Evening star., 1911-08-10
SEEKS WAR BY LAW
Dr.. J. E. Buckley Asks Court to
Order Conquest of Mexico.
NAMES TAFT AS Defendant
Petitions District Supreme Court to
Have President Crush Unrest.
INFORMATION FOR CONGRESS
Also Wants Chief Executive Taken
to Task for Withholding Ger
tain Alleged Facts.
NAMES TAFT AS DEFENDANT
INFORMATION FOR CONGRESS

Asking for an army of conquest and a
complete crushing out of the unrest in
Mexico and the anti-foreign feeling south
OF the Rio Grande, Dr. James Edward
Buckley Of Chicago has asked the Su-
preme Court Of the District of Columbia
to make President Taft declare war
against Mexico. 1t is the first time any
one has attempted to enjoin nation
from remaining neutral. The petition
asks that the President be taken to court
to tell just why he should not inform
Congress of certain things now said to be
happening in Mexico and asks that CON
quest" not mere Intervention. be made
the ultimate aim of naval and military
demonstrations.
Dr. Buckley says he represents many
American residents of the City of Mex.
leo.
Says Taft Is Indifferent.
The petition says that the petitioner
lis conversant with the seeming indif-
ference of Honorable William H. Taft
and his administration relative to life
and liberty Of American citizens in the
republic OF Mexico
In the story of the Mexican revolution
and the conditions in Mexico, as sketched
by the legal verbiage of the petition, 1t
is said that President Taft was informed
of the conditions affecting Americans in
Mexico prior to the revolution. 1t says
that the revolution was successful inso-
far as it ousted President Diaz The Pc
tition calls the Diaz administration a
Wal street exporting agency" 1t speaks
exporting agency" The petition goes on
to say:
Seemingly at every stage Of this revo-
luton the defendant handicapped and
embarrassed the insurgent party, which
was under the command Of Senior DR..
Francisco l. Madero. to wit: Mobilizins
an army on the frontier, threatening in
vasion and Intervention, attempting the
blockade OF all Mexican ports-gulf and
Pacific ruling and reversing his ruling on
city of JuareZ thereby enrag ging these In
dians of Mexico and causing thereby a
widespread anti-foreign feeling, tanning
the flames of revolt. which has precipi-
tated chaotic state in the land of the
AZtecS.
Pillage and Murder.
Prisons have been thrown open and
their inmates roam the land. villages
and cities attacked, robbed and sacked
murder. pillage and raping. as reported
to Mexico City. and which should have
come to the Department Of State. was,
and but recently has been. the attitude
Of these people. So also since the
termination of the revolution sporadic
outbCrsts have been brought on through
the agency of invisible heads. resulting
in war. destruction Of property, murder
and an assault upon German woman
One paragraph Of the petition claims
that Henry Taft sees things from a Wall
street point of view, and communicates
his viewpoint to his brother, the Presi-
dent. (which may be easily confirmed
sham, Henry Taft's former law partner"
Spea king further of the Wall street end
of the revolution, the petition says that
the Mexican situation has been dovetailed
with American money interests.
Maneuvers Political Move, He Says.
DR.. Buckley claims that President Taft
had information on his desk which would
have justified an army cr navy demon
stration a week prior to the adjournment
of Congress. The petitioner asks why
was not Congress informed. The famous
order for the army and navy to advance
to the Mexican border is declared in the
papers to be a political move
1t is claimed that since De la Barra has
become the president Of Mexico an anti
foreign feeling and condition of disoon-
tent are spreading. The petition says that
the purpose of this is to discredit De la
Barra. evidently in the hope of induc-
ing Intervention, and through the power
at Washington reinvest the g-afters'
agencies with the hand of authority in
Mexico
Details of several high-handed pro-
ceedings. such as hold-ups and robberies
of recent date, are given.