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Show I PEDDLER WHO LEADS AN ARMY A - - T & '. Should the rebellion inaugurated by Emiliano Zapata result in the overthrow over-throw of the Madero government, there would be added to Mexico's history his-tory a chapter that is unique in this country. Previous revolutions have received their impetus from men of high Intelligence Intel-ligence and usually of culture. Zapata's Za-pata's most advanced point in the social so-cial plane was that of an Itinerant merchant, a peddler. Officially hia name has been written on the records rec-ords of his country, prior to the Madero Ma-dero revolution, as that of a private in the Mexican army. There is one more entry, that recording his desertion deser-tion from the army. Those unacquainted with Zapata frequently make the mistake of styling styl-ing him an illiterate. That is not true. He can read and write, and has tile rudiments of a common school education. educa-tion. Added to that, he possesses a shrewdness which, combined with a stubbornness, a personal magnetism and a bravery which no one denies, makes him a person truly formidable. Steadily his forces grew as they had during the days of Madero's re volt, until on February 1 of this year he found himself at the head of forces to such numbers as to cause the federal government to send againsthlm a large part of the government troops. RECORD HISTORY OF INDIANS niucu'.uu a Liu i ti ii id dyi uav,u- ing, if indeed he has not already reached, the last stage of his nativs existence. Recent reports from Sitka, Sit-ka, of the ravages of pulmonary diseases dis-eases among the Indians in Alaska, where they are leading the lives led by their fathers, indicate that the Indian, In-dian, will disapear from the continent conti-nent unless he adopts the white man's civilization, and adapts himself to It. In either case the records of his own civilization will be lost unless the government takes immediate steps toward aiding the Modern Historic Records' association, or some other body engaged In a similar work in preserving some records of the culture, cul-ture, arts. Industries and domestic and social organizations, the customs, games and pastimes, work and play of the primitive settlers of America. Explorers, missionaries, settlers, Indian fighters, army officers and scientists are securing valuable vol- l&jikJL I ' umes of information concerning the Red Men. The camera has been called into play. The series of photographs made by E. S. Curtis, for J. Pierpont Morgan, stand first in the museums of America. ' Now phonographic records are being made of the music and speech of the Indians, something never before be-fore attempted in an effort to preserve the records of a dying race. It is predicted by Alexander Konta, chairman of the executive committee commit-tee of the Modern Historic Records' association, that these records may prove of Invaluable worth In tracing the origin of the Indian long after he may have been assimilated or ceases to exiBt. HEADS IMPORTANT CONVENTION) s V I 1 17f:. v! Rev. Herbert S. BIgelow, president of the Ohio Constitutional convention now in session at Columbus, Is an ordained or-dained Congregational minister. A native of Indiana, Mr. BIgelow, who is forty-two years of age, has passed more than half his life in Ohio, the state of his adoption. He is a graduate grad-uate of Western Reserve University at Cleveland (1894). Since 1896 he has been pastor of the Vine Street church of Cincinnati (now known as the People's Church and Town Meeting Meet-ing Society). For many years Mr. Bigelow has been active In social re-, form movements. He was a loyal follower fol-lower of the late Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland, and .ten years ago was the unsuccessful candidate of the Democratic Demo-cratic party for secretary of state. Mr. Bigelow is an officer of the Ohlc Direct Legislation league. He is a gifted platform speaker and has campaigned cam-paigned in the state repeatedly. That a man of Mr. Bigelow s type undoubtedly un-doubtedly representative of a large and growing section of public opinion in his state should be chosen to preside over such a body as the Constitutional convention, indicates that the legal profession, with its conservative traditions, tradi-tions, no longer dominates Ohio as it formerly did. The lawyers are in a minority of the present convention. A more representative body of men could not readily be found than this convention, which began its session on January 9, 1912, to be continued probably prob-ably far into the summer. Review of Reviews. PREDICTS ONLYTHREE NATIONS Hudson Maxim, the inventor, declares de-clares that in a very short time there will be only three countries in the world. "Some time ago, in talking with Lord W'olseley, he told me that in the future there would be only two countries in the world, and those would be China and the United States," says Mr. Maxim in an interview inter-view published recently. "Now I want to say something stronger than that. In a very short time there will be only three countries coun-tries in the world, and they will be the United States of Asia (including Europe), the United States of Africa and the United States of America. "Look at the world's progress in the last 150 years. See what Japan has done in fifty years. Then im agine what is the future of the new Chinese republic, wltn its 400,000,0011 people." In the opinion i of former Senator ii v A 1 Charles A. Towne of Minnesota, the Immediate future promises some big wars. "Even our own country can't boast much of its peace proclivities," he eaid, "considering the way It has treated the United States of Colombia In the Panama matter. Germany and England are in exceedingly sensitive relations just now, and so are Japan and the United States. China, too, may soon fall into a state of absolute anarchy, and there are bound to be clashes it it cornea to dividing China up among the powers." |
