Mexican "General Opinion."

New York Times 100 years ago today, April 25, 1913:
    Major Gen. Wood, who has been investigating the situation along the Mexican frontier, reports that general Mexican opinion on both sides of the border is strongly opposed to Gen. Huerta. Of course it is. The general opinion of Mexican refugees in Texas and Arizona, and of their friends in the north of Mexico opposed Lerdo de Tejada, and favored Porfirio Diaz; opposed Diaz all the while he was in office, supported Madero until he became President, and then opposed him. It favors, constitutionally and temperamentally, any armed revolutionist who is making mischief, but no elected or established public officer. There lies the key to the Mexican situation.
    Gen. Huerta's Provisional Government seems to be attending to its business as well as can be expected. Its existence, of course, is very uncertain. But the imagination cannot conceive of any form or quality of Government that will satisfy the vast, unorganized army of Mexican malcontents. A strong military leader with a genius for constructive statesmanship might silence them, and restore order.