El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-24
IBANEZ Tells
Of B0NILLAS
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When a popular foreigner arrives in
Mexico the university students gen
orally treat him with a gallo"
A gallo" is a night procession
with torchlights, something between
a serenade and a masquerade 1t
marches past the balcony Of the
house where the honored guest is
/ lodged: and the students, mounted on
horseback or riding in automobiles
decked with flowers and flags. or on
trucks artistically converted into al
legorical chariots. sing. shout, and
make laudatory or burlesque speeches
10 the guest Of honor; and the pub
lie. invited by the college boys. join
the parade with more carriages and
bands OF music.
BOnIIIas wouldn't Face Crowd.
I was treated to several 'gallos-'
The one given me in Mexico City was
enormous. more than 5000 persons
taking part in It The noisy, noe
turnaI procession, Including some
long stops. took two hours TO march
past the Hotel Regis. where was
stopping, occupying room next 70
that OF Bonillas.
The candidate for the presidency
was not to be found in the hotel at
that time. He had decided TO avoid
a face TO face meeting with that
youthful and disrespectful crowd,
which at a sight OF him would be
sure to make some insulting remarks.
First came Don Quixote and his
| squire. Sancho Panza; next, the -Four
! Horsemen Of the Apocalypse" and
finally. a large number OF girls
dressed to represent the various Span
/ fsh provincial types But on one gave
I a thought to Flor de Te- OF course,
we were in Mexico City. and Don
Venustiano was near at hand. The
u Of
[ prancing between the carriages In
Z the parade
Officials Avoid aGaIIos..
A few days later the students Of
] the University Of Puebla gave me
another gallo Carranza was not at
hand there.
Among the groups OF masks on
l horseback and the carriages with
I alleEories Of Spain and the Spanish
/ American republics there was sim
[ pie little coach, drawn by one horse
and without any decorations what
ever
Nevertheless It was the chief at
I traction OF the parade II was &C
cupied by a young student. attired in
] an eLtr avagantly checkered suit, the
I theaters OF Spanish speaking coun-
I tries TO represent the conventional
/ Englishman. The mask that covered
[ his face made the crowd hilarious.
Untruth About ..FIor de Te.s
Flor de Tei Hurrah for Flor de
I Tel" shouted the people. crowding
D around the coach. and when the pro-
cession filed past the balconies OF
my hotel the youth stood up and with
81 eat sOlemnity began to greet me in
nasal tone and with the hating
speech Of one who is not master OF
the language he is trying TO use.
"Meester Bonillas," the mask said
'greets Meester Ibanez. whose works
he has read, translated into English
I Within a few months. perhaps.
Meester Bonillas will be able TO read
them in the original because he is
now studying the language Of the
This IS not rue. I chatted with
senior BOnillas on more than one &C
casion while we were guests to
eether in the same hotel. and I found
that ne IS essentially similar TO all
his compatriots and can speak Span
ISL like the rest Of them
But. Of course, he could not pre-
vent the extravagant fabrications OF
/ is political adversaries- Every day
they unearthed new secret from the
past Of the candidate supported by
Carranza-
Target for Criticism.
"Bonlllas has been an American
citizen for many years they would
spring one day. -Bonillas. during his
adventurous career in the states
bordering on the Mexican frontier.
was even the sheriff Of a small
town"
The candidates family did NOT es-
cape this hostile scrutiny. II was an
nounced one day senior Bonillas had
married distinguished lady OF Eng
lish nationality and belonging TO the
Lutheran church. Her daughters pro-
Iessed the same faith and were not
Catholics! Horrorsi
We must haur In H.
terest enemies Of BOniIlas are men
without any religious faith rghnfso-
ever. Some even distinguished them ,
selves during the revolution by uu-
necessary acts Of cruelty against /
Catholic priests One Of ObreEon's /
generals, perhaps his most intimate |
friend, in the first days after the
triumph Of the revolution, made a
number Of priests and frinrs, whom
he considered enemies OF the new
regime sweep the streets Of the eapI-
Priests Go without Food.
Moreover. he filled several cattle
cars with priests and sent them from
Mexico City to Veracruz. making I.
them 90 without food during the five
days that the trip lasted Despite
this the loudest protests against the
religious faith OF the Bonillas family
came from some OF these enemies
who fear neither God nor devil
What an insult to Mexican women K
who are all Catholics" they said.
To think OF a Protestant being the
first lady OF the landr'
The reader must not infer from the
toregoing that the candidate sup
ported by Carranza and his numerous
friends did nothing to counteract this
hostile propaganda
In reality Bonillas himself could
not do very much He adapted his
personal conduct 20 the trend OF