THE GENESIS OF IT
(Received March 13, 9,40 p.m..) LONDON, March 13
Sir Thomas Holdich, who left Mexico on February 14th, writes to The Times stating the genesis of the trouble Was a popular riot in Mexico Gity, owing;to a .report that a Mexican lynched a Texan. This aroused a strong wave of anti-American feeling, and led to the demonstration, which . was suppressed without any difficulty. The city has been perfectly, quiet since October.
The insurrection at Chihuahua began in a revolt against the local Governor rather than against the Federal Government. Up to ja. month ago it was purely local. Sir Thomas was unaware of any serious uprising elsewhere, but there was no doubt whatever about the bitterness of..the' anti-American-feeling in Mexico generally. It was that rather than any hostility to the Diaz Administration which threatened disaster in the future,
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 62, 14 March 1911, Page 5
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141THE GENESIS OF IT Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 62, 14 March 1911, Page 5
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