Evening star., 1912-08-28

| depicted in rainbow hues. Whether
viewed from the standpoint of the gov
ernment party, from that OF the revoiu-
tionists or from that of the outsider the
conditions in the country south of the
Rio Grande offer but little encouragement
to those who are hoping for the dawn of
all era of peace and prosperity. The
revolutionists arc AS bitter against the
Maderistas as the followers of Madero
were bitter against DiaZ. In fact, they
hold a special grudge against Madero.
The assertion is made by them that
Madero came along at an opportune time
and capitalized the military prowess of
Orozco, and then. as soon as that power
had put him into Office, he turned his
back against it.
The revolutionists insist that the his
tory of the Madero revolution is that 1t
began as a revolt against the government
of the state of chihuahua, and not
against that of the nation. They hold
that 1t kas righteous revolt against un-
righteous conditions, and that Madero
first was a sort of hanger-on and then
the leader of the movement. eventually
directing II against the national govern
ment The revoutioniSts insist that as
soon as Madero satisfied his ambition to
be president he lost his desire to do those
things which had commanded the support
of those who put him into office. They
charge that now he Is doing the very
things he criticised Diaz for doing. and
is doing them in worse way than Diaz
did them. They asseverate that If Diaz
had his scientificos around him Madero
can go him one better with his nepotistic
ca binet which, 1t Is charged, Is little
more than family affair. They declare
that if Diaz throttled the press by threats
Madero puts tie fear of God into news
paper mems hearts by suppressing the
papers and putting them in JAN. They
contend that If Diaz put robbers into his
armies Madero throws open the peni-
tentiaries to recruit his. They represent
Madero as being for the division OF the
vast estates of the country while he was
Il revolutiOnlst and as for their perpetu
alton since he has become president On
the whole, ii is u very bad picture they
draw of the present president and OF
the rule he is giving his people, pic
ture that makes the one Madero drew of
DiaZ look beatific in comparison.
On the other hand, the Madero faction
lists are unable to see any better picture
of the pres
Madero Thinks Orozco ent revolu-
Has Played Him False. Maaero
feels that the present revolution is pred-
Gated entirely upon personal ambitions
He thinks that Orozco has played him
false. has misrepresented him and has
led this revolution to crafty personal
spleen and to serve a personal ambition.
! He admits that he has formed a cabinet
| around him which is made up largely OF
his relatives but he asserts that 1t is nec-
essary today to have men who are tried and
true around him. and that his re.atives
| have happened to measure up to this need
better than outsiders. He hopes that the
charge of nepotism will not always lie
against him. He comedies that he has
not yet divided up the lands of the gov
ernment and of the rich among the peo-
pie, but he says that This must come
| slowly and by an evolutionary process
He says 1t will take time and patience to
solve that problem, and probably 1t will
also take more money than the govern
ment has with which to do Ii. He ac-
knowledges that he has had to put some
men in jail and suspend some newspapers.
\ but he says that the infiamed condition of
| the public mind makes 1t necessary to do
| something to head on further trouble
He also asserts that when cause cannot
| muster sufficient strength to keep an
| army in the field and after nearly year
| of fighting is forced to take to the noun
| tains and break up into broken and ire
sponsible bands of guerrilias, there is
| good evidence of the lack of justice in its
cause and of the necessity of putting it
| down.
Between these two views there is plenty
1 of room for middle ground, and perhaps
| there may be some truth on both sides
| To the outsider 1t looks as If the second
| revolution is but the harvest of the ed
| sown by the first, and that the temper
| of the people is such as to lead to no hope
| of early peace. To begin with. there is
always that big fact in the Mexican situa-
| tion that seven-eighths of the people live
| In absolute ignorance and have no means
| of knowing what really is best for their
country. and very little to gain. what
ever the outcome. All they get in life is
the privilege of eking out a bare existence
| at a starvation wage, and such a small
| thing as a perennial revolution of the pro-
| portions of that in Mexico does not help
or hinder them a great deal They have
no farms: they possess no habitation but
| a hovel, corrugated iron shack or q
| matched hut. So revolution does not
! hurt them much.
With the other eighth it is different
They have prOperty-ranches. mines. big
farms, stores, manufacturing establish