The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-04-08
ANOTHER APPEAL FROM MEXICO.

AnOtner urgent request ala mas COe lIOlIl
sufferers and refugees in Mexico City, this appeal asking
Washington administration to accept the situation as act
ally exists and not "for what night be hoped that
come In other words these poor sufferers aSkthat the
ional cat and mouse policy of watchtu waiting be chang
10 one of more action.
The present administration finds itself in an unpreciden
situation With war in Europe and conditions arising eve
lay that threaten to involve the United States in the fores
struggle our president finds that we need real men at Il
mead of affairs in Washington So far haven't got into
scrap and there is probably immediate danger of so don
so far as the average American citizen knows we have
lued ourselves proudly far as the European struggle
concerned But regards Mexico even many of the Son
,St peace advocates will say nothing.
The latest appeal from Mexico is rather lengthy affa
out il goes into the conditions in clear and concise manne
L follows:
The American residents Mexico City do in meeting
express their appreciation Of the secretary Of states message OF
communicated to them by the Brazilian minister
they respectfully submit that is their fixed opinion
deducted from the past four years experience that the time has
Mexican situation for what and for what
might be hoped that become what interested leaders
or warning factions may try to represent II to be.
The record is clearly written in facts which show the true
the of ontendng They note the opinion
president that he think would contribute to their
welfare their request make public their communication
They be known to the president that
their firm conviction that their duty requires them to take the
people United States and of the civilized world into their
fullest confidence and in the interests Of humanity lay before
the whole truth Of the Mexican situation and the perform
this duty they earnestly invite and areny hope for the
cooperation administration They desire, insofar
they conrocrt the systematic misrepresentation of the
truth thereto. especially TO their situation and
They surprised that General Caranza should
his promise TO himself the utmost protect lives
property Foreigners but they submit that the value
promise should estimated what General Caanza has done
and doccd since his trumpha entry into the city Mexico
August 10 last
Thc arbitrary taking from Ncxicans and foreigners prop
erty, including automobiles furniture, money
crops issuing contavenon right fair
and justice be almost Incredible the deliberate persistent
and iconccacd city of 100000 inhabitants,
dcpvng them fuel transportation the shipping of
defene in locked cattle to Vera Cruz; the carrying
away controllers electric thus paayzng
closing of the and schools; the holding priests
the arrest and detention 300 business who had
embed the of the general charge of the cy the
ecuton OF Span suppression OF mails and violation OF sealed
correspondence both foreign and domest the removal of public
archives and the stripping of public buildings the invitation
to riot and oot the sackng churches and deseeaon of mages
killing the outragng women
and well known permit their being overlooked in forming
Judgment The of such renders impossible
professions of the acon their
be pursued by foreigners 1t the desire of the Amer
Mexico City assist the Washington administration find
for the perpexng international situation that exists,
and this end they request that their efforts be regarded made
good faith and that their knowledge experience exi
situation be accorded full weight They willing make
sacrifice if through them ultimate good the Mex
lean people or American prestige they that thus far the
very opposite has been the result They consider
civilization trial and that it has duty perform humanity
which no longer should be prohibited
"Mexico IS drifting destruction,
aum poweress it, The present struggle
not represent the efforts of people to secure liberty and equal
rights much class Of personal ambition and
Americans in Mexico look to the administration for the pro-
which they believe their receive,
sraons desire and unQuestionabe duty afford; they
further respectfully the hope that their views be
such publication effectively the American people
forming a sound opinion of the Mexican situation"
Peace-honorabe peace-iS of the greatest things t
desired just now. But is one hundred times bette
dhonorabe peace Let harken back to the spirit
ITO when our government given its life No mine
of words with idle peace doves in those days. Go bac
the days of 1900 No talterng footsteps mapped out on
ne of march in those days.
The olive branch has been hanging out to Mexico for
uple OF winters and is becoming pretty badly rayed
nj fighting has continued in Mexico just the Promises
been broken pledges have been wilfuy forgotten anC
the end than we were two or three years
o. II is said the job of ouncing Mexico would be Sna!
e. But even small job can sometimes be diSagreeab,
Caution is golden but ii is we'll known that inacon viii
use the death of any Golden gOoSen