BarbarousMexico JOHN KENNETH TURNER

EIGHTH UNANIMOUS ELECTION OF DIAZ ici
not to face the music. Four times he repudiated the
nomination publicly. He retired to his mountain resort
and there waited for the storm to blow over. He put
himself out of touch with his partizans and with the
world. He made no move that might give offense to
the government.
And yet—what happened to Reyes?
Diaz deposed the head of the military zone, which
includes the state of Monterey, and placed in command
General Trevino, a personal enemy of Reyes. Trevino
marched upon Reyes' state at the head of an army. He
stopped on his way at Saltillo and, by a display of arms,
compelled the resignation of Governor Cardenas of
Coahuila merely because the latter was a friend of Reyes.
He threw his army into Monterey and overturned the
local government, as well as all the municipal governments
in the entire state. Diaz ordered a fine of a third
of a million dollars placed upon Reyes' financial associates,
in order that they, as well as he, might be dealt
a crushing blow financially. Trevino surrounded Reyes
in his mountain resort and compelled him to return, a
virtual prisoner, and to hand in his resignation. Finally,
Reyes was sent out of the country, ostensibly on a "military
mission" to Europe—actually, banished from his
native country for two years, or longer, should the ruler
so decide.
So perished Reyism, as the government papers derisively
called the opposition. The Democratic movement
was demoralized for the time being, and the government
doubtless imagined that the end of Reyes meant
the end of the Democratic movement.
But not so. The democratic ambitions of the people
had been aroused to a high pitch, and the y would not
be denied. Instead of intimidating them, the banish-