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Show uu ROVLANCE TELLS if n imco Provo. Fob. 0. After being ontcr-talued ontcr-talued by United States ambassadors and consuls In old Mexico, aftor being be-ing held up by bands of rebellious natives, na-tives, to say nothing of perfecting a business roundup in a half dozen eastern east-ern states and basking a few days In the warm sunsh.no of California, Wil Ham M. Roylanco of this city returned return-ed last night after an absenco of fivo weeks. The trip was ono of business, but was not without Its adventures. Mr. Roylance viewed the unsettled conditions in Mexico first hand and Is of tho opinion that (ho people of the United States are not fully Informed In-formed as to the real situation confronting con-fronting tho people of that republic Only a ineagor portion of the real trouble Is carried by tbc press dispatches, dis-patches, much of the actunl distress being suppressed. There Is a notlco-ablo notlco-ablo antl-forcign expression among the Mexicans and while this Is alleged to have Its foundation among tho lower low-er classes, Mr. Roylance states that at two antl.forolgu demonstrations held In Mexico City while he wao there, there was a good sprinkling of men who showed every Indication of being of the better type, representing the higher eloment. In the recent riot In Juarez, a -warehouse owned by Gorman interests wns ransacked and tho goods destroyed. Other foreign shops were ransacked and tho goods plundered. This was accomplished so far as keeping peace In tho country government employes, who had boeh discharged In the Interest In-terest of economy As a result Intervention Inter-vention by America seems almoBt necessary. nec-essary. It Is generally conceded that President Presi-dent Madcro Is too weak a man to maintain space within that country. The power of suppression at any cost, the plan followed by Diaz, seems to hac been proper In the handling of the natives The kind and gentle manners and means adopted by Ma-dero Ma-dero have been n failure so far as keeping peace In the country and protecting pro-tecting property have been concorncd. The time of'Madero's presidential life seems to bo limited. On his return from the city of Mexico, Mex-ico, elghty.flve miles south of El Paso, the train carrying Mr. Roylanco and about fifty other Americans was detained de-tained on account of the revolution. Two or three bridges had been burned, burn-ed, and there was danger that tho train would be attacked by the rebels For several hours the train crew awaited orders, but It was not until some of the American passengers asserted as-serted their Intention of wiring Washington Wash-ington that something was accomplished accom-plished in tho waj of track clearance. Mr. Roylance wired tho American consul con-sul at Mexico City, and after a delay of eight or nine hours, nnother train bearing 'armed soldiers escorted the party over tho border into El Paso It Is the opinion of Mr. Roylance that a great many of the foreign travelers trav-elers in that country do not assert themselves enough and allow too much Mexican bluff. Mr. Roylance went to Mexico in the Interest of the Utah-Moxicnn Sugar and Live Stock company. The affairs of the company are given all the en. couragoment and success that could be expected. 'I want to tell you that the people of Utah are having better times lhan any state that I havo lslted and the people have moro money," said Mr. Roylance. oo |