New Britain herald., 1929-03-15
WORLD ATTENTION
 TURNED TO MEXICO
Sonorans, Prominent in Out break, Are Yankees Of MeZiC0'

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 Washington, D c, March 15- Many of the aS states of Mexico have been mentioned in stories of the recent revolutionary outbreak. but nearly all news stories agree in the prominence of four; Sonora, Coahuila. Neuva Leon, and Vera Cruz. bulletin from the Wash in-ton. r. c. headquarters Of the National Geographic Society gives the gyo4rap phic and economic back ground Of these four states and of three key cities. Monterrey, Vera Cruz and Tampico.
 sonora, in northwestern Mexico which is the fountaiuhead Of the new revolution, has points in con- mon with our own southwest" says the bulletin. To many McXicans in other states. the Sonorans are the Yankees Of MeXico' This is be- cause of their aIertness and activity and because contacts with Ameri- cans have shaped many Of the Son orap customs.
 Mining and RanchinS Chief Labors
 "Ngarlv every Well-tO-dO family among the merchants and ranchers has sent its sons and daughters to school in the United States and it is not difficult Q find natives who speak Fr--,sh tluyntly. There has been q stream Of American goods in to the state. and in Sonoran homes one Is constantly seeing American phonographs, sewing machines, baby carriages and brass beds. The state is primarily a mining and cattle country Rich silver, gold and copper mines have been operat- ed sine the coming of the Span iards and there are treasures, some of the rarer minerals, never yet worked commercially. In the south ern end of the state lies the valley Of the Yaqm river home Of the 1aquI Indians. All Mexican govern ments have found these Indians an unruly lot, and sanguinary wars have been fought with them.
 "Sonora has several gateway towns along the American border, Al No gales an important railway enters Mexico from the United States, striking south to the Gulf of Califor- mia and thence along the Mexican west coast for son miles or more, Turning inland, it reaches Mexico City.
 Adjoining Sonora on the east lines Chihuahua, MeXiCos biggest state, which according to the early reports, remained faithful to the federal cause. Immediately east 0: Chihuahua is Coahuila, another cen- ter of revolutionary activity. Goa huila is a semi-arli region crossed hy mountains and with some desert patches; but with coniderable areas on which wheat can be grown and cattle pastured. It was to this state that Texas was linked when, a cen- tury ago, that huge commonwealh was q part of Mexico. Saltillo. in the southern part of Coahuila, was a common capital, and to this re- mote town, across deserts and bar ren mOVntains the early American coIon!sts Of Texas had to go to present their petitions,
 Monterrey is Railway Nerve Center
 Monterey. capital Of Nueya Leon, lies about 130 miles south of Laredo, Texas, and 500 miles north or Mexico City. It has q population Of more than 100000 and is one of the most progressive and modern rjfinS hExipr Itc rliaS ance from d military point of view lies in the fact that it IS the railway nerve center Of the republic Through Monterrey passes the main railway line between Mexico City and the eastern United States. cross- ing the United States Mexican bor- der at Laredo. Texas. Two other railways from the border converge at Monterrey; one from Eagle Pass Texas. and one from Brownsville, Texas, near the mouth of the Rio Grande.
 The spokes Of the citys wheel of railways also include a line ex- tending due vest to Torreon and the Mexican Lake district the main line south to San Luis Potosi and Mexico City, and line south@astward to the port Of Tampico. Without this rail center 1t will be almost impossible for the Mexican government to maintain railway connection with the United States.
 The state Of Vera Cruz is q. mar row band of territory covering the lower half Of the eastern gulf coast of Mexico. About mid d-way Of its coast line is the city Of Vera Cruz, which has been the water gateway Of Mexico from the days Of Cortez. From Vera Cruz railway extends inland, climbing the mountain bull wark that rims the central plateau on which the City Of Mexico lies.
 Tampico Growing in Importance
 "Eera Cruz is for the most part a lo~-lying country given over to banana, sugar and rice plantations and the growth Of other tropical plants There IS no north and south