Arizona republican., 1913-12-10

l
 Phoenix high school with the comlhs
 of the next fall term.
 These inspection trips by the head i of the Phoenix high school are a reg l ular thing on his programme. He all ! ways goes to each of the schools at ! least once each year. and If time al lows he visits them twice during each wear He will make other trips 1 to other schools in the near future l and will report the acuVltN ana 1 o-rov,tb of the institutions visited. construction on some of our acts. This is due. in all probability, 10 lhe fac+ that the criminal acts with which this struggle was begun ana the ci "ei measures employed to maintain 1t are forgotten When Mexico had IeaiiAeo
 the supreme democratic prerogatlVe ol
 eIecting her own represehIa'iN = anu
 had reason to expect, in the midst oI
 peace and tranquility, the perlodlcai
 change of public officials only by an
 avnressfon of popular wi3, most cor
 runt minority of the defeated factions
 after attempting to overthrow for all
 time o1lr political institutions, by means
 of violence alone, have destroyed the
 lives the rights and the interests oI
 oi,r feIlow-citizens; have carried out
 bloody executions without regard 10 any. law. have murdered constitution a1fsts who fell wounded while hghun8
 with their weapons for the liberty "I the people. and the deputies and sen
 ators who have defended with their mower of speech our democratic inst- unions: have torn away from their homes peaceful men and even boys, 10 compel them to take arms against us or have filled them with terror by de- ,.aetating entire cities. Destructive acts of this character have made it ap- parent that the cause, which l repre- sent. has constituted not only a poll ticaI form revolution. but also has the character of a proceeding of calm and severe justice which punishes the culp- | able and safeguards the Mexican tamHN
 have determined, within the spirit 1 of our constitution. and without any | feeling of passion. but deliberately and | with circumspection, to pursue these | ends. until gradually the exercise oI | cIemencv and magnanimity can be at ] tained in satisfaction of an imperative | demand of justice and the urgent ne | cessitv of securing peace and of in 1 surfing the future welfare of the nation, | I have determined to enforce vigorous Iv. and in accordance with the procla- 1 mation which was duly issued on May | II. 1913. the law of Juarez of January | 25. 1862. which defines and punishes inimical to the public peace.
 With strict deference to the law pro- yided. the Huertista officers were tried and executed in the City of Juarez and among them were some who had been
 4l, Sf,r, eral Villa who. after pardoning them. agreed that they should be enlisted in our forces among which they endeaV- ored thereafter but unsuccessfully to create a detection of the men whom I entrusted to their command, finally de serting to re-engage in crime.
 It is true that the established prin- cipIes observed in international wars extend to prisoners the privilege of pardon or immunity from bodily harm, but in civil struggles, the most civil ized nations in all ages have employed more rigorous and bloody means even l than we have been compelled to adopt; and with reference to the executions of l the officers in the City of Juarez there should be perceived, not any needless cruelty visited upon prisoners of war, but merely such punishment was prescribed by the law applicable to of lenders against the public peace and safety.
 The Mexicon people. in the beginning )f this civil struggle initiated by Hon. Francisco l. MaderO, exhausted all their power of clemency and forgiveness, but experienced as the only results of their tyranny in their coun- rvs interior and the loss of prestige outside of it's borders. Today, I want Q insure the operation of the country's and to re-eStablish tran utility for all time by means of defin- te and effective reparatiOn of the na- ional organization.
 The occurrences of the City of Jua- 'ez were far from being invested with he numerical importance which our ,nemfes, in their incorporate frame of nind desired to give them. In the same manner a libelOus report was published by them to the effect that in Durango more than forty women and girls had committed suicide through | ear of the eXcesses that might be in lulged in by the constitutionalists, since I can personally give assurance hat in Durango, as in all other parts f the country, our forces have been disciplined and cOnsiderate, giving guarantees of safety to the different Dopulatio which have fallen into their power.
 In conclusion it is my desire to as- ure ou that the same humane senti- nentS which you possess also animate