The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-04-19
~MIsERABLE MEXICO

"MIsERABLE MEXICO
The Star clips the following from
THE Stylus" a new weekly paper Of
Houston. Tex, which is edited by peo-
pie sufficiently close TO and familiar
with the situation TO make their views
OF value.
The Stylus" should be Of particular
interest to the people of Ocala as it Is
owned and edited by B. H. Carroll Jr
brother OF Rev. C. c. Carroll, and a
most interesting and versatile writer.
Rev. c. c. Carroll has an interest in
the paper and is frequent contributor
to it. THE Stylus is a publication
of considerable merit. 1t Is a hand
some. twenty page journal, elegantly
illustrated and filled with the most in
teresting of reading.
The article follows:
Signs are multiplying that unhappy
Mexico can not escape invasion Ma
dero is now really more powerless than
Diaz was sixty days before he resign
ed his place as president and dictator
Of Mexico. The armies of Orozco are
IN actual control of the greater part
Of North Mexico. They have port of
entry at Juarez. North of Chihuahua
the country is practically swept free
of federal soldiers The Zapatistas are
carrying their outrages to excess al
most at the gate Of the City OF Mexico
Madero dare not denude his capital OF
soldiers lest 1t go into revolt and into
the hands Of the mob. Mines, mills
and manufactures owned and operated
by foreign capital have been shut
down all over Mexico. Vast fortunes
are tied up and extensive property
holdings are left to the ravages OF
time, decay and bandits. There is nc
central authority. There is no strong
arm OF government There does not
exist even that strange spell, name
More and more the fact becomes ap-
parent that Madero was put in the
saddle by the United States govern
ment and that it can not hold hin
there because he does not know how tC
ride.
A foreign legion has been raised il
Mexico itself. America has openly
shipped arms to Mexico and the prop
osition to let any one in Mexico Cit,
purchase Krag-Jorgensens at SIS a
piece Is only a way Of furnishing arm.
and munitions of war to Madero's dis
heartened troops. The favor Of Uncle
Sam Is veering around to De la Barra
man chosen to be provisional presiden
and fenced about with Yankee bay
onets.
Soldiers are being prepared, ship
are being prepared, provisions are be
ing purchased and there Is every pros
pect that in the near future disinte
grating Mexico will be forced to fee
the tread of Uncle Sans soldiers oil
her soil.
Foreign governments will sooner O
later force the United States to inter
vene. the alternative being that the.
will themselves intervene
II Orozco entered the capital the sit
uation would not be materially diff
ferent Zapatistas or their successor
would antagonize him. All the disap
pointed soldiers of fortune would seel
new leaders and new opportunities 70
loot and carnage.
The saddest thing about a tyrann
IS that tyrant can only successful
be succeeded by a tyrant. Diaz chop
ped of all the heads that stood abov
the rest. He allowed no man to de
veIop into a national figure and the re
suit has been that since he fell Their
has been a scramble OF noisy dwarfs.
There is but little for con
-
to be forced into the position of bell
ing the Mexican wildcats.
Taft has not the courage to boldl
announce that a political necessit
forces him in the interests of the peac
OF the continent to appropriate Mex
leo and yet the moment that a Unite
States soldier crosses the border ever
Central and South American state wi
be confirmed In its suspicious that thi
country intends to play the part {
continental bully. Their national prid
their self love. the prejudices. thei
patriotic egotism will all be OFFENDED
Europe already profits immensely
its trade relations by this feeling an
Is delighted to see Uncle Sam servin
free of cost the patrolman of An
erica and taking all the unpopu1arit
that accrues from the unpleasant joI
Not only that but a situation migt
arise that would result in years
warfare. Never forget it would TAX
every soldier of the United State
standing army to successfully anne
Mexico and IL Japan any othe
country were awaiting an opportunit
the occasion would be unusually pre-
pitious 1t looks as il there /
no escape from regulating Mexico. bI
just bear in mind that it will prove a
unusually nasty little task before "
get through with 1t.