Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-07-28


could be had Failure To plant crops
Ia thousands Of fields formerly oul.
tlyated. the Increasing number Of itle
men due 10 the cioelng down Of NUM-
eruus industrial concerns. and the IN
direct siege Instituted against seores
0f cities have resulted IN reducing 70
d dcplorabie condition regions whore
a great majority 81 the population
asking only 10 be permitted 20 work
Lack Of money resulting from lack
81 work has had lts effect IN inereas-
ing tho prices. but the most direct
cause has been the cutting OF the
failroads IN ali parts Of the country.
The fall Of Durango revealed that
the people Of that town had been.
paying fabulous sums fof cefiain 0s-
binary commodities and that meat
was an unobtalnable luxury. Tor
reon for time was IN a situation al
most az bad Reports from Chihua-
hua were that one cgg WAS bringing
a peso and that eight pesos were paid
for a kiio or two and two-fifths
pounds Of sugar Conditions In Sal
THO and Monterey became serious
Notwithstanding that the government
was able most Of the time to keep
open the line from Tampico. IN al
towns the ncighb0ring country ~ de-
pended upon 20 supply a large part og
the food supply. but even whore rail-
roads were kept open mnrauding
bands OF rebels made & their bust
ness to prevent the entry Of supplies
from the neiRhbOrlng truck farms
brought IN on the hacks OF Indians or
In carts The effect of these tactics
has been kcenly felt IN the capital L.
SELF where prices have more than
doubled In the past year.
Failure 10 plant crops has not yet
had lts full direct effect. The season
for the maturing Of most crops has
not come, hut when Il does Il II lnev-
table that the country will find IT,
self forced 90 buy abroad, and money
Is scarce In previous revolutions the
planting has not been SO seriously
hindcred. hut since this N the most
widespread revolt the country has
seen there are hundreds 81 thousands
OF implanted acres.
Those who were attempting 70 keep
Ia touch with revolutionary activities
by marking a map realized early IN
July that the most simple means was
not 10 block In with black those re-
gions held by the rebels. but TO block
In the portions where the govern
ments control wax unquestloned. II
was much more simple and required
much less time.
Keen expectations OF success were
created by the determined efforts 10
reopen the railroad from the capital
10 Laredo. but IN spite OF some sue
cess attained the rebel movement con-
tlnued to grow and thp government
was forced to cORcede the seriousness
81 the situation IN the extreme south
In the states Of Campeche and Tabas-
co. as well as In tho north. while the
rebels operating In Veracruz a6ng
the coast line between Veracruz aad
Tamplco forced the atteHtion Of the
war department.
From time to time marked pro-
gress in the campaign against the Ia
patistas WAS announced. and undoubt-
edly thousands were brought from
that district and sent into the army.
cxiled Ia Quintano Zoo or shot. But
the Zapatlstas continued active. car
rylng the warfare characterized by
fire and loot into nelghborlng states
and even into the federal district.
That hands were operating In rifle
shot OF Tialpam or San Angel ceased
TO excite interest on San Francisco
street.
A. an example Of the nervousness
felt la official ccnters was the fact
that soldiers were detailed 20 ride on
the suburban cars early Ia July
Rebels on whom Pascual Oroseo
las year conferred the title Of a COM
missloned officer. and whose title was
used with quotation marks in the
newspapers Of tho capital have coine
into their own, They were taken IN
to the army with the same rank, but
In division styled irregular mill
tia" The army had become top'
heavy with considerations and Presi-
dent iluerta has issued decree con-
vorting all affiliated bodies Into the
regular establishment. II was an
noinced that hereafter General Oros-
co ana General Saia7ar and General
Gamma md az c's~r holders Of titles
should be generals ~ such ~ theft
rank mleht eniisle N the regular
army
In connection with his program TOT
upnuildlng the army Huerta hiss or
dered number 81 changes that have
, created comment. some Of which u
not altogether favorable one 81
these was the order TO purchase lance
4 with which portion Of the cavalr'
will he equipped Instead Of with -
brcs. The fact that the British use'
them with some success IN South ARR
ca Is said 10 have caused huerta L
insist upon their use In his army
The use 81 more automobiles a's
has been insisted on by the president
and the column which went mort
laiong the line OF the National raj
way carried about flfty cars Who
the order reached the war deparsmeF
10 use more automobiles there va
no time to deal with factories, an
agents OF the department went a
1.-The streets buying whore they coul
from private individuals u va
HueTta's idea 10 use the cars nat I
much for tho rapid transportation
officers but for the speedy movemei
OF reserves from the rear.