The Daily Missoulian., 1912-09-15


4 The soldiers were well dressed, not like
the Diaz soldiers of the past. The Ct
ficers in command were very friendly
to all foreigners. The soldiers were
very orderly and respectful toward
foreigners and natives alike. put tnelr
movements were very slow, as most
of the trains remained here Two or
three days, when all this trouple was
going on north OF u.s.
All this destruction of. American
property and the insults are caused
by the blundering state department at
| Washington aiding the Madero gov
ernment against the rebels In station
ing American soldiers at the north side
tif the /, terratione' bridge at FL Paso
and searching all persons crossing Into
Mexico for contraband of war, using
! American soldiers at the request Qf
Madero for this purpose. utterly dis
3 gusting the soldiers, pleasing no one,
I and bringing on the enmity OF all
classes of Mexicans. We are In re-
ceipt of a coIy of the Mexican Her
aid of recent date, with leading ed
itorlal stating that moderate inter-
/ vention by the United States In Mex
leo would not be offensive to the Mex
/ lean government, but on the contrary
would be welcome to protect home and
foreign property until such time as the
Mexican federal troops could be moved
to those brigand strongholds. This
paper Is American property and very
close to the Mexican government Of
ficials. I presume this editorial was
inspired in order to remove any doubts;
entertained by Americans in regard 10
this troublesome matter / am also
forwarding you under separate cover
clippings from the FL Paso papers con-
Veying the sentiments of all classes of
people from the border city who l.now
from experience and association with
Mexico what is most needed. It is
also safe to say that fully two-thirds
of the Industrious people of the north
ern states of Mexico would be in IA
Nor of American occupation. The
most OF those people understand Eng.
i ligh, great many have either worked
in the states or lived there for some
time. They read American papers and
magazines and are very much pro-
American in manners and ideas. These
are not the people that molest you, on
the contrary they viii protect you if
they can. The disorderly elemen. Eere
are the robber bands that President
Diaz suppressed for many years and
which are now breaking out with re-
newed energy under feeble govern.
ment unable to hold them in check.
Conditions are bad and constantly
growing worse. It is disgrace to
modern civilization to see miles OF
, the finest land on earth going to waste
on account of this robber instinct COM
ing to the surface, bringing on strife
where there IL neither principle nor
honor involved. but pure personal am
oltion of the unlettered monster, Or
ozco to get control of the federal gov
ernment in order to loot that, aided by
an old sorehead ex-governor of Chi
huahua, an adherent of the Diaz party.
Ierrazas, who owns more than half Of
this state, and in the trail of this
men, women and children going naked
ard hungry. The scene is a most
touching one and battles description.
| II the American people ever did
charitable act they would be doing
lasting one to stop this criminal butch
cry going on among these poor, robbed
and deluded people. They are more
like children than grown people and
look to Americans for advice and in
formation. They areaeasily controlled
and make fairly good and obedient
servants when properly treated. But
proper treatment from the governing
class in Mexico is foreign article
they know nothing about. They are
treated more like beasts of burden
than living human beings.
Our President.
All the people here from the northern
republic are o. edge over the degra-
ton they have had to submit to and
wonder what sort fimbecile brains
rule at Washington. This burlesuue
on the honorable name of a. president
that eats well, sleeps we'll, thin IS little
and takes on more fat, makes the pub
lie statement that history will up
hold his act to have citizens of the
country he has the honor to preside
over as president murdered, robbed,
kicked and cuffed in a foreign coun-
try by an organized band of robbers,
for they are nothing else. Who ever
read of history upholding a cowardly
knave like him? The pages of history
are not to be disgraced by mentioning
his hated name. There are many peo-
pie here with the MADEIRA company
from Montana who respectfully re-
quest The Missoulian to give this let
ter the widest publicity, SO the patrio-
tic people of the country will know
what has taken place. We all believe
the truth has been suppressed by the
Washington authorities or public SEN
timent would force the unfeeling pres
ident to act.
Just picture the scene in your mind
eye, OF honest, industrious, inoffensive
people driven from their well-sup-
Piled homes at Casa Grandes and rob-
bed on the way of the few dollars they
possessed by a band of highway rob-
bers, to accept charity from the citi-
zens of Ell Paso and sleep in lum-
Der yard at the same place with no
cover except the azure b:ue vault OF