The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-16

congress, our senate, and our supreme court of justice, complying with all the requisites of the Constitution of our country, named me as the consti- tutiona1 President of the United
 States of Mexico, considering me as the man for the job. MT. Madero, while being onducted to the peniten- tiary, died an unnatural death. In the opinion of some of the public in this country am blamed as having taken a part in executing him.
 never have taken a part in executing him I never have tried to shirk any
 resp possibilities, and anything I ever
 did was done openly. T. am man enough to stand by what I do. Il know am not to blame for the death will do me justice.
 .'On Feb. 18th, 1913. became the Constitutional President of Mexico.
 Far be it from my mind to make a.
 eu1ogy of my administration. I could
 neither do it with impartiality nor
 does this work belong to me. In the future history will do it, telling all
 the bad and also the good of my po-7 litica1 and administrative efforts while was the Constitutional Presi- -E dent. of the United States of Mexico
 But must say, that during my ad4
 n1inistration, all the lava bidingg citi-3 zens of my republicss as well as all
 the foreigners resident there, until the very last moment of my command,
 received guarantees and their homes
 their lives and their properties were fully protected. | appeal to the tes-
 ti1nony of the Spanish, German
 French and English colonies, and par
 ticular1y to the important American colony resident in ( Mexico They
 will and do confirm what I say. No
 body can ever name a single foreign
 CT who has suffered directly or in
 F. fe---- loss of life or interests. I make spe-
 cial mention of the American colony
 as thousands of United States citizens
 residing in Mexico then are at pres
 ent in those United States of Ameri- ca.
 During the seventeen months that. was president of Mexico I had the good fortune to enjoy the confidence and moral support of the whole Amer
 lean colony resident there, including United States Am mbassador Henry Lane Wilson and Charge dAffaires Nelson
 o'shaughne essy, both of whom were
 my personal friends, as we'll as great many other American residents there.
 .It was very painful to sec nuIner- ous American families break up their homes, abandon their business and leave our country by the advice of yoir government. Not being able to eyade the exodus. my government took
 special care of the Americans. Special
 trains were placed at their disposition
 and armed forces accompanied the
 trains to the seaports Thousands Of
 American m en, women and children
 can verify the above.
 .fUnfortunateIy, and for our shame, numerous crimes have been committed against foreigners on Mexican soil during the last four years and a, half. Englishmen were cowardly assassin ated, more than three hundred China men were brutallY slaughtered in Tor lsreon; German women were brutally violated in Coadonga; spaniards were butchered in Atencingo and other
 places, but these crimes were commit ted either before or after my time. or
 by rebels in territory that did not
 control. These are the results of the anarchicaI propaganda Of Mr. Madero and his followers.
 When took charge of the adminis-
 tration our treasury was empty. In order not to ruin the country I strug- gled along the best could, but did not adopt any drastic measures. I did not print any bogus money. I never
 called on anybody for forcible loans. Not a single banking institution went to the wall during my administration.
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