The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-27

site a flower garden. Since sod instead
o. seed wns used there planted flowers
Is big circle of green, and In this weef
rlnated flowers already In bleonis It pre-
sents an appearance Of having been thers
Cor seme years,
Factions Settle Down
Before the present provisional govern
merit was established IL was evident to
many students of Mexican affairs that
President Huerta weuld have to confront
another revolution, and within O few
weeks It was demonstrated that his preb-
ielr vas larger than that of his prede-
eessor, but IN the first Week Of April there
Wsfe few who would venture a forecast.
Any Eeess at that time as TO the turn
o. events might have been made, but the
one which apeparsd nearest was that the
rebellion would grow steadily In power.
The government ferces had made iittls
oral progress against the rebels IN the
neftlt, but to Offset that, came reports
o. dlsaffeetion III the ranks of the Fon-
oru rebels and Of scarcity Of funds both
IN that reglon and In Coahuia, where
yennstiano cartanza, ex-governor, was
directing the campaign. The turn most
uncertain was In the south, where the
government still was delaying its action
against zapnta, who had checked ne-
s0tiations for peace by holding prisoner
Col Pascual Orozco. father of General
Orozco, who had gone there as an att
thorized peace commissioner There yet
was Hope that zapata might cooperate
with tho government, which, however.
declared its intention OF tending against
him an enormous punitive column I'm case
he did not yield.
One thing which did appear certain was
that II tho war IN the north and the
south continued II would be Of char
acter more savage than any yet con-s
dected In Mexico. Heretofore both rebels
nnd federals had shown disposition not
To attack each other In cities, but the
fighting in Paral ana dozens OF smaller
towns had served TO indicate that here
after neither side would be disposed to
respect positions simply because nom
combatants might be endangered From
the south came reports that Zapata had
served definite notice on property owners
that they must contribute periodically
the amounts he demanded for the MAIN
tenance of his army or be prepared to
suffer summary punishment. In an eff
fort to force recruits into his service he
sent broadcast circulars telling worlxmen
on the haciendas that IL they continued
at their tasks HIS men would cut off
their ears. and that If they persisted In
working after that he would have them
shot Already earless poems in the south
are not an uncommon slBnt.
General Trevino H0nored
Gen. Geronimo Trevino, aged COM
patriot of Gen. Porfirio Diaz, recently
was fortunate in having what began as a
most humiliating and unfortunate adj
venture, terminate in a manner calcu-
lated to delight an old soldier. He was
arrested at Monterey by an army officer,
who since has been recalled. He was not
permitted to go to his home for a change
of clothing, but was bundled into an or
binary day coach and started for the
capital on charges of being implicated
in the Caranza rebellion. Huerta was in
formed and Immediately he used all his
efforts to better the old mans condition
and to assure him that he would be
brought here as an honored guest.
Huerta kept his word. Trevino was met
at the station by a military band and ac-
corded all honors due a general of d-
vision. Since then he was banqueted by
al officialdom, including the president
himself and the highest medal granted
for military service was publicly pinned
upon his breast.