The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-28
CCNTINU ED
UNCLE SAM PARTY
TO PERSECUTION
FROM PAGE ONE.

ITGotOCUt ait TCdCUCO WIS WY
and his friends were refused access
to him.
Attorneys of the socialist party
are ready to defend him, but they
have been told that they must wait
until the department Of justice at
Washington is ready to take up the
case, and have been refused per-
mission to confer with their client.
WAS OUT ON BAIL.
At the time of. DeLara's last ar
rest he was out on bail to answer a
charge OF melting riot. He has de-
nounced Mexico and Mexican meth
DDS here and In Arizona, which Is
characteristic of the man, and with
the result that during the last cou-
pie of years he has been in consid-
cradle difficulty with the federal
courts in the territories Of New
Mexico and Arizona. DeLara
blames all his trouble on the Mex
lean government, and his protest
today charged that Diaz and his
advisors are able to swing the
American courts as they wish.
II first had trouble with the
Mexican government while publish
ing the little paper Ell Democrat, as
a student in the University in Mex
leo City. / urged the nation to re-
turn to the constitution of 1857 and
one day the police raided the office.
Magon, my associate, was arrested.
Fortunately l was away at the time
and they did not get me, but our
property was confiscated without
process of law.
Il went to Cananea, Sonora, and
began the practice of law. My
| clients were mostly the por miners
employed by the American mining
king, Col. William G. Greene.
addressed many meetings of these
men. l urged them to fight for a
return to the liberal constitution,
and made many converts.
Greene was displeased and COM
planned to the Mexican authorities.
Then came the strike of 1895. 1t
! spoke for the men, and with 200
others was arrested charged with
being an agitator and sentenced to
be shot My friends in Mexico City
moved in my behalf and finally
Diaz sent a telegram of inquiry
asking particulars of my arrest.
Friends in the governor soffice
used this telegram to secure my i'm
mediate release, and before it could
| be found out that this was a mis-
take was hidden. By the aid of
friends ! managed to make my way
across the border, landing in Ari-
IONA, where l naturally expected to
be safe. But I was not. I was ar
rested and confined in common
Jail with criminals, only to be fin
| ally discharged without a hearing.
why was l arrested and why
am l still being prosecuted? 1t is
simply because the Mexican gov
| eminent wants me arrested; be-
cause that government Is pursuing
its political refugees not only in
Mexico, but in America; because
the Mexican government is using
the police and the courts Of the
United States to pursue men whose
only crime 10 to speak, work and
try to get = constitutional form OF
| government for their country.
why does the American govern
ment assist Diaz in these political
prosecutions? What Is the influ-
ence that makes the American
courts and police prosecute men
whose only offense Is against
Diaz's rule?
See what hoppened to me after
reached this country of liberty.
They arrested three Mexican lib
erals for publishing liberal news
paper in Arizona which circulated
In Mexico. / contributed to that
paper. and, month after these
men were arrested, was arrested
on the streets of Los Angeles and
confined in jail here, without war
rant Of law. for three months and
ten days"