The Nevada County picayune., 1915-02-26
The view of the ordinary American


 citizen in regard to Mexico is that it has become just one Provisional President after another Changes have been so kaleidoscope and the idaily news has been so conflicting ,that 1t has become almost impossible for the man on the street. to under istand the true situation in the Repub- 'iic to the south of us,
 His exasperation h,s reached that sDoint where he now dismIsses the whole affair with a comment that "a Not of bandits seem to be fighting samong themselves in Mexico as to lwhO shall be allowed the privilege tof footing the country and reckon Uncle Sam will have to step in one of these days and straighten things out '
 The one significant fact that has iserved to make Americans believe that possibly behind the present turmoil in Mexico there may be after all some thing big and serious, has been the broad humanitarian view that Presi- ident Wilson has consistently taken in .regard to the Mexican revolution.
 A brief history of the present revo- IIntiOnary movement in Mexico tends ito clear up many of the things that ihave remained incomprehenslble to Americans and sheds a light on the derstanding of the conditions in that country as they exist today.
 The present revolution actually had its inception with Francisco Madero in 1910. Most Americans are familiar with the rapid and unexpected tri- umph of Madero over Diaz. but it is not generally known that Maderos S regime failed to be d success and live Op 10 the high hopes and expectations that had been born with it. because he had been too generous in compro- missing with the reactionaries and that they on account of their dominance of the two hold-over houses of Congress were able to defeat all his plans for fhe betterment of his people
 Assassination of Madero.
 The shameful assassination at the instigation of Huerta excited such feeling of indignation in the United States as to make President Wilson stand in refusing to recognize the Government set up by Huerta on the dead body of Madero, as being emi- nently just and in keeping with the best traditions of this country
 Maderos death put the old cienti- deos, reacuonaries and clerics back Fy ,1 that the struggle Madero had success fully waged must again be taken up. and accordingly there came into eX- isience with the new movement new shibboleth that has rung from one end of Mexico to the other. Justice and Reform and no compromise"
 The first man to refuse to accept the authority of the dictator Huerta and 10 fling into his face a bitter de. hanCe was Nenustiano Carran2a. then Governor of the State of Coahuila Carranza has been one of the strong. est supporters of Madero and during the previous revolution had acted as Minister of War in the assassinated Presidents provisional cabinet
 Carrauza s patriotic stand drew the attention Of all liberty loving MeXi- cans to Coahuila and there soon ral- gied around the Governors standard E. number of high minded and patriot Sc MeXlC0ns who banded together to byerthrow the usurper Huerta and re- establish constitutional government in Mexico
 Accordingly it was under these cir Cumstances the much heard of but aittie understood plan of Guadalupe came Into existence. The main blanks of this plan are as follows
 For the organization of the mili- tary forces necessary to make eonpli- ance with our purposes, We name as First Chief of the forces which shall be called Constitutionalists. Don Venustiano Carranza, Governor of the State of Coahuila
 On the occupation by the Cousti- 1utionalist forces of the City of MeNi- co. the Executive power shall be taken charge of by Don Neuustiano Carran- ga, First Chief of the forces, or who ever may be substituted in command
 "Th president ad interim of the Re psblic shall conyoke general elections las soon as peace shall have been es- ttablshed delivering the power to the sperson who shall be elected"
 Genesis Of Revolution.
 This was the genesis of the revolu. ition against Huerta, which had. as can be seen. as its one big hope, the re- establishment of constitutional form lof government in Mexico. Following .&his triumph, the necessary reforms