Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-04-09
THE MEXICAN SITUATION.

Nat many editors profess to be well enough posted on Mexican
affairs to discuss them ntegenty We are not When epe mes
o their nernecne strife its causes ana he SolulUh 'nl m
re NAV hold We have always believed that the rulhg classes
the better educated and wealthy are graiters Del on %
and snols added to an Overweanng ambition TO rule a c
actersc of all IatnAmericanS AS one faction v i @ I TO-
all the "ous make cause and rise IN reoeio @
eeher only until they succeed ana heh e p That
the poils again and revolution succeeds reNou
has been the history of Mexico for years CuoalS, Sl
gre would do the same but Tor ne h m bougb
American intervention for which they cordaly he US
we freed them from the Spanish yoke IN Mexico Cuoa anu % @
of the other southern republics the lower eaS G poems W M
count Their ignorance and aDJec poverty H'Ne i'o ~ "
the chiefs easy and absolute !, ;,.
We do not believe there single leader among tne "arE m
rcons whose course is actuaed by usefish patriotism ana
ever any evidence adduced show that anything out % Oh
loot and selfish ambition controlled the acts oil any Oh lne @
not found its way into any of the newspapers OF hS %
If m is the true condition of affairs in Mexico the only nope OF
ultimate peace which will insure protection 10 properly interests
and the permanent development of that wonderfully rch country
lies in annexation the United States or protecorae such DIS
now guarantees peace to Cuba -, ee.. l tl
editor Of the Medrord Mail rrbe-who possibly possesses some
nde information not accessible to the ordinary newspaper
] osss bat villa and Obregon both able and patriotic
and would make capable rulers for the boodsoaked repuOc
Commonly Villa known to have been bandit by profession ana
Obregon soldier Of fortune neither possessing Ve euuVU viz
ielgence and social of Caran2a Lapata whose ooc
atrocities have for years read like the annals OF e buccaneers
who eorzed the southern coasts in the early colonial uS
dod no the one really patriotic chief whose only concern Is the
welfare of his followers But here is what the Mail Tribune says
the reader may take for what it wortand may at least
be worth the quite extended space its reprmtng requires
Daz rich with booty stolen from his country fled abroad
before Madeos popular uprising Madero slain IN cold blood
nv
torshp followed Daz into exile his pockets neo Wllh gotteh
wealth The constuonaists Carranm at their mead triumph
nty entered the capital and proceeded by intervention to APP
ronroe the property of the wealthy. Lawess license regned SUI
preme Autos Communicated by the wholesale Tor Carza
officers even the eQupage Of the foreign legations stolen Ca
rama had no control he merely nominal head and his bandit
officers ruled the land ,, g. -
600 soldiers pledged itself to abide 10y the will of the mapor
and then half members refused to live up to ther ot Gar
ranza was ouSted first chief and Gutierrez elected provisional
president But Carron@ refused to- quit was declared IeQe anu
Villa paced i'm command of the soldiers CaranZa contScated the
traction system Mexico City and appropriated Its earnings
Forced to flee by the defeat Of Gonzalez by Villa Carranza oc-
cpied Vera Cruz and seized the oil fields of Iamplco
Zapata the only Mexican chief who to be working for
a nncple-the distribution of the land among the peopeoc-
ped the capa and kept much better order than CaanZ& had
6on Villas arrival Gutierrez installed president but Car
rama had looted the treasury There fuel for trains and
NO ammunion which forced hapata to eNacuate Wme reVo
in the nortn called Villa away Gutierrez fled with few thousand
troops and organized his independent state at San Luis The
southern states and Nuatan seeded and declared he
"Obreqon entered Mexico City, Cara who had maintained
order after Gutierrez flight having fled to @paa Ooregon Is
sued decree nyadang the Villa currency which precptateI
rong Famine followed Zapatstas cut off the water supply
An epidemic of typhoid and typhus followed Obregan levied
of S500O00 the Catholic clergy expelled and imprisoned IN
priests He levied tax of oneha cent on the ota
capital of all business and property and imprisoned 4oo protest
merchants When forced to flee he enlisted the traction EN-
ployes recrits and took them all.
CaranZa proved his mcapNcy To govern when IN power In
two strong Villa and Ohregon OF the two Villa seem
to have the most ability One the other will eventually domir
ate Mexico and 10y the songam method restore order Tn
people weary Of will probably accept the regime ten
porry to end anarchy and eventually work out their sa
ton 1t will be hard times for the rich in France atC
the French revolution but let us hope the masses will profit peo
age b forever abolished and the land the of all the roub
may follow"
The theatre in which was presented Damaged Goods for Il
edcaon of the people o Portland has closed for the Seao
inn 1iUniDp NsppA IN iptVAr