Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-04-04
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON IT'S
REASSENlBLING.
SUBJECT OF INTERVENTION
Would Mean War, hut Fear Dissipat.
etl-N1ilitary and Financial
Status

| operations in chihuahua initiated b.,
Gonzales Salas will be continued az :
t5ressive y; the government has order :
ed concentration of all forces to war
fare in Torreon and as a consequence
IN the battle at Pellano, in which fed
eral infantry suffered losses which did
lot exceed percent of its total force,
the enemy lost enormously by the fed
,e,ral artillery fire said President
Madero in his message, opening the
.5th session of congress today.
THE total availab fighting force
lie continued, lis 27,9S6 men. If we
, sdd to this the body Of rurales viii IN
IN round numbers Is $4,000, we may
say that the government has under
arms approximately, 10000.
1.-The executive is stimulating re-
recruiting, with the result that with
in short time the federals will num-
her $4,000. In these estimates are
hot included troops maintained by the
governments of different states"
Touching on relations existing be-
tween Mexico and the United States,
the president said:
I'm the course of our relations with
the United States there have occurred
Incidents to which I should refer on
account of their interest.
1.-The armed agitation which exists
In various parts of the republic has
given rise to rumors regarding the
possibility of Intervention in Mexico
ty the United States. These To-
mented in that country by unscrupu-
lous newspapers, have not succeeded
in causing differences between the
two governments, nor has the Wash
ington government been influence
by these efforts.
"The great and respectable news
Iapers in the United States, their most
notable statesmen and deepest think
ers as well as those who have legiti-
mate interests in Mexico, understand
that the term. intervention is solely
a. euphemism that spells war, in view
Of the fact that this people in spite
of all it's DEFICIENCIES of adolescence or
hich are attributed to it in politica:
o, der, loves it's independence and it's
dignity more than it's own life.
The government of the UnitA
States has been the first to put an end
ty its own acts to the insane idea Of
Intervention and given reiterated
PiOOl " Tie OL MeNlStb
OF it's profound spirit of justice and
sincere respect for the rights of this
country as sovereign nation
AS proof of his statement, Mader }
pointed to the action of the America
c, ngress in prohibiting the exporte-
ton of arms to rebels
Receipts from customs for the first
half of the fiscal year ended January,
1912, We're shown to be $1,000, 900
pesos or 20 percent less than the re-
oeipts for the corresponding period
of the preceding fiscal year. Internal
revenue and domestic taxation show
cd marked increase. On February
20, the reserve in the treasury was
4A,4S0, 400 pesos.
Persecution of Newspaper.
Mexico City. April lin reply to
announcement by government author.
tues that Ell Heraldo Mexican, sup
pressed by the police several days ago
would be permitted to issue again. the
Publishers of that paper made today
the following announcement.
Eve find it impossible to resum
publication as members of our force
ere under arrest, others still threat
ching with arrest, and our staff u
charmed and disorganized Our ad-
Nertisers are being menaced with
boycott, our credit has been injured
and as our paper was suppressed
without regard to constitutional gua,
aItees or legal procedure, we cannot
consider even government permission
t. resume publication as protectio
AGAINST a repetition of the arbitrary
ect that has not only destroyed Ell
Heraldo. but placed the entire bust
ress of the Ell Hera'do company in
jeopardy"