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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-06-08

Y ell general Irevlno, n Vez mas,
yacilaba, tenlia, seguia indeciso c ire
soluto, aun cuando en- esta vez. mas
que en- otra alguna, aparecia a sus
ojos la importancia innegaOlc de su
'papel.
Y cuentan tambiGn que por aquel
c~ntonces, el vulgar incidente. estuvo
a punto de decidir al general Ire
vino q una accion decisiva: Ia de Ian
zarsc a la revolucion, la de ofrecer-
ie su nombre y sus hombres, que cram
todos los hombres dc la frontera.
y
FL jefe de las rma de una po-
blaci6n de Ia frontera mexicana, te-
MIA a un familiar enfermo, y el en-
fermo no tenia fe mas que en- un
solo nledico.
Ese medico. estaba V cSta en- Ell
destierro, tenia y tiene cerradas las
puertas de Mexico, porque habia sido,
y sigue siendo, enemigo de ia eau.
sa."
Sin embargo, como aquello estaba
bien lejcs de la politica Y de la revo
lucion, como Sc trataba dc la saliva
cion de alguien que significaba mucho
en- la estimation del jefe de las ar
mas, Sc permitio ell paso al territorio
mcyicano del rledico d~esterrado, solo
para aquel case especial.
FL medico, amigo del militar ca
rrancista. Y amigo del viejo gene
raj de la Republica, curlplida su mi
sion a la cabecera del enfermo, a.
bordo el asunto, con franqueza from
t~eriza, y dijo a 81 amigo Y c~liente:
Els precise que cese esta revolu-
cion esteril que devasta al pals, cs
necesario que, q~uiencs sea patriotas
de verdad. pongan les ojos ell ago
mas que ell interes de los partidos,
que al fin Y al cabo son pasajeros:
en- el interes de la patria, que es e.
terno. Hay I'm hombre que puede
salvar al pals, que cuenta con los e.
lementos de Ia mas fuerte entire las
facciones armadas, que hoy Sc dis
putan Ell gobierno de Mexico: ell &C.
neral Geronimo Trevino, que Sc en-
cuentra a ccrta distancia Y que. sa-
crificandolo TODD, esta dispuesto a
l~anzarse a la aventura, solo por ell
bien nacional. Tu puedes contri-
BUR a clio de una efectiva,
v podras decir manana, que a ii Sc
debe en- mucho la salvation de Ia Re-
publica.
-jCorio......? inquiri6 el otro,
perplejo Y dubitativo.
-Poniendo esta plaza Ell manos
del general Trevino.
Honda sorpresa Sc marco en- ell
rostro del militar carrancista, ell es-
tupor 10 inmovilizo en- ell sitio y lie
impidid hablar. de que tremenda
lucha de ideas, de calculos entire no.
bles e interesados. fue campo su es-
,pritu? Solo el 10 sabe; mas entire
elias debe raber pesado fuertemente
una, un recuerdo: el habia sido em-
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-iPero eres tn? inquirio el gene
raj despues de s~aludarlo. iComo
has cambiado desde que no tie veo!
70 soy, 81 sehc- Y he canbiado
muchisimo.
" dime ique has hecho desde
que saliste de la hacienda, en- que
has trahajado, dc que has vivido?
Cuentame, que 20 siempre tengo de-
secs de saber de todos ustedes.
y ell General Trevino, que espera-
ba a I'm hombre para tratar de un a.
sunto tan grave como Ia salvation de
la patria, Sc divide de TODD, de la re-
voluci0n, de la plaza cercana, de su
papel, del de 81 int~erlocutor, para ser
a secas, ell viejo propietario que Sc
encuentra con uno de sus antiques
! empleados, Y que Quiere hacer re-
cuerdos.
-Pues 70, senior, siguio ell otro, sin
atreverse tampoco a abordar Ia cues
ton. segui trabajando en- distintas
cosas. con mayor o nenor fortuna.
