Bisbee daily review., 1913-09-07
Came to Ascertain Feeling on This Side - Tells of Talk with Ojeda and Conditions on the West Coast.

Albert G. Rover, a well known min ing man from Sonora, who has spent the last five years in that country mining and prospecting, arrived here yesterday on a brief business trip and to ascertain the true state of affairs regarding the Mexican situation, as viewed on this side of the line.
 He is representing number or fe,- tow mining men and other AmeriacRs in the troubled country who. were re gently asked by the Washington gov eTnment through the American con- sul to leave Mexico. MT. Rover said that the accumulation of many years were represented in their work in Mexico and that they hesitated to leaye it to be destroyed by bandits anI others who were roaming over the country In speaking of conditions at the present along the west coast, Mr. Rover said:
 We mining men and other Amcri- cans cannot understand what our state department means when they demand a fair and impartial election in the republic. There Is no such thing as a fair election there and everybody familiar with the country knows it. Senators Smith and Fall have the right idea on the question and if the government would take their advice. the trouble would soon' be ended This idea of getting Amer jeans to leave the country, We believe, is asking too much. When l return I shall advise the friends represent. to stay with their properties and con tinue work.
 @It is a fact that not half the re ports published in the American pa pers come anywhere near being the truth. The reason for this is that the state troops and the federals too, censor the news and do not let the facts get out have noticed since l came that there are a great many exaggerated stories published about uprisiugs of the Yaquis So far as know, and l was right in that country until last Thursday, there is absolute ly nothing to the report Neither have they threatened or asked the foreign CTS to leave The real facts are that about two months ago about 1500 Yaquis called at the headquarters of the constitutionalists and offered their services to them The offer was ac. cepetd and they were supplied with arms and ammunition and after sery- ing about three weeks. they deserted because the state troops could not pay them regularly. They went to the mountains and later attacked sev- eraI small camps of Mexicans vith whom they had had some previous trouble, and killed them.
 
 states was in Guaymas and person ally talked with General Oieda regard ing conditions. He told me they vera expecting to receive inducements in the near future and would then start an aggressive campaign against the state troops. The federals have all the ammunition and arms, ineluj- ing artillery, they need to take the entire state The gunboats are bring ing them all the supplies that they want and the only handicap they have at Guaymas is the lack of pure drink ing water. The water at Guaymas is very bad, but in spite of this there is little sickness. The water has ;o be boiled before it can be used for drinking purposes.
 "To give you an idea of how the news is coIored, ] will tell you about the time when the state troops were reported to have taken Empaime. About 2O0 federals were located there and they decided to move to Guaymas. across the bay. and join the main col tmn When they left Empalme they turned the bridge behind them. The next day the railroad officials sent word to the state troops about : miles north Of Batomelt-I for ts-em to come 10 Empaime and p,'sice the town to prevent footing and other depre- daticns The state troops sent sever al scouts to investigate. Ending that the federals had left they moved their forces into Empalme, and it took them several days to get through eel ebrating the great victory of Empal- me. The federals allowed them to re- main there for a few days and then