El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-12

Of president Wilson. who about the
10Th OF March Of the present year
wrote me, among other things. the fol-
lowing words:
At the same time It gives me pleas
ure 10 assure you Of the splendid i'm
preston that I have received OF the
complete tranquility and good order
which have observed and which pre-
walls in all sections where I have been,
and the facilities and guarantees that
foreigners and the sons OF your country
enjoy IN the pursuit OF their labors'
In a message. dated March Z 1918
BY Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, British am
bassador TO Washington, 20 Hon Ho-
man c Myles, British consul in FL
PasO. Texas, and representative OF the
British embassy in northern Mexico.
Mr. Myles was ordered to manifest to
my government the appreciation OF the
ambassador Of the prompt action taken
for the protection Of British Interest,"
Thus the representatives Of the
American and British governments
have fully recognized that in the ter
ritorE dominated by the forces under
my command, protection and guaran-
tees are afforded both citizens Of Mex
leo and foreigners
This assertion Is also supported BY
kilograms and letters from persons Of
all natiOnalities.
That neither the government nor its
Institutions are operating under nor
nal conditions is not to be wondered
at The work OF reconstruction IS
necessarily slow. and must continue TO
be slow when the executive authority
is confronted on the one hand with
the necessity Of reconstruction and on
the other OF battling with an active
and aggressive enemy.
But, Notwithstanding the disadvan-
tages under which we are labOring. and
in the midst Of an important military
campaign, we have developed the in
struction OF the poor, We have reor-
ganiZed the courts Of Justice in nearly
every state and the federal courts have
resumed their work. We have re-
formed the mining laws, we have en-
acted laws for the free minting Of
money; we have drawn up the basis
for the agrarian laws and the laws
for the exploitation Of the fisheries and
the other natural resources Of the
country, being all Of them on the prin-
ciples OF equity
sRaiIrOad Service Being Restored
"The railroad service and the mail
and telegraph systems are being rap
idly restored and improved and the
transportation Of articles OF first
necessity to places where there has
been a scarcity.
The war, as was inevitable, has
produced its crop Of sorrows and has
retarded the development Of our ma
tural resources The cost OF living has
increased and we no longer enjoy the
abundance Of food that we were ac-
custOmed TO in time Of peace All this
is true,
have been exaggerated 1t is not true
that misery is the universal portion
Of the people; that the fields are not
cultivated; that crops have been de-
stroyed. and that famine eonfronts the
nation.
I'm the capital. in Monterey, and IN
perhaps other cities, life at the present
time is very hard, but these conditions
are due more to military operations
than to any lack Of food in the coun-
try.
Denies Widespread Misery.
But il is not true that We have
arrived at a condition Of misery and
despair where outside aid is necessary
to rescue US from starvation II is also
untrue that our people flee to the
mountains, having no confidence IN
any military party no matter to what
faction it belongs. On the contrary
the people generally throughout the
territory controlled by the convention
alist army have confidence in our pow
er to give them guarantees for their
lives and property and hopes for the
future such as they have not enjoyed
in the hundreds years Of life Of the
Mexican nation, save for the short
period under the MaderO government
They are guaranteed that no man is
enlisted in the army save by his own
consent, and that the odiOus levy sys-
TEN that was used TO fill the ranks
Of the federal army is now abolished
forever, a system that left thousands
of orphans in desolated homes. This.
in itself, is one Of the most glorious
achievements Of the new regime and
one that has made a lasting impress
sion on the hearts Of the people who
would look with horror on anything
that savored Of a return OF reactionary
principles Of government
Not Menaced by Famine
at is not a fact that misery has
reached the depths which some people
have claimed. Neither is II true that
we are menaced by famine, but there
are considerations Of a higher order