The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-02-28

menace OF the revolution In the north
sill continued. There must be a
stronger hand on the governments
throttle.
What Wall-st. wanted was not
revolutionary overturning OF the Ma.
dero government. but a coup. Felix
Diaz was the instrument chosen. He
had been the corrupt. but efficient
and clever chief OF police in the dis
trlct federal OF Mexico City under his
vicious old uncle. He became the
head of the plot. The working out
OF the plan had its beginning. as
learn from excellent sources, in the
opera boufYe revolution staged at Vera
Cruz. II will be remembered tina:
Felix Diaz announced himself there
as an insurgent leader against the
Madero government AS might be
expected. federal troops were immedt
ately sent against him by Madero
from Mexico City. Diaz claimed that
he expected these troops 10 declare
for him Instead OF doing SO they
gently took him into their custod'
and conducted him 10 Mexico City
where he was put into Jail,
| IL now develops that all this was
part OF the plot DiaZ knew that he
must conduct his operations from
Mexico City. He must strike at that
vital spot. The federal troops which
came after him were in fact friendly
10 him and the arrest and incarcera-
ton were friendly and were merely
preliminary steps 10 the release aud
seizure of the arsenal. BY that time
the Madero government had been I'M
! dermined with complete honeycomb
OF plot. Officers OF the regular army
were nearly all men who had been
trained In the old Diaz system and
were responsive 10 the suggestion OF
a coup in favor OF Felix Diaz as new
dictator. Even Hterta, the eomman.
Ider-in-chief of the Madero forces at
the critical moment WAS willing TO
betray Madero and sacrifice him 10
the setting up OF new dictatorship
Peace by terrorism Is the aim or
those who have sought the fall or Ma
dero and the elevation OF new dicta-
tor. Felix Diaz was no doubt the
man chosen for this role. Huerta has
Jumped in and started some terrorism
on his own account. The question is,
will the new dictatorship be able by
bold assassinations and wholesale de-
vastation TO do what Porfirio Dtaz
did--institute reign OF peace by ter
ror which will last for another period
of 40 years-or will the new dictator
ship find itself in an early clash with
| the revolutionists In the north and
south-Salazar, Zapata, Orozco, the
Wagons, Villareal, de Lara. and those
who have fought TO substitute sys-
TEN OF peoples rule and constitutions
government. with some solution OF
the great economic evils OF land
monopoly and the foreign exploita-
ton which are really at the root OF
Mexican distress.
AS for the attitude OF the United
States. this government has for the
past three years been the cats paw
of Waists Mexican intrigue. We
have been assisting soldiers OF for
tune into dictat6rships and mixing
into the schemes Of John Hays Ham
mond, Henry w. Taft, and the agents
OF revolution-promoting foreign syn
dicates. The great concern OF our
state, war and law departments has
been to make things difhcult for the
little group OF patriots who have been
conducting the real revolution and to
make things easy for the Diaz poll
ticians and military adventurers who
were willing to give assurances that
certain speculative values would be
preserved.