Gen. Diaz's Rebellion.

New York Times 100 years ago today, October 22, 1912:
    A few weeks ago an authoritative estimate of the number of armed opponents of the Government in Mexico was 20,000, but that is a great many, even in a nation of 15,000,000 inhabitants. Every armed rebel must represent a number of non-combatants who desire the overthrow of the Government. When the estimate was made no man of high repute and great personal force had taken the field in opposition to Madero, but since Gen. Felix Diaz seized the port of Vera Cruz, and the garrison there proclaimed its allegiance to him, the situation has changed. It is difficult at present, however, to predict the result. Diaz has thus far made little headway. He has announced the appointment of Mr. Ferdinand de la Barra as a member of his provisional Cabinet, but, so far as is known, Mr. de la Barra is peacefully attending to his new duties as Governor of the State of Mexico at Toluca. News from the capital is obviously censored, and persistent reports from there of bloodshed in Vera Cruz are not verified in the cables from that city. But trustworthy Mexican news from any source is scarce. The reports that both Gen. Huerta and Gen. Trevino, two of the foremost military leaders, are at odds with Madero are only rumors. All the yarns relating to the men behind the Diaz uprising are questionable. Anybody could guess that Porfirio Diaz may have advised his nephew's rebellion, but it is assuredly a bad guess. The ex-President is not a rich man, and he has had no hand in Mexico's political disturbances since his exile in Europe. He denies all connection with the present uprising.
     It seemed a few days ago that the chances of success for the movement headed by Felix Diaz were good, but there is truth in at least one of the dispatches from the capital which says that dilatory methods jeopardize his cause. His policy is certainly different from his uncle's. Meanwhile, there has been no meeting between soldiers of Diaz and those of Madero, and there is no positive evidence that any Maderists are in the neighborhood of Vera Cruz. The arrival of a gunboat manned by Diaz sympathizers at the port of Coatzacoalcos might mean the seizure of the Tehuantepec Railway by the revolutionists; it may only mean an early supply of fresh provisions for Vera Cruz. Felix Diaz is not likely to embarrass foreign trade unnecessarily.