Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-08-24
Shocking Story of Planter
Driven Out of Mexico Shows
How State Department Has
Famed Fury Against Am.
orleans.
MEN WHO KNOW TELL
TALES WHICH HORRIFY
Personal Narrative of MoKen-
zie Gordon Constitutes Fear
full Arraignment of Admin
istration's Attitude of Nom
Protection Of Citizens.
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tspeciai GcTrespondears ts ths usssISb
Las Cruces, ~ NJ, Aug eg.--Thera
nave been plenty Of American citI-
zons oven those Of M who live cloas
along the border, who have oeen In
ciined 10 question the stories of pill
age and murder ana worse, that have
come out of revolt torn Mexico The
III Pnso correspondent We have hRd
With us always. and the "wolf" cry
mas come sO often under the m Paso
date line that ~ has been dlfiout TO
get the average newspaper reader 20
tax" the Mexican situation with the
seriousness which Il demands II ~
serious onuagh. goodness knows. But
lt o. doubtful .f anything can briuE
the really tragic nature Of the hRp-
pculnRs of the past few months home
Go uH aH does the actual personal mar
! utiy' uf men who have been through
| the bed times of tho Mndero cam
/ puigu, The worst times of the Oruzco
| revnlt and thr horrors that have been
/ nerpDtrUted hy tns alleged followers
! ot Iap1n in the loWor country
! These stories are plentiful enough
U.H como heats them told ln hotol
| I".ui.. IU 90 IaFs. ~ tlr Mormon
| md other refugee camps. on railroad
! trfiua. Hcrr 300 Las Cruces. ut Colum-
| bus and over 1t Dcmiug Thcy are
| stories tuut lro,zo the blood and cause
uur lu wonder hoW this government ~
/ ours ruu hurr rrfrtuod from thc in
| t.r,ruiiou for which fhy whole border
J ..uutf. is crying ou'
Tuesday ulpht u Iu roy General
| T,IDl uf tho federal lrmt Grained
| SOME tNu Thousand mon The, wern
! hauI,d Hs d,lscf,rs. after tho r. rnt
| rDlhu OF proz.o But hos this u1ud.
| if they represent the flower of tho
| '.l,r' army 3- they ARE said to do.
! con d.l Huy th,UE much loss roe
| store order .u tho northern sIHtvF. iH
/ diriruf tp srr. They arc for ihn
| most rrrt, mere boys Thur drilling
/ shows Them Go %, recruits. They are
| armed with lue model rifirs and they
| Ore loaded down with steel inrkrird
! ammunition. They tII wear bright
! caps and tur sword bIyuurtH are pul-
! isurd io "a nzors lu"uess Most ~
! them lrr sh1d W.th sandals Very
/ ioW have shoes aud lcgglugs To
/ stand .Iutiuued murludins over d"s-
/ crt ana mountain th"l must no better
| than human--mJ thef arc NOT Their
! camp followers ur, numerous Tho
| .ommHwry. % can hn called com-
! Dol. .-sBu. ls vile. Cumuur.Ug then. as
one Is bound to do, with the clean eat.
| welt Kept men who are putrulllns tho
! American ad, ut tuo border and thls
band OF so.cpl.ed dcliyorors is mill
| uar. joke. ~ is t grim iokc--.s every
| well Informed man in El Paso ana
| along on, border realizes, for 10 pen"o
and order and he restoration of prop
rrb rights must depend upon such
men 10 is "a sorr, prospect
SERIOUS thoughtfw meu-those who
must needs know ;he Mexican siiua-
uuu. are not hopeful They look
tor little iu le way of permanent ore
der from the Madero government
| Tuay s1y that the people, at heart
are against Madcro They say he cnn-
not control tho situation. They say
that there was time when our gov
erumcut by wkiug "A strong position,
could have exercised healthy con-