The Washington times., 1914-02-21
COUNT De BESA WILL
LECTURE ON MEXICO
Pictures Show Southern Nation
in Peace as Well as in Its
Present Torn Condition.

Count Lorenzo S. de Besa, Apostle Of
Peace. is in Washington with a solu-
ton of the Mexican difficulty.
Without thought of the tremendous
competition into which he has plunged.
Count de BeSa wants to tell President
Wilson, Secretary Bryan. members of
Congress, and whoever else will listen,
Just what the condition of affairs Is in
Mexico. Count de Besa has a wide as
sortment Of views on Mexico-views that
can be expressed by speech, photo
graphic views and motion pictures.
When he tells thing he likes to show
photograph of at least the front door
of the place he is talking about. 1t not
only gives local color to his story but
adds a certain degree Of sincerity to the
telling. And Count de Besa wants peace
to spread its wings over Mexico be-
cause he loves Mexico and the Mexi-
cans.
Count Lorenzo Spyer de Besa is a
brazilian by birth. a Portuguese by de-
scent and a Mexican by preference.
He has been the friend Of Diaz, Ma
dero, Huerta, Carranza, Villa, Orozco.
Zapata and all the other persons who
have fought their way to the first pages
of the American newspapers in the last
few years.
He was not interested in politics and
SO could be friendly with all the houses
mixed in the various squabbles. More
than a year ago he appointed himself
the Apostle of Peace with a Mexico
City house address and started out to
carry the white banner Of his creft nto
the market places where the quotations
on peace were the lowest.
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the peop.e set at liberty to work out
their salvation said Count de Besa.
And to secure my aim. | believe hat
should 1evot. myself to telling the
people of the United States just what
condit.on are in Mexico. You Ameri-
cans don't know Mexico. Nor does
Mexico know you Americans.
DO you know that the report Is be-
ing spread throughout the country that
when America interven-s, it will mean
people realized the nob eness of the
American purpose, ir they could be con-
yinced that YOU would only go into that
beautiful and to restore II to its former
glory and then turn it over. 20 them
again-if they could understand this
they would jump TO assist you.
Instead, there are $3.50 men ready
TO SPRING at yolr throats the minute
you cross the border. Huerta has Just
about that many at his command. And
Der. They would fight you. too. They
can only remember 1917 and what hap
pened then-whcn Scott and Taylor
marched through Mexico, beat the
arm-es of Santa Ana and one-third OF
the Mexican empire was shaved of and
annexed to the United States. The
present regime IS doing everything in
its power to keep this idea foremost.
Il am trying with my pictures-and
they are pictures of Mexico in peace
a nd at fn he nf he
United States iust what that country is
Ike. They will show that Mexico is
not a God forss ken country. II IS not
a waste of desert and cactus, of barren
mountain and rugged trail. But how
many Americans know this?"
Count de Besa Will be in Washington
unit! next Wednesday He will call on
President Wilson and tI.e distinguished
men he believes he can convert to his
views and will exhibit his pictures pub
licly Sunday afternoon and -venin, and
Tuesday afternoon at the BclaSco
Theater.