The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-05
TAFT TRICkED
BY COMBINE
Wall Street Interests in Mexico and
President Daz said 20 Have
Worked The Gov
ernment.
UNHoLY AND UNJUST.
Revolutionary Headquarters at Wash
lnaton Issues Statement Show
ing How Scheme Was
Worked.
[Gate city Leased Wire Service. !

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-That Wall
street and President Diaz of Mexio |
have tricked President Taft into act
ing as tool in plot to protect Wall
street interests in Mexico at the ex-
pense of the reyolutionists was the
charge made in statement issued
from the revolutionary headquarters
in this city tonight The statement
alleged the United States troops re-
Gently ordered to the border line were
not only sent for the purpose of en-
forcing the neutrality laws, but also
| in order to give moral support to
the cause of Diaz
A prominent representative from
| Texas, who is said to be closely allied
with Wall street and to have several
hundreds of thousands OF dollars in
| vested in Mexico, was charged with
being the agent who persuaded the
administration to pursue course de-
/ scribed as being as unholy as it is
/. unjust and unwarranted."
{. He was the go between sent by
Il Diaz and Wall street to President
Il Taft the statement declared. "a
few weeks ago he went to Mexico and
had number of conferences with
Diaz. From the time he started until
today he has been under constant
surveillance by revenue agents.
$ ssDiaz made Wall street all sorts oi
j jsyrpmises through him in exchange
FOR other promises of American sup
i. port of his administration. Then the
. go between came straight to Washign
r ton. where he conferred with Presi
4 dent Taft and several members of his
. cabinet Wall street demanded thai
! it's interests in Mexico be protected
The government consented to rusl
troops to the border line.
This satisfied all concerned The.
knew that the mere presence o
troops acting as guards on the borde
line would indicate that the admins
d tration mistrusted the revolutionist!
and sympathized with Diaz. The In
surrectionists were made to fac
anew the guise o. high finance
"The combined injustice and un
I. warrantability of the situation is pei
e fectly apparent. The pretense of fea
e that neutrality laws will be violate
IL or that arms will be smuggled acros
u the border line are equally absurd
a. There is no possibility OF arme
g bands marching from this country in
m to Mexico More than 10000 revol,
10 tionists are already in the field an
it any new recruits will come frol
ly Mexico itself
in "As to smuggling, not singl
it rife or cartridge has been sent frol
Is. the United States into Mexico b
d. revolutionists since actual hostilitie
ne began The revolutionists now hay
10 enough arms and ammunition to co
lie tinue the war for three years.
IA "The financial interests want Dit
n to continue as president for they kno
Id, as long as he remains in power The
erj may continue to gather their millio
en- aire financial plums in ease and S
VS. curity. They exerted their infuen,
ay on the administration of this countr
vn because there have not been maj
err plums of late, Mexican railroad stock
lie W dIc OWUSd tifllOSt cllIilSiy
lat Wall street, have dropped The gre
er, cattle and rubber lands and the s
to yer mines have been yielding little
it no profits, because under existing &C
sty ditions they cannot be properly wor
he ed
"In other words, Wall street h
to- not been getting what it considers S,
ar ficient interest OH its investmer
ain since the revolution started, and so
dly has formed combination with Di
ted and they have misrepresented con
ith tions to President Taft until his ;
ministration has consented to purs
be. a course as unholy as it is unjust a
an rnwarranted.
re- wall street not only tricked t
sed government, but subverts its purpc
est, and persuades it to injure the j
of cause of thousands in order to p
all tect the investments OF handful
capitalists"
The statement was prepared
counsel for the representatives he