The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-29
SENIOR CALERO DECLARES THAT
his COUNTRY QUIET AND
ORDERLY
NO CAUSE FOR FEAR
NONE nut AMERICANS LEAVE THE
COUNTRY AND THEY HAVE MIS-
READ MESSAGES OF THE
PRESIDENT.


nnese government may be interested
in the japanese fishing concession on
Magdalena Bay. l do not believe so,
but the Japanese are wonderful peo-
pie. A cook may be a japanese gen.
erai in disguise"
This was the answer given today
by Senior Manuel Caiero. Mexican min
lister to the United States. to ques-
tons concerning the alleged attempt
Of the Japanese government to obtain
q foothold on the west coast OF
Mexico by securing fishing conces-
sions on Magdalena Bay, Senior
Calero arrived here today from
Mexico City.
The japanese scare In this coun-
try is as foolish as the German war
scare In England" he continued. You
can rest assured that We have given
no preferences to Japanese in these
concessions. Mexico Is united to the
United States by diplomatic and com
merclal bonds. We are united to Jap
anese only automatically. The last
thing we would do would be to create
resentment In the United States"
Conditions In Mexico.
Concerning political conditions in
Mexico. Senior Calero said:
Mexico Is far from being In the
state of anarchy political aGitators
would have you believe. There is dis
order in only four of tho twenty-seven
states. / am sorry so many Ameri-
cans read between the lines OF Presi-
dent Taft's message a warning and
left Mexico. The Americans were the
only foreigners to leave. Reports that
bandits are beheading men and insult
ing women are stupid and false"
Senior Calero said that the United
States. as a government committed
to Democracy. must support the Ma
dero administration. He said that
Orozco. leader of the revolution, is
| being deceived by coterie Of wealthy
chihuahua land owners, who wish to
usurp the functions of government ia
avoid paying taxes.
ut lis hard for Americans to under
stand Mexican conditions" said Senior
Calero. Colonel Roosevelt once said
to me: You Latin Americans are i'm
possible to Americans So the major
ity OF Americans don't know Mexico.
They imagined that Meaco Ia IN an
| archy--that bandits are rubbing
trains by the score, that men are be-
tNE SHOt 0CWE or tue SlTettS.
Such Is not the case. l received
letter only recently from friend
| In Chicago. DR.. Albert Oxner. who
owns an estate in the State Of Colima
| He has just returned from triT
through Mexico. which extended ever
! to the Pacific coast, and he wrote me
| Il was much surprised to find every.
body happy and working"
No Political Affiliations.
"Dr. Oxner has no political or Other
| Affiliations. and so his account Is DIFF.
| ferent fro mthat Of say a disyruntlet
| American conductor, who has beer
! discharged from some railroad ir
| Mexico. and returns to this country
with some such story as / read In G
| Havana paper to the effect tina
| American women are being insultet
! and American men beheaded. Such
reports are as false and stupid az
though ! should be on a train helt
IN bv bandits IN the West and shoult
| return to Mexico with the cry: Don
| travel in the United States. You
! take your life In your hands II yol
| do.' or II I should say all women II
the United State are insn'ted becaus,
an isolated negro assaults n whit,
woman IN the South.
Americans are people who feal
nothing. Vet thew we've tn" only for
e'~~n~s who left Mexico. The peo,I,
| OF Mexico re~nect Foreigners The-.
| IL no anti sentiment w,
are a aufst peonle. and y to be re
! p~e'tA6 th"t rr"rv Americans hov,
rU'rad their business bacarSa the,
~""a hetwner the fines # p~esiden
| Taf''s r-as"s~ n r~ean.ng that tn.
| president had no iaea Of conveying.