The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1906-08-23
TROUBLE IN MEXICO
THE SLIGHTEST BOSH.
There Will Be No Uprising on Labor
Day or ANY Other Day.

the following letter, witten by well
known business man of Tampico,
Mexico, has been handed to The Re-
publican and puts the matter in a
clean and concise way. Mr.. Camp
bell has rendered the Mexican gov
eminent very valuable service in
Tampico, having installed the mag
nifcent water works and sewer sys-
tenn of that place. He is a man who
knowns whereof he speaks:
TAMPIco. Mexico, July 90 1876
Messrs. John and Bert Belcher, La
Mesa, Texas, Q. S. A.
GENTLEMEN Referring to the
clippings you send from the Dallas
News of the 21st and 22d inst, which
deal with an alleged protected up
rising in Mexico, to occur on Labor
day in September next and to be
directed against foreigners in this
country, 1 can only say at the outset
that it is a matter of genuine sur
prise to those of us Americans who
haye spent years among these people
to find now that anything so silly
should find credence among intelli-
gent persons in the United States.
AS shown by the clippings you send,
the affair has its origin in a circular
said to emanate from an isolated
body of minor railroad employees, d
body utterly unworthy of comparison
with any of the magnificent organi-
cations of railroad men existing in
the United States today. 1t is suf:-
cient to state therefore, as far as re-
lates to this special class in Mexico,
that every charter granted by Presi-
dent Diaz to railway companies
operating in Mexico carries with it
the solemn pledge of the Mexican
government to protect its property
and the persons of those operating
it, against any such lawlessness as
appears to be threatened in these
silly stories, which are plainly ca
nards concocted by irresponsible re-
porters or correspondents over zeal
Gus to furnish matter for scare
heads when legitimate news was not
at hand. And you may rest assured
that the strong arm of this govern
ment will be used with crushing eff
feet against any one contemplating
an overt act upon the person or
property of peaceable foreigners,
whether railway employees or not,
the railroad will certainly be short,
sharp and decisive and a terrible
warming.
This is not the first time that L
have been called. upon to state the
attitude of this government in this
matter of affording ample protection
to foreigners, and as l have hereto
fore pointed out there should never
be the slightest occasion for raising
the question, since there exists be-
tween the government of the repub-
lie of Mexico and that of your coun-
try the most intimate and amicable
relations cemented by the most
solemn treaties in existence whereby
and whereunder each guarantees to
the others citizens the fullest and
most ample protection to life and
property. This is not China, with an
element of heather fanatics, but a
civilized Christian community. II
it were not a progressive, modern re-
public would L have spent years OF
my life among these people and in
vested my means here?
61,r Sc of ~ .
stories clipped and sent me is the
stereotyped statement that "the
army is recruited from the lower
classes and could not be relied on tC
suppress this uprising" Where, in
the name of common sense, are
standing armies, in time of peace
recruited from, if not from the lower
classes? And, just set it down please
that here in Mexico a man in the
military service refusing to act in
suppressing disorder would be court
martialed and executed within TWEEN
ty-four hours. Moreover, in any at
tempt to pull off such an event as
those silly stories forecast, martial
ldW WOuIQ prevail duu dll OucHucIs
would be speedily punished by court
martial, the farces so often wit.
messed in your country where lawyers
cajole witnesses and bamboozle jurors
would not be tolerated here.
The clippings sent me L have just
turned over to the deputy governor
of this state. He, like myself, was
very much amused at the credulity
of any one taking the stories seri
ously, while at the same time we re
GREETED the possibility of the Incl.
dent having deterrent effect upon
persons contemplating investing or
settling among us. If you really
know of any such doubling Thorn,
asses be good enough to show them
this letter, then if they are still
skeptical as to the protection af.
forded foreigners here let them adj
dress the state department at Wash.
ing, the American ambassador at
Mexico City or the United States
consul at TampicO, either of whom
will cheerfully reassure them.
Yours very truly,
d Fl CAMPRFTT