Arizona republican., 1912-05-06
IN OLD MEXICO
Facts Reported By A, Rede- will of This City After a Trip Through
 Sonora
SITUATION BAD BUT
 GROWING BETTER

A Redewill, the veteran piano deal CT of Phoenix, who has been doing an extensive business in Mexico for more than q quarter of a century, arrived in Tucson yesterday, says the Star. from q long trip along the west coast as far as Guaymas. He spent month there, for the purpose of making col lections, but more particularly for the purpose of making a study of the sit uatiOn from the point of view or an American with extensive interests in that country.
 As to the situation below Guaymas. he believes that there has been great deal of eXaggeratiOn, though undoubtedly it was bad enough and that it resulted in a total paralysis of business which was also affected to q large extent in Sonora. To a Star reporter he thus tells his story. But MT Redewill believes that the worst is over The Mexicans, he says are not fools, and they have come to realize that conditions can never be settled until the people agree mp on some form of government. The most secure system seems to be that represented by Madero. Madero has never been strong on the west coast. Either Orozco or Zapata has been preferred to him by a large majority of the people, but they are now con 1 vinced that neither of the revolu- | tionary leaders will ever be able to 1 restore order and that is what is eS- pecially needed at this time. The populace is weary of war and pOli- 1 tics.
 ! Moreover. the revolutionary move ment so far as it has effected that part of the republic. has been nothing more than brigandage on an exten- l sive scale Though the Drigands have acted on no authority from any of the recognized revolutionary leaders they have been associated with the movement against Madero and that has gone a great ways toward creat- ing sentiment in his favor.
 There are now about l2,000 fedora troops along the west coast and they are wei armed, so that it is believed that the footing and revolution il that region will be quickly put down The anti i-intervention feeling among Americans throughout the west coast .NL numerous protests have been sent tt President Taft. urging against if Believing that the danger that threat ened American interests in Sonora i now past. they think that if ther should be intervention feeclin; would be aroused that would resul in the destruction of American prop erty and life
 According to reports that reac Guaymas from farther down the coas conditions are deplorable. If tn trouble were brought to and end i'm medately. there would be great suf fering for months to come on ac count of the scarcity of food. Tin fields are idle. laborers having lei them to take part in the disturbance Even the Indians. who have don much of the farming. have been call ed away.
 For the conservation of the foo supply remaining, dealers have pt their patrons on short rations. The I have established a rule that not mOI than 90 cents (MeX) worth of corr beans or wheat shall be sold to an
 family in one day.
 Bubonic plague threatens to add il
 horrors to the general situation. bl
 the government authorities are takin
 every possible precaution against it
 MT Redewill investigated many rC II ports of the killing of Americans [
 the MeXicans. and says that it is h
 opinion that there have been very fe
 such occurrences. He found that
 some instances where there had bee
 killings they had resulted from qua
 rels superinduced by the overlOadr
 of the American system with meSc
 or "Vino." when discretion would
 thrown to the winds and a sing
 American or a small group of the
 would show their contempt for u
 natives by yelling Viva Madero
 But much property has been tal'
 forcibly from Americans, other fo
 eigners and rich natives alike. TT
 theft of the property has usually fo
 lowed demands for money and wh'
 it has been refused or when it cou
 not be produced, footing took plaf
 MT. Redewil said he did not kpC
 of an instance in which homicide a
 tended any such lcvies.
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