The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-09-17
Retiring Minister Calls the
Evacuation of Vera Cruz
a desperate Shame"
ANARCHY RULES in
ENTIRE COUNTRY
Wilson Is Misinformed, as
He Won't Listen to Ad-
vice, Says Garden

Now York. Sept. l7.-Sir Lonel 0a''
aen. one. time British minister TO Mexico
md recently appointed minister 10 ORA
all. sailing yesterday on the CeitiS ~
liverpool, is quoted by the New YORK
ritv News association as having nlaue
lbe following statement concerning tnP
withdrawal of American troops trcui
Vera Cruz: - AZ
ar Is desperate shame that the
United States has seen fit TO abandon
lho decent people of Mexico when they
,ost need help. | do not know the rea-
son for this, but it would seem shas
President Wilson has been misniorinea
In some matters, and that II ahothei
side OF the situation has been brousat
10 his attention he has not seen nj 10
listen to anything that eontradlcts those
who have told him that the country mas
been pacified.
.sThe people who did not get protec-
ZION in Mexico City and elsewhere went
10 Vera Cruz for protection. what wi.
thew do now? They have no means OF
rettino away and will be left to the
n,arc;es of the Iawless element that VIII
Immediately overrun the town ana codli-
try.
ssWhen it is said that state oil abso-
Into anarchy exists in Mexico 1t IS not
sta TING the facts too strongly. ihefe
were some 1000 good policemen IN the
rity of Mexico, but these have been
sunnIanted bv an army of $4,000 soldiers
that fought the federal government, anu
among these are several thousands o'
wild Yauui Indians, who two months ago
fought with bows and arrow as the only
weanons they knew. Imagine these Wild
mon turned loose in the streets oil q
treat city. with no law to govern them
and with the residents at their mercy
'sNeitber life, liberty nor property IS
safe and whenever an officer so desires
he NAV turn family out of its home
and commander everything. There is
no redress. for there are no courts. no
Congress. no laws-nothing but anarchy
and military despotism, with not even
a supreme chief to oversee that.
"Huerta had some sort OF govesn-
ment; Carranza has none whatever; the
only claim he has to greatness IS his
nhysiuue. and that is not so terrifying
either. There is not even martial law
there. because there is no organization
L ne LdIdIlStdS- Wiius ioohiiA@ S''''HtN
bripands, every few DAYS assault the
water works Of Mexico City. which arc
only IS minutes ride from the CITY. and
are all the time trying to get into town
They are driven away by superior torcas
but again make an assault when they
feel inclined But this is only an IN
stance.
"For months the Carranza party has
held the northern tier of states; yet aas
it established government? 1t has not
And there does not seem to have beer
any attempt to do so. There never has
been an honest election down there and
there never win be until the bands o.
brigands that infest the land be subdued
What can one expect when these bands
roam and pillage wherever they wish
They have no laws, no controlling force
They murder and plumber where they
will. with no penalty if caught.
''If there is to be an ultimate settle
ment of the Mexican troubles II must
be brought about by the United States
That would take 100000 men many
years and vast sum of money There
would be no glory in it for tne Unite
States-only the principle of the thing
and it is a question if the greater PEI
cont would care TO foot the bill"