New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
Natives Believe in Doing
Il Now" but Only
for the Moment"
,pOWDED MONTEREY
REFLECTS SPIRIT
Tribune Correspondent Held Up
~ t3.Near-Old Soldier as
lie Crosses Frontier.


/ 81. prc i.c.,cC what Will "apncn wneE
| W y; 20 Villa. The baron JUS Turned
i . maSc ;pc opening remdrk from the
4 sslsSns ., our note. room, where We
us,ehed ~ 1lcdS CT bay nnltorn:tI 4
81 ysx.-7n soldiers SWINGING along mo
s:ree.s -clo'.. 10 ne o.ore OF crazy
hanls. tn". Wor'neC, tHcSe Ntto:aiS
,rt ,,lsh-qtinc the ne,.s tba.
4 ,.A6a...rra had fallen.
n 'Ou,y .or .he moment - cloud
4 aigt. lr., away. suddenly revealing
a IS C''4. h. saddle mountain pea"
4 ggce6 against the ky behind he
s. ;@ihsS-al G.. ~.cn:crcy. 20 thc nnGcr-
a ssndlug D ne hing "31 made known
Il . IS Suddenly. ~rly 20" ne mo-
a1r;'
50 &c CO everything IN Mexico.
81 ltS,' .-- l.1O for tEe moment, sA-ly
~ 70 moment, eat, drink, Sight. sleep
Il ,,l 1;,-on,y for TIE moment.
Il 7. IS not The land Of m2h2Ga. For
u s..norrov they give not one boot. New
4 yorh IS mo.c fer manaua than Mon
8 err.. Here :aey 90 things AZ once
a AT o-iv for :lc moment. The revolu-
& Ion S :or the moment. so Is the gov
q s-crert: tnc army. 700. is provisional
81 Bernardo REYES and Felix DlaZ-pro-
81 ,isioralmcnte; Huerta q little longer,
4 IN, surely provisionalmente. the revo-
& lutior weeping down on him -provi-
d ,iorslrente: Villa breaking away from
= Csrranza - provisionalmente. And
4 W. All have gone something else viii!
Il ..ir--but only for the moment
-
4 Manana Is No More.
Mariana j. TO more in Mexico. In
Monterey az night. when the cool air
4 klows down over the rim of the bowl
81 mountains. the hot struggle Of the
= S.v i forgotten. Bells on the little
3 -1le-drawn. ricketv carry-alls sound
4 -usically: from every street corner
rses the swaying music of the Mexican
dance: a thousand guitar and mandolin
s,rinrs hum: soldiers on guard at
! Stree; corners stack their misht rifles
and tongue harmonious; everything is
peaceful and companionao!e-p rovls-
ionalmente.
From a nearby street voices rise IN
anger. A shot echoes, and another,
and every one is running. The place
il bedlam-Drovisio In a
fsu minutes the harmonious snore
srS ca,fqht again, strings vibrate.
Vs,;ceT n?obtinrales bray. There is
isYcbter vacant and gay. and all is
wcil again-provisional
for 'h'ereH anu -. ,,;nvte
~ sTDneT how and no
1880 11eVican lie of to-day is in
y bir circuit bv itself. Could Ham
,nerstein have one Mexican general
showing how war is conducted for d
week. the S. r. o. sign would wear
out Think Of two or three generals,
including Pancho Villa, with a lew
rousing fights thrown in. TO the man
Who could guarantee such show
every agent along Broadway would
cry out. Remember me. I'm your
friend from way back.
And yet the show Is here; Just Tor
the seeing: just for the certain jour
ney over hills and valleys 10 where
me fun lies. b. train Ills few miles
20 Saltillo-some four or five hours IN
q freight train. Then the track i torn
s,j i must be horseback 20 San Luis
potosi wbere fate is getting ready 20
.s-ve more Mexican history with chill.
Bu, now in Monterey it is not the
Movement Of armies nor the political
significance Of things that stands out. A
single splotch Of wild color has more
present significance IN the kaIeldO,
seope Later. perhaps. the history will
None
o
Ihree PICTURES ''d"u ou''
For instance: Out OF the desolatioI
beteeen Laredo and Monterey; out CT
hundreds Of miles Of war twisted
'fscs; out Of thousands Of acres Of
54rched land; out Of the ~ ned images
ana uanton commercial destruction;