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Show MEXICO CITY Y. M. C A USED AS FORTRESS BY DIAZ 8 I THE TRUTH ABOUT MEXICO i. Causes Which Led Up to the Second Rebellion of Felix Diaz pliatlc terme to all whom It might concern con-cern that eurmlaee of Waahlngton being "behind" hfadero were Idle, and the effect wee that of a two-edged sword cutting both waye through the cauae of democracy, democ-racy, elmulatlng Its enemies and disheartening dis-heartening Ita friends From that hour to tola Madero'a struggls haa been Incee-eant. Incee-eant. He haa frequently been compelled to depart from hie plan of polite government, govern-ment, but he haa bean steadily gaining ground and gaining cabinet etrength until un-til thla present dleaatar at tha capital. BY gPWAJLP I. BILL Tbird Artlcl. Not- air. Ball waa tha pobltahar of La Prene and th Dally Mexican, both of which war forcd to discontinue a few montha ago when Mr Bell waa 'Invited'' 'In-vited'' to leave th city of Mexico and th country. Hie knowledge of present condition la exhauatlv and his article are vary Illuminating. On th oond day of ybruary. It It, leas than three months from th day Madero took offlc aa president of Mexico. Mex-ico. Ida cause waa dealt a body blow at Washington This waa th preliminary executive order or-der to General Wood to place 1W.0O0 men in raadinaa to entrain for Texas prepared pre-pared for active eervlce. Th foroa waa to constat Of 34.000 regular and .0O0 national guardsmen, and th cho of that order sent a chill down th spines of all those thousand of America ne In Mexico who war not privy to th deal. And th consternation was not confined to American It seised upon every Mexican Mex-ican from Yucatan to So nor. "What dire calamity la afoot of which we have heard nothing?" waa tha question ques-tion on every Up, native and foreign alike. Up to that time confidence among tha lower orders In tha fairness of American intent had been growing steadily for month. Th pravloua year, during Ma-dero's Ma-dero's military argument wits th force of porflrlo ptaa, waahlngton had ahlppcd soma 16.000 men Into Texas for maneuvers," ma-neuvers," and tha fact that these troop had, after a few months, been withdrawn spoke loudly in favor of the "Rat idoe ITnldai." Also the belief gained ground throughout Mexico that Madero, the Idol, the god of the lower c leases, had been allowed special prlvilegee by that same "Batadoa Unlda while ha waa maturing matur-ing his plana for active campaigning. Bo up to the issuing of this astounding preliminary pre-liminary military order at Washington the idea that th American government wa "behind" Madero waa vary nearly unlveraay among Maalcana and America Ameri-ca ne e wall. Thle order undeceived them. Tt terrified terri-fied them. It also seemed as th algnai for action for all thoae undermining fore which menaced th cause of democracy In that country Banditry and brigandage, brigan-dage, promoted to Importance by this recognition, took on steam In all ec- lions; and in tne cioeing aeye or met February month, lest than a year ago, came the defection of Oroaco, Madero' moat trusted general In the north, commanding com-manding 1000 ... toned men. nearly all of whom Joined him In hla treachery- eeem-Ingly eeem-Ingly a leveling stroke to Madero'a cauae. The myetery of that order haa never been dlt. lose,! to th laity. It flashed for a few daya In tha congreeelonal pan and gently faded away. Ita original purpose, howsver. teeme fairly wall set forth In th emlo(Aclal Army and Navy Journal for February 4, 191:. In which tho who were to respond re-spond to the order were advised to arrange ar-range their affaire for extended ah 0 on campaign. And thla advlr wa not directly withdrawn through thla channel, although tn subsequent Taauea tha Incident Inci-dent waa rather elaborately elde tppd Into what wa evidently hoped would prove oblivion. But Incidents of consequence do not die so anally. Something and somebody caused that order, and many Americana In Mexico charged reaponslblllty to Strobe,. Stro-be,. .dor Wlleon. it was known that while the l'orflro Idas regime was tot-tsrlng tot-tsrlng to Its fall tha emheeeador had made a hurried trip to Waahlngton a repreeentlng end beertng the petition of certain beneficiaries of tha Dies ayatem praying for Intervention at that Juncture. Junc-ture. With thle certainty to go upon, and the belief that but for a counter petition peti-tion of dlalntereated Americana, cabled almoat Immedtetely, hla mission would have succeeded. It waa natural to credit the embassador with agency In thla later startling move, which absolutely nothing In the situation at that time even remotely re-motely werranted. Conetant touch by wire with 110 correepondenta of the newspaper news-paper of which I waa manager guarantees guar-antees the posltlvsness of this statement. This belief grow when It waa known that the friction between the embassy and the general consulate, presided over by Arnold Shenklln. had developed Into personal rancor and official deadlock. It solldirtsd Into conviction In my own mind when I received private Information direct di-rect from Preaident Madero'a office thai the recall of the embassador had bean twice requested. The strength of the Ouggenhelm pull elong the Potomac, which had bean crj Hed with th naming ot Wilson as m-bassador m-bassador to Mexico City, stood the etraln of the "persona non grata" demands. Wilton remalnsd aa embassador, and Arnold Ar-nold Hhenkltn, possessing the conAdoiice of every American In the country, was suspended front office the fifth day of lesl March. But Shenklln had a duly to perform for hie countrymen. He wa In th right and he knew It. on the tth of March, the dey following his suspension, he took the night train for Laredo on hla way to Waahlngton. and no one who waa present pres-ent aa 1 waa that night at the Colonlel atatlon will ever forget the ecene. The greet tralnshsd wee packed with Americana Ameri-cana bidding goodbye to friends who wsrs fleeing from tha danger which the embassador em-bassador had officially notified them was imminent, end then through that throng cemne Mhenklln. carrying hla own hand bagasse Pandemonium broke looee when It became known that he was Isaving for Washington, perhape never to return. The newe that he waa on tha train waa telegrephed ahead and at every etop the following day at San Luis Poteen, at Kaltlllo. at Monterey and intervening stations sta-tions the scenes of the night before were repeeted and the cry: "Don't be smeltsd and refined I" voiced the general comprehension. But Shenklln won. The how of It alum-bare alum-bare In hla breaat, for he I not given overmuch to epeech. He la conaul general gen-eral today, and It la believed by those of ua whose calling brought ua In close contact with much that was unwise at the time to publleh that friction between the consulate snd th embeeey grew lergelv from Bhanklln' disapproval of and lack of concurrence In the embassador' embassa-dor' method. Possibly ths embassador's embassa-dor's activity In securing for an Intimate lawyer friend the handling of the Chinese Chi-nese Indemnity claim of torn, three millions mil-lions for ths killing of SOO ald Mongolians In tha city of Torreon thle may have ssemed to Hhenklln exceae of seal on th embaaaador'a part. Hut whatever the cau of lnfllcltla between our ambassador and our conaul general, continuing aa sort of armed true down to th present hour, th .attitude .at-titude of Wasblnston announced a year ao l,y the atnrt'.lnK military order placed the Madero government In position not far from daprtt. It declared In exo- |