The Daily Missoulian., 1912-09-15
'STORY COMES Of
MEXICAN INSULTS
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from the zone of danger to Ell Paso
and also procured first-class accomo.
dations at the leading hotels until al
danger was over, all free Of charge.
The same train is now on its way
back to MADEIRA again, and tied up al
Pearson last night, August 25, on ac-
count of high water. Pearson is about
100 miles north of here and has an
other $5.000,000 lumber plant of the
DR.. Pearson property.
Now is the time of year they call the
rainy season, raining every afternoon
with even regularity, causing raging
torrents of water in river beds that
are dry at all other times of the year.
In other parts of this unhappy coun-
| try foreigners did not fare SO well.
| The Mormon colonies, north of here.
suffered untold misery and plunder
through band of brgands under a
cruel monster named Salazar, who
took everything they had and insult
ed them in the most outrageous Ian
guage, as well as all Americans in gen
eral. will quote few words he
used in a speech at Pearson to the
| TAii'VA iSdllo anu lNefiCdllS assembled. !.
We have been listening to the blow
hard talk of American power and
strength for years and really believed
you did amount to something, but in
fact find you are a lot of bloWhard
towards. For we have Killed your
men, outraged your wives, spat in
your face and what more can we do
to insult you. You have spineless
president at Washington aiding the
Madero government. and bringing on
the enmty of all Mexicans."
This was most humiliating to hear.
Americans keenly felt the insult but
what could they do, as they were out
numbered so to !, and had no fire
arms. One word of resentment would
have brought about an indiscriminate
slaughter.
The government at Washington is
a complete mystery to Americans in
Mexico, who seemed dumfounded at
its action. For instance, instead of the
state department making any effort to
help relatives get fair sum of money
Tor those killed year ago last March,
during the so-called battle of Juarez
between the Diaz and Madero forces,
1t is actually preventing the fair set
/ tlement of those just claims The
German government compelled the
payment of $4,000 gold for two sub
Jects killed in a most brutal manner.
The Chinese government forced the
payment of $1,000 per head for 900
Chinese killed in a like brutal manner
| at IOrrenn The
I'll Paso offers in a sneering manner
sl'ooo gold for each American killed on
American soil and $500 for those who
lost part of their anatomy under the
same conditions during these later bat
ties across the Rio Grande river at
Ell Paso. To sum it up, one German
IS worth five Americans, so YOU can
see how the Mexican government VAL
ues the life of an American citizen.
aided by the rotten state department
at Washington, with its dollar diplom-
acy in trade
II there is any doubt of the above
statement 1T can be easily verified by
writing to the Ell Paso Herald or
Times or any public officer Except
federaD of the city of FL Paso.
Now a little more about Chief Ban
dit Rojas. While here he had six
concubines in his army of plunder and
remained here in drunken stupor con-
siderable of his time closed up in a
room at the MADEIRA hotel with those
Wretched women. He also had several
of his looters shot for some cause q,
other while here. When the wholesale
lootlng OF American property took
place here, Mr.. Lethbridge, an Eng.
llshman, In charge of a livery stable
run up the British Jack on his flag.
pole. Even as bad as those robbers
wanted horses they took immediate
notice OF this danger signal and after
muttering many "mucho que da dos
para Brittinaca," meaning in English
Take care, this is British" they did
not disturb nor take one of his ami.
mails. 1t shows the wholesome fear
the British government has instilled
into these mongrel natives, who have
no regard for decency nor word of hon.
or, although the MADEIRA people are
mostly British subjects, but unfortu.
nate In having most of their properties
chartered from the states.
Tho Next Move.
After their looting and drunken rev.
elry here they started for the state o.
Sonora, due west from here, encoun.
tered an American ranch west of Ma
dera. killed all his goats, confiscatet
horses, destroyed his growing crops
and worse than all, shot his arm off
This unfortunate man walked severa
miles to MADEIRA for medical treat
ment They also plundcred the Dol
ores Mining company store of $500
cash and $4,000 worth of goods. Tha
is the last we heard of the bloodthirsty
murderously inclined, drunken Roias
with his 1.5o0 thieves. making descen
on the unhappy state of Sonora.
Great Railway Losses.
The property loss to the Mexico
northwestern Railway company Is be
Sond estimate; all their bridges or
about 400 miles of track have been re
peatedly destroyed, but the compan,
seems equally determined to rebuild
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