A NEW ZEALANDER IN MEXICO.
An old Taranaki boy, at present in the "United States, writing to Relatives in New Zealand under date 12th March last, says, inter a-lia: "Stirred with the ■wrongs of the Mexican rebels, I went down to throw in my lot with them in their fight for their rights. I went to the border at Sail Diego, and crossed into Tia-Juana, Lower California. Here the rebel element was very strong, but a week's residence dispelled my illusions. I gathered from old residents that the rebellion was an impossible cause, as the outside capital (the United States in particular) would never allow the success of irebel arms. Most of the rebels were fighting for the loot in prospect, and not for the- principles at stake, and, provided they were allowed success, would' be as tyrannical us Diaz is to-day. I also found that those recruiting in the rebel interest Would not enlist whites unless they were well-known sympathisers. This was with the object of guarding against the introduction of spies. When I realised just how things -were I i-ewoeaed the bordfci 1 to ILS.A. poil again."
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 93, 21 April 1911, Page 7
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189A NEW ZEALANDER IN MEXICO. Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 93, 21 April 1911, Page 7
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