El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-13
SAYS Poems ARE
ALL THE SAME
British Mining Man De
clares Desire to Fight
Animates All "Istas. !"

Nothing but Intervention or the
strong hand or a second Porfirio pia%
can save Mexico. in the opinion OF r Z
Durham. a British mining man. for
merly of Durango. who is registered at
the Hotel Fisher
Il worked with Mexican poems for
rine years. and I have found that they
despise education and the laws of by
eiene.~ said Mr. Durham Monday.
They have no sense of patriotism,
and all that they want is enough Irl-
joles and torulias, with generous
dash Of teqUil& on the side In 50
years from now they viii be lu eN-
actIy the same situation as they are
now They are naturally deceitful. and
their talk about their 'patria' Is all
piffle. l wouldn't trust any Of them.
More Money. Mere Drink.
The poems in the days of Diaz were
better off than they are now. ne con-
tinued- Then they were paid % cents
a day in silver-nOw they get s. day
in paper. which Is virtually worthless.
But even il their wages were increased
in real money. their families would De
worse off than they are now. for y
would mean that the providers would
be drunk four DAYS out OF the week
instead Of only on Sunday. The poems
would work until they made what they
were accustomed to earning, and then
, they would spend the rest Of their time
in grog shops
What is going on down in Mexico
now is not a revOlution-it is merely
the conflict between personal ambi-
. lions and perS0Tal jealOusies- Carra1-
cistas- FilliStas. and al the othsr
'istaS' are all the same-they have no
conception OF patriotism. but fight be
cause they like shooting better than
working
No Rights Respected
No rights are respected in Mexico
now-either american or European
There was a time. perhaps. when Eng
liSh and German interests were gwen
more consideration. but that time -
gone
1T is not FOR foreigner 10 criticise
your president who is a worthy and
thoroughly well meaning man. but
must say that I believe that he does
not understa nd the Latin temperament
lie cannot expect TO handle a Mexican
( faction in the same way that he would
deal WITH the ambassador from the
court of 81. James
where is the GringO."
In August. 1919. iE Avino. Durango.
the wall by bandits. who were unable
TO eXtort money from him Only the
intercessions Of women and children
saved his life About A year later.
while he was in the city OF Durango.
the house where he was lodging was
attacked by soldiers, and cries OF
Where is the gringo2' were heard
outside Mr. Durham lay low" and
the bandits did not pursue the argu-
ment-
Mr. Durham has visited practically
all the principal countries OF the globe.
and has crossed the Atlantic ocean %
times each way he is planning to
leave in few days for Bolivia, where
he viii engage in the tin mining busi-
the state supreme court ordered hear
ing regarding his sanity. The hearing
was Drotracted. and twice an extern
sion Of time was granted for its COM
pletion- The jury found Bulger sane.
Bulger's first extension of time for
execution was granted by the supreme
court from the week beginning Novsm-
Der TO the week beginning January ..
1916 This was to permit the hearing
into his sanity Two extensions were
again granted. and after the hear
ing. the week beginning February q
was fixed for the execution. Finally the
supreme court WAS asked TO review the
hearing conducted in the district court
and pending action on this motion the
time OF execution was extended 10 May
q. Action on the appeal for review was
deferred