The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-29

should like the State Department ana
the American public to know
Second. Please rell them tina: IN
j June OF this year. When the av@
breach care tetwe, n tbs Arrange AMI
General Csfranza, arrange and his eff
GERS and agents committed ssverxl
brutal assi uits on the persons ~ con-
sii'utonnSia' officers and cfrsilpycs In
cuidsd Iga-c2. looted tho national
treasury that was then located there.
ard at The very moment that he va
apanls declaring friendship, far. thss.
United states ~ was threatening -
invade that nat.nn az FL Pasc. And
declared To his closest advisers tina
he would conquer the naticn IN few
incrths campaign.
.Allyins Himself With Former Foes.
Third Please let them know
t'lat, when a few months ago Arrange
was declaring that the conduct Of the
United States was justified in the Vera
/, Cruz matter. he was at the time
swearing vengeance upon this nation.
and that white he Mt that time justi
fed his statement on the grounds Of
hatred for i,ne HuertistAs and Glen
tificoes, he In today accepting these
same Huertsstas and Cientihcoes and
ex-federals with open arms. end a.
tysHR HluiSSiI Win Ane VERY utCit
whom the revolution sought to put
out OF power In Mexico.
"Fourt, think that the wash
ngton administratio and especially
Mr.. Wilson himself. should know, In
view Of his Mobile speech. and the
continents expressed then, that the
special interests that have played
such an important part IN American
politics and sustained tho corrupt ad-
ministraton of the past, are IN league
With Slis sante Arrange TO put him IN
power In Mexico. and enjoy rare con-
cessions in that country and exploit
the nation as, has heretofore been
done. l would call attention to the
significant fact that the Hearst chain
OF papers who are in this country. Mr..
Wilson's mortal enemies. are lending
their columns to the aid of Arrange In
every move that sle makes: that HAr-
rison Gray Otis, OF the Los Angeles
Times. is taking the same attitude
that the Guggenheim interests, with
all their power Of corruption. wish 70
m Ike OF Mexico a field OF exploitation
like Alaska and Colorado. and TO that
end are, we sincerely believe. lending
no, only moral support. but financial
aid to the Arrange revolt, hoping r.
seat Arrange in q dictator's chair and
thus gain g,e Acid Of exploitation
sought.
sola out q ytiia Interesta.
Lastly. we have every reason TO be-
lteye that accredited representatives OF
the American Government have sold
out to the villa interests, and In place
Of carrying forth their Washington
commissions are working serviiely 10
serve this same arrange. alias Fran.
cisco villa. These men are we'll known
on the border. in Ell Paso especially,
their partial acts, and even acts of rank
injustice that are notorious. l think
that II Washington would make a mo
ment's investigation that they would
find that their men have In many cases
perJured themselves and committed
felonies to serve their master arrange.
We would also call Mr.. Wilson's atten-
tion to the similarity between the as
sassination OF MuEica. Arango's latest
crime. and the assasination Of Bauch.
Benton, and the attempted AsaasatnA-
ton of Young Dixon. American 09v-
eminent immigration inspector II this
port. We should also IKE to know Why
this last man. Mugica. should have bean
taken before George G.. Carothers Tor
his drumhead courtmartai. ~ this pa-
pers have reported. II that be truse
"tSIgned)
ROBERTO V. PEsouInRA.