Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-26

men. but as one of the fundamental
principles of all governments.
I'm the days of Diaz many Of his
special concessionaires were exempt
from taxation. Those days are past.
1t is to this phase of the reconstructive
program that many foreigners object.
In reality we are doing exactly what
all properly organized governments are
doing. and nothing else. We place no
burdens upon foreigners.
Like many other nations, we, in our
bitter struggle to free ourselves from
the yoke of centuries of oppression,
have undoubtedly made many mistakes.
We have blundered much, and to the
eyes of the world our errors must have
looked amazing. But 1t is not to be
forgotten that we are just getting our
first lessons in democracy, and it is
very likely that we shall make many
mistakes more.
Needs No "Man on Horseback"
"Our errors have led many people to
believe that what Mexico needed was
a strong man to rule it with blood and
iron Nothing is further from the truth
than this What Mexico needs is not a
| man on horseback" but an honest. en-
ergetic man of experience, a man who
understands the needs Of the country
and the people. one who can rule wise
" and sympathetically. That is Mex
ico's need
If Gen. Carranza Is to be taken at
his word. the constitutionalists control
nearly seven-eighths of the Mexican
republic. He claims to have achieved
that which nearly all Mexican chief
tains have failed to achieVe-the gain
ering of a strong army whose leaders
are loyal to him and to the cause. the
replies of his generals, including the
most important of all, Gems. Alvaro OBJ
RECON and Pablo Gonzales, to the note
of the A. B. C. conference seem to hear
out his contention. More than once
rumors had it that Gen ooreson naa
deserted Carranza and, in real villa
! fashion, turned against the first chief.
but all those rumors vanished before
investigation.
Zapata Not a Problem.
With Gen. Villa slowly being driven
northward, Gen. Carranza claims that
Gen. Zapata is no problem whatever.
Zapata, he declared, was made possible
only through the dishonesty and graft of
the federal soldiers, otherwise he would
have been eliminated during the days of
Huerta The Zapata soldiers were the
Gen. Huerta in Japan-the very cart
ridges which were to be used against
them by the federal army. What hap
pened was merely that the federal Off
GERS sold their ammunition to Zapata and
reported to their supertors that they had
been defeated. This Is not likely to hap
pen with the constitutionalist soldiers.
Now the Zapatistas are practically cut
off from all opportunities of receiving
ammunition, and their elimination is but
a question Of few months.
Gen Carranza believes that, in a spirit
Of revenge and in his desire to aid the
reactionaries, Gen. Villa will stop at
nothing. He will even go so far as to
provoke the Intervention of the United
States in Mexico. He will have his men
fire across the border, and do everything
possible to hinder the true cause of the
revolution. But CarranZa has implicit
faith in the powers of Gen. Obregon and
harbors the hope that the United States
will not be deceived by the deeds of Gen.
Villa
Appears an Aristocrat.