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Show M E X I C0 Conditions In MqtIco on account of flu insurrection now in opernilnn, nro being dally discussed by all classes clas-ses Interest more than ordinary con-torn con-torn In thb mlnd.i of manv on nc-couni of Its geographical position to tho United Htatcs, on account of tta ho- Ing a very fcrtllo and rich country, and a country In which a largo sum of United States monoy Is Invested. The following from tho pon of Judge C. C. Uuodwln, In tho Talegratn ! Interc8tli. The Judg9 is a lifstoilnn of oxperunco and abllitv and ulwnya writes v Interacting iitory: "When iaz was first elected president pres-ident of Mrxlco ho wns hi his primo mentally and physically and had tne -prestige of being both a sob'Ier ot tho I flrst'cla8 mid a statesman. Moicovor, his countrj was utterly spent through tho oxharption of bccjsbWi" wats. ' which causvl tho most l.icendlary of t Its pcoplo to bo willing to call a truco on more disorder and to want a rest. Tho country too, hnd been so drained drain-ed of monoy and Its property was so involved nnd torn that n natural do-opnlr do-opnlr was upon It. "Diaz was shrewd. He know that his i pooplo wero unfit to carry on n government, gov-ernment, but thoy wcro wedded to tho name of liberty for bb tho masses mas-ses construed tho word, It was but another nnmo for license. So under tho unmo ot n republic he determined to rule lt with nearly all tho independence independ-ence of a king. He called upon tho alert men of all nations to comti with their money nnd help him build anew his shattered country, promising them protection for llfo and property If they would. Tho work ho perform ed In tho succeeding twenty years years was something gigantic. ' "When ho began his country wau not only desperately poor, but In nd- dltion half a dozen countries of tho old world wcro knocking loudly upon tho dcor of tho government demanding puyment ot long overdue debts, "Ho paid the debts; knowing that a country was helpless without swift and effectlvo transportation, he built railroads ; knowing; that Ignorance is the greatest enemy of progress' and of a peoplo, ho bUIlt schooltiouses everywhere; ho put down violence with relentless' hand, but offered all the lessor criminals places where thoy could' earn bin) nojJeBt Hying; his ! courso drew tho 'w3rdrff confidence to his country', "With the result that hundredB of millions of foreign capital capi-tal 'Was Invested in Us enterprise, and ho always bad1 a healthy "surplus in tho treasury. But to 'do thlB ho had to call to his aid the most gifted ot his countrymen; these had to be paid for their services and slowly they began to obtain concessions of lands and mines, and other valuable assets. Ab Diaz began to lose the vigor ot mind and body attendant upon age ; and mighty responsibilities these con- . cessions grew more frequent, and the j people began to 'complain. Ten yeard ago Diaz, realizing that his career 1 Just by tho courso of naturo ' was drawing to a close, designated Cor- ' ral, a most accomplished statesman, to succee'd him, but when tho election elec-tion ot 1010 was drawing near tho , pcoplo expected that Corral or some other of tho youngCr statesmen ot the country would succeed the old president, he, listening to the men who were doing well under him, and In tho weakness of ago nnd his natural nat-ural deslro to rule, decided to bo a candidate ouco moro, and using tho nrbltrary and unjust powor that ho hold In his hands, was declared elected. elect-ed. ,It was a fearful mistake. Had ho : refused to run ho would have gone Into In-to history the foremost statesman of his country nnd one of the foremost in history. As lt was, revolutions wcro Incited Incit-ed all over the republic and ho In a brief tlmo rcnllzod that ho no long, er possessed tho wisdom nor tho power to check tho upheaval, and In a few months was obliged to fico, n fugitive from tho country for which ho had dono so much.. Tho man who started tho revolution revolu-tion was elected president. Ho gavo.places to such of his principal prin-cipal supporters as could read und write, but somo of them who helped him most aro totally Illiterate, and ho can do nothing for them except to pension them, nnd that, thoy do not wnnL Thoy want places In tho civil government, nnd tnko tho ground that tho old baron did In Scott's story, who, having sold some of his land, was asked to sign tho deed, when he replied: "Do you tnko mo for a d d dark?" Then to redeem his pledges, Mad-ero Mad-ero must divldo up and confiscate tho lands obtained under unjust concessions conces-sions under Diaz, Tho attempt to do this is what caused the rocont outbreak out-break In Chihuahua. "Tho world is waiting to seo whether Madero can restore order and glvo Industry a chance to resume work. It Is with much solltudo that cur country Is watching; for wishing nothing but success to that republic, It Is clear that wo cannot havo on our border a lund where anarchy rules." "" |