The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, May 15, 1914, Image 7
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. SOME OF MEXICO'S p
PRINCIPAL LEADERS
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Pen Picture by a Man Who h
Knows Them. rc
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HUERTA, MAN OF ABILITY, hi
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Villa is I'liaiacU'ri/.e*! as t'lucl ami <11
t'o*var<llv. uml Ciiii'im/.i it c
to be Affable; Hut Incapable. \\
Jly Marvin Ferrco of tho Editorial ai
Staff of The l'ublic Ledger, former ic
ly Editor of La Trlbuna, a Spanish m
Daily in Mexico City.
Who are the big men of Mexico? fc
Above the <1 in of battle south of ii:
the Kio Grande we hear three names w
?Huerta, Carranza, Villa. As a war d)
correspondent in Mexico, it repeated- st
ly has fallen to my lot to follow each ni
of these men in the field. I have tl
seen each in the heat and action of bl
battle, and have talked with them on
conventional topics in time of peace, vi
As a result I have had considerable m
opportunity to study their characters tl
and to judge their ability to (ill the tl
positions they now occupy. in
At the very crater of the Mexican fi
volcano and the cause of all the trou- T
ble is Huerta?pronounce it Werta. w
There is a saying in Mexico that it is h
easier to become president than to (ill j:
the office and exercise the authority
of the executive head of the nation.
Huerta has discovered this, and also h
that it is easier to get into the presl- si
dency than to get out of it. fc
Don Victoriano, as he is known in h
Mexico City, really was not prepared a
to assume the office of president and e
command a people, lie had not learn- g
ed fully how to command an army, c<
for he was made a major general ti
only a few months before the coup si
that overthrew Madero and olaced
him In the national palace. Had he n
been granted a little more time be- p
fore being froeed into the president- S
ial chair Huerta might nave made a c
better Job of the presidency, but |
from the present outlook his end is
not far distant. !i
OVERREACHED HIMSELF. ci
Despite the many reports to the n
contrary. General Huerta Is about the tr
strongest man Mexico has produced1 n
since the days of Porflro Diaz. Rut it
Huerta's lack of knowledge of men
and world's affairs has been his fail- tc
ing. He has thought it a trait of u
strong character to quibble with h
Uncle Sam with a view of gaining w
popular suport. In this he has been w
successful to a great exent. but in w
tampering with the patleuce of Presl- w
dent Wilson over the Tampico inci- h
dent, he spilled a little more water si
out of the bucket than he expected, tl
The result has been his discredit- 01
ing himself in the eyes of his Imme- oi
* \ dlato associates and the masses of the 11
Mexican people to such an extent tl
that unless he attempts some new act ci
of cunning diplomacy, he is doomed pi
at the hands of his own countrymen, ci
At least, that is the outlook. pi
Huerta has probably the best technical
education of any man In Mexico.
What he lacks in practicability?not Is
the kind ofwhich Madero was dejpsld c<
~but the sound fundamental principles ai
-of government and legitimate inter- V
course between nations. He Is ambi- tl
tious for the good of his country?all ec
Mexicans are, more or less, but he w
lias permitted his ambition to sway ca
his judgment, so that he has stooped fa
to means that slowly, but steadily 0(
are working out his doom, perhaps gi
O t K J. ~ * - # *
??. vim nanus ui a lureign nauon, out >1
more likely at the hands of his own at
people. th
Huerta's mother was an Indian he
and his father a Spaniard?a com- th
blnation that hardly could be practical.
His diplomacy and cunning, his Ci
crafty ways and his personal fearless- er
ness are the Indian instincts inherit- el
ed from his squaw mother; his love of
for fame and cruelty, together with to
his natural tendency toward oppres-'wi
slon of those weaker than he, and his Sc
ever-ready willingness to deal in- a
Justice, comes from hir Spanish er
blood. he
GRADUATED AN ENGINEER.
Educated in the military school of *l>
Chapultepec College, Victoriano was P
graduated at the age of 21 a commis- ' 1
-aloned lieutenant of eugine<*rs. Dur- 'f|
ing his schooling he Is said to have n
developed a liking for scientific oub- a'
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jov-id, ?niu u^n^it'u nis FiARseo in matn- .
ematics and astronomy. I have ai
hoard the Cpnstltutionalists remark ar
that had Huerta continued his scien- Bn
tide research and contented himself PX'
with the stars and their courses, "
Mexico would have been a far moro
peaceful country today.
