The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1915-08-14
MEXICANS CROSS
TO AID BANDITS
REVOLT URGED AMONG Poems
TO REcAPTURE DISTRICT
ALONG RIO GRANDE.
LATINS DEMAND PEACE
CONFERENCE DRAFTS PLANS
FOR ELECTION AND EMsAR.
GO ON ARMS BY U.S..
western Newspaper Union News Service.

western Newspaper Union News Service.
Brownsville, Tex, Aug. 12.-The
plan of the Mexican invaders is said
to call for the death of every Ameri-
can male over 16 years of age in COM
munities along the Rio Grande and
also along the border Of New Mexico,
Arizona and California. Maj. Gen.
Frederick Funston said it had been re-
ported that more than 5000 Mexicans
are pledged to a revolutionary organ
ization already.
Latins Agree to Peace Demand.
New York, Aug. 12.-Secretary
Lansing and the diplomatic represen-
tatives of six South American govern
ments signed an appeal to Mexican
leaders calling upon all factions to
unite, elect a stable government and
cease strife in the name of national
patriotism and humanity.
Secretary Lansing left for Washing
ton to show President Wilson the text
of the appeal as finally agreed upon,
and a statement will be prepared by
Mr.. Lansing explanatory of the pur-
poses of the appeal, which in many
quarters has come to be interpreted
as the forerunner of military inter
vention.
With the President in direct charge
of the Mexican situation, developments
are expected within the next few
days. He is DESTROYS of following the
plan for the settlement of the Mexican
question inaugurated when South and
| Central American republics were in.
| vited to confer on Mexican affairs. He
is determined, however, to afford pro
lection to foreigners in Vera Cruz.
The appeal signed at the conference
| is brief and courteously phrased, calls
upon the MeXicans to consider the in
| furious effect throughout the world
which the constant turbulence in Mex
leo has caused and suggests that a
peace conference be held on neutral
territory in Mexico. The governments
signing it express their willingness to
act if invited, in any practicable way
to assist in bringing the factions to
gether for the conference.
Many Fear Racial Fight.
Brownsville, Tex.-Practically every
American citizen in the three souther
most counties of Texas, Cameron, Hi
dalgo and Starr, was under arms
Wednesday night in fear that the over
whelming Mexican population of the
section would break out in a racial
fight leading to a massacre of Amer
| lean citizens.
Authorities here guarded the Ric
| do OF int vol cui1 q
where it was reported several hundred
armed Mexicans had gathered intend
ing to cross the river under cover OF
darkness.
Gen. Funston reported that the best
Information he could gather indicated
that the raids were directed by Texans
having headquarters in Brownsville
who, having political fued, sent ban
| dit gangs to rob and attack each
other. Secretary Garrison expressed
doubt that Mexicans from over the
border were responsible for the dis.
turbances.
Under Maj. Gen. Funston's com.
mand on the border are about $4,000
troops At other posts in continental
| United States are about $1,000 more
mobile troops.
The outstanding feature of the days
developments was the circulation of
rumor in many quarters-even reach
| ing to the State Department at Wash
ington-that the disturbance was an
effort on the part of untutored Mexi
cans to turn back a portion of Texas
to Mexican control. This scheme, II
was rumored, was backed by ignorant
Mexicans living on the American side
of the Rio Grande, assisted by es
capped convicts and fugitives from JUS
tice and also, according to the report
by considerable number of irrespon
sible Mexicans, both soldiers and civil
ians who were said to have crossed
the American border from Mexico. I'm
petus was given the movement, it is
believed in many quarters, by border
political conditions.