Bisbee daily review., 1913-12-21

under Mercado would at least delay ! the concentration cf the northern con
 stitutionalist forces and Via alone Sculd not have sufficient strensta 10 advance upon the capital.
 Chihuahua was terroEized when it earned of the proposed eracua. ion
 Of the city by the fsderals. The
 souI ces Of authentic news were few and the constitutionals were report to be of the efercest type, addicted
 to the worst forms cf marau1iny and devasting. Tfe writer spent two weeks In the city at the time and l5st the
 night bCfcre the flight of the federal army and the host of refugees. There was Q large American colony there
 and very large percentage had
 their belongings ready to join tae rear Of the Merca2o army. Chihuahua
 was practically depopusate5, those
 who remained Icing sympathizags, more or less openly, of the constitu
 ionaIist cause. Tie great sneltcrs
 in that vicinity are closed down
 and with the exception of occasional
 trains stunning to the south there are
 few signs Cf lie.
 The mining industry in Mexico south Of Sonora and Nueva Leon .s
 paralyzed, and, Of course. is much affected in these northern states The press reports which emanate ] from the news centers are rightly ! censored and more than one news 1 paper correspondent in Mexico City
 uas been cautioned in regard to the stories which he writes. The nation capital, until President Wilson ad- yiscd all Americans to leave the coun- try. was tesming with mining eHgin- eers and owners from the better ter ritories and tue richest mines en- deavoring to get a line on" what was going to happen. The shipping { Of ore was impossible owing to both intermittant transportation whcrs there were railroads and the Geprc-
 dations of bandits where only the ric1, free milling ore was packed cut. The oil centers. at Tampico and
 Tuxpam, are in better shape. Both
 the provisional government and the constitutionalists have been careful
 about molesting tl3ese properties. They are largely British inyestmers,
 and our Eng ish cousins have spoken
 in no uncertain terms to both warning parties. Lord Cowdray, wEo repre-
 sents England on the gulf coast. has impressed all parties most intimate ly concerned with his forceful per. sonality and a sure and certain pen atty attached to all transgressiohs
 upon oil property. Huerta has exerted every power in return for good treat ment by the English, and the con. stitutionalists have hopes for the fG- ture and do nt care to ancagonize a government which has so many mil
 lions invested in Mexican properties.
 Mexico oil is a great issue in the
 present way. The field as yet ha5 been hardly touched and still the greatest gusher which the world has seer has been developed in the Tux pam field. The Tsmpico and Tuxpam oil territories are situated near tue gulf coast about zoe miles north cf Vera Cruz. Their extent has not been determined but it is undoubtedly very
 great. The oil Is of the very best grade and the fact that a great per oentage of the worlss shipping is be- ing equipped with oil burners, par tieuIariy those vessels which will
 Div through the Panama canal, ren- ders- these properties of incaioula- bIe value. A significant fact is tha; oil can be landed at the Colon coaling station at less than half the price oi ccaL This. together with the estaif .ished fact that it gives better re
 suits. occupies less space, and re' ouires less labor to handle, makes the possession of these fields an i'm mense. asset
 Mexico has acquired what develop ment it has had through concessions Porhro Diaz was at all times willing to give more than a reasonable re turn for the investment of foreign