The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-25
Br FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Mexico CITY,


YwANT TO give you some sidcliEhts
on the Mexican situation. The
whole country Is changing. Every
thing Ia in state OF revolution. and
this revolution means more than the
nehting which is now goins on in so
many different quarters.
The country is having an intcllec-
{ tual revolution as we'll as a physical
ono. The common people arc waking
up The poems nave begun 10 think
for themselves. and even the rich arc
changing their ideas as TO the division
of property Labor At last is claiming
It's rights Within the past few months
We have had n big strike on the rail-
ways. and a large part of the debates
in the Chamber of Deputies is 10
the raising of wages and the cutting
down OF hours of work In the factories.
The Brignnd. and BnnditH.
At the same time the whole republic
is In n state Of fear as to where trouble
Will break out next. Many localities
cands and banditti commit their out
RACES with little fear of the result.
They dynamite tunnels. burn bridges
and tear UP the tracks OF tho railroads.
At this writing nearly every railway
system is more or less out Of commits
sion.
stray bands Of rebels will hold up
a passenger train and go through tho
rockets OF the travellers II there are
soldiers on the train, they may fire
upon them without regard to tho pas
sengers. and at such times they have
no regard for the train employees.
Railway Tr"-";cs.
These railway troubles have now
extended TO most of tho roads in tho
republic. The upper part Of the McNi-
can Central which runs between FL
OF commission for moro than two
years The conditions were so had
there that the Madero government con-
templated making military cars with
double walls Of sheet steel and sand in
the middle. These We're to he used
for soldiers and were TO be travelling
fortificaiions They were painted in
checker hoard fashion. the black and
white checkers Disgusting the loop
holes.
The losses have beeu SO great on
parts Of that road that certain Amer
can lines have not let their cars 90
into MeNico for fear OF losing both
cars and freight
The railway situation in the western
par; Of the country has been eXcep-
tionaliy bad The Southern Pacific
Of millions Of dollars. and many of the
western roads are now in tho hands
OF tine rebels.
As to the National line from Laredo
to the Mexican capital. this has been
opcn right along until the last rcvo-
luton. The only trouble has been the
burning OF few bridges and a small
station now and then. But since Ma
dero was Killed there has been moro
or less trouble along that system. ami
il is only row that the cars are again
running regularly
HINGED From Telegraph Poles.
or late tho conditions have been
Very bad in Southern Mexico and not
far from Mexico City. The Zapatistas
have committed scores OF outraGes,
burning up haciendas and the cane on
great sugar plantations They have
attacked tho trains. and both freight
and passer eers are unsafe.
You would naturally think that this
would stop travel Ii does not. At
the hotel registers here you may sec
tho names of Americans who are com
ing in and going out In and from all
parts OF the republic. Tho trains are
open TO the Isthmus Of Tehuantepec.
Vera Cruz. Guadalajara and 20 Tam
pico. Laredo and elsewhere. and busl-
ness. although il stops now and then,
is still going OIL everywhere. This
may he seen by tho last report as 10
exports. This shows that more goods
we're shipped oft Of McNico in 1912
than ever before The exports in 1912
were, in round numbers. s29S .OUO.o
whereas in lotl they were S2?3. 600 n30