El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-25
FAITH SHOWN
BY TERRAZAS
IN MEXICO
BY c. A. MARTIN.
CCOntinued nom page IL

: By G. A. MARTIN.
(Coutinued nom page II
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to return, but during the ten years
we have been eNiled, I have made
{ business connections IN the United
States that now require my attention
: here Tor tlmes / also nave my cnll-
dren in school here and my wife and
I wish TO remain in the United states
to be close to them
IT shall make frequent trips into
Mexico. however on business and 20
meet my friends. / have charge Of
the activities on my fathers ranches
in Chihuahua and that viii take me
much into Mexico.
Place to Make Fortune.
"In q short time 1 propose 70 take
a special carload Of my friends from
New York into Mexico to show them
the country. j contemplate this some
time next spring 7 want American
capitalists to see the great oppor-
tunities in Mexico.
.sThere IL no place IN the world
where n young man who is will
ing TO work. can get ahead more
quickly than in Mexico.
Fl am now. comparatively, an old
man. lost a fortune in the revolu-
. ton. but / am optimistic I believe
3 7 WilLeret be able TO accumulate some
{ Wealth before I die IL live the al
lotted age. I cannot expect TO live 20
@My father fs EtiH In good
health. He rides every day. He
cannot take HIS long walks us
he did when In FL Pns0. but he
rides every day and he eats well
and sleeps well. He II able to
walk 70 his ear alone and get In
without assistance.
The general has not been wen
since my mother died. for her death
was a great blow 10 him He plans
TO take her body 10 Chihuahua for in
terment in the family cemetery
there"
Family Not Piauea.
II the ex-governor reflects the at
fftude OF the family. the Terrazas
family accepts the situation philoso-
phically, without pique for what has
happened.
''The revolution was bound 20
come" he said "We did not expect
& when it came. Of course, but look
ing back. we can see that II was but
a natural evolution
-1Iy father IS now having his
estates prospected for water. with
a view TO cultivating them II would
lake @ generation 10 resuock them ]
with cattle. He Is too old TO give
his estates the attention he gave
them until the time he had TO leave Z
Mexico. lt Is not only possible but 10 I
IS probable that the estate VIII be [
divided into small tracts and sold 70 /
families for agriculture, if water cal I
be developed.
wishes 10 Help Country.
1T is the wish of my father. in his /
last years, to do what he can for his I
country. He IS patriotic Mexican I
and always has been He IS now try
ing 10 find water and f IL is found I
IL viii be a Godsend to the country. /
Northern Mexico needs more agricul-
tural land IL 10 can be provided, tood /
for the people VIII be cheaper and {
more plentiful.
@Of course, fortunes were wiped
out for the Terrazas family by
The revolutions. most Of IL wan
ton destruction. but that is the
fortune OF war We viii start
8Ir. Terrazas was told that his own
home had been looted Of everything
and that ic was now in use as
public school building.
Laughing. he safds eNes.
know, / had 10 laugh when they
tod me how the place was looted
The loofers carried off everything
and left n blk brass bedstead in
my room That Wight the insur-
Eeuty st1hled their horses in the
patio, piled their snddles upon the
bed and slept on the fIo0f.n
Lost His RaHors.
Then. rejecting and laughing again.
he said I hated TO lose my raEors
worse than anything else. / had an
CD friend, an American. named John
Burns. and When-he died in Chihua-
1ua- they sold his effects at auction.
bought his seven razOrs-he had
one for each day-just as memento
Of my friend. They were the finest
z azors ever saw. When I had TO
leave. I brought only one. / lost
the other six. Burns had possessed
them over ten wheu lost them The
one ] still haTes-I -use every day. Ii
is now at least so years in use"
EU-GOv. Terrnzns revealed for
the first time the story of how
his brother Luis. happened 10 re-
main in Chihunhun when the rest
OF the family fled TO the border
with Gen. Mereado and the Huertn
troops, nt the apProuch OF Pan
cho Villa
NY brother did not stay I'm Chi
luahua to look after the Terrazas
estates" said he. NY father and I
all Of US begged him 10 come with
u.s. He refused 10 leave saying ne I
70 anyone ana he was going 20 remain
n his country. He said the rebels
would not harm him It grieved my
-ather 10 leave him there, but he in
sisted on staying, in the belief that
nobody would hurt him"
Few Dinz Troops
El Pasoaus and the world thought
northern Mexico was fun Of troops att
Mexico.
There were but 800 in the en-
tire state OF Chihuahua ut the
time, according TO M. TerraHas
and Guillermo Porrns. secretary
Of state under Gov Jose Maria
sanchez who WAS chief executive
Of the state at the time the reTo- j
luton broke. III
Mr. Porras is now a resident Of Fl
'aso and, like SIR. Terrazas, has faith II
q the new regime in Mexico and
1Qks Tor prosperity and continued
eace IN his country Asked relative
o the military conditions OF Chs =
uahua at the time the revolution p
roke, be said.
The revolution broke upon US like
storm out Of a clear SKY As sec
atary Of state. i received 2 telegram
rom Mexico City stating that il was
spcrted that some rnalcontents were u-
bout 20 cause trouble in Parral.
Came Unexpectedly.
7 wired the jefe poiitico of ParraI al
nd he replied that everything was al
saceful and no trouble was antici- u
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