El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-05
Mexican SOLDIER
SAYS WAR WEARY
Villa Private, Veteran of
Five Years Fighting,
Holds Out No Hope.

President Wilson has expressed his
views on present conditions in Mexico
I Writers. statesmen and prominent
Mexican leaders have expressed their
views Now Lazaro AcunoZ. Successive
" private, sergeant, lieutenant cap
/ tain and again private in the Mexican
revolutionary army expresses his
Acunoz lies in bed in a dark little
room at the rear OF a South FL PaSO
street rOOming house He is slowly re-
covering from a wound in his right
knee where bullet Clipped off the
tip OF the knee cap. in1liCting a wound
that will render him cripple for life
Even before Madero openly took up
arms against DiaZ had been active
In the revolutionary movement" said
AcunOz, who Is now but % years old.
though he has seen nearly five years OF
active service I used to work in a
store at Roswell, y. NJ and. while
there I studied the history Of my cOun-
Try and the conditions under Diaz- Ma
derO. have always believed, was alb
sOlutely justified IN starting his rev1-
luton 1t was not OrozcO OF Huerta
that defeated him. IL was the ignar-
ance Of the great majority of Mexicals-
His ending was the ending that would
have come TO any other man in like
Fighting for Principle.
At first we were fighting for a real
principle. Now the revolution has de-
generated into a scramble for The
the absolute WEAKNESS Of the man IN
the ranks Of this continued fighting
have talked with hundreds; they are
all sick Of the never ending strife
When We fought for Madero we we're
told that our liberty. the future Of our
sons, every thing We held dear depended
on our defeating the federals- We de-
feared them Again, when I was with
Gen Villa at Torreon we were told
the same thing-and we took TOrreOl-
But still we are told the same thing.
that the defeat OF Carrancistas is Just
as important as the defeat Of the hated
federals-and We are told il by the very
federal officers whom we fought
against at TorreOn-
Ii Is All TfaIk-
1T is all talk We fought for lands.
we have none We fought for better
working conditions: the factories and
stores are either burned or If open.
pay IN currency that nets Us far less
than under Dlaz- We fought for liberty
Of speech and we do not dare utter even
a mild criticism Of our military or gov
eminent officials We fought for
schools for our children and the few
schools that -Diaz built are burned or
converted into barracks
For the first two years OF the revO-
luton Mexico was drunk We could do
what we wanted. we had rifles and
horses. money and plenty OF food Now
Mexico Is SOLDERING up and my cOun-
try is experiencing all the feelings Of
what you call the morning after" We
miles and miles and fight skirmish az
ter skirmish. all to no purpose. Our
side wins and then, one morning, we
find ourselves fighting the very Of
ficers we took commands from the day
before
Fighting Made Them Think
The last two months Of continual
fighting in the central part Of the re-
public has done one thing-it has made
US think We expose ourselves to bull
let's and we shoot at other men who
expose themselves-for whatF Suppose
we win Suppose the other side wins
We know now that neither can really
win; that If we takesa city or loose q
city the same endless battle goes Or
The officers no longer promise US
land and freedom They. too. I think.
are absolutel~ weary of il all 1 have
only studied little: I am not bright
/ cannot tell what the end OF il all VIII
be- But I do know that the rank and
file Of the Mexican race is absolutely
weary Of this senseless war"