The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-09-21

Thought there Is a possibility that The
origin was incendiary.
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Of the nation in this attitude is I'M
spired solely by the highest duties im-
posed upon him by his elevated trust.
81 am sure that your excellencies
do not donbt that Mexico is at present
in the throes of o revolution in which
IL is proposed to wipe out the last
vestige Of the colonial epoch, as well
as all the errors and abuses of past
Administrations, and realize the noble
aspirations for the welfare and better
ment of the Mexican people.
con the other hand, your excellen-
cies will have been able to observe
from the answers received to your note
TO the military chiefs and civil sub
ordinates of the first ohieftainey that
the first chief is the only authority that
could decide and who, in fact, does de
eide matters submitted to the considers
ton of the former, who with their re
plies have given an eloquent example Of
their discipline and solidarity, at the
same time giving evidence that the
first chief has known how 10 preserve
unity within the ConstitutiOnalist gov
srnment, Notwithstanding the prolong-
alton of the strife aud in spite Of the
ienoble and repeated intrigues of our
enemies for the relaxation of discip.
line in the Constitutionalist army and
their attempt to corrupt his principal
chiefs. g@a... - NJ
Immense Responsibility y ,.l.
fsThe FIRST chief in consequence bears
the immense responsibility of the reali;
zation Of the national ambitions, and
he cannotilby means Of any dealings,
endangerq the fate of the country nor
permit the enemies of the cause which
he represents to participate directly In
he government. ~ 49,. \
p fNor does he believe 1t just nor
,ise 10 bring to naught the results Of
the blood spilled on the republics soil
by following the course which your ex-
eelleneies eourteously and disinterest-
sdly Indicate TO him, hut which he
considers serFonsous in view of the
teachings of our own experience.
"In short, the revolution lofl9lO,
initiated by Don Francisco i. Madero,
was not able to fulfil its object be.
cause of the pact made IT JuareZ with
the old regime. The treaties there en-.
tered into left the enemies Of the peo-
nle still footing and were one of
the principal causes of the tragic
events of ! February, 1918, of : which
your excellencies are no doubt eogniz-
ant and in the Vaccinations of which
not small part was taken by certain
foreign Ministers accredited TO the
Government of Mexico.
Madero Crime Infamous r.
upon the assassination Of Presi-
lent Madero and the contamination of
one of the most infamous treacheries
recorded in our history, the first chief
Of the Constituencies army, who was
then Constitutionalist Governor of the
State of Coahuila, assumed the atti-
tude that he should assume according
to the Constitution, by refusing to
recognize General Victoriano Huerta
as chief of the executive power and
addressing q eall to the governors Of
the other states and to the chiefs In
command OF the forces TO second bis
attitude, to the end of liberating the
people from, the hated Dictatorship of
the usurper of the public power.
tH'The people responded with en-
thusiasm to his call, and the strife was
long and rsanguinary. Constitutional.
lists, headed by the first chief, over
game the usurper, who commanded the
greatest army which, the republic had
had up to that time. But when the
brilliant triumph was contaminated
the reactionaries had bribed one Of the
generals, Francisco
villa, who came forth as the chief of
a new reaetionary movement, taking
advantage Of the powerful elements
which had been intrpsted TO him by
the first chief, and being supported
principally by those who had upheld
the usurpsT, HnsFta, after the lament
able spectacle of the convention of
Aguas Galientes and after q new and
bloody struggle, the cause Of the peo-
.ple again triumphed gloriously.
Strife Nearly over
~" The strife now draws TO close.
The reaetionary faction, broken to
pieces, seeks refuge on the northern
frontier, retaining In It's possession on
ly the State of chihuahua, small
part OF the State of Sonora and in the
center of the country the State Of
Morelos, which win in short time
be occupied by Constitutionalist forces.
1.-THE first chief with an army of
$l5O,O0O, at present controls the great,
err part Of the national domain and in
the extensive zone subject to his au-
thority he has reestablished all the
functions of public administration. He
has repaired the lines of communities
-On, railway traffic has been resumed
and in the fields and in the cities there
has been a, new movement and ANNA
tion of normal life. q
"From the foregoing, do not