Peace In Mexico.

New York Times 100 years ago today, February 28, 1913:
    The latest news from Mexico is as encouraging as could be hoped for. We are hearing nothing further of "reprisals." The reports of the assassination of two of Madero's brothers have not been verified. The new amnesty law indicates that the Provisional President is a man of good judgment and quick action, who desires to restore peace with as little resort to severe measures as possible. To be sure, the ill-fated Madero also promised amnesty to all rebels who surrendered within a specified time, and none surrendered, but his Government was obviously weak from first to last, while Huerta's thus far has seemed strong. Much depends upon his ability to keep his promises and his success in mustering an army fit to be reckoned with. It must be remembered that he defeated Orozco decisively at Bachimba, and would have crushed that rebellion entirely if his hand had not been stayed by Madero.
    The gratifying facts are that the insurrectos, excepting Zapata, are now supporting Huerta, and that strong measures are being adopted for the first time to bring to terms that obstreperous enemy of law and order. Madero checked all efforts to suppress Zapata. Train service between the capital and the border has been restored, and Vera Cruz is quiet. The prospects are good for a speedy resumption of business throughout the republic.
    In the circumstances, there is little danger of the intervention peril lasting to trouble President Wilson's Administration at its very outset. The new President of the United States will take office at a time when the Mexican situation is less troublesome to the State Department at Washington than it has been for two years. How long the peaceful condition will last nobody can tell, but presumably the new elections will not be ordered in Mexico until the disturbances in all parts of the country have been allayed.