El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-09
Some Truths About Mexicans
By GEORGE W DETHRGE 100000 Americans Ordered Out of
Mexico BY the American State Department.


Editor FL Paso Herald
take off my hat to the handsome
member Of your staff who gave me Il
paragraph in his report Of tOdays fine
parade Yet as I'm one important re-
spect his Interpretation IS at variance
with my experience 7 crave your in
uulEeuCe for q correction Of the record
as embodied iu the words-'-after being
chased out Of Mexico and robbed of his
possessions, winch words do a great
Injustice TO the Mexican people. among
whom 1 have passed ten years of my
life with unbroken cordially and con
fOrmidal"
7 fear there is still q vast amount OF
mlsunderStaudlng on both sides the
frontier. and If IL were possible for our
respective peoples TO look into each
others hearts, such thing as the
mutual killing of national neighbOrs
would become unspeakably abhorrent
on both sides Of the frontier
The Americans are noble, maEuaui-
nous people. but that is not known 10
ne fact by all MeNicans. The latter.
on their part. are a loyal. devoted and
dependable race. but one must live
among them and get close TO their
heart to realize IT. Though long dis
possessed, I'm the main of the land Of
their fathers they love their country
with fervor we Americans do not
ct all understand. and the periodic fear
that they are i'm danger Of losing their
nationality makes them absolutely in
different to life itself in defence Of
their beloved Patria-
But I hasten TO record that I was
not chased out Of MeNicO-On the con-
trary for three years Of strife 7 re-
fused TO leave my little community or
10 believe for one moment that any
revolutionary party would do Us
wrong. and my confidence was always
fully justified. I had been for some
time making preparations to visit my
family IN New York, and was only put
in motion a little before my prepara-
tons were completed because Of the
extreme urgency Of the American state
department TO get US all out OF the
country on account Of its apprehension
of a popular uprising i'm the event Of
a drastic drubbinE of Huerta-
As 20 being robbed OF my possessions
that is entirely wrong. Beyond some
small losses by sneak thieves in the
dark Of the moon our possessions We're
left intact. and wholly in charge OF
long known and dependable Mexican
employees. who Will fight 70 defend
them from the scattered bands Of de-
feated federals who suTest certain por-
tons of Chihuahua and sonora
7 must also place on record my teSti-
mOny as 20 the courteous treatment the
little EenCedOra oasis always received
from Maderlstas and Constitution
alistas alike. The former were models
OF Chesterfieldian courtesy Neither OF
these movements was attended by any
affrOnt to me nor TO my Mexican lam
ilies-never offering to enter our gate
without an invitation, and when served
with accommodations Offering TO pay
The OroSguistas were equally cons-u-
crate. although they all knew we as
approved of their hostile movement
against the MaderO administration !
Only once were they rude TO Nencedo.a
on the occasion when they Were ue- {
ieated at EscalOn. from which IleLu :
party OF 90 ro0e all cay without lou
for man or beast, passing NenceuuI4 ]
on their way to Santa Barbara as /
refuge Tn this case they cut our W
fence and the 20 entered field 10 ~
sOrb a fine horse belonging to an EiiH-
Iish mine manager who had leit me 4
pretty nag in my care while ne went
10 England 10 enlist more 1uuuS
When I was notified of the raid the I
party was almost entirely back lii ny .
road. preparing to resume their JgIL-
lev to santa Barbara. ] called 10 li-o-l
for chance TO talk IL over anu inc
all refined mp till ] GOT 10 ba lis
inquired for me captain ana nc ~
-ened without q word 10 my eApLiiia-
lion OF the facts while lot OF ms
comrades put in their oar on lHt 80
II retaining the horse hut llill-.- ~
nv aUDeaI bv saving that the HldLd-eI
al aIy-aye Maid high wages. that ms 4
.omDanv had spent a large sum o.
money and never had a dividend ana
what would be the effect on lHe ll,''i
GERS efforts TO enlist more FUNDS II
were compelled to write that the
)rosouistas would not respect the rant
# an EngIishmau to protection OF MS
lvOrite riding horse ~-.-.,
Then the young captain a LLllg lilee
fralIv- .Dcfare nos esta caballo.' We
viii leave this horSe-
Ana momeutariIy the compact group
Il 90 horsemen, in the center OF which