Bisbee daily review., 1906-07-29
CONSUL MALLEN TALKS ABOUT
 MEXICO
Says Report of Expected Up- rising Against Foreigners
 Without Foundation.

can consul in Fl Paso. has been con- reports which have come out of Mexi- co in regard to the uprising for Sep tember l6. and declares that there is absolutely no foundation for the alarming rumors which have come across the border.
 As soon as the statements began to be printed in the papers of the
 various sections of the country, put myself in touch with the central gov
 ernment and with the officials of a
 number of states" said Mir. Mallen, tc a Herald man sent to see him, and l can say that there is no in- formation in official circles which leads to the belief that there is any
 thing of a serious nature to be appre-
 hended.
 ''I hat there is q league of railway employees in the republic is a known fact, but it is equally t-s, wel1 known that this league has such a constitu.
 ton and bylaws and so peaceful a purpose that II would really be more i in line with the government policy to support than to suppress it. It is not true that this organization is taking in members from other branches of la
 bOr, such as the miners and the like. It has attracted attention simply be, cause the railroads are large corpora { tions employing great numbers of nen.
 'I have reason to believe that know why and how these rumors have come across the border as to the sit
 uation of affairs in Mexico as regards possible; uprising. l believe that these rumors were started with a spe- cific purpose. lut am not in a posi- ton at this time to give out this in. formation. and l shall not do so until
 I nave the proofs which would con,
 vince any man, whatever his preju' dices.
 T do not think that it needs to be said to the people down here on the border that the Mexican government has the strength to care for any such ] situation if it should arise, and there 1 is argument which must appea to the outsider that the Mexican government will do so. It is all to the advantage i of cur government to protect foreign CTS. Mexico is in the position of 1 the United States years ago. when
 you wanted immigration. Mexico wants | immigration, and the only way to get l it is to protect the interests, the life 1 and the property of the foreigner in the republic.
 'The American colony is not the
 largest in the republic. There are larger colonies in the republic. The Spanish and the French for example The Americans as it happens are in- terested in the railroads and also in the mines. There are organizations of men in the mines and in the rail. roads. They are nothing more than labor unions, pure and simple. They aTe a comparatively new thing in
 Mexico. but they are an old thing In the United States.
 "The men are actuated by desire . to improve their condition. They want some of the better positions and they want better wages than they are
 getting, and they believed that by or. ganization along the lines which are following in the United States that they would be able 10 attract the atten- tion Of their employers in a manner
 that they would never be able to do if . they proceeded as individuals.
 "One regret that I have in connec- , tion with the rumOrs which have gone ! abroad is that 1t has been hurtful to
 the Americans in Mexico more than it has been to the Mexicans or the Mexi- can government. Americans are back. . ing many enterprises in the republic which require money, and this agita- tion will deter them or put obstacles in the way of their getting their secur. ities foated in the money markets of rtne United States.
 "The Cananea trouble is in no sense ] part of any sdch movegnent, and am sincere in the belief that if MT.
 Metcalfe had exercised a little more self restraint and had shown a better appreciation of the situation, that there would have been no bloodshed and he would have been alive today. Those men went out early in the day and it was in the afternoon that the unfortunate affair of the lumber yard
 occurred. The men had been parading
 the street and had been acting in a <, peaceful manner. They had no arms ! of any kind. These facts have no.
 been brought cut clearly before. Now as to tue suppression of the 1 riots. It was not done by American
 volunteers or by the men of Roster i litzky, but because there were no riot'
 and no bloodshed intended in the be ] oSiroiuiu unthiflp moro than a neacea ble demonstration of workingmen
 That is all. The movement died of if
 self because riots had not been in
 tended.
 | q am sincere in my declaration tha
 there will be no uprising or demon
 stration on September Is. and the sol
 harm that l fear from the reports tha
 have gone out Is that they will hur
 Americans in Mexico much more thai they will any one else"