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Show HOrEPUIi IN MEXICO. Tin; prospects of ponce in Mexico are decidedly brightening. Tho ponce miysioti of '(Ho Vdor Aladeto promises to yield gooil' fruit-. "-The- Mndorji 'who I is- tho chief of. tho insurgent.'- and in j command of l ho. insnrroctionaiy force?, lias been "stubborn and implacable so 1 rar in his demands, but he shows signs of linteningMfi I he pence proposals propo-sals of his fnYlier, of Gome., and of other friends of liberty in Mexico, whoso good Tailh and y.onl cannot be questioned. It is Irna also that President Presi-dent Dins has shown a surprising willingness wil-lingness Ifi treat with the insurgents, and ioweet their .demands so, far as there was any consistency in his so doing. One report 'has it that he is even willing to call n 'new election for I ho Presidency, which would bo a practical prac-tical submission of the wbolc case to a referendum of tlio Mexican people. It therefore, is manifest I hat the cause of peace is making progress in Mexico. To be sure, it may not all be plain sailing. There may still be fighting, and it may be that something will enmo in as -n bar to the negotiations negotia-tions that are evidently junking progress prog-ress at this' time.. But, so far as can bo seen now, the prospect is good for at least an armistice being declared until a free conference can thresh out the points in dispute, or possibly until a national election can bo held. The immediate surprise of all this Mexican uprising has been the weakness weak-ness of the military forces of the Government. Gov-ernment. Ostensibly Mexico has an army-sufficient to make short work with tho small bands of insurroctos that have been making the trouble But, tbcre has boon no military force brought into the field by tho Government Govern-ment that is at all proportionate, to the nominal strength of the Mexican military mili-tary forces. One oxeusc made for tho failure to bring in an' overwhelming force to suppress the insurgents, is that the troops cannot be spared from other parts of the country. This, however, how-ever, is practically a plea that Mexico is a military despotism, and that Diaz fears to withdraw the military forces from various parts, of the country, lest tho people should rise in general revolt everywhere. If this is indeed I lie fact, then the rule of Diaz is precarious indeed. in-deed. If, on the other hand, tho Mexican Mex-ican military force is merely a nominal nomi-nal force, a force on paper and not in fact, the failure to get sufficient troops to the front to overmatch the insurgent; insur-gent; is easily explained. But whichever which-ever explanation may .be the true one, it is certain that the insurrectionary forces have had a standing and-success altogether unexpected, and now if they aro able to force peace terms that will moot substantially their demands, the weakness of tho Diaz government, which was supposed to be so strong, will be proved. |