Evening journal., 1920-09-13
MEXICANS ARE
TIRED OF WAR
Want Chance to Settle
Down and Grow in Peace
With All
ALL REVOLUTIONS
START IN NORTH
BY RALPH m. TUnNEn.

United Press Staff Correspondent
SAN PEDRO, COahulla, Mexico,
August % (By Mail All we want
Is peace and a chance 90 20 TO work
We're siok Of revolution"
Thai Is The sentiment expressed In
every quartz il the section OF north
ern Mexico known as the Laguna dis
irict, IN which the towns Of Tor
reOn, san Pedro and Gomez form he
principal centers OF activity. Judg-
ing from the feeling in this par. OF
Mexico, the surest guarantee Of fu-
.ure peace In this troubled country
is he fact that the people are eX-
haustd from lighting.
n is inlerCs ing To note that his
Weariness Of strife Is voiced In a part
OF Mexico lha. was the storm center
N the revolutionary moNemeli m It's
early days. The state Of Coahuila
was the home Of Francisco Madero,
Mexico's FIRST revolutionary president
who launched the rebellion lhas
overthrow Pornrio Diaz. In the town
OF san Pedro the brothers OF Madero
make heir home today, having re-
try after a period Of exile In the
United states Nenustiano Carranza
also was ciizen Of Coahula. and be
gan his revolutionary career n lhis
safe CuatrO Cionegas, north OF
here. was Carranzas birthplace some
0f the hilierest battles OF ,he revo-
lulion were wagcd for possession OF
TOrrcOn and san Pedro.
But today he country which was
the home OF revolution is crying for
peace.
Mexican revolutions Of the past ten
years almost invariably have had
.heir origin in the north. Nadero,
villa, Carranza and Obregon all came
from the north. This northern spirit
OF revolution frequently has been
ascrihed TO proximity 10 he United
states border, resulting In ideas more
liberal and aggressive than those OBJ
tanning i1 he southern part OF Mex
ico. Whatever the reason. there may
be significance In the makeup Of this
little town OF San Pedro. Everywhere
one encounters persons who speak
English. peoplc who have been In the
United states The Maderos are all
graduates Of American universities
There is The young engineer, too. VINO
tells YOU in the same conversation or
his irrigation project and his under
graduate days a. Cornell And there
is the young cotton planter, me
graduate OF an American military
academy. who rides 10 his pla1aNon
every morning on an American mo-
lorcycle. Even the hotel waiter tells
YOU OF his experience In The "Siais,
and whn1 ho brings YOU your change
half OF he coins are American. which
is Ia general circulation in this part
Of ihc republic.
But all OF these people who re
belled ten years ago at what 'hey
term the dictatorship Of pres dent
Diaz. today are yearning for peace
and a chance % develop their coun-
iry's natural wealth
This sentiment Is even found among
army men stationed IN this disiric' !,
When the De IN Huerla government
propossd TO reduce The size or NN-
ico's 'op-hcaVy army-a1d began 10
execute its policy-eVeryone was aI5
I'll can't be- done The military
leaders. deprived Of their sofi bcrths'
will rise In rebellion"
But generals can't maintain armies
without soldiers O..
Were tired Of this army business "
said a Colonel who had rise1 through
The revolution from The rank OF ser.
gean.. "It was all right in the goou
old days. Revolutionary flghllng was
great snort then But now It's an
I old story. The glamor has gone Tue
/ country is becoming peaceful now
| and I can make more money growing
cotton than I can In the army. BY
The end u the year, I'll be back on
And many others feel the same
q way.