The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-09-06
TALKED To TAMPA TRIBUNE
Says that if the United States VIII
Observe Strict Neutrality, There
Will Soon be an Improvement in
the Situation.

Will Soon be an Improvement in
the Situation.
Tampa. Fla. Sept. 5.-The Tri-
bune Of this city this morning, has
the following:
If the United States will observe !
strict neutrality along the border,
Mexico will be able to take care of
the situation and provide a stable
government and put down the So
called rebellion" stated Congress- /
man Thomas Braniff, Of Mexico, who !
is a guest at the Tampa Bay Hotel, /
and who has come direct from Mex
leo City.
Congressman Branif arrived at
the Tampa Bay Wednesday evening
with his wife and twelve year old
daughter. He spent the day in Tam
pa purchasing charts of southern wa
tiers, and left last night with lbs val
ct for Galveston, where he has had
his yacht sent, and will bring it to
Tampa and spend the winter cruis-
ing Florida waters, going to Fort
Myers, up the Caloosanatchee river
through Lake Okechobee to Fort
ILauderdaIe, to Miami, Key West and
other coast points.
In his interview he said:
There is much that is reported
OF the Mexican situation ,thSt is mis-
| leading, and a censorship of messag-
es, l presume, keeps out much that
| should be known.
| 1T is fact that all the revolutions
| started on the northern border of
Mexico and worked southwark. and
| that all these bandits are provided
! with new guns and those of Ameri-
! can make, and every gun and every
! bullet comes from the United States.
These reyolutionists are financed
| by American capital and as soon as
they are put down in one place, and
ALL the guns and ammunition taken,
they start again, and it seems to be
going in circles. Just as soon as these
bandits can get to the border and get
stocked up again it starts anew
Madero was Crazy
| Asked as to how Nadero was put
down and Huerta took his place he
said: I'VE were all responsible for
that Madero was crazy, even his
! own family and all familiar with
him knew that. He went among his
people preaching a division of the
lands. That was all right. there are
millions Of acres of land there, and
we need immigration. There is land
there for everyone. You think the
land is owned by few, all Ameri-
cans do. But no, we have millions
OF acres of government land that
could be divided. Madero knew that
the poems (the lower class) did not
understand it that way. They
thought they were to take my land
else's crops and cattle and divide
that. This is impossible and Madero
knew that it was and that his preach
ings were misunderstood. and as
soon as he was in power his own fol-
lowers would have killed him and
dragged him down because he had
promised that which could not be
carried out.
Wanted to Blow Up City
The crazy thing that he did that
made Huerta place him under arrest
he blow up the arsenal where the
rebels were located in Mexico City,
by placing dynamite under it by
means of the sewer and drainage
J system to the city. and the arsenal
would blow up. That would kill two
thirds of the people in the city. Hur-
eta is no fool and would not do it.
Madero would have had Huerta kill
ed had he not placed him under ar
rest
What is the situation in Mexico
City" was asked.
1T is perfectly safe there. I left
). a week ago. There are eighty thou
: sand soldiers of the government now
in arms. Your president expects the
!: revolution put down Immediately
That is impossible. Mexico is a large
!: country. Was quiet restored in Cuba
in a minute? Yet Cuba is nothing
as compared with Mexico. but as
say. if arms and ammunition are
!: kept from the American border il
: will be but a short time until mat
!: tiers are settled
Trusts Interested
: You say. Mr., Braniff. these rebel!
Z are financed by American capital?'
: Our investigation show that GER
tain oil interests aid materially. The