The constitution of Mexico pro Ides
that each graduate of the Col- e
lege of Chapultepec must stand ready "?
to give service in the army. Ypung a[
Huerta nrst served during the presl
dency of I^erdo de Tejlda in charge ?
of a garrison in the state of Oaxaca. p a
VI c
I^ater he was made captain of engl- ..
JlU
, neers and placed in command of a
small coast in Guerrero. During his
stay in the western state there occur- 1
red an incident that showed he had Vll
developed a daring nature and also the
tlllJ iii
?veloped what probably is the basis Shortly bof
' "l'ancho" Villa's hatred for him. which had
Villa was leading a band of guerll- week jn col
s in the mountains whore lluerta respondents
as stationed. The ravages of the Mexican I
indlts ou the population of the val- re^,e'( jj,
y had become so frequent that Qn that
uerta decided to put an end to the a t?leg
>bbers. Accordingly he took two ?... ??
u> wi rttine
en Hiid, unarmed, went into the on|y a n^le
Ills in the neighborhood or Villa's' ed jjy u 8(J
imp. lie had gone only a short d iaken j
is tan ce when he was surrounded by j ju sear,
ilia's men and told to surrender. rt.|)ej8 jOM
Without making a show of resistance ym um,G
id to the disgust of his compan- ^mf>
his, he surrendered without a mur- t)) tjie fU(j0
111 r
lul we were set
Tlie bandidt chief lield his prisoner Mexican wi
>r several days and finally entered 18J)V and we
ito an arrangement with lluerta by I wert, \
hlcli the latter agreed on a certuln lour federal
ay to leave the town where he was conducted t
ationed in order that the robbers I when lii
ilglit loot the stores and escape to S(|UU(j ym,
le hills without the necessity of any ] nIlu| Wonl
lood being spilled. 'spoke up:
On the day the bandits were to I "it's a)|
isit tho place. lluerta ordered his vo(J jmve (|
len to remain indoors and permitted ^|Hit you sj
le intruders to reach tlie center of jn t|,a
ic town. As the guerrillas dis- and w||en ,
loan ted tliey were met by a volley J() fjro
0111 the guns of lluerta's rurales. w|tjt |)Uiiots
lie party was surrounded and Villa vMa. kiit
as captured and imprisoned. Later former f
e escaped by breaking out of the h,m a)
l"' tlie clump
FOUNDKD A KM Y STAFF.
disgustedlv
When Portillrlo Diaz became Pros- j
lent, lluerta planned the general t "Get on
ail' for the Mexican army, which he'0f here."
>unded in 1879. Later he became Villa has
cad of the military map commission He dreads
t Jalapa, Vera Cruz. and in the known to 1
iglit years following surveyed the ^ His nature
reater part of the country. The was a negi
pnimission still is at work on the f,> have be
isk of mapping the mountainous nature, evi
lutes of Mexico. prisoners a
In 1901 Huerta was made lienten- instincts of
at colonel and served In a cam- iy he has <
aign against the Yaqui Indians in prisoners ii
onora, ana arterward in the war of L,lttle ho
ttcrmiuutio'i ug.?l.?*t ilie May:,i mi ico if it w
ua'tii. until the lust if that trllile Gf a man fc
as ;;e;.orted to the ; angles of Qeln uie taper o
\r?a l oo. He then r? turned to Hie
ipital, where he continued His map- "C'vprvtl
inking until the rebellion of Madero *
1 Chihuahua. What has happened Com]
i the last three years Is too fresh
i the public mind to he enumerated. To advei
In the field I have found Iluerta 'nK Outfit a
> be feaness, but his knowledge of well w
lilitary tactics is deficient. During for $1.00. \
is campaign against Orozoco I consumer <
atched him fire at a line of hills save all ag<
ith four-inch guns for five days kn?%\?a,r,e
. _ 1 Hollow
ithout getting a return shot. The j 5-inch
ildiers of the Mexican federal army 1 Razor
ardly ever aim or sight when they 1 Nickle
loot. In most instances they point j Barest
leir guns in the direction of the ^ jjox
lemy and fire. Huerta has carried 1 Decora
ut this, trait in his statesmanship. 1 Alumli
is carelessness in his dealings with * Bristle
Ag6DtS H
ie United States precipitated a Each ou
-isls at Tampico, and it does not ap- $1.00 Coin
car as if it will be long before he 10? extra,
irries himself to his own end and UNIVE^I
robable death.
