The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-09

ments in Mexico There are somewhere
between 5000 and 5000 Americans liv-
ing at the capital and they have
Wholesale and retail stores here of var
ious kinds The city has three clubs
which are American. One is the Uni
versity Club, in the Colonia section. TO
which belong many American civil and
electrical engineers. as we'll as lead
ing business mon. Another is the
American Club. in the heart of the city.
which Is always filled with Americans
and others at the noon lunching hour,
and third is the Country Club. out
side the city. where the Americans go
TO loaf and play golf
We have here newspaper, tho Mex
lean Herald, which is owned and edited
by Americans and there arc several
hotels managed by Americans, and at
which most OF the Americans stay.
In the first tight between Diaz and
Madero tho former dropped shell
through The roof of Mrs. Porter's
new American House.
GrinEoes md Grcnsers.
In addition to the above cmincntly
respectable class OF Americans who
have skill, money and brains there
arc others from our country of a far
different type. we have few Amer
leans in Mexico who have left the
United states under clouds of one kind
or other, and We have some from
over the border. who have come In
with chips on their shoulders which
they dare any native 10 knock or.
This is the type which the aIeXican
calls the Gringo. He thinks there is
no land like the United States, and
is ready TO provo it with fist or re-
volver. He wounds the feelings or
tho Mexican, who is naturally polite,
and he calls him IL sreaser. 1t is
this class that has had much to do
with the i'll feeling between the two
countries. The word Sreaser should
be applied only 10 the rough and tough
Mexican who compares with the better
and soberer classes much as the grlngo
does with the gentlemaniy American.
There arc undoubtedly many bad
men of both nations in the country
just now, and the present conditions of
origandage and revolution have led
TO a large increase in outrages of ono
kind or other This is so not only upon
the MeXicans but upon the foreigners
as well. 1 am told that these out
RACES in out OF the way places have
been far more numerous than the
United States thinks. and that a much
greater number OF Americans have
been killed than is generally supposed.
Does the Mexican Like the American.
This is question which is often
asked. If You put it to Alexican
gentleman OF the better class he will
tell YOU yes. and that his country
looks to ours for its development and
culture
He will show you that large pro-
portion of the Mexican boys and girls
who go abroad to be educated are sent
to the United States, and that Mexico's
trade is greater with us than with
any other nation. On the other hand.
the Mexican is much like the Russian.
If you scratch the Russian decp enough
you will find him Il Tartar The real
Mexican is o Spaniard, and T do not
believe he likes us. He is Jealous, and
he covets our ability TO mako money
and do big things He is frightened
at the preponderance of American in
vestments, and in his soul no believes
we mean to conquer and take posses
sion of the land. The more you pro-
test, the greater he thinks is your
Hypocrisy. Moreover. the better
classes here have q contempt for bus.
mess and business men. They would
rather have government clerkship
or be ono of the hangers ION TO rich
haciendado than mine manager at
$4,000 a year.
The poems are like the Mexicans.
They are polite and our bluff WAYS
are disagreeable to them. The aver
age American. does not understand how
to handle them. and he makes enc
| mics where the native employer does
| not.
Sonic Big Investments In Mexico
Many OF our single Investments here
run high into the millions. This is SO