Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-06-14
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Appallins oterlss.
In the daily mail OF the washington
offices Of the American Red Cross
there are letters which tell an appall-
ing story OF the pass to which fac
tional strife has brought the country.
Here IL an extract from q letter WRIT
ten by an American at present res.
siding at Vera Cruz, Q man whose
name may not be divulged. but whose
character and position 10 such 40 to
clothe his words with authority:
7 learn" he writes. that the situ-
alton grows wore acute and dangerous
from day to day. and 1t Is only q Quhs-
tion OF few days at the most until
indiscriminate pillage and footing will
be the order Of the day. II
YOU people are inclined to relieve the
situation in the interior you should
lose no time. but steps should be taken
Immediately to ship some thousands
Of tons of corn and at least Q thou
sand tons Of flour to this port; at the
same time some arrangement should
be made through the government Of
the United States to ship the provis-
ions through to Mexico City, Pachua,
and Puebla, as soon as they arrive
here. Unless this IL done the goods
will lie around this port while lot OF
rag chewing and red tape cutting takes
place and meanwhile lot Of people
will starve to death. Tho danger In
the city hangs over the foreign popu-
lation which is able ordinarily to fake
care Of itself: but once the crininal
and poorer classes free themselves
from the ordinary police regulations
they will take food from anyone who
has t., and when they have robbed the
better classes Of the supplies with
which they have provided themselves,
the case Of the latter will be desperate
indeed, cut off as they are from the
outside world, with no means whatever
of securing new supplies. There are
a lot of women and children among
them who will pay with their lives II
precautions are not taken immediately
TO prevent such disaster"
Personal Sacrifices.
Only this morning the Red Cross re.
ceived most interesting and signifl-
cant letter from Mexican refugee at
present living in Washington state
and in the employ Of mining corpor-
alton. Il beg leave to state. he
writes that have Just seen notice
Z
co. am refugee from tia. country's
revolutions myself lived there for 90
years and have everything have there
tied up by actual conditions. have
many old servants and friends in the
country and have much personal at
20 chment for them as well as for the
country itself. I am at presen. work
ing on salary for the above company.
Siy to ivpr Mt hrYf m l..
airy is not large. desire to assist
in the relief of the Mexican people.
Ny wife and her sister, who are with
me. are natives of that country. OF
my salary the sum Of $40 per month
is ct your disposal until the crisis Is
past. and Of my time it Is all at your
disposal II there il anything that 1
or my family can do to assist IN the
work.
Up I" date the collections made by
the Ped Cross for the Mexican relief
fund rave not totaled $4,000. But
the task Of collecting money has hard
~ begun, mainly. no doubt. because
OF the fact that the country does not
understand what this work may mean
in the way of bringing factions to-
gether In Mexico, Quieting revolution
airy activity, and paving the way for
a feeling on the part of the Mexican
people Of good will toward the United
States.
Red Cross officials tell Of one anus
ing contribution to the Mexican fund.
It came from man who had read
somewhere in the papers that couple
of pennies would buy food enough to
keep Mexican alive for one day. He
wrote to the Red Cross saying that
he wished to do his share. and
enclosed two cent
stamp.