The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-25

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TO he done in the United States. The
term consul" serves as a cover for
private transactions OF, for and 10y car
rama or villa. AZ the case may be y
foreign sales force provided with seals
and notaries to assist In the disposal
Of products seized in Mexico. Their
duties also include the espionage Of Mex
leans belonging to other factions, a sort
II auxiliary secret service.
The Washington office.
The Washington representative Of
Carranza is "A Mexican lawyer named
Eliseo Arredondo.
Facing Now York harbor. on the
fifteenth loo OF the Whitehall Building.
II Battery place. is the headquarters OF
the villa junta, somewhat less sumptu-
Gus In equipment. nut equally we'll
arranged. The door opening into the
villa suite. No. 1918, reads, Mexican
Consulate General"
The villa headquarters in Washington
are at the PowhItan Hotel. being in
charge of Enrique G. Llorcnte. who was
Mexican Consul at El Paso during the
Madero regime.
There liz this important difference he
tween the American lawyer Hopkins and
the American lawyer Douglas capt
Hopkins has client in villa who fol-
lows his advice. Whatever capt"
Hopkins thinks advisable for villa to
say, the eX-bandit acquiesces in. There
is always carothers at Villas side To
insist upon villa doing what Is deemed
best by the Washington attorney.
ON the other hand. Douglas has to
plead with Carranza. and IL Is always n
gamble whether his suggestions will he
accorded consideration by the First
Chief" Douglas was a close friend Of
Mr.. Bryan and owes his entry into the
diplomatic game OF South and Central
American countries largely to that in
tiuence.
DECEASED currency. Here liz n matter
Mexican publicity agents nave been de-
cidedly mum about. So long as In
community there Is an article which all
producers take freely In exchange for
whatever they have to sell, instead ot
looking around to barter the particular
things they wish to consume, that Hrtt-
, Gle is money. villa. Carranza and Ia
pata have robbed the MeNicans Of their
confidence in the very money OF the
country.
The old Mexican dollar or peso was
the purest silver coin in existence. worth
IN American gold si9s. II contained a
greater percentage Of silver than the
American dollar and vas larger in size
How the Church suffered.
The greatest shame OF villa. Carranza
! and Zapata had been their sanctioninE
| their soldiers In the most frightful bar
baritles In the churches Of Mexico. The
writer has scanned innumerablo ain
| davits relating in detail how these SOL
diers struggling for human liberty en-
tered churches on horseback, broke VI
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on the floor the sacred host. | have
seen an affidavit of a priest declaring
that Constituencies soldiers and theil
women had specialized in the indulgence
OF unbelievable orgies around the affairs
Dedication after delegation has gon,
to Washington In the vain effort &c
arouse the Administration to a ~realiza'
ton OF what the loss of a religion means
to a semi-barbarous country.
Obregon has been 4 particular enemy
OF the church I'm Mexico. He arrested
' $50 priests in Mexico city last February
tor failure to pay into his treasury 500
600 pesos. The clregy men had beer
summoned to the National Palace and
ordered TO collect that sum FOR tn,
poor" Their refusal led to their arrest
and ultimate expulsion from the capital
But for the activity of that magnificent
diplomat, Senior Cardoza. the Brazilian
Minister in Mexico city. Il is said they
would have been put under torture.
on October 80, 1914. the American
Federation OF Catholic Societies.. after
n painstaking investigation of the out,
RACES IN Mexico Of the CarranZa gen,
erals Obregon, LuciO Blanco. Rafe
Burllna and benjamin Nm. and wills
and Zapata, hled with President Wilson
Il convincing document Of the character