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WEVEMINQ' EDITION. fciuni i nti ilfiriWii&sfeM uuuHaHEI MAKSHFIELV ;GfON, SATURDAY, W tV f "Villa Man of Destiny" And The Mexican Problem A Series of First-Hand Facts by John Reed, The Metro politan's Special Correspondent. ' Chapter I. I Villa's Genius for "War. ' In tlio field, Villa lias had to Invent nn ontlrely original mothod of war faro, because ho novor had a onanco to learn anything of accoptod mili tary Btategy, and In that ho 1b with out the possibility of any doubt tlio greatest leader Mexico has over had. His method of fighting la astonish ingly like Napoleon's. Socrecy, quick nesB of movoment, tho adaptation of his plans to tho character of tho country and of his soldiers tho val ue of Intlmato relations with tho rank and fllo, and of building up a tradi tion among tho enemy that his army Is Invlnclblo and that ho hlmsolt bears a charmed llfo thoso aro Mb characteristics. Ho know nothing of nccoptcd European standards of strat egy or of dlclpllno. One of tho troubles of tlio Mexican Fodoral army is that Its orflcors aro thoroughly sat urated with conventional military theories. Tlio Moxlcan soldier lBfctlll mentally at tho cud of tho eighteenth contury. Ho Is abovo nil a looso, Indi vidual guorrllla fighter.. Itcd lapo simply paralyzes tho machine. When Villa's army goes Into battlo It Is not hamporcd by salutes, or rigid re spect for officers, or trigonometrical calculations of tho trajectories of pro jectiles, or theories of tho porcontago of lilts In a thousand rounds of rlflo fire, or tho function of cavalry, Infan try and nrtlllory In any particular position, or rigid obedience to tho secret knowlcdgo of Its superiors. It reminds mo of tho raggod Hopubllcan army that Nnpoloon led Into Italy. It Ib probablo that Villa doesn't know much about thoso things hlmsolf. Hut ho docs know thnt guerrilla flghtors cannot bo driven blindly In platoons around tlio field in porfect stop, that men righting Individually and of their own free will aro bravor than long volloylng rows In tho trenches, lashed to It by officers with the flat of tholr swords. And when tho fight ing Is florccst when a rnggod mob of fierce brown men with hand bombs and rifles rush tho bullot swept streets of nn amhushod town Villa Is among them, lllco nny common sol nllor. Krom "Francesco Villa Tho Man of Destiny," In tho Juno Metro politan, Chapter II. In considering tho objects of tho Mexican Involution, wo must flrBt un derstand what kind of pcoplo aro re volting. In Mr, Hamilton Fyfo's In accurnto book, "Tho Heal Mexico," ho snys that this Is a rovolutlon of tho middle class, becnuso Francisco Mndoro led It. This Is a groBs mis statement of fact. Thoro Is no Moxl cnu middle class. Eighty per cent of tho population aro peons, and ten per cunt more aro Himnlsh nrlstocrats and Moxlcan landowners of almost puru Snnnlsh blood. The remaining ten iper cent consists of professionals and Iflmnll Im.liiAeiimnM mnaflir ttntrtlnn t nil by forolgn Ideas and foreign employ ers. Tho rovolutlon is Bimply and purely a rovolutlon of the peons, which haB continued, moro or less In tormlttontly, for four hundred years, nnd this particular outbreak waB de scribed and predicted ten years boforo Madoro ovor thought of leading it. You will say that If eighty per cent of tho population opposed only ten por cent for tho middle class, ex cept for Individuals, has taken no part In the rovolutlon It Is strango that thoy couldn't get what they wanted, nut tho neons woro not op nosed by only ton por cent of tho Moxlcan people: Thoy woro opposod bv tho cntlro civilized world. Por- flro Diaz systmatlcally looted tho Moxlcan pcoplo for thlrty-flvo years. In tho first placo, ho and the clcntl flrco party which Burroundod him sold tho national resources of tho repub lic to foreigners on tho protox that forolgn capital was neoded to dovolop tho country, and pockoted tho prizo. In othor words. Prcsldont Diaz sold tho Moxlcan pcoplo to tho highest blddor. Hut, aftor all, tho cheating of tho pcoplo out of tholr rlghtB and' their national hcrltngo dm not ranKio so deeply nnd so long as did tho steal lng of their lands. Slowly and metho dically, tho great estates created ori ginally by tho Spanish land grants ab sorbed tho communal fields around tho villages, tho open ranges and tho small farms. Dy tho land law of 1896 passed by tho Influence of Diaz him self, nil lands In tho republic not so cured by Icifil title ,woro thrown open to denunciation by any ono who wished; and slnco most of tho small farms woro workod by poons whoso families had workod them sometimes for four generations, without any question of tholr tonuro too illiter ate to havo ovor hoard titles It was an ensy Job for tho land grabbers. With tho aid of Federal soldiers thousands of poons woro ovlctod from tholr homes, with no cholco loft but to become virtual slaves on tho