate.
rhey have never succumbed to the
,urse of landlordism as have their
outhern countrymen, and the Chi
has been a freer man
rom time immemorial. Consequent
y, with a modicum of liberty in his
;rasp, the northerner knows better
What to do with it and will fight
more intelligently for its retention.
This has been the main secret ofthe
Inference between the Orozco army
md that of Zapata. From general
Iown to humblest camp follower, 2
iof history icharactnrizes |