The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-22
DISTRACTED MEXICo.

DISTRACTED MEXICO.
Prcsidet Madcro Of Mexico has is
sued his call for volunteers. He said
in it that the time had come fol all
good McXicans-Iich and poor, n
ed gentry. artisans and pcons-to
rally around the government. He de-
scribed the existing state of things as
less grave than Represented but "suf-
ficiently alarming" He showered
praise upon the regular army for IL:
uonstancy and valor. He continues:
Il call. then. all Mexicans who de-
sire TO cooperate in the defense of
the government formed by popular
vote to enroll themselves in the files
OF thar glorious armN 10 pursue the
enemies of order and the public
peace; to make the national will re-
spcctcd. and by welding the sword
Of the law, bring it with all its force
over the evil SONS of the ~fathcrlani.
This Will be :; sure guarantee of
peace and order, so that tho Mexican
republic, free from the yoke of tyr
amy, shall not he tho prey of anar-
chy nor Of brigandHGc. and can I'M
IOIu Sfll' Itl w spl'iI'lli. oIl
the path of liberty. within the law.
the immovablc base of democracy"
\ Chihuahua correspondent report
ed TO the Ell Pasu, Texas. Herald
that all classes in tho state were
against President Madero, that the
bankers. merchants and ranchers had
put up a million dollars for his ov-
erthrow, M that General nrozco
would probably have five thousand
armed men with him when he began
his march upon the capital. The
Herald frankly owned that it did not
know what to make of this. The
Orozco movement" 1t said. appears
to he IN odd mixture of extreme rad
icalism and reactionism. 1t is i'm
possible for Americans to figure out
why the business and financial inter-
ests should back h new movement
against the Established government"
The other FL Paso paper. the Morn
ing Times. had positive opinions to
offer, and offered them. Orozco was
a v%illainous traitor, it is said. and if
the Madero instruction sue
ceedcd was to have the post of pro-
Nisional president as the reward OF
ms tItoSOI. llle DcIIllh1lcNl DTPSl-
dent was to be Enrique Creel. the old
friend of Porfirio Diaz. 1.-The pres
ent red-fag movement" said this Ell
raso paper. has been financed by
the Cientificos and encouraged in cv-
cry possible way by that influence"
That afternoon eighty-tive cadets Of
the Escuela Militar de Aspirantes
started for-or. at n rate, toward
the front, n President Madero
made them a speech. He told them
that six months of actual campaign.
ing would teach them more of their
profession than six years in the class
room. He told them they were GO
ing to fight and conquer bad citizens
controlled by NEAR ambitions. He
also said this:
The treason Of General Orozco
will serve only to increase your ar
dor. Orozco was one of the figures
i'm the recent revolution but he be-
came vain because he had lent valua-
bile services to the cause. He revolt
cd nee before. He was the a trait
or. and. believing that he had the
troops at Ciudad Juarez at his back,
he endeavored to make me a prisoner,
AZ II III "hti l. was IetpSIlLeu dS
the chief magistrate of the nation,
He wished to inprison me and pro.
claim some plan l know not what;
but even then I managed to convince
him that right would triumph, that
l was at the moment his lawful lead
or. a fact which gave me great moral
force. and i made him respect me
and place himself in a ridiculous po-
sition. / believed hat this would pre-
vcnt him from becoming insolent and
overbearing toward my government,
and how the punishment he will re-
ceived will be the most severe that I
can inf1ict."
The same day President Madero
sent by report this message to Cen
eral Zapata: Tell him I will never
pardon him; he must answer for all
his crimes" The next day came the
huge street parade of the Maderistas
in the capital city, and President Ma
dero's speech to the paraders. He
said he would do his best to prove
to them that they made no mistake
when they elected him. He exhorted
them to continue to respect the rights
and property of the foreign residents.
"Orozco and Zapata are traitors" he
said. who will be treated as such
when caught" Another Of the speak,
ers was Esquivel Obregon. described
in the New York Herald's dispatch
as a lawyer and publicist. The Eng
lish of 1t is. we suppose. that he
writes in the newspapers. He seems
to be rather fiery and foolish. He
denounced this country's neutrality
laws as farcical and it's professions
Of friendliness as hypocritical. "The
Americans" he said. ARE the only
folks alleging race-feeling and fleeing
the country; this indicates a guilty
conscience and a desire to force in
tervention."
While this oratory was going on in
the Mexican capital. Mexico's aged
ex-president was talking-in a hotel
room at Nice-to a New York Amer
ican man. He spoke of himself as in
good health, at eighty-two. wholly
done with politics. but keeping up his
military studies and ready to go to
his country's aid IL invasion occurs
and she needs and recalls him
though even then. no says, he would
take the presidency. He thinks
his thorough knowledge Of the topo-
graphy-which he gained when serv-
Ing under Benito Juarez against the