The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-05-16
Is 4 HERO
Reasons Wig Mexican Is at War
With Madern
Was Vletim Of the Diaz tyranny
5sranss Aaitstaf When his Pros-
cry Was ccnHseatea ard He
Has e Latr- as Peur.


CusrrarTaca. Msx.--Zarzta. the
bandit Zzpata. ths nbsratcrr-
these are the tro pnblic estimates
placed upon Eha man Wno fur more
ihaa year has been carrying a
ccltinuOus warfare against tie con
sti.Area government in this part Of
southern Mexico.
Il IS distinctly a wzr " tie classes.
Fhe Tiger 81 Aysla.- as Zapata Is
called by his hundreds of admirinx
followers. claims to be fighting for
TIE freedom 81 ths peon element ana
tAe small property holders. Rho LIE
declares have iong suffered from the
tyrannical acts and policies 81 the
government He also has personal
grievances and wrongs which be
wants 70 arengs
Lapata ia q product Of the Dlax
rule. He was ons of the victims 81
the system that oppressed many q,
the lover class all 0Ter the country
during the niaz regime. Ii happened
il lis case that there existed il him
an element e fighting power ard r.
ientless cruelty which marked him foF
the leadership Of the people Eho had
suffered similar wrongs He is now
paying the government back for the
injuries il did hin.
II the davs q Diaz men Whe did
not agree with the government were
quickly put where they could do no
harm. zapata was arrested and sen
fenced TO a long term 81 exile in the
hot lands OF Qulntana Roo It vas 10
that remote region that most of tta
political prisoners we're sent gew d
them survived their terms Of exile
But Zapata had a constitution OF iron
Even in the distressing circumstances
under which be then laborea ha
planned the vengeance that he has
been inlicting on ITS oppreszars for
the last ty1slve months. He lived
through MS term OF exile and returned
10 his home in Ayala. The years
vent by slowly and Zapata quietly
fomenfed spirit OF retaliation
against the government among the
people Of his class. This was before
Madero started bis revolution. and igl
is now known that even had the lat
ter not inauguratsd MS revolt against
the Diaz government ZsData would
have soon started one Of bis own
Zapata did not cult fighting when
the peace compact was signed Be
tween Madero and the Diaz govern
ment he had wrongs stiII 10 avenge,
and the petty municipal and district
officers who had carried out the or.
deTs Of the government were the spe-
cial objects Of his vengeance. he and
bis men have shown special hatred
and cruelty toward the land owners
who dispossessed ttsm Of their small
farms.
Emilisno Zapata is the hero OF tho
common people. not only Of the states
that are nov IN actual revolt. but Of
all portions Of the country. The seeds
Of revolt that have been soEn b.
Zapata are likely 70 continue to bear
fruit for years to come. unless the
government is able quickly 10 grant
the demands Of the lower class for a (
division among them Of the vast es.
tates which have Tor the most part
been established By the merging q
small properties taken either By force
or by. semhIance O. law.
Zapata is man q fne physique
He vas married only a few months
ego to a pretty mountain girl and she I
has been bis constant companion eyer 4
since.