The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-19
MEXICO UNDER
RULE OF TRUSTS
Senior Azcona Says Diaz is
Controlled By Oppressive
Business interests
.PEVOLUTIONIST IN
JAIL AT WASHINGTON
Held By Government for EX-
tradition on Allegation That
He is Wanted
tor Crime

WASHINGTON. - G., Dec. b.
Senior Don Juan Sanchez Azconn. one
time student at Heidelberg and the
University nf Paris. former newspa-
per owner. Mexican congressman ana
person friend Of Rorario Diux, who IL
now II the District Of .Coiumb ia Jail
awaiting extradition proceedings on
what is alleged to be trumped up
charge Of "swindlins.' gives IL strik-
Ing insight Into political conditions
into Mexico in his own story of how
and why he became IL revolutionist.
! The story Is here repeated exactly as
he told 1t. He spoke TO "a represon
tasive OF the United Press through an
interpreter Though he In familiar
with the French, German. Italian and
Spanish. he knows no English.
Copyright, 1910, by the United Press
Associations,
By JUAN SANCHEZ .AZCONA
II the people OF the United States
could reaiize what has been done Ia
MeNicans by their own government
during the past ten years, the present
American protection which keeps
Forfrio Diaz on his throne. for ii is a
throne. would be withdrawn and Win
in few months. weeks perhaps. n
new government, which would be OF
the people would he installed
l am Il rsyoiutionisi. II is for that
reason, and no other. that | am In
jail am charged with "ssinaiing."
put all Mexico knows that | am inno-
cent All Mexico knows, too, that If
the United States consents to my eA-
tradition | will be shot by the col
diers of Diaz. And | Will not be the
first.
Uses Uncle sam As Tool
/ This government Is being used AS
Il tool. The treaty IL being employed
To give Dtax, and his advisers the
whip hand over men who have dared
to oppose tyranny. American ofn-
Gals have been made to See things III
the wrong light.
can only hope that In my own
case tho awakening Will come soon.
The entire dissa tisfaction in Mexico
Ia due tn the trusts. They Cypress.
They rob. They even murder when
they think murder Is necessary to the
attainment Of their desptehhle ENDS.
They control practically all Of the
finances of Mexico and they control
Joial The heads OF the Mexican
trusts occupy places in the Mexican
cabinet
Ii is not go much against Diaz that
the people are rising as it is against
these trusts. / myself believe that
Dtax allows himself t. be deceived by
his councillors. ] believ. this because
Diaz is not very wealthy. he has
stolen. OF course, but not nearly SO
much as other presidents we have
had.
The United States as n government.
4 is not popular with Mextcans. by
Mexicans ] mean the masses They
I believe that the Mexican trusts are
products OF the American trusts,
myself think that this country Is
asleep. A fair investigation viii com
vince IL that the financial interests
are sucking Mexico dry.
Chargce Cabinet Members
| charge that two members Of tina
cabinet Of DiGz. Senior Corral. secretary
OF the interior, and senior Limantour
secretary Of finance. are personally re-
sponsibe for much OF the present
trouble. Both are powerful in the
Mexican trusts. both hope to succeed
to the presidency when Diaz dies ard
believe he VIII die before many
! months. 1t 10 due to these two men
that l am exiled from my own coun-
! try. II Is because or the things that
they represent, the things they stand
for and have persuaded Diax to stand
for. that l am revolutionist
| l became a reyoiutionist because /
| want to see Mexico IA republic In fact
Instead Of In name. l became a rovo-
iutionist because | want to see Mexi-
! can citizen get their just cues Instead
! OF being ribbed and oppressed n.
| every turn. | became reyolutionist
because want every man to have a
chance to attain the presidency, as
against the one man reign that now
exists. For years | hoped that ali
this might be brought about without
/ bloodahed, through the medium of the
! ballot. But the ballot is farce In
! Mexico.
Maderos my friend and school mate
IN Paris. was nominated for the presi-
denty after Diaz mad himself stated
that he had taught the people demo
eracy and would be glad to see them
govern themselves. Madero would
have been elected. Everywhere he
went he was acclaimed Diaz knew
| he would be elected. and so a few DAYS
| before the election. last June, he had
him arrested. charged with insulting
the president Of Mexico. The Mexi,
can law prohibits any man under
police charges from running for office
| Madero was kept In Jail until the cleo
lions were over. 'fnen he was re.
leased on $4,000 bail and fed the
country,
When Madero was arrested many of
! the leaders OF his party we're also
thrown into Jail by th- police A war
rant was issued for my arrest but
| heard OF il and got out OF the country
| into Texas before they could catch
| me.