THE MEXICAN TURMOIL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 971, 25 March 1911, Page 4

THE MEXICAN TURMOIL.

A WOMAN SPY. Francisco I. Madero is the leader of the Mexican insurrection, which, according to current cable messages, is still dragging on, with apparently little hope of success. If President Diaz surprised Madero with his knowledge of the plans of the revolutionaries, he owed that knowledge largely to a spy, Miss Mary Garcia. This young lady was born in Cuba and educated in Canada, and can offer no other reason for following such a dangerous occupation than that she wanted to. After doing some hazardous work for the Spaniards in Cuba, she accepted an offer to enter the service of Mexico. Competition among the Government spies in Mexico is very keen, there are so many offering their services, but Miss Garcia soon showed that she was above the average. She was ordered to track Madero, at that time the leader of a movement to defeat Diaz in the Presidential election. She met him at a public ball, and found that she had “to work no guile.” Madero himself introduced her to several other leaders in the antiDiaz movement, and with such an introduction the adventurous lady was able to mingle freely with the leaders in all the revolutionary centres, posing, meanwhile, as an ardent “patriot.” On several occasions Madero entrusted Miss Garcia with valuable secrets, and assigned to her very difficult tasks. Her success pleased Madero, and the detailed inlormation as to what she had been doing, supplied to President Diaz, pleased him. “When I was called off the Madero trail,” says Miss Garcia, “it was because Diaz wished one of his own relatives to obtain the final glory. I was merely the paid worker, iu his eyes, and he did not deem it meet that there should be any personal credit allowed me for what I had done.” Another prominent Mexican whom Miss Garcia was ordered to watch was General Bernardo Rupes, Mexico’s military hero. She was frequently entertained at the General’s home, but knew that she was suspected of being a spy. However, knowing her man well, Miss Garcia relied on his grave sense of justice. Rupes, as she knew, never did another an injustice. By dint of repeated visits she found out where the General kept his private papers, and one night she abstracted them. The documents proved to be just what the Government wanted, and soon afterwards General Rupes was exiled to Europe. Many are the exciting experiences Miss Garcia can tell of her work among the revolutionaries, but, as they are very active just now, Miss Garcia has decided that for health and other urgent reasons, she had better bid Mexico adieu, at least for the present.