The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-23

Three Rivers. y. NJ. is a depot. 4
post Office and the western end OF u
private trail hat runs from the tracks
OF the III Paso and the Southwestern
Railroad three miles up the mountain
side 70 the ranch house Of United states
Senator Albert Il. Fall. Mr.. FAN, al
though a in national political
circles. won his spurs by introducing \
resolution in the Senate which provided
! that tho constitutional rights Of Amer
lean citizens should protect them on our
borders and go with them throughout
the world. and every American citizen
, residing ~ having property in an
foreign country is entitled To ana mus
he given the full protection or the C"i;ed
states Government, both for himself
and his property
Mr.. Fall is a lawyer. lie has lINed
twenty-eiGht years in New Mexico. HIS
native state Is Kentucky. his old nome
being on the famous Lexington turnpike,
There is nothing so precious to = re-
public as the lives of it's citizens AT hom'
and abroad" said Senator Fail to tho
write, when seated In the ranch Office
Il have never advocated Intervention
in Mexico until such a course was an
bsolute neccss ~ he continued. 81
have been on terms OF understanding and
intimacy with Mexican people for III"
best part OF my life. | have always felt
that there should he no Mexican anneXs-
ton without the fun concurrence AMI
sympathy Of the intelligent portion Of
the Mexican people.
yet. looking into the future | have
never been able Ia see any result IN
Mexico that would bc fruitful OF a last
ing peace but foreign intervention. ana
| am convinced that at the present mo-
ment so per cent. OF the Mexican peo-
pie would welcome Il II they dared cN.
; press the thoughts which repOsed IN
their hearts.
"My partner. Col. Greene, and myself
established the first hand saw mill IN
northern Mexico.s he said with pride,
I'VE took the machinery parts and the
construction material in on mulehack In
100 pound packages. We had to build n
wagon road at n cost OF s310,O00 to con-
meet with this property In Chihuahua.
We built our own telephone lines in
fact. all Of civilization now in that sec
ton we put there"
The on Interests.
What was the difficulty between Lord
Cowdray, the British oil King and our
, American oil men, as you understand -
was asked. He replied
Briefly. our people TODD by and let
Cowdray into Mexico. when. under the
treaty Of lSis. we had special rights In
the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. as well as
all parts of Mexico. sim. we let
Cowdray go in there and build a 500
400 .000 railroad, with docks. on the
Isthmus of TchuantepeC, DiaZ had
/ early conceived the idea that he did
NOT choose to let the standard oil people
he dominant In the oil fields OF Mexico.
one OF their branches controlled the
local distribution of oil. DiaZ wanted
competition, For that reason he IA
vored Cowdray. and later some Of
Diaz's associates became partners with
Cowdray In refining as well as pro-
duCing oil. Therein lies the whole basis
of the alleged feud between the oil
lowers, and more fiction than fact has
been written about II.
"Hundreds OF Americans rave been
murdered In Mexico simply because
they were Americans continued Mr.,
Fall. Mexican bandits have driven
our people like nocks OF sheep, killing
and robbing them without let or hin
ORANGE. have stood up for hours in
the Senate reading the names of a
few of these martyrs, calling for the
attention of The officials of the Wilson
administration. I have brought these
outrages TO the personal notice of MIR,
Bryan and other high officials. Surely
the great people behind our Gov
rnmen are not decadent. else we may
well despair for the future of our
country"
Mr.. Fall Is a great admirer OF ex-
Senator Root, who on the occasion OF
the voting OF authority for the Presi-
dent to attack Vera Cruz said In
Congress:
Lying behind this Insult to our flag
by the poor ignorant Mexican subordi-
nate at TampicO are years of violence
and anarchy In Mexico. Lying behind
1t are hundreds OF American lives sac
Tlfced. millions of dollars worth of
American property destroyed and thou
ands OF Americans reduced TO poverty
Lying behind It Is the condition OF an.
archy in Mexico which makes 1t I'M
possible 10 secure protection for Amer
by diplomatic means"