-Pero parece que has mejorado..
ST ,senor, no me ha lido mall.
-Tengo mucho gusto, hombre.
Conque me decias. ..pero, dime:
idesde cuando dejaste la hacienda?
Haze como diez amos.
" ahora. eres agricultor, o CO.
merciante, o que.....
Al general Trevino TODD sc lie ocu-
rria, mcnos que aquel fuera ell hom-
bre de quien lie habian hablado.
No senior, siguio diciendo ell mi
litar, sin saber como acabar aquella
embarazosfma ..entre a Ia
%revolucion y.....
-iAh! Te metiste a la bola, hon.
bre. Y cue tai, sostuviste muchos
combates, te gusto Ia milicia 800.
-Tuve algunos Y me gusta mucho,
senior General.
iQuien habfa de pensar que til ibas
a ser soldado. iY tienes hombres q
tus ordenes?
ST, senior, algunos.
-Vaya, vaya: lograste hacer algo?
-Tuve esa buena suerte.
Al hcmbre Sc lie hacia dificil de-
cir: tengo ell mismo grade que usteed,
soy general.
-Pero bueno, que eres: siouiera
%coronel, t%eniente coronel.
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l0IOIi

Esto que aparece como t1tulo del
presents relate, es algo que mas dc
una vez pensaste. dijiste, u o'ste de-
cir, lectcr, 81 es que. como cada qulS-
que, en- Ell Mexico de Ia ultima deca-
ia. ecnaste tn cuarto 4 eSpadaS, ST.
euler sea en- el inocente comento, en-
las cosas de Ia politica n%acional-
IL General Trevino Presidents de
Ia Republica.... nc aqui algo que en-
mas de una OCCASION pudo ser. cue a.
case debio haber sido. que buena par
te del pals deseo ardientemente, que
cstuvo z punto dc SER. Y que no
10 fue porque Dios Y el General Ire
VINO no 10 quiSieron-
Huoo IN momento. despucS &c Vi
ramada de mil novecientoS dicZ en-
Ell que cl pueblo sintio Ell horror Gle
Ia pendiente en- que Ia vida n~aclonal
Sc despenaba, como rompla sus raj
gambres con ell pasado historico. como
iba dando al traSte con sus fuerzaS
V con Sus preStiglos; como, perdldo Ell
canine recto, Sc iba eXtraviando por
los torcidos v~ericuetos a donde lie He
vaban sus malas pasioneS Y suS malos
paStoreS-
Apuntaban los crugidoS del de-
rrumbamiento; Ia obra de los amos y
del esfuerzo Sc dolia de 81 base de
arena. ell pueblo sentia Ia fatiga do
lorosa de IA inutil ~convulSion Y Vol
via los ojoS en- torno, en- buSca de Ia
senda perdida Y del hombre esperado.
Y entonces Sc penso en- ell General
Trevino.
FL General Trevino no era el hon.
bre de I'm partido-el pueblo estaba
decepcionado dc los partidos-no re-
~presentaba los intereSes de un grupo;
no encaDezaba faccion alguna.
FL General Trevino era cl que ha-
bia viviGo los diaS rojos de la inter
~venci0n. los diaS glorioSos dc Puebla
V de Queretaro; SUI vida habia sido
Ia vida de la Republica en- lucha con
el Imperio. Era IN soldado de los
~uue habisn c~ombatido contra Ell inva-
sor. era ell hombre de Santa Isabel,
de- Santa Gertrudis, de San Jacinto:
V como ell porfirismo habia tenido
buen cuidaGo de apartario de TODD CON
tacto con Ia cosa pubiica, de obscu-
recerlo Y de hacerlo olvidar, el Ge-
neral Trevino c~ontinuaoa Siendo pa
"a la mayoria meXicana, fronteriza
sobre TODD. Ell soldado de Ia interven-
ci6n, el defenSor Ge Ia R~epu5lica. una
pagina ~viviente de nuestra historic,
una viviente ~recordacion &c la mas
gloriosa de nuestras epopeyas.
