Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-14

Collapse of the Mexican rebellion
impresseS observers in this country as
another sign that the republic below
the Rio Grande is progressing toward
permanent stability of government.
The uprising was no revolution at
all" according to the Los Angeles
Express. but another of the many
army instructions from which for
years Mexico has suffered its leaders
being army officers whose ambition was
to secure political control for the sake
of the perquisites with which political
power below the border endows those
by whom 1t Is exercised" The Express
believes that the move had no appeal
to the masses, such as had the uprising
in 1910, when, under the. patriots
dreamer Francisco Madero, the people
overthrow Porflrio Diaz, after more
than a quarter Of century of his
deSpotic If benevolent rule, and placed
Madero in the presidency"
I'm years gone by" recalls the Kala-
mazoo Gazstte, almost any ambitious
troublemaker could count upon alien
ating the support OF large portions of
the federal military force and convert
ing them to his own purposes. This
time, however, the campaign to over
throw the existing government seems
to have left the average Mexican
soldier-as we'll as the average Mexican
civilian-Quite cold. Escobar and his
colleagues In the rebel leadership have
shown sound military skill. but that is
the most that can be said for them.
Their political judgment can best be
represented by cipher"
"A bloody and futile gesture, a mis-
take far-reaching and tragic" Is the
Judgment of the FL Paso Herald. which
offers as its analysis of the situation:
"The rebels gained comparatively little
support in the central and southern
states. When they concentrated In the
northern states against the power of
the federal government, it seemed their
chance of success was gone" The
Harrisburg Patriot concludes that the
revolution had no chance of success.
for 1t lacked a cause" and the Utica
Observer Dispatch holds that the gen.
erals. seeking power and pelf, trumped
up alleged issues with which to inflame
the people,
Whatever their political views or
preferences, saws the Manchester
Union. "the Mexican people are tired
of revolution and ask nothing more
than sn opportunity to cultivate their
plot of ground und!Sturbed." The st
Louis Globe-Democrat feels that APP
parentIy Disseminated masses preferred
to endure the lis they have, rather than
to fly to others they know not OF. APP
parently," continues that paper, though
FESTIVE under what is regarded Gs hard
grievances, they have come to think
that there are better ways OF redressing
grievances than through civil war.
THE people seem to have been lndlt-
ferent." says the Chicago Daily News,
'or else they realized that the conStitu-
tional government was stable and had
the power to suppress the rebellion with
an iron hand. At all events, none OF
the proclamations Of the rebel leaders
presented an issue against tho govern
ment that, from the point of view OF
unpreiudiced observers, was worth
fighting for" The Buffalo Evening
News. observing that the ravo't dwindled
rapidly. offers the comment that 1T has
Afforded opportunity for display by
the nne-time schoolteacher. Gales, OF
qualities If generalship hitherto I'M
suspected" 49,
Mexican masses, their readiness to lend
themselves to the designs OF revolution
airy plotters will diminish" declares the
Worcester Evening Gazette, while the
Pasadena Star-News advises that there
is no abuse or condition down there
that justihes armed instruction" and
the Houston Chronicle sees indications
that the plain people of the republic
south of tho Rio Grande are getting
pretty we'll tired of generals who save
their own skins at the expense Of their
followers"
Mexico will carve out its own place
IN the world Of nations" the Fort
Worth Record Telegram predicts. The
Mexicans are installing public schools
and generally behaving among them
selves as the Filipjnos conducted them
selves under benevolent assimilation
There is more rattle because there is
less directive energy. But the stocks
are very similar and their reactions are
alr1cst parallel If the United States
will but permit Mexico to sit steadily