The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-06-17

L the most part .-Fs '"---'
| fully studied optimistic tone Of the
| officers at the nat.oua! palace, who
| make much Of defeats administered
| here and there. and often fail to
make any mention at all Of rebel
victories.
| Tie military operations Of the gov
ernment have been divided into three
general campaigns. one IN the south
against the followers Of Zapata, con-
Quoted by General Juvencio Robes;
another whose center Is Guaymas, in
Sonora and the third, directed from
Monterey against the rebels oper-
ating In the states Of Coahuila, Nueyo
Leon and Tamaulipas.
Weyer Methods Fail.
In addition TO these defined cam
paigns. the government troops are
riding here and there over a dozen
states, forcing their way from one
place TO another, only often to find,
when they arrive at their destination,
that the rebels have cut in behind
them. or have torn the country to
pieces on either side Of their line OF
march.
In the south Robles promised to ey-
terminate in a few weeks the ban
dts" led by Emiliano Zapata. He
was instructed by the war depart
ment TO use the methods OF Weyler
in Cuba; to concentrate in a few
points all non -combatants, and then
devastate with fire and cannon the
remaining villages and towns, kill
ing his prisoners, except those whose
physical strength appealed TO him as
material for the regular army, but
before Robles could get his plan un-
der way, Iapata was attacking him
in his headquarters, and since then
! il has been an open question which
side would be the victim of the Wey'
Ter method The region to the south
already Is practically devastated. Iia-
ciendas on which enormous sugar
crops formerly were grown are today
: fast returning to jungle growths, and
the warfare in which the followers
OF Zapata have engaged now for al
most three years appears to be caus'
3 ing them to revert to some wild and
, savage type.
D The Guaymas campaign began well,
General Medina Barron marched forth
= but only to return after defeat, and
it was almost two weeks after the
a battle at Santa Rosa before the gov
= crnment admitted the reverse, mean
n while characterizing as untrue the
q press dispatches from the border,
v Rebels Extend Operations.
a Tke campaign directed from Mon
- terey has resulted in the recall of
}. General Trucy Aubert who, apparently
n was unable to suppress the rebels
under command OF Venus'ano Car
a rama or even to retake a0d reopen
= the railroad between Monterey and
Laredo, Tex. His successor has done
q no better. The rebels have extend
ed their field of operations until small
towns from the Gulf coast to Chi
huahua are entered, seemingly, al
, most at will.
, Conditions in the Cedtrll states are
, little if any better In its desire to
clear up the "bordcr situation" and
, open the railroads in order that the
, United States may have n higher opin.
ion Of the general situation the gov
crnmcnt has confined most OF its en-
ergies to the two northern cam
paigns.
Opposed to the rebels is the army
of Iluerta. a more numerous organ
ization than any Mexico has ever seen.
But in its ranks as volunteers are
: thousands of men recruited" from
. the jails OF the country and from
prisoners captured in battle The re-
: cent success of the government in
obtaining loan however, will en-
able it to pay its soldiers. buy am.
munition and other supplies, and 9th
erwisc conduct its military cam
paigns with greater energy. As n
result conditions in Mexico are bound
to be disturbed for some time to
come.
The press of the capital, which
bristled with anti-Americansm in the
early days of May, following recogni-
tion by several nations and the fail
uro of The Washington government to
fall in line. has suddenly changed
front Wiser counsel seems to have