ESQ era 10 que Ell pueblo de Mexico
nabia menester despues de Ia locura
tragica, despues de su desgraciada
ayentu-a revolucionaria: algo QUE le
hiciese volver los ojos a la patria Ell
peligrc. alguien que ~encarnase el YER
dadero ideal p~atriorico, muy otro del
aparece. maltrecho Y falaZ, entire
eli arabeseo ~retorico de los discos Y
de las ~proclamas..
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curloSO oClSntOn &c est plitoleSSO
relate, que va a los ~lectores tai y CO
mo a sus oidos lego, sin poncrle pun
TO nj coma.
Y 81. lector, dijeres que es comcnto,
Tai cual me 10 c~ontaron, te 10 cuento.
Era nor eli ano dc 1915.
La revolution, al triunfar. Sc ha-
bia dividido; dc una que era, sc ha-
Dia convertible en- dos. Ell constitu-
cicnalismo habia dejado de serlo, pa
re- trocarse en- ell carrancismo y en- ell
villismo, dos fuerzos en- un antago-
nismo rabioso, en- cl que pugnaban
hasta la mucrtc, mas que dos ideales,
dos ambiciones Y dos rcncores.
El villisnlo. con Ia mayor suma de
elementos militares de la revolution
arroj6 al carrancismo dc Ia capital
dc la RepiSlica, y el carranclsmo 10
contaba sino con cl puerto de Vera
cruz. en- tanto que sus enenligoS CON
taban con ell resto de Ia Republlca.
FL momento era ~interesante y detl-
nitivo. ST el villismo lograba dar Ell
golpe de muerte al carrancismo, an
ties de que este lograra rehacersc y
fortalecerse. Ia situacion era suya;
pero clio debia de ser pronto. no solo
Dor e. interes de los dos partldos
contendientes, sino por ell interes ma
cionai, por la urgencia publica. por
el claMor collective que pedla que Ia
lucha cesara. que tornase la paz, u
cuando fuese una paz re'ativa e in
establc, a con Quien la pudiese estable
Ger de una ranera pronta Y segura.
estaria tcdo el pals que no habia to-
mado parte en- Ia c%onticnda, y que la
habia sufrido.
FL villismo era la fuerza cfectl-
a cl carrancismo no ero Sino "a
rranza. su ~testaruGez, su ~tenacldad,
SUI fe.
Aun no Sc temian siquiera las de-
rrotas de Cclaya Y de Leon, y Ia fac
ci0n del Norte pensaba consolidarse,
en- ganarse la opinion publica, Y para
clio Sc penso en- IN medic: en- bus
car. para poner al frente de los des-
tinos del pals. a alguien cue turIcra
ante "a Republica, un anejo y soll-
do prastigio, que desc las garantlas
suficicntes a Ia gran necesidad po-
pular.
Y diceSe que Villa personaimente,
hubo de dirigirse al general Geroni-
mo Trevino. que Sc encontraba en- I'm
pequeno poblado americana de la
frontera, ~pidiendole que Ell fuese csc
hombrc.
Era Ia tercera, Ia cuarta vez que
Sc pedia al general Trevino 10 mlsmo:
SUI nombre, su prestigio, su historic,
para dar apariencia de solidez, de no.
norabilidad, de finalidad clara y des-
~interesada, 4 un movimiento que que
ria If, en- efecto. no hacia el apro-
vechamiento de una faccion, sino 81
bien de la Repubiica.
