The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-05-21
ONLY THE RABBLE
RESPONDS TO CALL
Brings 4 Message to the
American Government
From About Thirty
Americans, Who Are at
Lu@ana With No Avenue
Of Escape and Who Want
Nd Sent Them.

THaf ninety per cent or the better
class Of MeXicsns would welcome in
terventlou by the United states. and
that some Of them are brave enough
to give utteTdnCe 10 his feeling is the
statement Of j. 2. Lewis. Of Peters
2ui2. Va, a refugee, who landed iu
benSanolI Yesterday, coming up rrDfu
Laguna del Carmau. i'm the state al
'aMpedehce He brought a MESSAGE
10 the American government from
about thirty Americans who are ~
tnai place and nearby and who aye
ai.aole To get messages 70 their
friends or the government telling OF
their plight and who request that
Edssel OF some kind be sent 10 brIrg
them back 10 the states.
conditions all over tho section ~
Mexico. are deplorabIc said Mr. Lew.
is to a Journal representative last
night. and he took the first oppor
lultN Of getting ont. boarding tina
Russian schooner Ealps capt II Zr--
min. bound for Falmouth, England
with cargo. The captain Of the schoor
cr came far ont Of his course tO land
his passenger on American soil. and an
though nc sailed out Of the harbor ou
May 9th the vessel encountered adj
verse winds and IL was not until yes
tCrday afternoon at O'Clock that eHa
hove to off Penss cola bar and signal
led for tug The Nellie responded
and AIr Lewis waS taken aboard and
landed at Fort Barrancas where ho Dc
ltvered the message Of the Americans
to the commanding officer of the port.
RABBLE IS ARMED.
At Laguna- the Americans did mot
know Of the trouble at TampiCO or
the landing Of troops at Vera Cruz"
said Mr.. Lewis last night. until many
days afterwards. J had been into tns
interior TO the town Of TeOsiqg".
which had been r4ided by Rebels and
tor tn no. lea
dopoDulating the town of $500, and
had come back 10 Laguna when we re-
celEod p message from the American
CONSUL at ProgIesso for every Amer
can 10 leave Mexico bH April p. We
did nor get this message until the lat
ter part Of April and then every ave
nue. Of escape had been cut Off. while
the Meylcans would not permit us 90
either send or receive teiegrams tp
the American authorities telling them
of our plight
Some Of the Americans. about sir
in number ! believe. became almost
panic stricken. and set off through th@
vast juuEles for a two hundred mile
"Trip to Belize British Honduras. whi.s
thirty of MS remained at Laguna. j.
the men who leh ever reach their
destination il Will be "A miracle.
In the meantime the Jefo PolitiCa.
who is a sort Of COmmHndant OF the
district was issuing fiery and denur-
cistOry circulars urging the Mex
cans to respond to the call to arms and
repulse the invasion Of Americans. NOT
"a respectable Mexican responded ~
this call but the barefooted. ignoraur
rabble enlisted and were armed, and
it is this class OF Mexican that IS q"
be feared
we did not 50 much fear death as
being imprisoned and being held eitn-
or for ransom or as hostages. Con
ditiOns became very threatening for
us. and quite a number Of the Amer
cans, for We did not know what the
United States intended doing, a0 "a
large number Of Americans left Ia
guna for the interior and are now ill
hiding at ranches and other places, but
are keeping in communication with
those who remained iu Laguna7 30 if
the United States sends a warship r."
I.ag7ua all of them can be assembled
ia q short time and 90 aboard.
WANT INTERVENTION
AS ! said the better element of
tTexfcaut are almost praying for IN
fcrveuti0n or fIat the United StAtee
VIII put an end a. the revolutions and
cause she establishment of stable
gJt crnmcHt. Most OF them are ans
tou= t. sec the flag OF tire United
States fIytug iu every stater for the"
nov. reaI5z. that they "lu never ac.
cr!re and Mold any property with the
rountrz, rautuaaGE torn with revolu-
lions. Tho Jsfo PoItno o' the various
districts AND other officials are, NJ
course. DONG EaaI they can 10 arouse
the people ard caaze them 10 unite
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