The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-05-14
PROF. 0STEIN RELATES
EXPERIENCES IN MEXICO

eighteen months ago. wired to TSpa-
chula that l with ten armed men was
On . train going to create trouble at
Tapachula and that Julie was the
woman who had killed the
rurales; seems 1t might take thous.
and years for such q chain to occur
again; figure It out by the theory o.
the probabilities but don't make II
less than thousand years II It is TO
strike US again. / also neglected to
say that the operator at Mapastepec
wired Tapachula that there were code
there for me and they prob.
ably contained plots against the GOV.
eminent. Furthermore, in the after.
noon, demonstration. or recep.ion.
for the Jefe Politico was arranged.
The marimba was at the station and
many friends of Mr.. Drann, the Jefe.
but on sight of us the mob spirit
gained the ascendency and most OF
the friends of the Jefe and Of us left
ortuna.ely come remained AID al
critical moments void engage the
leaders in arguments or would turn
them by some suggestion, and thus
gain time for the arrival of the troops
Naturally we were ignorant of these
circumstances at the time. In addi-
ton to other perils we learned later,
they planned to burn the car when
they saw the guards would not weak
en-; there was a car Of kerosene In
the large yards but the agent refus-
ed to give them information concern.
ing It. All OF these charges coming
against me caused them to place US
incomunicado, that is not allowing
anyone from outside to communicate
with us in any way. On account Of
the British Consul and a number of
other very influential men, there be-
ing warm friends Of the Jefe and my
self, It was easy to explain the falsitS
of these charges to the Jefe. But at
the same time they were there and
had to be explained by long kilograms
over busy wires to the state capital
and Mexico City.
The next day, Wednesday, April
%, mobs continued to parade the
streets, passing the British Consulate
with poor old horse with an Ameri-
can flag tied to his tail; this flag the
leader later rent into shreds in front
of the Consulate for jules benefit
presumably. BY Thursday morning
with the shrewdest Of diplomacy,
backed by frmness, the Jefe had the
populace again under perfect control.
By the evening of that day all orders
had really been given for our reJ
lease, but the major said he had no
orders from the war department for
our release; as a matter of fact, !
do not think he needed any as we had
been put in his charge by the Jefe,
for our safety; be that as it may he
refused to give us up without such or
ders. On Friday morning the Jefe
wired directly to the war department
for release. At Ave Saturday morn.
ing the major notified US that he had
orders and that we were free, and
also said he would extend us protec-
ton there until we cared to leave,
and also that he had orders 70 give
us an escort to the border II wished
IT,, Immediately commenced ar
ranging for a special train. as there
was no regular train to the border
until the following day. Several hours
later we went to the hotel where
completed arrangements for train
and then obtained our passports from
the Jefe for leaving Mexico. The pass
ports for Guatemala had already been
secured by Consul Stevenson.
The Jefe, Don Fernando Brann, ex'
pressed the keenest regret at what
had happened and assured me OF a
safe journey to the border. He is a
man of the highest honor and prin'
t,.Iz . nf nnWar.