The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-07-31
DAMAGE CLAIMS
AGAINST MEXICO
Government Asked TO Make Good
For Rebel DepTedaHOns.
$2O,OOO,OOOGOLD THE EXTENT

and Their Own Countryn'en Alike,
and American Interests Are Among
the Heaviest Sufferers.
Claims for damages aCgregating an
enormous sum. estimated at not kss
than S2O,O0O,0OO gold. will be submit
ted to the government as result Of
the depredatiOns committed upon for
eign property interests by revolution
lists in different parts Of Mexico.
The reyOlutionlsts in the states of
Chihuahua. Norelos. Guerrero and
Sinaloa live exclusively OFF of the coun-
try. They get their horses. saddles,
foodstuffs and supplies from the
ranches and towns. They get money
from every available snurvp. holding
up banks stores and individuals.
Thousands hold receipts for horses.
cattle, arms and ammunition. supplies
and money taken by rebels. While
the heaviest sufferers are the rail
roads, there are thousands of mining.
manufacturing and other Industrial
concerns and individuals that have
claims ranging from $1,000 to 100000
that WIFI be presented to the govern
ment for payment.
For several weeks the chihuahua di-
vision Of the National Railways Of
Mexico was in the hands of the rebels.
The trains were operated by rebel
crews and the freight and passenger
receipts went to maintain General Pas
cual Orozco's army. While the MeXi-
can government owns the majority of
the stock, approximately 40 per cent is
held by Americans and Europeans 1t
is stated that the minority holders will
insist upon the government making
good. This, it is expected, will mean
over S5,0O0,000 gold
Railroad a Sufferer.
The Southern Pacific railroad of Mex
leo. new line not yet completed down
the Pacific coast, has also suffered
heavy losses at the hands Of rebels In
the state of Sinaloa and the territory
of Tepic. The claim which this COM
pany will submit will probably be not
less than S2,00O,OOO gold
The Mexico Northwestern railroad,
owned by British interests, was for
several months practically paralyZed
and many of its bridges were destroyed
and the tracks torn up. The same in
terests also own large industrial plants
along the line of the road, and their
claim will aggregate about S1.5OO,O0O
gold, it is said.
The American Smelling and Refining
company, which has had to pay heavy
tribute to the rebels, will demand more
than S5OO,OOO gold, according to esti-
mates.
Two Men Ask $5,o0o,ooo.
Other foreign mine owners in the re-
public claim damages aggregatingprob
ably more than S1,5O0,OOO.
In the state of chihuahua, where the
vast estates of Louis Terrazas and his
son-in-law, Enrique Creel, have been
ravaged by rebels, the amount of dam
ages asked for by these two men alone
will be upward of $5,0O0O00.
The Banco Minero OF Chihuahua was
made to donate 100000 gold to the
Orozco cause. The Banco Nacional
gave up S15O.O0O; the Banco de Sonora,
100000, and individuals, 100000
The Intercontinental Rubber compa-
ny Of Torreon, which is owned by the
Rockefeller -Aldrich interests, will ask
for Approximately $4,000 gold. Other
industrial concerns of that section will
claim $5O0,OO0
Hundreds Of smaller individual suf-
ferers will demand an aggregate of not
less than $5,OOO,0O0.