--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 14 number: 5 published: 1911-03 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, "Editor’s Table: The Revolution in Mexico," *Improvement Era* 14, no. 5 (March 1911): 453–457.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1405unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera1405unse start_page: 453 end_page: 457 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1911-03) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera1405unse publication_year: 1911 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1911, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Editor’s Table: The Revolution in Mexico EDITOR'S TABLE. 455 Mexico opposed the re-election of Diaz, and clubs were formed calling themselves Anti-reelectionists. An active campaign was inaugurated by the government against these people. Papers were suppressed and confiscated, men imprisoned or banished, and other coersive measures adopted. Diaz was again declared elected. Madero was released, and immediately went to the United States, where he declared himself Constitutional President of Mexico, and appealed to the people to sustain him as such. In Chihuahua, Abraham Gonzales was proclaimed Constitu- tional Governor of the state. The people took up arms, and under the leadership of Pasquel Orozco, and other prominent men, declared war against the Diaz administration. Who are the leaders? Francisco Madero is a young man with extensive family con- nections, influential and wealthy. He was educated in France, and is said to be strongly imbued with the extreme democracy which characterizes French Socialism. Abraham Gonzales is a well-to-do rancher, and a descendant of a once wealthy and influential family of Chihuahua. Pasquel Orozco, the soul of the revolutionary movement in Chihuahua, is only twenty-eight years old. He was a telegraph operator before the insurrection broke out, since which time he has developed into a military leader who has out-generaled and out- fought the best generals in the Mexican army. He was recently before Ciudad Juarez, where, with a force of probably not more than six hundred men he sought to take a city of ten thousand inhabitants, having a force of at least four hundred regular troops. Ciudad Juarez is the principal city in Northern Chihuahua, and was declared under martial law by the Government General Navarro, on February 15. Messages from the Missions. Elder W. E. Tinsley, writing from Waco, Texas, January 2, encloses a picture of the six elders laboring in the North Texas Con- ference, who spent the holidays in Waco. While there they held a num- ber of well-attended street meetings. They state that they are enjoy- ing their labors in the sunny South, and the work of the Lord is progressing. ELDERS OF THE NORTH TEXAS CONFERENCE. Back row, left to right: John 0. Bankhead, Paradise, Utah; C. Leroy Dalton, Blackfoot, W. E. Tinsley, Burley, Idaho. Second row: Jesse H. Barlow, Clearfield, Utah; Joseph Lee, Idaho Falls, Idaho; Charles Hatch, Vernal, Utah. Elder Joseph L. Jones, St. Joseph, Missouri, January 1 , encloses a picture of the elders of the St. Joseph conference, as follows: ELDERS LABORING IN ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI. Back row: Albert D. Thomas, Ogden, Oliver L. Burt, Spanish Fork, Utah. Front row: John S. Jones, Echo, James Kemp, Sandy, Utah. EDITOR'S TABLE. 4.r;7 Elder Jones states: "In company with our mission president we organized a branch of the Church here, which is in thriving condition. We hold a number of cottage meetings each week with success, and hope to add a few more souls to the fold of Christ as soon as the weather will permit." The elders feel well in the work, and while their book sales were small during the holidays, they hope to meet with more success in the new year. ELDERS AT CHATTANOOGA, TENN. Elders Thatcher Kimball, of Logan, Utah, and H. S. Miller, of Parker, Idaho, tell of their labors in the mission field in a letter written from Henderson, Kentucky, January 21. Three years ago the elders could not work in that city, owing to prejudice against our people. Today the best citizens of the city entertain them, and the work of the Lord is prospering. Church literature is placed in the public library, the Era being among the other pub- lications. All the clergymen treat them with respect when the Elders attend their ser- vices. Lewis L. Allen, of Newcastle Conference, England, sends a message saying that when he left his home to fill a mission, he did not real- ize what a glorious privilege it was to be called to preach the gospel. On bidding farewell to his grandmother, she expressed pride in hearing that he was worthy to preach the gospel of Christ which found her many years ago in Scotland, and for which she had sacrificed much and left her friends. In bidding him farewell she expressed the desire that all her grandsons would have the same privilege. Elder Allen is thankful for the testimony with which the Lord has blessed him, and expressed the hope that the young men of Israel will take anvantage of their opportunities and the golden moments of youth to prepare themselves for the work of the Lord. ELDERS AND SISTERS LABORING IN ALBANY, N. Y. From left to ri^ht: Sisters Eva Noyes, Laura, Cutler, Lyman Noyes, EL D. Winger (Conference President), Elijah Cutler. A report of the work accomplished by the elders of the New York Conference during the year ending December 31, 1910, as given by Presi- dent H. D. Winger to the Era, shows Books of Mormon distributed, 783; other standard Church works, 49; other books, 5,184; tracts, 80,689; Liahonas, 7,157; Liahona subscriptions, 24; families visited, 74,202; revis- ited, 8,395; hours spent tracting, 13,109; hours in gospel conversation, 5,- 404; with Saints, 4,965; in study, 21,177; number of gospel conversations, 24,413; meetings, 942; children blessed, 19; baptisms, 28; Book of Mormon lectures, 414. ' 'A conservative estimate upon the number of souls who have been warned of the restored gospel in the New York Conference during the year 1910, we place at 300,000. The results have been most gratify- ing. The report bears evidence that the elders have been faithful, dili- gent and obedient. The many articles published by newspapers and magazines in this state against us, so far have had a tendency to help our cause, making honest people curious to hear our side of the story, and thus we have had many chances to explain our doctrine. We have EDITOR'S TABLE. 459 opened up new territory the past season, not traversed by our elders since the early apostles labored here many years ago. Th3 state which gave "Mormonism" birth will yet produce many Sauls of Tarsus. We are indeed proud of Sisters Eva Noyes and Laura Cutler, at present labor- ing in Albany. The energy and zeal which they manifest in spreading the gospel is inspiring. The Saints, as a rule, are firm in the faith, are living their religion, and rejoice in the testimony of the restored gospel." Elder Chester W. Reese, president of the Bristol Conference, writes from Exeter, Devonshire, England, that the Bristol Conference, which covers an area of about two hundred miles, including all of Wales and nearly all the south- ern part of England, has an en- rollment of about two hundred and eighty members, in six branches — men, women and chil- dren. There are twenty-four elders diligently working for the spread of truth. Four of them are in Exeter, where Mr. Jar- man resides, the anti- "Mormon'' lecturer, who claims to have "escaped" from Salt Lake City. As a result of Mr. Jarman's lectures, the people are very much prejudiced against the "Mormons." Although the peo- ple are so bitter, the elders hold cottage meetings every Wednesday night, where from eight to fourteen investigators are present at each meeting, and they are gradually opening up homes for meetings. They also hold meetings at Torquay and Teignmouth, where they hope to make greater headway, as the people become better acquainted with them and their message. Drink in these parts may be purchased cheap, and it is the destruction and misery of many thousands of families and homes. A good Bible can be buught for fifteen cents, and a drink of whis ky fcr ere art. BRISTOL, ENGLAND, ELDERS. Back row: Wm. B. Pendrey, Montpe- lier, Idaho; H. H. Salisbury, Baker City, Oregon. Front row: Chester W. Reese, Salt Lake City, De Lenor Nichols, Brigham City, Utah.