Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1914-09-19

and Benedict were fortunate enough
to leave Mexico for Corpus Christi,
Tex, just three days before the reb-
els entered Mexico City. I am too
old to preach missions, as they are
doing, being In my 74th. year. Still
my health is good. Regards TO all
the brethren. Pray for me.
Yours sincerely, Father NJ, c. p.
The above letter is only one OF
thousands which narrate the course
of rapine, murder and sacreligious
vandalism pursued by Carranza and
his henchman through Mexico. The
whole shocking history will one day
be written, and huge volumne of
deeds of savagery, deviltry and I'M
mentionable lust, will be the result
And think of the position before the
world that this Will put us as a ma
ton! Already our Mexican policy is
the Joke of Europe. During a trip
through France, Germany, England
and Italy this summer, found the
press everywhere scoring, more or
less strongly, our action toward our
southern neighbors. IL was hypoc-
ricy, Inconsistency and the grabbing
Of these neighbors' wealth that con-
stituted their main charges against
us. We were willing to join hands
with a horde of atrocious and brutal
bandits in order to overthrow Huer-
ia. And still Huerta took nearly
the whole of Mexico in two days.
How could he do this? Only because
he had the immense majority of
good Mexicans at his back, including
thousands of Americans whom he
treated with courtesy. l know this
to be true, for l have been on the
spot and got the knowledge first
months ago, while the town was
held by Huerta's troops. l was al
so in Matamoros. held by Gen.
Blanco, rebel. The contrast was
most striking. Matamoros was
dead. All the inhabitants had fed
across into Brownsville, Tex, in ter
ror of the armed bandits whom Gen.
Blanco himself called his "diablitos'
demons, devils). Not a woman or
girl remained in the city, except a
few very old creatures who had
neither money nor beauty to pro-
yoke the greedy passions of the
"diablitos." One woman who dared
to remain was forced to see her
daughter outraged before her eyes.
She protested to Blanco. who, for a
bluff, had two Federals shot, whom
the mother declared were not the
guilty ones. In Neuvo Laredo, on
the contrary, the whole town had a
festive appearance. The soldiers
did not look licentious, but had an
air of loyalty and duty. They spoke
to men in a friendly manner, and
gave me some battered bullets as
souvenirs. Women and girls walked
the streets in holiday attire, as safe
as in their fathers homes. In La
redo, on our side of the river, scores
of high class Mexicans, hunted by
rebels from their homes, attended a
saw them weeping as they recounted
the ruin of their homes and the loss
of all their goods. And this is the
class of people whom our Govern
ment has been opposing, and has
finally succeeded in driving from
power. In order to overthrow Huer-
ia our press represented him as a
drunkard and tyrant. Our Gov
eminent convicted him, without
proof, of the murder of Madero
(whereas the rebels themselves
charged Felix Dias and his guard
with said murder). We refused a
courteous offer of Huerta to let our
reporters go to his camp and get
their own version of the situation.
Twice in Mexico since the Inaugural
ton of our watching and waiting"
policy, l saw that it was only pro-
longing the agony of a bleeding ma
ton. Many Mexicans told me that
had we recognized the de facto gov
eminent, peace would have been re-
stored and the land gradually dis
tributed among the people. I saw
also, that there was more doing
than waiting and watching" Those
who have followed the course of
events as set forth, even by our
prejudiced papers, will know what I
mean. Right or wrong Huerta must
be driven out. The truth is Huerta
had been black-balled by secret So
cieties. I have 1t from one of the
iothCio iCpOilCu nlSolHB III the
above letter that delegation waited
on Gen. Huerta just after his as
suming the Presidency and offered
him the highest degree rank in their
society. He spurned the offer and,
drawing out a crucifix which he car
ried in his bosom, said "this is good
enough decoration for me-" From
that moment his downfall was de-
creed. And what have our 10000
900 Catholics been doing during all
this? Scarcely anything. The great
majority of our Catholic votes went
for Mr.. Bryan in his three cam
paigns. Mr.. Wilson is in power
largely by an enormuos Catholic
vote cast for him, and Catholics
seem still loyal to him. Our Cath
Ollie soldier boys gave their blood
md their lives at Vera Cruz. And
all this patronage has been used in
order to overthrow the murderer
Huerta, and put the Mexican govern
ment into the hands of a group of
hands which are
CORY with the best blood of Mexico,
md befouled with deeds OF unnamed
ust. These are the patriots" and
heroes" of our daily papers, men
Who are deadly enemies of God and
and the paid proselytizers
rom our country who are betraying |
Priests into their hands. And now,
ust when Christianity and liberty |
would call for Intervention, we are
uff !. d,sax .vfnO n,.r fAroae f~ox.. xyo.o |