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La dcntici6n en- los nihos siemprc atrsvie-
81 por IN duro periodo appointments Guam
do empieZa en- ell tempo caiuroso. No So
lamente sufren por los objetos de hule Gus
Sc les dan a masticar para calmar Ia irri-
tacion. sino cue su est6mago e in~testinos
atraviesan por las peores condolences. "a
mejor remedio que listed ruede dar al pc
quefo paciente. es ell McCEE'S BABY ELL
XIR. Corrige los desordenes estomaeales y
refresca > cai1h Ia irritacion dc los intes-
tinos. al mismo tempo que ayuG2 a In
digestion De vcnts por Ia Botica San Pc
dro de 4. Cohn & Co., San Antonio, Texas.
lAdy.)
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Fl GRAZ. TREVNO PRESIDENT DELAR

pleado del General Trevino, en- la ha-
cicnda de la Bahia, el guerra y We
neraba al viejo soldado de la inter-
vencion, su vida Sc habia deslizado a
IA sombra de Ia suya......
Y al fin Y al cabo. el hombre di-
10:
-Esta bien.
-iQuieres hablar con ell General
Trevino.?
ST.
70 preparare la e~ntrevista. Y
Ia cntrevista Sc verified, Y constituyo
una admirable cscena de fina y espi-
ritual conledia.
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curioso ochent0n dc estt pintoresco
relate, que va a los lectores tai y CO
mo a sus oidos lego, sin poncrle puc-
TO nj coma.
Y 81, lector, dijeres que es comcnto,
Tai cual me 10 contaron, tie 10 cuento.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-12

the t5oston plan, which guarantees the in
come of traction securities to their owners
to the lines of this city;
THAT Mr.. Macfarland being i'll of inhu-
enza, Mayor Hylan told Mr.. Shonts that
Corporation Counsel Burr would take the
matter up with Mr.. Quackenbush, and that
thereafter Mr.. Burr and Mr.. Quackenbush
conferred frequently;
THAT Mr.. Quackenbush submitted to Mr..
Burr protocol or draft agreement.
whereby it was proposed that the state con-
stltution be amended and laws enacted
which would permit trustee operation of all
the lines in the city save those on Staten
lsiand the trustees to be public officials.
the income and rentals of the traction COM
panles to be guaranteed, and an Scent fare
to be charged with 3 cents additional for
transfers;
"That after deiberation and q lanse Of
time Mr. Burr sent a memorandum to the
Mayor raising many objections to the pro-
tocol, but suggesting that a 6-cent fare
might be permissible, though holding that
municipal operation should be brought
about in some other manner
"That thereafter Mr. Quackenbush and
Mr. Burr had further conferences. even as
late as last week, Mr.. Burr admitting that
he might have been wrong in some of his
contentious.
THAT the question of a receivership for
the lnterborough was brought up at these
meetings, and that Mr.. Burr ntimated that
II 1T became necessary he would be willing
to further it but wanted it done in large
way and properly
"That Mr.. Quackenbush had expected that
the Scent fare proposition would be nut
into effect by arrangement with the city
authorities on December 1---more than a
month ago."
1t was Mr.. Shonts who told about the
New-York tribune., 1919-01-12
How Best to Serve Up Transportation Is the Problem
---Railroad Presidents and Interstate Commerce
Commission Present Favorite Recipes

ter now than they will be on January /,
1921, unless much more is done for their
improvement under government operation
Financially. they are better now than they
will be then, for they were making money
under private ownership and they are losing
money under public operation Many Of
the best men, now regional directors, are
resigning and their services would not be
available were there much delay In restoring
the properties.
"Most of the benefits of government oper-
alton are based disregard OF interstate
snd pooling laws that the private owners
were forced to observe, it is held. Joint
use Of terminals and consolidation Of ticket
Offices, joint use of rolling stock and better
supervision Of cars are admitted benefits
which ought to be retained; also the plan
Of sending freight by the shortest routes
and OF eliminating useless competition in
passenger service on parallel lines
Particular criticism is levelIed at Mr..
McAdoo for his apparent failure to
recognize the extent to which prolonged
Federal operation Of the roads would
tend to stihe precisely the sort Of in
dividual initiative which is most neces-
sary to a successful solution of their
problems.
