Bisbee daily review., 1921-01-23
VETERAN NEWSPAPERMAN, AFTER
 TOUR OF MEXICO, ENTHUSIASTIC OVER CONDITIONS IN REP UBLIC
Colonel Allen T. Bird Of NogaeS, Says Mexico Is Now On Eve Of Period Of Reconstruction; Attitude
 Of People Toward America Greatly Changed

That Mexico is really on the eve Of a great period of reconstruction and has changed it's mass attitude toward the American, is fhe opinion of Col Allen T. Bird. veteran newspaperman Of NOgales. who has just concluded a three months trip from the United States border to tine boundary Of Guatamala. = Col. Bird is spending a few days in Douglas with friends and yesterday visited Bisbee over a couple of hours He win leave today for Tucson and from that point will re- turn home
 Leaving Nogales on the second of November. Col. Bird followed the s. P. de NJ south through Sonora and lSinalOa and embarked at Mazatlan for Manzanillo. by steamer. From the last named port he went inland To Guadalajara and thence on to the City Of Mexico At the City the Nogales editor remained several weeks and witnessed the inauguration of General AlvarO Qbregcn. One Of the most in teresting parts of his trip. according to the visitor, was in Southern Mexico. south of the capital of the republic
 NGhl AAttONSA .Allt StdiGS Ol vera Cruz, Puebla, Campache and others. l visited both sides of the Isthmus of Tahuantapec and saw a great amount of country that the average American never hears of; let alone witnesses.
 While rail facilities are not to he compared with those in the United States they are not impossible by any means. The rolling stock is rather run down. but fair time is made. The trains travel only by day. While this would be a handicap to some of our American travellers who desired to cover great distances in a minimum amount of time. it really works to the advantage of the tourist who desires tO see the country. The engines burn fuel oil. which is brought from Tam picO and 4'uxpam.
 In Southern Mexico there are many kinds of country. In parts there is to be found the dense tropics. At higher elevations a wonderful climate can be had. All of the vegetables and growth of the tropics can be seen and the land. on the whole. is a veritable paradise I saw fields in that part of Mexico which had apparently been al iowed to lay fallow for several years. now being plowed and put under cul- tivation- That is a good sign both economically and politically.
 "The political situation is serious. and. al the same time. encouraging I am of the firm opinion that Obregon, while he has a tremendous job. will be equal to it. There have been sev- eral small, sporadic outbreaks but they amounted to nothing; and it ap- pears to be the consensus of opinion in Mexico that Villa. the pricipal dis turber of the past, has quit his trou- ble-making for good
 In one state in Southern Mexico there are three legislatures and three governors functioning. or attempting to function. Tn another state they have two legislatures and two gov ernors. In a couple of other states they have internal political troubles. All sides are calling upon Obregon and the president is putting the mat ter up to the national senate which. under the Mexican constitution, has authority to act and decide disputes. There lies the danger point in tle en- tire situation. in my opinion. What will the faction or factions do which have not been approved by the na- tional senate?
 This condition, unfortunately. is the outgrowth of serious defect in the Mexican constitution Under the fundamental law of Mexico military men holding commissions in the