Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-04-23

ders are given for the arrest Of such
persons ANA their enrolment in the
militant ranks for @ period Of five
years or more The ldan village Of
TepatlaEco is situated about thirty
miles northeast of the city Of Puehla
the capital Of the state by the same
name, and has a population of per-
haps one thousand Last jury the
government suspected the inhabitants
Of that town OF plotting treason and
a regiment Of soldiers was ordered to
surround the place and take all the
mHlos over sixteen years OF age and
enter them In the ranks Of the army
The order wis executed ms planned
ana on Sunday morning Gordon OF
eavalry surrounded the village and
gradually closed i'm upon the unsus-
pecting citizens The amazement Of
The pOpulaee knew no bounds when
the startling news Of their imminent
peril was passed from house 10 house.
Those who tried To escape by fleeing
TO the corn fields or woods were shot
down Ike rabbit and I'm that way
eighteen persons lost their lives The
net Nas frightened up and the number
Of those captured was one hundred
and thirty ull but one Of whom were
enrolled I'm the ranks and sent to dis
iant parts Of the republic 10 fight
against the rebels is there any Won
der that many of them desert ana go
over 10 the enemy at the first oppor-
tunlty?
Cuauta Is city Of four thousand
souls, or WAS. not far from the south
Of the capital OF the nation A few
months ago am the business of that
city was transacted by women and
children and when l inquired the
cause, ! WAS told that the men were
afraid 10 Doe seen on the streets lest
they should also be seized and sent
pcrforee 90 the army
Practically No Hnllstmcnts.
Among the more educated classes
there arc practically no cnlistments.
even though many use grandiloQueut
/ language To- their protestations of pat
riotism and love of country aud they
affirm Chat they would shed every
drop of blood ina their veins In resist
inB foreign power Vet they are not
sufficiently patriotic TO offer their SER
vice Ut the present time Go battle
against the enemies within their own
. hutdcra WHO arc fighting 10 overthrow
/ the government or 90 dismemher the
union $50 long as President Hucrta
pronounced Wcrta) can secure by
force pr hy strategy the funds TO sat
isfy The payroll of his sixty thousand
men now iu the ranks he may be able
! Co keep the internecine struggle go-
ing for semc time, but collapse will
certainly follow the suspension of pay
day When pOrfirio Diaz was driven
from the country couple Of years
ago, lie left siNty-twO million dollars
m the government treasury, but that
has long since been spent la lining the
pockets ol officials, civil and military
ana In quoting the rumblings of dis
content oF mutihy among the RAM;
ana file ut the army.
FhC overthrow of the army win not
insure peace and tranquility, Tor Gen
eral Villa would be incompetent 10
take tine rous of government and
Gcncral llrrauza would not bee ace
tcpmble to I'M parts Of the country.
u 4 great statesman like he Ia
taru could be mutually selected by
the warning factions ana placed iu
office aus the chief executive Of the ma.
tion. pcnce might speedily be restored
uud Prosperity would again smile
upon the inhabitants Of that SORROW
Ing and devastated land, but unless
such course of compromise is pur-
saed. Hruetion seems to Doe the
. inevitable goal of the present Mexican
situation