Evening journal., 1914-09-01
CARRANZA Will
rule With ARMY
Diplomacy Will Have No
Part In Government of
Mexico for the Present
AMERICANS ALL
WELL THOUGHT OF
BY WILLIAM G. sHEPARp

United Press staff Correspondent |
MEXICO CITY (By Mail 10 New /
York)-With Victoriano Huerh final /
ly out and Venustiano Carranza and /
the cream Of his revolutionary army /
filling the palace, cafes and streets of /
Mexico City. the recent chapter In /
Mexican history. so far as the United !
States Is Immediately concerned, ap- +.
proaches an end.
Carranzas determination TO enter
the capital with his army sinplihed
matters greatly for the United States.
for Carranza's fat-footed decision not
to lay down his arms for diplomacy,
and to march TO the capital instead of
to barter with the remnants of the
Huerta regime avoided an endless
amount Of negotiations which would
only have deferred the settlement of
the matter I'm which the United States
held a great interest.
Carranza Is now able TO say: 81
won every inch of ground by bull ats.
/ went clear to the palace doors with
guns. II was not by compromise tnat
took the Mexican capital, but with
an army And it Is with an army and
not by diplomacy or compromise
that will hold what I have gained
In this way Carranza profits by the
mistakes of Madero, who gained the
presidency by compromise and who
reached a make-believe peace by sign
ing papers instead of by shooting.
Madero's other mistakes of dispensing
/ his own army and pinning his own
/ faith to the army of the government
/ also have been avoided by Carranza.
Carranza intends 10 disperse the Fed
eral army and wipe Il off the army
rollsm in its place he will substitute
his own revolutionary army in which
| he knows there are no Huerta-like
! traitors. And with his trustworthy
army behind him. with its trusted
representatives in every corner OF the
land. Carranza wants TO begin 10 put
Mexico to rights.
The biggest problem that faced
Carranza three weeks ago was what
shall | do with my army?" He has
solved II by taking the army to the
capital with him and making II the
standing Federal army Of Mexico.
And what will become of the old
Federal army? II will go back home.
It's heart has been aching for home
for many, many days. II is made up
of sad-faced Mexican men who never
did want to fight and who were drag
ged from their homes and families in
far away corners of the land and put
into the field. The old Federal army
will fade away at Carranza's word.
Among Mexicans, today Americans
stand higher than ever before; higher
than do people Of any other foreign ma
tionality. The truth is out, now that
TIuerta has gone. One finds, at every
turn, that the Mexicans approve of the
plan which the United States has fol
lowed in Mexico. When Huerta killed
, Madero the common people of Mexico
were unutterably shocked, but Huerta
silenced them. IL was with secret JOY
/ that millions OF Mexicans learned that
! Huerta would not be recognized by the
e United States.
/ The coming of John Lind TO Mexico
: raised hope in the hearts of Mexicans
! they believed that Huerta's end woud
come soon. As the months went by witt
: Huerta still in Office, something OF a
Z despair seized upon Mexico. The only
e sign of hope-and that was a sad anc
painful one-was the fall in the value
of Mexican money The arrest of the
, Mexican deputies was another shock tC
Mexico; il seemed to show that Huerta'i
! power was unlimited.
, The first ray of hope came when vii
D son raised the embargo on rebel arms
The Mexicans secretly praised the
I United States for the action And then
came the fall of Torreon, made possible
by the food of arms and ammunition
that came to the rebels over the Amer.
ican border Mexicans began TO sec The
. turning in the long bloody Huerta lane
the Huerta dynasty was tottering
Just a week to a day followed the
, Tampico incident Huerta seized upor
this TO get American soldiers into Mexi
can soil He wanted intervention h'
. wanted the protection Of the bluejaclSet.
! and marines. How soon the rebels woult
4 be upon him, he didn't know The Mex
. lean people waited with their hearts ir
their mouths The landing at Nerf
!. Cruz astounded them; for three day
! they were stampeded. And then a tiny
circular secretly printed and secretly
a distributed, set them right.
"Don't let Huerta fool you," said th'
circular "The Americans are not fight
ing the Mexican people. They are herr
: 10 take Huerta off the neck of tn
Mexican nation.'
After this the Mexicans waited witt
new patience They could see the en-,
at hand They did not dare even t'
speak of their hopes-for TO speal
against the dictator might mean death
Then, on that night of July ID, Huorti
took a train and went away The loa,
was lifted from Mexico. The Unite,
States had helped 70 lift il and the mar