big haciendas, nnd no hope for tho future. For Instance, In tho San Carlos dis trict, Chihuahua stnto, four hundred fnrmcrs wero ordered to loavo tholr homes by Don Luis Torraza, who nl-,-oady ownod 10,000,000 acres of land. When they refused to do so, two rogl montB of soldlors woro sent against them, and thoy woro shot down In cold blood. I could glvo twenty such cases, but tho battlo of San Carlos was "tho shot hoard round' tho world.' Tho nows travolcd all ovor tho repub lic llko lightning, nnd five years In ter tho government of Porflrlo Diaz foil forovor. John Ilccd In tho Juno Metropolitan. (To bo Continued). WHAT IS FEMINISM Uy Mlrlnm Itussoll. Thoro Is constant talk thoso days of "Tho Feminist Movoment," ami great confusion as to what It means. Thero aro thoso who shy from It bo cuiiHu thoy think It Includos "free lovo." Thoro aro thoso who think 1 Is confined tn militant Buffrnglsm, and those who think it monns work ing mothers and neglected babies, or strong-minded mon hntors with no babies at all. What Is Feminism, anyhow? I.cuh t'mn forty-eight hours nttor tho taking of Vera Cruz by AmorN on n rnnrlnus, I was present In Coopor . Union, Now York, nt a groat mass ""vnootlng. Hastily arrangod, adver tised only by obscure paragraphs In tTo or three uowspapors and by a (laming poster on tho walls of tho OIArBH of froo Bpoech, tho "Women's MootfB .I'rotest Against War" , had attracted nil' hrjni and eager nudlonco, nbout half Itvlb. hM' Ov inou. Tho spcochoB woro nil by womon. " Dlvorso in character and appeal ns. tho personalities of tho speakers, yet they all Btruck ropeatedly tho koy-1 noto of what has beon callod "Thoi LnrKor Feminism." Tho rosolutlotial adopted to send to President WllBon struck It Btui moro sirongiy: "Whorons, slnco tlmo began, wo men hnvo been dovotlng tholr best efforts to tho saving of human llfo, It Is eminently fitting that at this cru cial tlmo In our history wo should protest in burning words agninst tho tragio folly of Involving this country in war with Moxlco." ' Strongly, too, was It struck In tho decision of tho mooting to form permanent committee to pass tho tidings of that mooting to womon all through tho country with tho purpoBo of ropoatlng tho women's meotlng of protOBt ngnlnst war In every town nnd hnmlct throughout tho land. It Is not now that womon have trlod to protect and consorvo llfo; It Is not now thnt thoy havo risen to do tholr duty na they saw It, oven at n sacrifice. Hut thoro is ono thing in nil this that 1b now; It Is tho consciousness of womon thnt thoy nro holf the world. It Is their consciousness thnt In dividual duties no longer suffice in fulfilling woman's destiny ns half humanity soclnl duties nuiBt now, bo added to them. It Is no longor n matter of tho woman's lustlnctlvo protoctlon of tho llfo of hor own young; It is a dollborato recognition of herself ns protector and conuorv or of tho lives of tho nation. And It la thu domand that all ways w opon to hor In ordor that sho may in hor housokooplng of tho cltlos, in hor fight against child labor, In her war against wnr, against filth and against dlsonso, do hor work worth ily nnd successfully. Thoro is no hint, In tho writings or speeches of tho real leaders of tho feminist movoment In substituting a woman's world for man's. Dut thoro Ib nn (incensing domand for woman's right to tnko her placo us tho co-oporator of man, for freedom to do her Inrgor work as woman. It Is for this that sho asks a void In tho councils of tho nation. Woman nlono, say tho feminists, does not make a completo or success ful homo. Man nlono has distinctly failed nt conserving tho human In terests of tho putsldo world, nut wliER." hnU, woman waljt hand ft hand in freedom, equality ntl(j con, rndshlp, when enclfnluH Instead of hlndorlng tho othor Jn doing tho great work for which each has been fitted by nnturo, thon only will the raco march rorwurd as it should to wards goodness, happiness and pros porlty. STOP AND SEE The Rector Auto matic Gas Heating System Installed in the Oregon Power Company Window Have it demonstrated and learn its merits No Smoke, No Ashes. No Trouble Helps Kidney nnd Madder Trouble Everybody Satisfied. Everywhere people aro taking Foley Kidney Pills, nnd nro so satis fied they urgo othora to take thorn nlso. A. T. Kelly, Mcintosh, Alu says: "I recommend them to all who suffer from kidney troubles nnd bnchacho, for thoy aro fine." Dost thing you can tnko for back acho, wenk back and rheumatism. Owl Proscription Pharmacy. Frank 1). Cohan. Opposite Chandler Hotel. 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Wo deslro to have tho public know , ,a rt lous to help along tho legltlraato business of our e"'" cf tfc way possible. Our uuccess is oounu up conimunUy. ,n.ialnted i& Wo want old residents and newcomers to get acq" for our mutual benefit. RFRVIHP THAT SATISFIES The First National Bank Of Coos Bay vtik23 ;xi-