New Britain herald., 1914-07-07
AMERICAN PLANTER
 WRITES ABOUT MEXICO
Ne is Very Much Dsptastd With Governments Policy.

ence of the Gould brothers in Mexico directly after the taking of Vera Cruz by the American marines is shown in the following extracts of a letter just received by a resident of New Britain, and may be of some in- terest to the Herald readers, as not : alone showing the indignities suffered . by Americans at the time of the land l ing of the troops at Vera Cruz. but also showing the feelings of Americans in Mexico over the ''watchful waiting policy of the United States govern ment:
 June 26, 1914.
 New Britain, Conn.
 My dear Sir:-You perhaps will be surprised to get a letter from me, no doubt thinking that I have long ago served as bait for the "Zopolotes (Buzzards) or been cut into small pieces by some of our Mexican friends as a penalty for being "disgraciado Americana en Mexico" But such .s not the, case, as I am very much alive as we'll as my two brothers, having arrived in Vera Cruz May 6, 1914, sixteen days after the exploding of the bomb shell in Vera Cruz (without
 
 moraled, grape juice, admin istration, who have by their actions, or, better speaking. by their lack of action, endangered the lives and driven out of Mexico approximately forty thousand Americans, and allow Ing the destruction of their properties. which a safe estimate would put at more than one billion dollars, and the wonderful Grape Juice William tells us nothing can be done about it, that we had no business down here. and us he figures it out we came to Mexico with intention of making some money, (which Is all wrong. and that we ought to have stayed at home.
 Slide Backward.
 Mexico took a terrible slide back ward when she started this revolu- tion, but any one who knew Mexico did not consider her only half civ flized, and in comparison to the eny lightenment of the United States has not backslided any more than the limited States did when she elected Mr. Wilson and Grandpa" Billy to kali the ship of state. I would sug- eest that they retire the emblem of the American eagle and supplant it
  " breast one leg, for although very Eaceful bird, this damned. hypocritical
 5inistration is likely to so torment 1# poor bird until it turns into U "a of prey. It might seem to one Starting to read this letter that I was Inclined to drift into politics, but such hs not the case, and was not the in ention when I started this letter so perhaps I best say what I started to say, and then if still have paper left might tell you an experience or two and throw a bouquet at the most pe- culiar administration the United States has seen in years, an adminis- tration in whose veins runs watered grape juice instead of good red blood; hn administration which is the ridi- eule of other foreign nations; an ad- Administration that allows its citizens Go be run around Mexico like so many rattle, allows them to be killed, their property to be destroyed or confiscat- ed, their wives and daughters dragged around the streets of towns, insulted and even raped; consuls taken prison ers the Stars and Stripes pulled down hnd trampled under foot, the records md secret code book stolen, and still nothing Is done about it; I tell you it's hell and repeat to be 1isgraced American in Mexico today, md see and hear these yellow, lying. hieving whelps point their finger at ls as Americans and at the United States as a whole, saying "that we hre all towards and we are afraid to ko- on finishing the job that was start d when Vera Cruz was taken by the Americans" but it seems that I have again run off the track and am not cling you the object of this letter.
 *s' but, as Bryan says he does not want any more refugees from Mexico unless they can prove that hey have friends in the States who ean and will support them, so that hey will not become public charges f they must starve, better let them tarve down here and save the trans bortation.
 Watchful Waiting Policy.
 You have my permission to ask a lew questions, but be careful about ksking questions that I cannot an- wer. as I am daily being asked very imple questions about our present ituation of "watchful waiting" which ne ought to be able to answer, but kar,st, so naturally I am getting little hy and delicate on 'unanswerables."
 Things Looked Bad.
 If I remember rightly, in the early art of this letter, I started to tell o,1 about when we left the plantation, tc when I was rudely interrupted y a fit of political temper, but that vas this morning, since then I have seu out to lunch. "rastled" with a iece of boiled fish, with a tomato auce, favored with garlic, as we'll as
 piece of Chinese roast beef, "con e. nismo. savor" which has given me uff1cient indigestion so I will not Id able to take "siesta,' and ought q be in a sufficiently bad temper ,o