Bisbee daily review., 1906-06-02
CONSUL MALLEN
 MAKES STATEMENT

Consul Francisco Mallen. represen- tative of the republic of Mexico at El Paso, Texas. has addressed the fol- lowing letter to the newspapers of that city:
 The credulous manner in which some of the press agents and leading American journals have lately bee | allowing themselves to be used as mouthpieces by interruptions sprea l. CTS of the most ridiculous cana"ds about Mexican matters. such as the sale of Lower California ard Sonora to the United States, and the organiza- ton by the Mexican government of an army of adventurous American sol diers to free the counCsy from the fa- Qui Indians, our wrongful acministra- ton Of justice in cases where joreign- CTS are Involved and the frequent un- accountable imprisonment of Ameri- cans for years in Mexican jails, are tE- cidents furnishing valuable opEortun- tiles, of which I wish to avail iHy&elf to invite the public attention to cor rect such false statements against enc of the most hospitable and friendly countries to the people of the United States of America.
 Following the astounding news of the sale of the northwestern section of Mexico and the Imprisonment of one John T. Humphries for twelve years, in pitiable shape, with no clothes, in wretched sickness and without the care of a doctor, for q mere suspicion of crime, before habeas corpus act had been dreamed of. and other curious imputations, such as the suspected prejudice of the courts of Chihuahua in the cases of the murderers, Finstad and Cough ener, there came the startling infor- nation through the San Francisco Chronicle to the reading world that, according to reliable reports from Fl Paso, Texas, the Mexican government had at last secured an army of Amer ican soldiers in Guaymas to free the country from YaQui Indians, the mem bers of said expedition having powers even beyond those enjoyed in the most remote history of barbarism, when belligerents, declaring them selves in a state of war. disposed of lives and properties at their own free will.
 This bit of stupendous news reach ing San Francisco from Fl Paso. well informed and wide-awake city bordering on Mexico, naturally creat- ed no little excitement and comment all over the country, but as may be observed by the better posted reader, there was not shadow of truth in the sensational article furnished from Fl Paso.
 The sale of Lower California to the United States was given out to the public when the Mexican government determined to check certain troub- lesome, fault finding element, and pro- hibited the further acquisition of prop erty by foreigners in said dominion, in order to down the interruptions spectators and grafters that made it their business to criminally blame the Mexican authorities in order toI business ability.
 As regards the incarceration of Humphries in a jail at Torreon for twelve long years on charge of a mere imaginary nature. have already stated in the refutation offered by me in the local papers, on or about the 26th of April, setting forth the right full attitude of the Chihuahua tribun- als in the Rutherford tragedy, that such confinement as outlined in the
 
 ly impossible from every viewpoint, that a denial was almost superfiuous. In support of this assertion I now beg to cite the following order of Briga- dier General McCaskey, of the United States army, dated San Antonio, Tex as, May 18th, 1906, who, in speaking of Humphries, says:
 Private John T. Hu1nphries, Com pany B, 29th Infantry, having been tried by a general court martial, con vened at Fort Bliss, Texas, and found guilty of desertion in violation of the 47th Article of War, was sentenced TO be dishonorably discharged from the service of the United States, for feiting ali pay and allowances due him, and to be confined at hard labor at such place as the reviewing author ity may direct, for eighteen QS) months
 "The sentence is approved and will be executed. The military prison at Fort Leayenworth, Kansas, is desig- mated as the place of confinement. The prisoner will be sent, under prop CT guard, by the commanding officer, Fort Bliss, Texas, to Fort Sam Hous ton, Texas. to be there held until fur