Show 18 IT A BEVOLUHOiN A telegram from El Paso brings news of trouble between the Mexican government and Indians in Sonora There have been several engagements between the federal soldiers and the uprising natives who have captured a general and his staff The affair af-fair seems to be of a rather serious nature end it is somewhat strange that the particulars partic-ulars have been withheld from the public so long A gentleman who has resided in that country for years and is familiar with the people and their grievances iniormsus that the news man is wrong in locating tho troublein Sonora and making tho Indians of that state participants in the difficulty He says that the outbreak is in what was Guerrero district on the cast side of the Sierra Madro mountains hundreds of I miles from Sonora The discontented Indians In-dians embrace the strongest aud most enlightened en-lightened native race in the republic the Tarnmanes who have 30000 men capable of bearing arms Their chief city is Tom Bsche B place of 5003 or 6000 population and they have villages extending to the country of the warlike Yequis who Bro in sympathy with them Our informant behaves be-haves the present demonstration is the beginning be-ginning of what will end in a revolution completely overthrowing tho government I Perhaps be is right in his estimate Nominally a republic Mexico lacks much of being republican in its government as we understand the term It is probably as complete a military despotism as can be found outside of Russia The civil authority author-ity is subordinate to the military civil processes pro-cesses and methods are ignored especially throughout the northern tier of states where the native population are little better bet-ter than slaves to the army and tho rich landlords To make matters worse the Mexican army as is well known is about the tourhest formation possible being made up largely of convicted criminals Mexico thinks it a waste of material and force to support prisoners idleness hence instead Bonding her thieves murderers and burglars to prison enlists them in tho army where they serve their sentences and the btato at the same time The overbearing over-bearing course of the soldiers who literally prey upon the people in districts removed from the large cities has brought about the discontent which i breaks out in acts of violence every littio while and which is now said to be so widespread and intense that it threatens a mighty revolution Meico is tooclose to the United States to maintain a military despotism such ES President DrAZ evidently feels is necessary to the maintenance of his government The influence from the real republic certain to make Itself felt on the other sideS S k of the border and in time the result will be a Mexican republic in something more than name The telegram from El Paso says The government is doing all it can to suppress the revolt but the Indians in tho mountains moun-tains have put to route every advance of the regulars without loss or capture and now hold as hostages General Ranjal and staff Ills feared that this is but the beginning be-ginning and the success of the Indians will encourage the dissatisfied element of Mexico Mex-ico If there is a general uprising the government will succumb News from the seat of the trouble will be eagerly read in this city for there are a good many Americans Amer-icans WhO would like to see a different order of things prevail along the northern Mexican states |