El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-18

N reach OF THIS IOOllSn lnVeSuSaClOn,
II can escape easily; so the only thing
they have done up to date, is that they
have frightened those who really could
justify being watched Instead they
have caused innumerable bother to the
peaceful people, who naturally have
shown interest in the course which
revolutionary events are following; men
who merely discuss whether Orozco will
succeed or not with the PRINCIPLES he
has proposed, or if the government will
destroy the revolutionary root or not
In reality they are nothing but simple,
curious fools" should Say-who kill
time. Yet they are watched constantly.
The Colony Is Very Much Divided.
But in their own way Of seeing
things, the residing Mexican colony
here Is very much divided, and their
they depend to make a Maderista-
OrozquistS war without barracks eTo
these people it is a joke that of the
constituted government" they don't
understand other than Madero or
OroZco.)
Their disputes are picked up; as soon
as traveller has stepped off at the
noisy union station, ne is stormed by
many and deafened by a series of
stories.
Are you Mexican?'' Are you going
to Juarez?" What news have you of
your trip7" do you know yet? Has
Madero resigned2' Orozco
says" '-Pascual Orozco has done They
sacked here-and burned there
And the talk does not end So when
one advances towards the center OF the
town, the news gets more and more
alarming-'The rebels have assassin
ated women and children, robbed the
banks, and have taken all provisions;
Ciudad Juarez is a hell hole where the
non combatants starve to death, while
their daughters and wives are dragged
and taken in to the sOldiery for forced
orgies" This is what the gobernists-
the Maderistas-said when the rebels
held Juarez.
The federaIs have committed
atrocities. You viii see when Orozco
resolves to make a war without bar
racks Up to date the revolution hasn't
a single stain, the real rebels are fight
ing for q principle, and they are not
killing their prisoners Now you see:
In Chihuahua they even banqueted the
Huerta are leaving punches of wound
ed or stranded rebels strung to tele-
graph posts and trees on the road"
This is what the Orozquistas say
Neither One Nor the Other.
A strong wish to go to Juarez took
real truth of the reported atrocities.
I came from the federal camp to FL
Paso and wanted to learn the informa-
ton from the Orozquistas, so as to deny
or confirm what was being said of the
rebels
When I let known my intentions-to
go to the Mexican side-one of the
most exalted (gobernistas) assured me
that I would be killed in cold blood;
that death was given to all reporters,
who, only for being such, were ar
rested and forced to dig their own
graves.
That was told to me in such a hurry,
that frankly it made me think; but
already with the object of crossing to
Juarez, I went to see of what had been
said of the rebels was true, and was
convinced real soon that there was no
truth TO one or the other. Neither do
the federals hang and shoot the people
that fall into their hands nor had Jua-
rez been converted into a cemetery by
the Orozqulstas.
The first known faces that 1 recog-
niZed when I boarded the street car
were that of lawyer Gomez Robelo and
that of Eng. David de Ia Fuente- Both
Of them had Just arrived from San An
tonic, Tex. They were already being
followed by a good squad Of spies,
which for some reason that didn't
understand, didn't detain them when it
was possible to have stopped their trip
to JuareZ to interview the chief of the
revolution. They were perfectly known
to bear absolute revolutionary ideas.
Together We made the trip. Gomez
RobeIo put before me the situation of
the revolution. He is convinced that
at the end OroZco will come out victor.
before me some picturesque scenes of
the revolution 1t was easy for me to
guess that he was very weak at the
time from the wounds received in the
battle of Atotonilco.
No Disagreement Exists.
One of the first things that Gomez
Robelo had learned in FL Paso, was
that he and Eng. de Ia Fuente had
Joined the Gomez-VaSquista party and
that a profound disagreement existed
between them and OroZco. 1 heightened
the conversation on that matter, and
they both protested Indignantly. They
were adherents Of OroZco, and Gomez
Robelo came with the purpose-so he
said-of complying with a commits
sion that had been trusted to him by
OroZco in some American cities. Hav-
ing truly passed through San Antonio,
but not having stopped there for any
thing, they didn't either confer with the
exminister of gobernacion, they said.
Gomez Robelo left his wife sick at
San Antonio, and assured me that this
or any other sacrifice he was ready to
make for the cause of the revolution.
He wouldn't give in his enthusiasm a
term longer than two months to see it
triumph.
"a HumiliatinS Search
The scenery was changing rapidly.
The streets were turning, so it ap-