Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-09-29
FOREIGN RESIDENTS OF MEAICt
EXPECT UNCLE SAM 10
INTERFERE.
Attitude IS CHANGED
Opposition Of SiN Months Ago iips
Now Been swept
AWAY.

ago residents II MeNico's capital w,r,
afraid there would be- intervention
/ Today a fu,r parl Of these same po D.
/ pie are afraid there viii not be-. Wnr,
the United states Is going 90 take a
hand In MeAico's troubles forms IN
basis for half the con, ersatiou whcl
ever foreigners are gathered. Nhec
| parscual Ollzco stepped at the hrt1
OF his reuel IL nay a man who dared
Suggest foreign army would som,
uay be required to restore order was
made TO feel uncomforlable by the re
piles But the attitude of most for
cignets has changed and Il Is NOT
difficult to find scores Of MeXiclna
VINO agree that their goyp nmcnt D.
almost helpless.
President Madcro began his cam
paign against the rebels on The Old
promise that I'VE have the men and
we have the money assuming, there
fore, that the government was bound
to win, The government has not lost
and It may win, but 1t is by no means
certain that II has enough men and
1t is certain that money is scarce,
The rebel a"my of the north, due
largely to the difficulties encountered
in getting ammunition, has been
forced to divide into light columns
but il is still in existence ana worry
ing the federal army more, perhaps,
than it did when It was massod along
the Mexican Central railway north
and south Of Chihuahua.
In the south the Zapatistas and Sal
gadi3tas and various othu' groups aIc
more formidable than they were when
Madero went into office almost a year
ago. Instead OF supprrssng the rebel
lion the government has permitted II
to expand. Instead of life and prop
erty Of non-combatants being made
more safe they have been made more
prccarious and slowly the "obels lp-
pear to be losing that respect they
once had for foreigners and their
property.
An army much larger than that now
In tho'ficld might make more prOgrc IS
in .ostoring order but MeXicans havl
not crowded the recruiting offices and
companies of volunteers have in a
few cases been made up Of prsonc-s,
some Of whom chose military service
as a substitute for prison life and
some of whom We're deliberately fore
ed into the army. Life in the army,
even to crush a -ebellion. has not ap
pcaled TO the average Mexican whose
attitude towards the difficulties of the
administration is wholly passive.
II the government can secure he
money it il possible the struggle may
be prolonged. It Is costing some
thing like 100000 pesos Sl,750,00O
n month to continue the war Two
otherloans have been made and 1t IS
reported an effort is being made TO
secure another The nations incom"
has been mato tally reduced, Impor-
tationS have fallen off to a marllc
degree and ordinary business through.
out the republic is at low ebb.
Pride and love of country force al
most all MeXicans to resent the sug.
gestion of Intervention but hundreds
can be found who privately will admit
that there is small chance for this
government TO put an end to the "e-
belliOn. A large part OF these prob.
ably would fight should foreign
army enter Mexico but even then it is
doubtful if there would not be grct
passive element, content to dcnounce
the foreign foe but without carrying
a gun.
Seventy-five per cent at least, Of the
Americans in the smaller cities and
towns Of the republic have left the
country and from the capital the exp-
dus totals possibly half the normal
population Of the American colony.