Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-02
DRIVEN TO WAR
BY WANT, SAYS
HIGH MEXICAN
ALC0NTENT, NOT REV0LU'
TiON," is OPINION
MOST OF FIGHTING DONE ON
U. s. BORDER
Unemployed and Thinking Class OF
People Declared to Be Responsible
for Uprislng-Leaders Are
Said to Be Here
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press
CITY OF MEXICO, July 2.-Accord-
| ing to advices received here at / o'clock
this morning the authorities have cap
tured and imprisoned eighteen more of
the Viesca raiders.
| In 4 statement made to the Associ-
| ated Press today on behalf of the Mexi-
can state department by Secretary Of
Foreign Affairs Gamboa, that official
said:
I'm order that absurdly exaggerated
reports regarding the recent trouble in
| northern Mexico may be corrected, and
| in compliance with your request, l am
| giving you access TO certain official
correspondence which will prove that
the contention of the Mexican state de-
partment that the recent troubles had
no political significance are we'll
grounded"
| A number of kilograms and official
| documents were thereupon shown the
correspondent of the Associated Press
| which set forth the following facts:
! That the recent attacks upon the
villages of Viesca, Las Vacas and Pa
Tomas were made by small bands of
| malcontents, who were driven to deeds
of desperation by lack of work, conse-
| quent hunger and an enmity toward
| the local officials. These men had been
| furnished literature of an anarchistic
and infiammatory nature by agitators
in Los Angeles, San Antonio, Austin,
| Tex, and st. Louis. In no instance
had representative man led the at
tacking parties, nor had the largest
group of raiders numbered more than
sixty men, and that the trouble was
practically over.
Continuing, Mr.. Gamboa said: "As
you have seen, these attacks have all
been made on villages near the boun-
dary line which separates the United
States and Mexico by small groups
of unemployed and ignorant men of the
| lower class.
Came from United States
at seems some of them came from
the United States side, and it is
claimed the conspiracy was Matched on
| that side. For that reason Mexico
claims that all the raiders are guilty
of common crimes and those caught on
| Mexican soil will be tried for such,
while for those apprehended in the
| United States Mexico will ask their
extradition, az we would of any GRIM
| inal guilty of the crime of arson, muir
der or robbery
Mexico, taken completely unawares
by the attacks, asks the cooperation
of the United States in preserving the
neutrality laws. The government and
the people feel deeply grateful for the
manner in which the cooperation has
been given, even though the trouble Is
of such minor significance.
THAT is the plain truth regarding the
so-called revolutionary movement"
| At the department of the interior dis
patches We're received from Governor
| Cartenas, state of Coahuila, saying that
eight of the viesca raiders had been
captured by rurales. Two of the prison.
ers are leaders of the gang. The men
will be tried for murder and robbery.
Tho mounted police are closely press
| ing the rest of the group and they have
left their mounts and hidden in the
haciendas, hoping thus to pass off as
farm laborers.
A number of the horses of the ban
dts have been taken.
According to Vice President Corral,
the attack of Palomas yesterday morn
ing was made by twelve men who came
| from Douglas, Ariz., and their object
was the customs house. The customs
house guards and the villagers repulsed
the attack and captured the leader of
the raiders, Otilio Madrid. One of the
villagers was killed during the fighting.
Dispatches say that absolute quiet
reigns in Coahuila.