Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-10-04
COMMITTEE REPORT
RELATIONS WITH MEXICO
Shows Large Quantities of Ammuni-
ton Shipped Into Mexico for Ma
dero's Use but 0rozco Not So Fa-
vored.

The report of the senate sub-com-
mittee appointed to investigate the
relations between the United States
and Mexico was hardly a surprise,
as everyone who has been familiar
with affairs on the border and in
Mexico was aware that the findings
Fcould not be different.
Senator William Alden Smith, the
chairman, says that the report to the
senate will embody evidence showing
that since the beginning of the Ma
dero revolution large quantities Of
ammunition have been shipped across
the border, a fact which has been
very apparent to every resident in
Ell Paso and some Of the other border
towns.
Since the success of the Madero
revolution there have been no ship
ments through Laredo, for the reason
that the state Of Tamaulipas is
strongly Maderista in sentiment, and
there are no points near here where
ammunition or other c~ontra5and
could be shipped without the conni-
vance of the Mexican authorities.
Of the shipments of ammunition.
the committee claims to have evil
dence that ten million rounds went
through Ell Paso and eighty thousand
from Los Angeles during the past
two years. But most of this was dur
ing the Madero Revolution, for since
the inception of the Orozco rebellion
this government has steadily set its
face against the shipment of contra
band from an American port into
Mexico, and all that Orozco's men got
was smuggled.
The startling feature Of the report
is the statement that evidence OBJ
tanned points TO the necessity Of in
PREVENTION on the part of the United
States. While it is well known that
Senator Fall, whose resolution led to
the investigation, and who was a
member Of the committee, was in
favor Of Intervention, it was expected
that the well-known conservatism of
Senator Smith would prevent such a
recommendation.
The evidence adduced the fact, it is
alleged that American money financ-
ed the Madero revolution, which has
been more than a suspicion on the
part of many in this section of the
country. The committee, however,
could find no evidence that Orozco
received financial aid from this side,
and that, also, was presumed by those
familiar with affairs in Mexico.
More than five hundred persons
were examined and seventy-five of
them gave sworn testimony. Sena-
for Smith says that the testimony of
every Mexican Intercepted agreed
upon one point, and that wa That
if the same permission to ship in sup
plies, arms and ammunition had been
granted to Orozco that was allowed
Madero, the present rebel chief would
now be in the City of Mexico.
This is merely a matter Of con-
lecture on the part of the Mexicans,
and the wish may be said to have
been father Of the thought, but there
is an element of truth in the state
ment, based on the apparent weak
ness Of the present government,
which, with the of the ma
tional treasury and the prestige OF
the party in power could not so far
succeed in defeating Orozco and his
followers.
Orozco has had large opportun-
tiles in the way Of finance. He took
the entire revenues of the national
railway and the express company
during his occupation Of Chihuahua,
and while in Juarez he received the
revenues Of the customs. AS he paid
very little to his men, permitting
them to loot to pay and feed them
selves, the cost Of his rebellion could
not have been very much, save fol-
the cost OF smuggling in ammunition
1t is of course. premature to FL
CURE on what the action Of the 60
vernment will be until the full text
OF the report has been made pub
lic.-Laredo Times.