"He prefers" declares "The Brooklyn.
Daily Eagle "not to see what is visible to
almost everybody else, including a large ma
lority of members of both branches of the
National Legislature. They find nothing but
peril in pro!ongation and for the hest of
reasons are aversc to an immediate rostora-
ton
"Mr. Otto Kahn mas stated the case with
New-York tribune., 1919-01-12

l understood him, we had accomplished q
good many Of the things in our negotia-
tions that he thought he brought here, and
had them embodied in our contract with the
city; that there was one distinctive differ
ence, namely, that we had invested some
thing more than $200,000O00 in the New
York enterprise and had then sold out to
the city, retaining only control of the
property for the period OF the lease, forty
nine years, for the purpose of being in a
position TO see that the terms of the agree
ment were carried out; that the control
OF the property all that we had left;
that if now his plan was that we should
turn that control over to q board of trus-
tees to be appointed either by the nunicI-
pal or state authorities, or both We would,
of course, have to be paid for that.
"While the proposition was new to me,
and oil I could do was to think out loud,
I could not think of but two ways in
which they could pay US.
"One was to pay US more money than
our contract with the city called for, and
the other was to give us a better security
Tor the same sums of money that our
contract with the city called for and in as
much as the radical papers had criticised
the city government for, as they claimed,
allowing US too much in the present con-
tract, they could not with any great con-
sistency offer US more than the contract
called for, so that there was nothing left
that l saw except to give US a better
security for the same amounts than our
contract provided we should receive"
The Mayor wanted to know what prog
ress was being made. Said Mr.. Shonts:
"The Mayor asked me how l, personally,
felt about the situation, and ! said that
all I could say was that until Mr.. Macfar-
lands views were worked out concretely I
New-York tribune., 1919-01-12
Have Your Railroads Unscra1nbed, Sir?

Adoo proposal through during the few
short weeks remaining Of the present ses-
sion of Congress. They reiterated also
their determination to prevent the pos
sibe wreckng of some railroad systems
through the Administration taking ad-
vantage of the privilege it has under ex-
isting law of turning the railroads back to
private ownership at any time.
Congress will insist leaders declared
tonight, on the railroad question being
given the most careful study before de-
termining finally on any plan for their
future. To their worries regarding the
practical certainty of government control
rebuilding from adoption Of the McAdoo
plan have been added grave doubts of
government ownership being possible for
any great length of time without the e,-
penditure of tremendous sums and adding
to the already heavy burdens of taxation" ,"
The Association Of Railway Execu-
tives in a meeting in Philadelphia, at
which ninety-two per cent of the mileage
OF the country was represented, adopted
set of principles which it believes
should form the basis of legislation for
the reimbursement of the railroads. A
con2pittee of six was appointed to rep
resent the roads before Congress. 1t
consists Of 7. De Witt Cuyler, of the
Pennsylvania Railroad chairman OF
the Association of Railway Executives;
ALFRED Il. Thom, counsel for the asso-
citation; Howard Elliott, president of
the Northern Pacific Julius Kputt-
schnitt, president of the Southern Pa
ciic; Samuel Rea, president of the
Pennsylvania, and Daniel Willard pres
ident of the Baltimore & Ohio.
The railroads plan for government
control was presented to the Interstate
Commerce Committee by the Senate last
Thursday by T. De Witt Cuyler. 1t
provided for private ownership, man.
agement and operation under the direc-
ton of a secretary of transportation.
Asked what it was proposed to do re-
New-York tribune., 1919-01-12

Testifying before the Public Service
Commission on Tuesday, Mr.. Shonts
said:
II received a message from my office
that Mayor Hylan requested me to be at
his office the next morning, think, at 10
o'clock or half past 10, whatever the hour
was. The Mayor took me into his Office
and a gentleman followed me in to whom
the Mayor introduced me. He said Il want
you to know Mr.. Macsarland, of Boston.
