The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-06-30
/. MEXICAN OFFICIAL TALKS.

Matter OF Revolution ls Now 6ecom.
Ing international Controversy.
City Of Mexico, June 27.-The upris-
ings in the northern part Of this re.
public have now become the subject
Of international correspondence.
Communications from Minister Of
Foreign Affairs Mariscal were sent to
the state department at Washington
today. This condition arose out Of
the fact that the raiders who shot up
the town Of La Vacas yesterday are
now on American soil and claiming
protection Of the United States.
In an interview granted to the cor
respondent Of the Associated Press,
today Vice President Corral declared
the government had succeeded In un.
travelling the conspiracy which prompt
ed the recent attacks on the towns Of
Viesca and Las Vacas, in which a
number of lives were lost. much prop
erty destroyed and $4,000 in cash
secured by the looters.
Official Talks.
This whole trouble has been
caused" declared the vice president,
'"tby three irresponsible agitators and
anarchists who r at, present resid-
ing in the United States. These men,
Enrique Flores Magon OF Los Ange
les, Thomas sarabia Of San Antonio,
Tex, who goes by the name Of Thorn
as Lebrada and, Antonio p. Araujo Of
Austin, Texas, recently appealed to
certain Of the criminal and ignorant
element Of the border states Of Mex
leo, melting them to raid certain desig-
mated towns for the purpose Of rob-
bling the banks and the kovernment Of
fees under the plea that funds could
thus be raised for the cause Of revolu.
ton.
''It was planned to make a concer
ed attack on Ciudad Juarez, the Mex
lean border town opposite 81 Paso.
On q. P. Diaz, opposite Eagle Pass,
Texas, on Las Vacas, across the Rio
Grande from Del Rio and on Viesca,
and q couple Of other interior towns.
The plan a to rob the banks and
Offices.
1.-THE Mexican consul at M Paso got
wind Of the AFFAIR and informed the
authorities. with the result
that the would be raiders are. now
languishing IN jail in that city.
I'm all other places. with the ex-
ception Of Las vacas the plans mis-
carried. In the . tack on the latter
place, Is men were killed but NO
money was secured. The commander
Of the Mexican forces was shot twice
in the arm. All OF the raiders i'm
fed back into Texas when
repulsed.
."As to the. Viesca bandits. their
true character was shown wnen after
securing $4,000 from the branch Of
the Bank Of Nueva Leon. they fed
with the money and Mexican troops
are now pursuing them In the wilds Of
Durango.
Not Representative Citizens.
The government places absolutely
no political significance or Importance
on these recent happenings for the
reason that not one Of the paftici-
pants II . representative citizen.
Where they YER Of the criminal class.
they were the poorest and most igno-
rant representatives Of the lower class
who have been preyed upon by the
charlatans in the republic.
1.-THE outcome Of the viesca affair
will be simple. These poor. ignorant
men without q leader, will be hunted
down In the wilds Of Durango by Mexi-
can troops.
THE Las vacas AFFAIR unfortunately
presents not 20 simple / solution, %
the raiders : now IN Texase and.
most Of them ciAim protection Oh the
plea that their ofEense was Of = poll.