La Junta tribune., 1914-05-02

Nod that sas1s hiAAVpG tn 1
- thsn resumes HI ba&( ~ y
suapplne at IL mas4iff. ~ r
big dog gavs HIN snlt .t1 ai =,
him away houllns. Ths na111 = =
Whip the tesrisf but - llt(16
can prolons the fight ~ - = y
and dodging. but he nnG1 n
viii b good sosnd tsonne1n0 n y
u the situation - regards - MI,
Cd States and Mexico. 4yl.a
Nov, Pancho villa knows tHSk -
could fight the United 0teesG ~
make . good long ftght q n III
that in the end be would ~ sSus1l,
whipped. He knows that Husrta ~
insultsd the United States anA 49,
leans continually In order r. psovoks
war. He had two objects = =
doing. One WAS to unite ehs 49,
leans against the ''grinsos'' an1 u
possible. whip them. The e.eoAd
object would be that he wouIG .
down in Mexican history - : h6gp
no matter what the result woul1 ~.
lie KIN rvs that II he is whiDDed ~
the rebels right now he will e1thsr
have TO take refuge In flight orr ~
4 disgrnceful death at the hands o.
Pancho villa. But BY fighting Tie
United States he would becoene .
hero in the eyes Of that portiDn q
the Mexican people whose csy b.
Down with the grinkos! Mexico TOR
Mexicans!" Even II he were ktl1od
Il would be better than dying . d.
graceful death In the bull ring h
Mexico City. . spectacle at which
even the lowest peon would be pres-
ent TO jeer at the assassin. ~ the ~
els call him. Paucho villa knows
that by siding with Huerta against
the gringos he would be doing the
very thing the little borraeho
(drunkard) wants him to do. IL h
hard for Americans TO understand
the enmity that exists between The
Federal party or Cientificos and ths
rebels. The Cientificos represent
the landowners and property own
ers. the wealthy class who have been
the common people. The
poems for the most part have taken
this as . matter 70 course. something
that had To be until the last four or
five years when they were awakened
by Madero. They are nov thorough
ly awake and they realize that they
have some rights. among them IL
right TO educate their children ard
the right to own . few acres of laid
which they can farm for themselves.
They realize now that the big lard
owner does not possess rightfully ~
right Of life aud death over the0.
and that the peon has the saDe
rights n the hacendado. Thess rights
have been withheld froa then fee'
many years bot nov that they know
they have them. the fight viii nev-
er cease until all men are equal In
the eyes OF the Mexican lav at least.
There IL not and will never bs any
common feeling between the peon
and the cientifico. and there can
hardly be IN alliance between the
armies Of Huerta and Of villa.
Huerta has nothing 70 loss BY
fighting the United States for he IL
a. the end Of his string and he has
been studying out the best finish for
himself. villa and bis rebels have
nothing 10 gain snd everything TO
lose by fighting The Americans. Vic
tory 10 within his grasp aad he
knows Il. and the larger part Of the
American people are In sympathy
with him. He would lose this kind
~ feeling and would gain nothing
but the knowledge that the astute
Hucsta had used him - . catspaw.
Huerta II an anarchist and villa IL a
peon. Huerta has NO regard what
ever for the life Of pson OF even Of
bis best friend u Il stands between
him and his ambition. villa y the
son Of peasant parents and he knows
what the peons have suffered and
what they want. He has ali the
peon's hatred Of the aristocrats Who
have Oppressed him and his ances-
tors for hundreds Of yeaFs. He IL
fighting for their rights and they
know Il. and because hs IL une Of
them they follow him and viii fol.
Low him until they die OF are vic
torious.
NsahvilIe sssdesas - " sn<lessy's
For over thirty ysars the Nash.
VILE 0tudentn ana lmh11~> Nas..s.~s.