CARRANZA'S CAREER. Z T
Born 59 years ago, of pure Span- Hp6Cl
h stock, with gray eyes that have
?iiio m mui iroin nis uom or Vandal Guaranteed
acestors, who settled In Spain, Men An<
enutsttano Carranza, "first chiof" of
le Constitutionalist revolution, was For Llmlte<
lucated for law In Mexico City. He Six pair <
as forced to give up his studies be- ladles' guai
luho of defective eyesight. He is a tl^?ant\
rmer with a small fortune of $200,- SPECIA
)0, and had no affiliations with the por a lie
eat landed proprietors, such as was of our fines
adero. He was elected to the sen- H?ae with
e from the state of Coahuila under Qarteri
e Diaz regime. He opposed Diaz, stamps for
>wever, and resigned, later joining You knoi
0 Madero revolution. ^e8t w^'
During the. presidency of Madero, rea/'<L
oHUUln to r
irranza was made provisional gov- an(j baggy a
nor of Coahuila, and later was pressed in.
ected. Today ho remains in this fineness, foi
fice on the theory of Iiuerta s title stainless
the presidency being false. He without hoi
is recognized by the governors of . .Don't deli
mora, Slnaloa and Durango. For fo.r<^ ?Ter e
while he exercised tho same fed- AIMEVE
al power over that territory as If
1 had been President. QrtTT'TTX
Carranza is pleasant to talk to and OVJU AH
eaks English almost as well as Premier
anish, but he inherits the ideas of passfnok
idero and has proved himself , Trains a'r
ually incapable of restoring peace No. 118?Y
the country under his control hi* lnterm*
Ilure In thlj, principally, was cairn- J*"* ^
by his lack of knowledge of mill- ^
ry affairs. He never has taken No. 114 M
live part in a battle, and has not lotte as
own any ability or statesinanshlp, ?'
cept the art of quibbling, which is ?" |nterTU'^
b Mexican's human nature. Trains lea
It was natural that oat of the host No. 118?K
bandit chiefs wno Joined his interrne
mdard of the Stan Luis Potosl man- Parted CI
sto calling for effective suffrage, ' stations
re-election and the division of No. 114?<>KI
ids. that one must arise to assume lesion a
litary leadership of tue Constitunalist
cause. Villa aopired for that * * in term e
ice and won it, through his recent N. B.?8c
tories ngarlnst the garrisons of H*hed as li
lerta In the north. J10* *u*ranU
to passenger
SENTENCED BY VILLA. W. B.
My first personal meeting with W. E. B
la was last July, when he ceptured W H C
> city of Torreon from Huerta.
C1X1 M- Jiv A. < J>_? t X </? > / >.
ore the fall or the city, ? ?$ ?$
been bombarded for a ^
npany with two other cor,
an American and a J DIB
the city and entered Bh^ B^ B^^^
les to ascertain the looses *<& B B B^^^
> of the fight and also to % JL
raph station in the vtcln- %
io Gomez. We had gone 1 I J fofrawko F
way when we wore halt- I vOC V/C*lCl W UcX J
uad of rebels, arrested J
jefore the rebel chief. ??????
lilng the Mexican, the Tk 4- f?f\
nd some papers, which % * **C n"X.l DU
ugh he could not read at X WJU a SUCCCSS C
onounced as sympathetic I
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itencod to be shot. The V .U# ^ur * ?P L/I
is charged with being a tions contain Bala
. despite our protests that %
inerlcans, and displayed A The time ha<i
and rebel passes, were X HII1C 11A5
0 an abode waii with him. V incr and before D
led up before the tiring ? 1 r
1 asked us ir we had any necessary plant I
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very well to shoot us if X
lie upper hand." he said. J HaVUlP- lTl?lf1
.all die tlrst. I have 150 XdVlIlg IIWU
t clump or trees yonder, v second and third
your men raise their guns 1 I I
ur body will be riddled a lowing brands:
s." ^
w that the Mexican was 1 Catawba
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