This gentleman wants to help you get a
7-cent fare for your various lines, and l
think under certain conditions he can sue
ceed.' told him that sounded very good.
He said: Before we go further, want you
to know who Mr.. Macfarand is. He rep
resents Mr.. Eearst's interests in New Eng
land. He is his LAWYER in New England
II then asked Mr.. Macfarland if he bore
the same relation to Mr.. Hearst in New
England that Mr.. William De Ford did in
New York. He said, No. and that in addi-
tiion to being Mr.. Hearst's counsel in New
England he was his policy writer Of edi-
torials in that district"
New-York tribune., 1919-01-12

would be no Fanderbilts, no James J. Hills.
no SCOTS, no Harrmans, no Lovetts. no
Lorees or Ripleys engaged in railroading." /"
Mr.. McAdoo's insistence that the rail
roads should be taken out of politics
met with a heartily cordial reception.
Whether he had found the means of
bringing this about, however, was sub
iected to sharp questioning.
'Mr. McAdoo's ideas on politics are en-
titled TO respect" is the way "The Spring
field Republican" put it, "but he is prob
ably mistaken in thinking that politica! in
terest in the railroad problem in 1920 would
be substantially lessened by the passage
OF a Congressional resolution providing for
five-year period of government control"
Said The New York Evening POST:
"The McAdoo tive-year period is purely
arbitrary; 1t might be made three years, or
SIX, or ten, so far the force of his rea-
sonlng goes lie presents very much the
appearance of a man who had made up his
mind that q certain thing ought to be
done and then cast about for arguments
ging the question"
For q real solution, "The Springfield
Republican, points to the suggestion
advanced by Jacob H. Schiff:
"The surest way to minimize politics in
connection with the railroads in the next
Presidential campaign would be for the
President to adopt the suggestion of the
New York banker, Jacob il. Schir. Mr..
Schiff advises the President to announce
that he will return the railroads to pri-
vate management; that he will DO so as
soon as appropriate remedial and reforma-
tory Legislation has been enacted, but that
ne Will DO so in any event with or without
such Legislation on January l, 1921"
From innumerable quarters substan-
TALLY the same view was advanced.
AT the same time the actual admins
tration Of the railroads by the govern
snent as eXempliied to date came in for
New-York tribune., 1919-01-12
z Rurn

was the point raised by Senator Borah
at the time the resolution was pending
in Congress.
"The World expresses a fear that if
the dry forces should win out there
would be danger of the United States
going to socialistic party basis
"or the great majority of the working
classes Hopping over to the Berger-Sted-
n-Germer standard.
This report is said to- have been COM
piled after survey of the political rum
blings among the working classes who are
demanding, it was stated, that the reform
ers leave them~slone to the endowment of
their glass Of beer. One spokesman for
the convention declared that Russia did
not revolt until vodka was taken fIom the
WORKING classes, and that Lloyd George,
who started out teetotaller for England,
had TO modify his drastic programme when
the workers of England, Wales and Scot
land threatened an uprising if the ration
ing OF their beverages went further"
The resolution adopted in Chicago
January stated
that there were 600 dstiIerics in the
country with an aggregate Investment of
at least si,000.o0o,0Oo; that the industry
actually antedated the Constitution, adopted
IN l18o, and that the business has hereto
fore been recognized, encouraged and pro-
tected by the United States government
itself
1t was also stated that there were on
hand about l50.oo0,00o gallons of whiskey
and alcohol, OF n total value of about $780,
GOO. 600, and that Federal and state taxes
Of at least s5,0oOoOo,o 600 had been paid
since the enactment of the internal revenue
law Of 1862.
THE resolutions declared that carrying
out of the war prohibition legislation and
the proposed amendment would destroy the
property involved and violate every prin.
ciple of American justice and of constitu,
tional guarnntees'"