The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-17

nDONc you. fOu sec MIN STOP lew
feet ahead Of you, scrutinize you closely,
shake his head. make a few notes and
then stalk on.
You go to your hotel, he is looking
over your shoulder as you read or write.
listening as you exchange q word with a
fellow patron, questions a waiter about
your food orders and even follows you to
your room. heard several agents
giving a chamberma.d the third degree
In the hall outside my room two minutes
after came in. passed down the
stairway and walked through line OF
them. bumped into them on the turning
and put my hand on one who was lean
ing over the bauister.
went TO Esteva Ruiz. the Foreign
Minister. for relief. 1t was futile visit.
Senior Ruiz could tell me very little be-
cause he Is allowed to know very little.
He thought that as long az ! confined
my cables to messages for morning
newspaper I was safe: he only thought
so. left him and went to the Bra
lillian Minister, who advised me to get
out Of the country. l attempted to send
cable to THE SUN. but the company
would not accept IL.
Finally I besought the aid Of an army
officer who was very distant until I
employed a method familiar to those
who desire to stand In we'll with walters,
whereupon he relaxed enough to say To
me that It would be well for me not to
disregard any warning received in
Mexico. He cited the case of the head of
"Ei Buen Tone Tobacco Company in
Mexico. n popular and powerful man,
He received polite warning at o'clock
! In the evening and he was out OF the
! city by O'Clock the next morning.
| bought a ticket for the : o'clock
train for Puebla at once and left
| the hotel at 4 o'clock in the morning
giving a direction TO the taxi driver In a
| loud voice TO take me to the station
! This was changed en- route and ! got tO
, another station. where I bought ticket
! for Vera Cruz. paying 81 more than the
scheduled price to keep the ticket agent
from remembering that he had sold II
TO me.
stopped by Troops.
I hid in Pullman car with an Eng
, iishman, who was getting out aftel
having been arrested twice. All wen
fine until we reached Cordoba. Their,
we were visited by a detail OF soldiers
heavily armed. handed them French
pa ssport and they withdrew. They re
turned shortly afterward and announced
they had proof had taken Photographic
of the Notifications. They wanted th'
camera. films and everything else ! had
They finally compromised with me
taking the camera and films and m,
money, but left me the lens. After tina
they permitted me to go on with tn
train.
When the train reached Soledad Their,
was a reception Of a different nature. !
weird looking individual entered the ca
and greeted me as a long lost brother
He was local newspaper man and sat
he had heard Of me and had seen IN.
picture In Mexico city papers. He in
sisted that I call on the military com
mandant, Col. Soure. which I did. TIL
Colonel was most affable, and To SHOW
his hospitality took me out on the plazn
where he compelled the military BAN
to give a concert. I am little sorr'
for that Colonel. He had not been In
formed Of my fall from grace and h
may suffer for 1t.
Correspondents are not safe In the In
terror of Mexico now. Salvador Dia
Mron. owner of II impartial, the Gov
eminent organ at Mexico city, told m
last week that In retaliation for IN
occupation of Vera Cruz American
would he held as hostages They woui
be we'll treated. but would be made I
pay for the war.