The chronicle=news., 1913-02-28

tlOut. ~ man. dIIesttu tOI ~ poIIt-
lea, oflense. and in tho hands OF
Overwhelming numbers OF his enc
mise would be permitted. sometimes
even ordered. TO get free II he could.
In such circumstances II Is human
nature to attempt to flee. The In
stant this attempt was made the sol
diery or the police. as the ease might
be. would fire upon him. secure In
their immunity behind the law which
pei nitted them TO shoot any prison.
er attempting TO escape" "fusi-
tive"
To this law Gustavo Maicro was
implacably opposed. W an interview
he gave me last year he declared his
horror of II. Never once while he re-
nuincd In power did he take aL-
vantaH OF Its presence on the statute
books. BY its operation last Wed
nesday he died.
| asked him one day II lie ever hop
ed TO see really tranquil Mexico.
| God knows" he answered very
SADLY. and his face was peculiarly
capable OF expressing radpcss. My
poor country has been wrecked by
Diaz methods. Government has been
70 long the .ncm, OF every one
bot hthosc belonging to II and EN-
| rloycd by it-that the Mexican dis
trust OF govern ncnt Is ingrainc,i. T.
! VIII take at lsnst one generation OF
good government TO convince our
Loople as II whole that government
can posibly be good. And how can
there he IA generation OF good gov
ernWen; when people ar" In such II
! state of mind Disirust!ng every
on. who has managed to get power.
, the Mexicans. fear. will remain IN
l.l m
Ill popular education. which Diaz
constantly denied. while pretending
that he fost.rcd II. has had an oppor-
| tnnity to change the masses point OF
, View. When all Mexico can read. then
good Il mes Will come" Don Gustayo
had schools for the poems on the
large estates. contrary TO til. Diaz
| orders. The Madcro schools for
poems were among the causes of the
Diax enmlty toward them.
But have YOU no hope that your
brother Will succeed In giving Mex
leo tranquil period OF rcadJus,-
ment:" / inquired.
'Francisoo Is patriot" he an
swered. My father L. n patriot. Nv
younger brothers are all patriots.
Truly am one. II has been the fate
OF patriots In Mexico to die. 1t will
'C '"h''SNor tItc 10 ule. u VIII Ne
my fate To die. Ny father. being
OLD. may possibly escape assassina-
| ton. and my other brothers. being
"oung. may live TO see their country
, tranquil. prosperous. enlightened:
, but | shall not. Francisco will not. |
| have heard about u story by u coun-
tryTnan OF rours-Jack London. 1:
is called the Wolf One OF it,
characters likens all humanity to
yoast--bubbliny. working one bub-
bic falling back. destroyed. while
ten bubbles rise. wish. when YOU
return TO the United States. that
you would send that book to me
II I am no: by that time one OF the
bubbles which has fallen back"
I DO you really fear assassination:
Il do not fear 1t: but I certainly
expect IT," he replied. II am us sure
that II will be my fate as am that
the sun will rise tomorrow. When
! VIC were In San Antonio I looked for
II. When | cross the river to RI
Paso I expect IT,. When ride among
the army. here In Mexico. I con-
Stantly expect IL. Whether We win
or lose will not make the slightest
difference. Ny death by violence Il
absolutely certain. I am not a SOL
dicr. could not be of service In
the fighting ranks because OF my bad
, cycsisht. IDon Gus,avo had lost one
eye and the other was nffected.) q
am glad OF that. for 4: relieves my
wife of some anxiety: but 1t does
not protect me. Mv danger. am
sure. is daily quite as great as II 7
were upon n field or battle. Whether
we meet victory or d feat II will con-
| tiiiuc to be great Grtil IL ends he
ca,is" death has renewed me from It's
threat" VIEW
Death has now removed The
thoughtful. patriotic Don from dan
! ger. It came as he oypcctcd-by VIC.
lcnce. and through the very law
which he refused TO take advaninr"
Of while he held power and which
he looked upon as OF all blots the
biackcst upon The DiuZ government.
, The little picture which IL print
cd with this article made of him
one day among the hills near Juar-
cz Just before the bnttlc which re-
suited in ;hc capture of that DiaZ
stronghold by Madcro's forces. ! gave
him print of II. and 1t pleased him
strangely. After my return to the
United S:ates he asked me to send
comics of IL to him aud had u dozen
rn'urgcments made aud sent them to
him with the negative. nm sorry
that ! did not keep one of them. for
he told me that he liked the picture
better than any hchadcvcr seem
and now hav none for myself save
this small print.
We spent one evening at III Paso
in a quiet round of calls upon his
friends there. After We had left the
presence OF u very witty. really bril-
liant American woman. he comment
ed on her scope of Information and
her freedom of expression.
THAT sort OF woman would help
Mexico." he said.
He wns deeply interested in the
Mexican Indians. He believed that in
them the lie great possibilities OF
mental development. Especially llc
WIS convinced that gone time from
their ranks would spring some OF the