Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-28

know what l said that Sunday after
noon and I know what I have said
every time I have ever lectured. II
there is a fair-minded, educated man
in the world who can by any stretch
of the Imagination call nay utterances
incendiary 1 will be glad to go back
to Mexico or any place else that man
is ready to send me to.
81 have been prosecuted by the local
| police, or rather by certain members
of the polio force but that does not
make me wish to abolish the police
| institution. Taken as a whole, be-
| lieve the police of the United States
are fair-minded and just men. Their
errors in judgment are natural, because
| no man is big enough to judge all
people rightly all the time. I have
always told my countrymen in Los An
geles and everywhere I have addressed
them, to obey the civil authorities.
Only Disgrace from Violence
Nothing but disgrace comes from
violence. That is not the way to win
industrial and political freedom. Think
right. Act fairly and legally. Per
suade the unbeliever's mind, not his
body, and you will make a sincere
/ convert to your teachings. That is
my doctrine, and 1t is ridiculous to
call that anarchy"
officers of the De Lara Defense
| league are in receipt of letters from
half a dozen of the most prominent
attorneys in the United States, offer
| ing their services in De Lara's defense.
/ One letter received yesterday came
from New York The attorney Of
fered to go to Washington and make
an oral argument before the immigra-
tion bureau, at any time. He offered
! his services free but asked that his
name be withheld from the public for
! the present.
Darrow Offers Services
/ Clarence Darrow has written the
! league saying he gladly will abandon
his business for a few days if the Of
ficers of the league believe his pres
ence in Los Angeles will aid De Lara's
! defense. He suggested, however, that
| the better way to gain liberty for De
Lara was through publicity. In other
words, said Darrow, let the people
know the facts in the case and the
government will not permit the de-
portation of an innocent man, making
him a second Ferrer. Mr. Darrow was
| told in brief of the circumstances of
the case and he expressed certainty
that De Lara will be freed from the
| charge as soon as the report of the
hearing in Los Angeles reaches Wash
| ington.
the LIE Lara Defense league, with offices
at rooms 623-626 Exchange building,
| said yesterday funds were coming In
slowly and that more money was need
| ed to carry on the work of the organ
izatlon. She said letters were being
received from all parts of the country,
and that widespread attention has been
attracted by the Imprisonment of the
Mexican edicator following so quickly
! as it did the official murder of the
Spanish educator, Ferrer.
Fairness Appreciated
| Another officer of the Defense league
In speaking of the world wide pub
| licity the case had been given said:
| I'VE were at first surprised at the way
the newspapers all over the country
=! have taken up the case. We were not,
however, surprised at the silence of
cetrain Los Angeles newspapers. The
Herald has followed its usual course OF
being eminently fair to all parties. Its
| justice and humanity in this case nave
made it thousands of friends.
Eastern newspapers have shown
| deep interest in the case. The fact that
political refugees are being prosecuted
| all along the border is becoming known
| gradually all over the country. The
statement that members of the Los An
| geles police force are devoting much
political refugees is arousing indigna-
! tion in many cities. 1 am sorry to see
the name of our fair city linked with
these stories of persecution and Unjust
ice. 1 believe the officials of the immt-
grafton bureau have been deceived by
these detectives and agents of the Mex
lean autocrat. l do not believe the
people of the United States are going
to be humiliated by the sight of the
officials of this land of the free deliv-
ering over to horrible tortures a man
whose life has been devoted to trying
to better the condition of the people of
his native land.
Victim of Persecution
"De Lara is prosecuted because he as
sisted John Kenneth Turner in getting
material for the story of 'Barbarous
Mexico now running in the American
magazine. He has aided in calling the
worlds attention to slavery thousand
times more barbarous than was ever
before known on this continent The
slaves of Yucatan are dying by the
thousands. Their lives are one pro-
lcnged torture. How long will a civil
lied nation permit this to exist just
across its border?
"This attempt to deport De Lara has
awakened millions of American citi-
zens. De Lara deported and murdered
would mean an upneaVal OF SuCn mag
nitude that the Ferrer case would fade
into insignificance. De Lara deported
would mean the end of slavery on the
American continent, and would mean
much more than that. 1t would mean
the beginning of the end of an autocra'
cy, an absolutism that should no longer
survive"
Mrs. Garbutt Receiving Funds
Some confusion has arisen concern
ing the destination to which money col
lected for the De Lara relief fund shall
be sent, and it was stated yesterday by
those actively working in the impris-
oned mans behalf that all collections
and contributions should be addressed
tc Mrs. Mary e. Garbutt, 2110 Ocean
View avenue, Los Angeles.
The request was also made that pub
licity of this announcement be given
by newspapers, organizations and indi-
viduals who have interested themselves
in the movement for De Lara's free
dom.
Diaz After Author
NEW YORK, Oct. 27.-Action for
libel on behalf of President Diaz of
Mexico against Carlo de Fornairo,
author of book entitled "Diaz the
CZar of Mexico" was begun in the
court of general session today.