Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-09
MEXICO ASKS
JUSTICE FROM
UNITED STATES
SAYS EMETERIO DE la GARZA
JR.. \ LEADING MEXICO LAW
YER, ON IMPORTANT MISSION
TO THIS COUNTRY.
RECOGNITION TO FOLLOW OLD TIMERS REAPPEAR
PRESENT CONDITIONS IN MEN
ICO LOGICAL RESULT III ERTA
RAPIDLY pACIFYING COUNTRY.
MENICO OUR FRIEND.


"RccOgnitiOn? We are not anxious
about that; we know we dcsirvc il. and
are believers in the Justice of the Amer
lean people, but please do not oblige the
new government to most gracefully say
TO Ambassador Wilson, Please retire
from our country" SO said EmcteriO
de Ia CARA, jr. leading lawyer Of
Mexico City who left Brownsville this
morning for san Antonio and the Pacific
coast after Il stay Of il dozen hours III
this city. Scn0r Cara is the son of Il
Justice Of the Mexico supreme court, ana
is on special mission to the United
States for the purpose of elcyating the
opinion in this country of the new gov
crnmcnt of Mexico.
In California, where there are more
than 10000 MeXicanS, Sonar Cara eX
poets to spend several weeks in lcCtur
ing. after which he VIII 90 to Washing
ton in the interest of recognition. He
believes that by working among the peO
pie Of his country who are now residents
of the United states he Will in great
measure make them become more famil
lar with what he believes to be- the true
conditions in Mexico. and thus secure
their cooperation in the work he intends
to do in Washington.
In an interview with the press last
night. Senor Cara said:
We find in Mexico that the United
States is poStponing recognition of our
new government, by taking the stand Of
not exactly denying or refusing to rccoc-
miZe our ambassador yet p0Stponing his
reception. Mexico for the last thirty-tive
wears has been the best friend of the
United States. Americans have invest
ed in Mexico billion dollars of United
States money. there are 40 less than
10000 Americans in Mexico. There are
none of these that can really complain
Of any disregard for their rights; but on
the contrary they have had the best Of
the country All kinds of concessions
were given them. and all kinds of priv
ilcycS were guaranteed them during the
government of POrtiriO Diaz to The eX-
treated and with more consideration
than the McXicans themselves i'll their
own country.
II desire to Sly 10 YOU gentlemen. and
especially request and beg that yoa
should say to your readers and press
mission | am at present performing in
the United States have discharged
others. One of them especially | rcmem-
Der when President Roosevelt was in the
white house. 1t was 4 very delicate po-
litical mission Of my government. with
the object Of inviting the United States
and its government ID unite with Mexico
and China i'll helping to increase the
value Of silver. At hal time the United
States was in the midst of the Philip
ing combined with YOUR government in
making the Mexican dollars equal to the
Philippine dollar. that is, a fifty cent
gold value. or the ratio of l to 81
AT that time | met President Roosc-
welt, and he said to me that he as the
president of the United tSates. and for
himself personally. would always be a
friend to Mexico, and that what he could
not say in his official messages to the
senate he would undertake himself.
Mexico had for thirty five years
granted everything that She could pos
Sibly grant to the United States 1t had
not one cent Of your good money nor one
drop of your sacred blood. while at the
same time NcncZucla. Columbia. Panama
and other Central and South American
republic were putting the United States
in Il very dangerous position in order to
live up to the Monroe doctrinc--a posi-
ton which might have brought the Unit
ed States i'll 4 European war. costing a
great deal of money and great deal of
blood.
AFTER WHAT?