The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-09
SAY TRUSTS
STRIVE FOR
CORRUPTION
Subsidized by President Diaz
Monopolies Bring Federal
Pressure to Bear for d
Persecution
HOW MEXICO
HAS CONTROL
OF OCTOPUS
Statements to be Filed Before Cone
gress Tell How Political Re-
fuges are Hounded Tortured Il
and Murdered.

WASHINGTON. D. c., June So
Charges that President Diaz, OF Mea,
leo. working through Wall street in~
forests. indebted to him for enormouI.
ly valuable concessions and monopos
lies In the republic has been able ~
persecute political refugees and nen1-
bers OF the Mexican liberal paxtws
through fiimsy charges executed ~
Federal officers without color OF lax.
Will be filed before the House Com
mittee on Rules tomorrow when tteS
committee resumes its hearing on the
resolution introduced by Repressnta>
tive Wilson Democrat PennsyivanfAl
| creating Joint investigating commie
tee to probe the alleged abuses.
Evidence is to be introduced shoW-s
Ing that the financial interests. tn
tfenched to the extent Of $500, 0t0.O0
OF investments In Mexico throuaf1
Dfaz, have brought pressure TO bear
on the Federal officers OF the goyern-j
ment to extend through America tbs
merciiess persecution OF antt-DiAxs
propangandists.
'Barbarous Mexico" and l.. Guitar
rec De Lara, the Mexican author ana
lawyer, will appear before the ruIea
committee tomorrow armed With
documentary evidence which they go
sert will substantiate their ciaims.
Serious Charges.
! Relieving are the statements ufo1
which they base their .clArw4 thAts R3a7
laws ~ America ara stretched III r. 4
comnaodate DiAs ana pOfitica1 N Z
gees Der1ecutcd: sSssaa8
Thm InwwA ~Svv,~
ly the entire copper output Of A4x~
leo; own practically all The smeftaym.
and the mines.
The Continental Rubber company.
which controls Is per cent. OF the
worlds output of rubber, and ins
which JehH -. Rockefeller, IT., to raid
to be the largest individual stoct-
holder, IL In centred OF nearly ali 81
the rubber producing Land in Nex-
leo.
The Standard, Oil Company has VI
practical monopoly OF all the petro~
leum business of the republic.
The Southern Pacific Railroad
Company and the Hartman heir~
control two-thirds of the railways
lines in MeAico-about 5000 out oks
the 1850 miles.
The sugar trust has gained q practi-
cal monopoly of the best sugar busi-
ness In Mexico through recent excla1-z
sive concessions granted by Diax.
The Wells Fargo Express CompanY4
has an absolute monopoly OF tho ex~
press business in Mexico. u
Turner declared that these aIIfada
| financial interests. 30 heavily indebtada
to Diaz, have repaid this debt -
bringing pressure on the Federal GoV<
ernment to accomplish Diax's eu6HEA
pleading danger to American cAptk9&S
unless these are complied with. tai
Ways Adopted.
"Thsfe~are a number OF ways adon8 -
ed by the agents OF the Mexican 9o@
eminent to persecutc political reG&Fs
gees" said Turner to-day. The ur&s
innate idea fs either TO have IExsI
returned to Mexico, where they Ax2s
quickly disposed of. or to have tixI n
incarcerated. harrassed and pexneoM@
ed in the United States. 81 nv ~
"One method Is to charge the
with murder and robbery In Mextc&ka
We have evidence showing that f1z
many cases the bills filled Again.
Mexicans in America do not even -
city the place where the alleged Tot
berry occurred, nor the date. The sr3{l4
berry and murder charge had derNf
oped out Of revolution In Mexio
q number of years ago. When h&w3
can, they allege any Mexicans to haMG9
been implicated in this. ssasz
Another way is through the imnn1@s
grafton inspectors. Attempt II ma645
to have Mexicans deported AZ uud34
sirable aliens-as anarchists. or u11Xa
healthy. We can prove that Ia aGHS
eral instances this attempt has -
made, notwithstanding the HtCfa&
could prove hts residence In the un14
cd States for three years or more. xl{
law say an alien cannot be dcpoS3
after two years.
Again, there have been delibat
attempts In towns along the hoxg
line to kidnap Mexicans and In
them over the line to police Wo{1
there. Officials have winked ~
sort OF thing. too. aSs n
Finally, attempt In made m
the refugees on the ground tha& r
are parties to q conspiracy To vte1
the neutrality laws OF the USl
States and are attempting u 1T
an armed force In this country
which to invade Mexico. s%a &
The Mexican government 60
various detective agencies In AxN1
to speak upon refugees ana tQs
the Federal authorities 10 Ni1S
violations OF the law. Troops
been ordered To the Mexican TT
by the War Department WITH m
to turn back refugeeS-whleh
turning them back to be ahce
withstanding that Moxtcan
posed to be able to enter thN
States without passport 3 ss