The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-21
AN AMERICAN ~ MEXICO.
Tie frees His Mind About Huerta. Zspa'a
and Thcir Fellow Country men.

To rur EpiToR OF THE SuN--Sr:
have lived I'm peace and amity In the
Zacualpan section of Mexico for six years.
When THE SIN published sketch map
showing lguala IN the posl,lo, vi ,.h,o,
apan away Off from the railroad, which
1t has extended from Balsas through
Chilpancingo to Acapulco. j feel obiise"
to say that while a traveller could get l"
Jguala on a railroad car, he could not pass
I}alsas In that conveyance even though
he were a special emissary.
Your field of Iapata's activity on 'ne
man printed shows possibly the field that
h, wishes he could cover. He IL pretty
closely confined to the State OF MOfeios'
with occasional incursions, seldom oNe'
thirty miles. into Puebla ana Guerrero
In Morelos ne sticks to the mountains
ralding haciendas when he can gathe,
men and feels quite certain that there VIII
be little resistance. Military trains phss
over the main railroad line every rev
DAYS and passenger trains from time 10
time. Iapata does not dominate even tne
state of Morelos, as we VINO i've on 'he
border of the state know.
In Guerrero bands of free lances nave
been operating with profit. except wheh
the Federals caught up with them. These
patriots have dominated possibly one-thlrn
81 the state They are not in league WIN
Iapata and are reported to nave iousI'
him. This is quite credible. for one OF the
leaders, Romulo Figueroa. seems to Try 10
act as "A civilized person and TO enueaNor
ia restrain his followers from the barbhr-
GUS cruelties practsed by the Zapatlstas,
I'm the state of Mexico the only trouble
has been caused by raids from Mortlos
and Guerrero. The pcopl" of thls secuo"
are In favor of peace, ana 90 not car
especially what the name OF the thiei
MAGISTRATE may he; they do not neht on
either side, except to defend their homes
from footing. ri,
II the Zapatistas are in league with
Carranza the rank and file do not KNOW
IT, | was their prisoner FOR some houts
and I talked with as many as coulu I"
find out what their ideals wer" imagine
mat Zapata gets all that he can from
Carranza. and that Carranza makes an
tina, he can out of Zapata's rebellion. "a
pata IL the only really consistent reoei III
the fiold as he has fought every Govern
mani from that of DiaZ to the press nj
dsy, and got arms and money through one
side or the other when he needed them
II may he that Mexico has no Govern
nent as Mr. Wilson seems to believe nut
the impression here is much to the CON
trary Since General Huerta mas had
| free hand we have been returning 10 Gays
Of peace and We much doubt whether any
other Mexican. even III elected fresiueH'
Inv President Wilson himself, could govern
as well as General Huerta has done under
Extremely difficult circumstances 10 the
Ipeopla here upper. lower or middle class
| want democratic government" Live mere
some years. learn the language. talk win
men of each class In widely separated
places. and you will find that no one wants
or dreams OF having truly democratic
| government, not even n government as
| democratic as that OF the United states
| Is il the divine duty of the United states
l,o force constitutional government or
these people to spend American money
and lives in the task? No one VINO iiVes "
| centrsl ar southern Mexico will be Yer,
enthusiastic about II, | fear, and perhaps
those who live in the northern part of the
country would prefer that the Mexican'
larrange their government tn suit them
| selves. without interference, divine OF
lotherwise, directed from the United states
| AMERICAN.
| ZAcuAtPAS. Mexico, January ..