Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-08-01

9h 'A"l MeAlcO began 10 reap some
OF the benefits that the iron rule of
Dlax laid on the country.
At the time of Madero's taktno Mo
neld against Diaz, the general onin
ION OF the Mexican populace was thas
IL would wind up in Madero being
overcome and thrust into prison The
greatest surprise to all, was that Ma
zero, who knew more about materials
that go to make pen than he did Of
the material that go 10 make sword.
succeeded IN landing at the palace in
Ne Xlco City as president. History
Tells us how short lime ne remain
ed. Since his death, the country has
been divided not in two or three fac
tons, but hundreds. All over Mexico
fhere are proving bands of rurales
or outlaws WHO, far from the beaten
paths OF ordinary travel, where news
IS hard to get and still harder to get
out are practically masters of the
territory in which they operate and
where thousands of dollars of Dron-
Ierty are in their hands.
\ Country Of Ruins
Ruins of haceindas are inumerahle.
Hosting works of mines lie idle and
some utterly destroyed. Machinery
lies rustlng which has cost a fortune
to erect. Millions of silver, gold and
copper that once came from kaown
mines, have been stopped, and the
mines are now almost forgotten
Railroad property belonging to the
Southern Pacific of Mexico "a part of
the Southern Pacific of California,
has been put far beyond any kind OF
use. Mexico has never feared the
United States. In Mexico, it is the
belief they can lick any state in the
Union with the exception Of the state
of Texas.
The question just what will the
United States do when they enter
Mexico is question that is puzzling
officials. In the opinion of the writer
of this article, Mexico should be
entered from Juarez, opposite Ell
Paso, Auga Prentie, opposite Douglas
Arizona, Tia Juana, on the outskirts
of San Diego, Cali, and from the
Naco, Arizona side This entails
large number of men. Mexico is a
large country, much larger than the
average American wishes to credit it |
being. It is mountain country, and !
it will require able commanders to !
not only subdue but protect their |
troops from the potting they will be
exposed TO while enroute through the |
country.
Travellers who have visited Mexico |
all declare its beauty and especially !
along the West coast Take the cities |
in the state of Sonora. Nogales is an
important port for the Mexicans.
Hermosillio and Guaymas. clothed /
with beautiful tropical foliage and
rich fruits. 'Mazatland and Nashville
and Colima further down the coas,
presents an ever increasing field Of
beauty to the eye. From Colima to |
Guadalajara. the traveller sees living
volcanoes, splitting its never decreas-
ing birthstone and fire. At night the
funnel shaped spiral fire leaps to I'M
known heights, enthralling the OBJ
server as he passes nearby on the
train, Guadalajara, the largest city on |
the west coast, about the same size |
city as Los Angeles, is ranked, or
was. as the finest city in the western |
section of the country. On the street |
corners you see banana and cocoanut |
trees growing as commonly as the |
oats upon the hillsides in our agri-
culture belts. Today. everywhere is
the destroying hand of the poems and
rurales. Guided by but one COM
mander, the lust to ruthlessly Stay
and loot.
The millions of property belonging
to Americans, Germans, Frenchmen
and Englshmen that has been utterly
destroyed have made volumns of cor
respondence that are now lying dusty
in the archieves of the office of the
secretary of state There Will be no
recompense, none whatever.
Mexican Investments Risky