THE WAR IN MEXICO.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1185, 21 July 1911, Page 2

THE WAR IN MEXICO.

TWO HUNDRED CHINESE KILLED. TROUBLE NOT YET OVER. "■\yhcu the news reached us, that fhor« had been a battle at Juarez, arid that tho papers said that there was 1000 killed and wounded, I thought I would get over and see what it was all about," said Mr. E, E. Prowell, of Phoenix, Arizuna, wiw arrived from San Francisco by tho Aorangi yesterday. As a guide to Mr. Prow-ell's intention it must, bo understood that El Paso is in Arizona territory, and Juarez is the Mexican town right opposite on the other side of tho river. "When I got down to El Paso I found that there had been trouble between the Government and insurgent troops, but altogether there would not bo more than 100 to 180 casualties. It was not known ex-' actly how many wero killed as it was. reported that a number of tho dead had been thrown down tho wells. Anyhow Juarez (pronounced Whar-ez) was too hot for a peaceable citizen to enter. Accidents get common when cveryono draws and fires at a shadow. "All along tho border of Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and California our troops were mustered, doing police duly, preventing any filibustering expeditions into our country for food supplies on the part of cither party. "You heard of Chihuahua in the papers? No. Well, that's surprising. There were about 200 Chinese murdered at Chihuahua by tho insurgents. The Chinamen aro very patient, plodding people, and each one was assumed to havo a little hoard of gold, and when the insurgents got loose they simply wiped them out in pursuit of loot. The result of that little job is that tho Chinese Government is demanding an indemnity of 12,000,000 dollars from tho present Mexican Government for the outrage. "That is not all. Enclish .->nd-.Ai'n'i-enn people on tho ranches in Mexico, and French, German, and Spanish people interested in agriculture nuvo ixoii i„,aaered by irresponsible bands of insurgents, who wero n law unto themselves. Mexico is a long way from being out of the wood' yet. Madero has to face the claims of tho Governments whoso people have been murdered, and though Mexico has not a largo national debt, her credit is not too good, and ho may hove a lot of trouble in raising the money to satisfy everyone. So far America has played a neutral part, but she is being urged by the powers to step iu and practically take charge until tho claims for indemnity for life taken nnd property destroyed aro paid by the new Government. . . , . "The transport services have been paralysed for somo time past. ,Tho Southern Pacific Railroad Company, which runs into*JleJric6"Cityj has' suffered considerably, and has already claimed 200,000 dollars for bridges destroyed by tho belligerent forces. "Ono of Madero's declared intentions is to annul those concessions—mining"; railroad, arid agricultural—which are said to have been given illegally by President Diaz, and that tho lands so forfeited are to be cut up aiiKig tho people who have never hold land before— tho peons, who have in tho past been little else- than slaves or serfs. On the other hand, tho Standard Oil Trust or its contingent corporations aro said to havo financed tho war for Madero."