The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-04-05
Temporary President and
Close Friend of Diaz Re.
turns to Mexico.
ONE POLITICAL PARTY HOLDS
He Can NOT CHANGE Allegiance
Even His Enemies, Howcy.r. do r,&
contend that He is Returning sor
the Purpose of Fomcnting Discord
Among Present Administration.

MeAico City. March mo other
.Nen, nolds as much of speculative IN.
'. ,;nn u. 'ne Mexican political situa-
,n'n as the arrival here of Francisco
fonr ~ w ID harra after an absence Of
lror ana one-half months. All sorts
ol predictions as to his future mart ~,
r.".lnal nara affairs are being made. ac-
torn>ng to the light in which ~
Idher views the local situation. hut in
e ne main there are expectations th.t
Hsnor de la Barra's influence u;,i hs
of benefit VIII 10
Even the members of the prorre,.
sar, sr na,'loha,ist .,, party the men who
sent eN,,president advising him for the %
eo"ntrN's good not to return to Mexi-
w. 40 not contend that he comes VIII,
.ne IN. purpose of fomrnting new ditficui-
e'es ior the administration. Thc;r
,ear is that his name will be q raiiv.
ans srS ,or the powerful discontcnf,.
;"ng ;nn"g tnem the church party. The
diTn,,,. ne1ee OF this party in Mexico is
u!ihcut ,,n to determine. Political nartv
ne IN Mexico is. as a. matter ~ faot
generally Impossible to predict for anv
,s.ou ,hat "a, OF time, for the plain reason
."t t"eFe nave never previously eyist.
ed iree political organizations
,.,,. me popular support for one all
~ sIan.e or another. however is as vet
"a, ia.'eI or the personal popularity Of
~ me 'eaaers. . Senor de Id Barra has
ms ability to command a con,innous
ae,titude OF respect on the part ~
MeAlco at large. Whether FROM
sense OF fairness toward Franrisco
na"ero When the latter was maxine,
~. Nv pontlcai campaign that preceded
nv fro ,o.n'ai election to the presidency.
tnra m rom ON, an astute sense that the fu-
nra ~ ..eio possibilities of more lasting
pfe,eInlnence in his country. Senor do
Ia barra declined the nomnation NC
"n opposition candidate which the
Sd'hollc party tried to force upon hin,
NV, Dcficd Protest.
w heil' TWO days previous To his de.
ptaI.ure from Paris on his return to
MEXICO. the members of the progress
3nG ;..;. constitutional party. all known as
lntlmatcs Of the Madero admin;s,ras
tton. sent the message warning aestrs.
ms return. the publication Of that
eo,n,munication COZ aroused protest
Mnicn was in no sense confined to the
Cathoifc party. The students of the
hauonaI uniNcrsity's allied schools. an
srrauc put influential political elc-
Iient. were among the loudest in their
nrn.hciations Tar .,, of the action. Praise
M ex.,ras; rne past record of the returning
eA-presidcnt rang only less loudly than
oehunciations of the sentiments which
inspired the warning cablegran.
president Madero. quick to sense th.s
current of popular feeling, fastened to
chararteriZe the act of his party asso-
elates as lll-Judged and to add his con-
u."i,ion 10 the praises of the man
VII" nad helped mako him president.
having been an official representa-.
i've OF the Diaz regime. however. the
men men VINO are most blindly attached TO
lhe results of the Madero reyoInt;on
nold that Senior dc la Rarra can never
represent any other element in Mext-
can politics. Months of revolutionary
turmoil since the accession of Fran
CISCO Madero nave produced in MANY
quarters revulsion of feeling which
is elevating the memory of President
.laz into unmistabe favor Such
ieellng is likely to rebound to Senor de
Ia barras benefit. and Ii seems likely
,hat IN the course of ordinary events
lie may be looked TO as one of the fu-
ture favoritcs of popular confidence.
IL may. at the same time. he rea-
soma hie presumption that he is too old
] man IN politics to permit the wine of
personal popularity so to enter his
nead as to wrongly affect his actions.
by those who claim to know Senor de
Ia 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 "f peaceful security which
are its most crying need They con-
tend that he will powerfully restrain
any ill-judged activities on the part of
enthusiasts and convert such support
int" power which, while it NAV
eventually land him safely in the
presidency. will give its first attention
to establishing order and giving Mexi-
co another chance to demonstrate that
il can. in some way. rule itself.