Mexico, after a brief period of comparative peace under President
Obregon, is again in a state of revolution. The Government may be described as one of advanced Socialism, but the opposition to it centres in Vera Cruz, which has long been -controlled by a gang of anarchists who make trade impossible. General Sanchez heads the rising, and is supported by nine of the States and part of the regular army. The nominal object of the insurgents is to support-Senor de la Huerta as candidate 'for the Presidency in opposition to General Canes, who is put forward by Senor Obregon as his successor. The real object is, no doubt, the spoils of office, for there is much money to be made .out of the unlucky foreigners who own railways, oil-wells and other industries in Mexico. The insurgents took Jalapa, to the west of Vera Cruz, on Saturday last, and defeated a Government force. Our Foreign Office, in hesitating to recognize the Obregon Government, was obviously better informed than its critics.
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