The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-07-18

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need Of ammunition and other war ma
terials. Despite this handicap. how
ever, the Felicistas rs the Diaz reb-
els are known. continue to be Il force,
nnc all the efforts of Carranza to
break up the organization have failed.
The Felicistas are operating In the
state Of Tamaulipas in the north and
ir part of Hidalgo. Puebla, and Vera
Cruz in the south. The southern Fee
licista area forms the center link Ia
the rebel ocean barrier.
The state of M0relos and small parts
of the states OF Mexico and Guerrero
form the area In which the famous
Zapatistas are and have been operat-
ing for the last seven years AS
for Cantu, in Lower California, the
situation there can be dismissed with
Il word Cantu Is in absolute control
Of that part of Mexico, and Carranza
Is making no effort to interfere with
the independent state that Cantu has
SET up.
SmuogIe Arms In.
The seventh of Carranza's troubles
are the Yaquis of western Sonora.
They are operating in bandit groups
and number probably several thousand.
Like the Villistas they are armed and
equipped by smuggling from the United
States. The Yaquis are among the
hardest and best fighters In Mexico,
and little If any effort Is being made
by the federal government to restore
order In that part of Sonora under
: their domination.
Lastly, the bandits. Official reports
y prove that everywhere in Mexico the
q outlaw bands are to be found. Theil
I number Is unknown, but they arr
I powerful enough to hold the attention
5 of considerable part Of Carranza''
> depressed little regular army Of go,
o 600 men.
J. Briefly, what precedes gives the line
u up of the factions that are fighting
for control Of Mexico.
Here are some Of the facts, officiall.
81 established, that have resulted frOn
a. the countrywide internecine strife II
IS Mexico.
n Economically Mexico Is in the mids
Is Of crisis which is characterized b
r the intense poverty and the actual wan
u OF the great mass Of the people. Tn
r morale Of the population everywher
Is was never lower than at the preser
10. time. The general health of the pes
IT, pie Is everywhere bad. Cattle raisin,
TT the principal industry Of the nation,
ir today only about ten per cent Of whf
n it was in 1914. OF all Mexican IL
o. dustries, the growing Of henequin alOr
shows progress. All textile factorit
and sugar mills, with few exception
J., are out of business. and those that al
aa operating are run down and in need I
~, repair Practically all of the cou
~ trys 10000 miles of railroads are d
~. moraIized or destroyed as result
,s+ rebel and bandit activity. Not ce
-, - of interest has been paid on the n
-. tional foreign dphs in more than fl
III years.
a. More than rs par cent Of the pop
lation is now absolutely illiterate. IT
=, national credit h gone, and the fc
~, eign oil interests are, despite the a
o. parent friendly attitude Of Pela'
-, menaced AS an indication Of t
aa health Of the people, latest reports I
~. ' innate the yearly death rate in Next
' City is 21,0OO, while the reported Dir
va rate is only $500. 1t is believed, no
ever, that correct census would sh'
- larger birth rate. although the rs
estimate Is official.
At the present time MI reliable
ports coming out Of Mexico Indie;
IN the precarious condition of the Carr;
"A za government. Carranza has be
a during the past three years probal
IA the most pro-German head Of a st;
d in the western hemisphere.
"A Openly Pro-German.
Until recently his attitude has bt
unfriendly to the United States, 9
when he thought Germany was "
ming he made no efforts to conceal
sympathy for the Teutons. Legis
ton that was passed during the v
8 ana which was directed against
allied oil holdings in the Tampico co
q try is generally believed, in private
well as official circles, to have b
inspired by German interests and l
resentatlves in Mexico. Protests agai
this legislation have been filed by
American, British and French govt
mentS.
Since he developed his anti Ameri