Evening star., 1913-06-15
|HUERTA IS UNABLE
TO CHECK REBELS
Mexican Government Makes
No Substantial HeadWay
Against RevoIutionists.
MILITARY OPERATIONS
PROVE UNSUCCESSFUL
Anti-American Spirit in Mexico
City Hardly Noticeable.
Boycott Fails.

| MEXICO CITY, June lin the three
months Gen. Huerta has been president
| OF Mexico he has made no substantial
| headway against the rebels, according to
| the opinions Of close and impartial OBJ
servers of the situation in this republic
| Unless there Is made radical change in
| the conduct of the governments cam
| patgn against it's enemies or unless the
| rebels become much weaker than they are
| today, foreign observers believe that
Huerta will have great difficulty in re-
storing peace to Mexico. AS for the
rebels. they have grown steadily stronger
| since Gen. Huerta became president, and
| now there Is scarcely a state in VIII ich
| their mobile columns have not been op-
! Grating in defiance Of the governments
| superior armament and organization.
| THE country is plunged in anarchy"
| said Ell Diario, a pro-government paper.
recently. Brigandage holds sway In
large portion of the national territory:
defeated in one place. the bands reappear
in another. and they carry their audacity
to the point Of defyfng the federal divi-
sions in their headquarters. The usual
| expressions in the local papers. however
are of a different character. For the most
| part they reflect the carefully studied
optimistic tone Of the officers at the ma
tional palace. who make much of defeats
| administered mere ana tneTe, ana O1ten
fail to make any mention at all of rebel
| victories.
Plan of Operations.
| The military opera tons of the govern
ment have been divided into three gen
| eral campaigns, one in the south against
| the followers of Zapata conducted by
| Gen. Juvencio Robles: another whose GEN.
| ter is Guaymas, in Sonora, and the third
| directed from Monterey against the rebels
| operating In the states of Coahuila,
| Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas. In addi
| ton to these defined campaigns the gov
ernment troops are riding here and there
| over dozen states, forcing their way
! from one point to another, only often to
| find, when they arrive at their destina
| ton, 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
terminate in few weeks the bandits
| led by Emiliano Zapata. He was in
| structed by the war department to use
the methods of Weyler in Cuba: to con-
| centrate in d few points all non-com-
batants, and then devastate with fire and
| cannon the remaining villages and towns,
| killing his prisoners, except those whose
physical strength appealed to him as ma
terial for the regular army. But before
| Robes could get his plan under way Ia
| pata was attacking him in his headquar-
| ters and since then it has been an open
| question which side would be the victim
of the Weyler method. The region to the
south already is practically devastated.
| Haciendas on which enormous sugar
crops formerly were grown are today
! fast returning to jungle growth and the
warfare in which the followers of Zapata
| have engaged now for almost three years
| appears to be causing them to revert to
| some wild and savage type.
| The Guaymas campaign began WELL
| Gen Medina Barron marched forth, but
| only to return after defeat. and it was
| almost two weeks after the battle at
Santa Rosa before the government ad-
| mitted the reverse, meanwhile character
izing as untrue the press dispatches from
the border.
Gen. Aubert Recalled.
| The campaign directed from Monterey
has resulted in the recall of Gen. Trucy
Aubert. who. apparently, was unable
| to suppress the rebels under command
| of Venustiano Carranza or even to re-
| take and reopen the railroad between
| Monterey and Laredo, Tex. His sue
| cessor has done no better The rebels
| have extended their field of operations
until small towns from the gulf coast
| to Chihuahua are entered, seemingly.
almost at will.
| Conditions in the central states are
l
clear up the border situation" and
open the railroads in order that the
| United States may have a higher Opfn-
| ion of the general situation, the gov
1 ernment has confined most of it's ener-
gies to the two northern campaigns.
! Opposed to the rebels Is the army of
Huerta, a more numerous organization
| than any Mexico has ever seen. But
| in it's ranks as volunteers" are thou
| sands of men "recruited' from the jails
| Of the country and from prisoners cap
tured in battle. The recent success of
| the government in securing loan,
however, will enable 1t to pay it's SOL
plies, and otherwise conduct its mill
tary campaigns with greater energy.
AS a result conditions in Mexico are
bound to be disturbed for some time
| to come.
Press Changes Its Front.
The press of the capital which bris-
tied with antfAmericanism in the early
days of May following recognition by
several nations and the failure of the
| Washington government to fall in line,
has suddenly changed front. Wiser
counsel seems to have prevailed. and
now a conciliatory tone is distinctly
noticeable.
A campaign to bring about boy
colt of American products has fallen
fiat. and proposed popular demon
toms non-recognition of the Huerta
! government has been called off.
| Today there are no evidences of any
anti American agitation in Mexico
City.