The Washington times., 1920-06-05
MEXICAN GA|ETY
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Gloom in the Capital Tells the
Story Of Country's Suffering,
Says lbanez.
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made so much money In such . very
short time.
The worst OF II Is that the present
situation offers no outlook toward
better things. People had gotten used
TO life under carranza, the way you
get used TO a disease. He was bad
enough, but a new revolution would
make things worse. Many optimists
believed there would be no more vio-
lent overturns OF governments. But
the present revolution came all the
same. And we may be sure IL Will not
be the last. 1t is an insurrection LED
by a number OF different men for q
single presidency. In II are the seeds
OF several other revolutions, which
will follow at greater or lesser inter
walls OF time.
Loyal Ones HAve Suffered.
can imagine all that the faithful
inhabitants OF Mexico. who never de-
serted their country, have seen and
! suffered in these last years. And SO
can understand why II Is they stick
TO their houses at night and never go
out except for some very urgent rea-
son.
do not attach so much Importance
to those early days of the great revo-
lutlon's triumph, when the houses OF
the rich were pillaged, and Libraries
and works OF art were destroyed.
Many revolutions. in the flush OF first
success, have been marred by episodes
like these. The poor native. neg@sct-
ed by everybody. conservatives and
liberals alike, had never been sent to
| school, save to the school OF violence.
He though he was within his rights
in tearing books to pieces. and burn
ing or selling them. A carbtne meant
more than a volume In his eyes.
The native looks around him In
Mexico. and his peasants insight into
things tells him that il is not by read
ing books that people get to power
and rule over other men. He sees that
the successful man Is the man on a
broncho, with a lasso coiled around
the horn OF his saddle. a rifle slung
over his shoulder. and machette
dangling from his fist.
The discouraging thing Is that the
pardonable initial violence of the rev.
olution was followed by the system
attic. calculated violence of so-called
peace, one act following another like
the scenes on theater program
cold-blooded outrages like those Ger
man militarisms planned in Europe to
peaceful harmless persons who re-
manned in Mexico lived through all
| that. 1t was to escape all that that SC
many families fled to New York, Los
Angeles. London and Madrid.
Conqucrers Have Taken spoiIs
Every triumphant general moved
! into the house that he liked best: and
the domestic instincts of the Mexican
/ txyi io n n r q
and cruel disposition. were turned
loose without any restraint. This
automobile for the "old woman.
This parlor is just what mi India
| has been looking for" That was thu
case with the German soldiers in the
French cities. They plundered. but
with the preferences of their wives
and daughters in mind.
When people have been on a visit
| to some conqueror's mansion in Mex
leo City. they often go away nudgine
each other; did you notice! Thai
| furniture in the dining room used &c
belong to so-and-so." There are
women who quite openly wear famous
gems given them by their husbands
but which once belonged to another
woman.
The more prudent ones proceed
somewhat differently. A popular
actress in Mexico, whose mission II
was in recent years to receive love
letters from the generals. along with
Jewels from the booty Of the revolu
tion, has a goldsmith working fol
! her who does nothing but transform
lockets into rings and rings intc
breast pins. In the new form, 1t will
be harder for the original owner oi
the gem to identify them.
Robbery ResembIed "Movie"
! In addition there was robbery under
| private management, with all the
mystery and intrigue familiar in the
detective story and the movie drama
Especially notorious and terrifying
was the Band of the Gray Car
A well-to-do family, venturing tt
leave home for an evening call, or
returning would find the house open
all the trunks and safes forced
every drawer turned topsy-turvy, anc
the servants bound and gagged. Or
table would be a note: DO not
| report to the police. Silence ID
golden. Truly yours. The Band OF
| the Gray Car" That would be thu
end of the matter. People would talk
of course, but in secret. with theiI
friends. This band dealt particularly
1 with tnt nOIltS VI WSai'hy NN'SS
where such operations could be con-
Quoted with virtual immunity. Any
| passer-by. seeing the formidable
vehicle parked in front of a house
would do his best to get as far away
as possible, and as soon as possible.
There was good reason for fear
ing the terrible car. Its joy-ridcrs
though ordinary bandits themselves
proved to be all-powerful. The active
| leader of the band, according to com
| mon report, was young general
with suspicious record and notori,
Gus morals, who. kept number oi
actresses supplied with jewelry Ac'
cording to the same gossip, the man.
higher-up" in the whole business
and at this point one seems to enter
! fairyland-was no less than General
! Pablo Gonzales, at the time dictator.
| governor of Mexico City and District
Mystery Never solved.
| repeat that the story is hard tc
swallow. and l refuse to believe II
But for many people Don Pablo re
mains "the man of the Gray Car
During the recent election campaign
his political enemies put film on the