Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-07-11
Readers Column
AN APPEAL 8 MEXICO.
Editor Bismarck Tribune,
Bismarck, N. d.

published in New York, has the fol
lowing article in ints issue, July 4
1914, entitled IAN Appeal for Mexi
CO." It was entitled Your readers:
An afflicted land is calling fol
help. Dying men. starving children
ravished women are uplifting theil
voices calling On God and their neigh
bOrs for mercy and assistance. Tht
cry Is real: the voice of the dying
man Is from the heart; the plaintivt
tones of the poor little children, tn.
agOnized shrieks of the abused, de
lowered, ruined women are from tn.
very depths of their soul. Demon,
stalk the fair land; a demons worl
Of lust and carnage is done. Life
virtue, religion are held cheaper thar
dross; they are the sport of carnal
brutal men, who respect nothing, MOI
even God, nor their country's honor
nor themselves. A leader 5Of the
northern rebels, who is held up to US
as q liberat0r, has six c0ncubines; his
men have ravished the women Of 9
captured city on two successive
days; they have outraged priests
they have treated nuns, az things, ,ol
shame; they have d~esecrated ana
robbed churches, breaking open the
doors of the tabcrnacles to seize the
sacred vissels; they have been prom.
Used riots and loot in abundance on
reaching Mexico .ity. Lust has, rul
ed them; carnage has accompanied
them; ruin and despair are left III
their wake. Never in the history OF
modern times have worse scenes
been witnessed. Is there no pity left
in the hearts of men?
Rebels Of South.
"The rebels of the south are sweep.
ing northward as eager for prey as
vultures for carrion. Dead men and
women, charred houses, blighted
fields are left behind them, They
raid a hacienda, tie the men in the
patio. ravish the women before the
very eyes of their husbands, fathers
and brothers, then disemboweled the
poor victims, afterwards STAY the
men and SO abuse the corpses that a
narration of their deeds would dis
gust wen a brute, did 1t but under.
stand. This is no exaggeration.
These facts and others, not a whit
less narrowing, are from the very
scene of the outrages. The crime OF
It, the shame of it should make us
blush for humanity's sake, at least, IL
not for other reasons. Imagine ywo-
made spoils Of war in a rebel
lion which is supposed to be carried
with the lofty motive of helping
a nation to a higher, better, more
spiritual plane! Yet such is the case.
Women, refined mothers, fair, tender,
young girls are made spoils Of war,
of the lust of uncouth men of
the mountains, In the name of higher
and economic reforms.
This Is a mockery Of Heaven, an in.
suit to the intelligence of men, q
coarse jibe In which the depraved
alone can find. a meaning. Women
are actually the spoils of war!
America" may not be trusted? Very
well. There is q man in Mexico, one
Gregory Mason, special correspond.
ent for the Outlook" so ardent an
admirer Of Villa that he would make
him president of Mexico. His dir.
ferent articles about him lack moth
ing in enthusiasm; yet he writes to
his paper under date OF June 20:
Following the artillery were the
women and children, four hundred
Of the former being part of the
spoils of war at Pared0n. Those who
were young and pretty rode behind
mounted men or IN buggies and other
c0nfiscated vehicles,
while the mothers and boys trudged
behind, carrying babies, chickens,
umbrellas, pots and pans.
l0ecency Forbids.
"Decency f0rbids US to say more Of
this. But what do American hus.
bands think OF it? What do Ameri.
can fathers and brothers think OF
It? What do American mothers and
mafdens think of 1t? The women of
are like other women. They
are just as noble, just as tender, Just
as timid, just as jealous of their hon.
or us u mothers and maidens. Yet,
see to what a pass they have been
brought. They are numbered with
pots and pans and umbrellas and
chickens and dogs. Their fate is
worse than the fate Of the beasts,
The white slave traffic aroused this
nation from end to end. The white
slave traffic was Is naught to the
riot of lust In Mexico. The blood re-
shed In Colorado was q drop in
the ocean compared to that spilled in
Mexico. Blood is fairly streaming
there, not on the battle field alone
but in the very hospitals where poor,
wounded creatures are butchered by
their conquerOrs. The facts, are true.
Our part then-what is It? Has this
war been brought on by American
lust for gold? Has 1t been prolonged
for gold? Who will explain our con
duct In regard to the munitions of
war? What part have we had in the
construction and management OF
wireless stations for the rebels?
What will explain other acts which
await revelation? What is the reason
them? 1t is hard to say; but one
thing is clear: God lives and reigns
and in His own good time, He will
heed the cries of the dying men, the
walls Of the starving children, the
Of ruined women. In the
let those, who can, take
consolation from the fact that
Though Villa is a Romanist, yet he
does not use tobacco o drink"
A Reader.
WORK Is WELL UNDER WAY.
E'each, July 1O.-The work OF