Show Carranza NG to the dispatches President Can i is l proving a most artful dodger No sooner are aro his forces defeated than he finds a new place to flee to and lles ilee to it He is now supposed to be in the Vera Cruz maintains Jl from front which following the tho precedent of other deposed Mexican presidents he lie will rill probably make his way to a 3 gulf town and debark for some safe foreign r refuge fuge with enough of the government go war chest to keep the wolf from front the door the rest of his life The tenacity with which he li holds ldson on to the gold and ana silver bars suggests that he is ready to sacrifice fame faIDe position honor and all else save the government go mint I Occasionally after a n sortie he lie is obliged to drop some 0 of the n in order to travel light It is to be noted that Gen J Jacinto Trevino is following the fleeing prEsidential presidential presidential party around to pay him the very delicate attention atten atten- ti tin tion n of safe conduct the moment he Ire decides to surrender There seems to be a certain established etiquette with regard rd to deposed South and Central American rulers that they arc are privileged after falling from so great a n height to pick a fairly soft landing place It ma may be a tradition dating back to the lItO old Spanish monarchical rule taking cognizance of the divinity which doth h hedge dge a king or it may be a realization on the part of the Y victors of the likelihood of themselves cs at some later loter date dat-c needing mercy mercy but but the practice is almost able A notable exception was in the tho case of poor old M Madero lacro dero who was as allowed to escape while being transferred transferred transferred trans trans- from the tho national palace in Mexico City to the penitentiary and then ruthlessly shot by the thc guards The bloodlessness of the present performances south of tho the Rio Grande Gronde take tako away th the element of tragedy y with hi ch h they are usually invested and furnish instead most ex excellent t material for opera Maybe some of the movie tars stars s with skyrocket careers ca ca- could communicate with Mars |