Produced by Al Haines. *INSURGENT MEXICO* BY *JOHN REED* NEW YORK AND LONDON D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1914 COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY EPISODES IN THIS BOOK ARE ALSO PROTECTED BY THE FOLLOWING COPYRIGHT: COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY THE METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE COMPANY PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA _To PROFESSOR CHARLES TOWNSEND COPELAND of HARVARD UNIVERSITY_ _Dear Copey:_ _I remember you thought it strange that my first trip abroad didn’t make me want to write about what I saw there. But since then I have visited a country which stimulated me to express it in words. And as I wrote these impressions of Mexico I couldn’t help but think that I never would have seen what I did see had it not been for your teaching me._ _I can only add my word to what so many who are writing already have told you: That to listen to you is to learn how to see the hidden beauty of the visible world; that to be your friend is to try to be intellectually honest._ _So I dedicate this book to you with the understanding that you shall take as your own the parts that please you, and forgive me the rest._ _As ever,_ _Jack._ _New York,_ _July 3, 1914._ *CONTENTS* On the Border PART I. DESERT WAR I. Urbina’s Country II. The Lion of Durango at Home III. The General Goes to War IV. La Tropa on the March V. White Nights at Zarca VI. "Quien Vive?" VII. An Outpost of the Revolution VIII. The Five Musketeers IX. The Last Night X. The Coming of the Colorados XI. Meester’s Flight XII. Elizabetta PART II. FRANCISCO VILLA I. Villa Accepts a Medal II. The Rise of a Bandit III. A Peon in Politics IV. The Human Side V. The Funeral of Abram Gonzales VI. Villa and Carranza VII. The Rules of War VIII. The Dream of Pancho Villa PART III. JIMINEZ AND POINTS WEST I. Doña Luisa’s Hotel II. Duello a la Frigada III. Saved by a Wrist-Watch IV. Symbols of Mexico PART IV. A PEOPLE IN ARMS