Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-07
NO STARVATION
IS POSSIBLE IN
FERTILE MEXICO
Carranza Officer Declares
Crops Springing Up There
Over Night Cannot Believe
Wilson viii Interfere.
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Z
ize that down In my country crops
spring up almost over night. In re-
Spouse to a mere tickling OF the soil ?
How can there be starvation In land
where the earth is so bountiful where
a woman can grow enough vegetables
on a space no bigger than one of
your backwards 10 support a family
for a year
The speaker was Major Castor de
Prida, OF the constitutionalist army
who has been In Philadelphia ON his
way to New York to obtain treatment
for bothersome wound i'm the knee
which he received recently in a bat
tie with the Zapatistas at Tlanepant-
la, near Mexico City He is on fur
Tough from the headquarters Of his
chief, General Carranza, OF whose
staff he Is a member.
The major comes direct from Vera
Cruz. where he declares conditions
have never been so good for the mass
OF the inhabitants as they are now.
Happy Vera Cruz.
The people are happy in Vera
Cruz" he declares. 81 repeat it--they
are happy in Vera Cruz The skies
are sunny, the people are al peace, the
cafes are open and filled with GUS
toners. The business of the town Is
going on as usual, for it's affairs are
in the hands Of a government with
which the inhabitants are emlnently
satisfied. We have no long bread
lines such as | see every time | take
a stroll ut night through your great
and prosperous cities We have no
desperate men walking up and down
our streets I'm search of work We
have no prowling hands Of gunmen--
our streets are safe by day and night.
There is food enough for all. Prices
OF virtually every article OF food and
wear are much lower than in any part
of the United States.
THE usual Mexican abundance has
been cut down in some sections IL Is
true, due TO the fact that so many of
the able bodied workers are i'm one
or the other OF the armies and to
hampered railroad traffic, but this is
q temporary condition. In no part
of the country under General Car
ranza's controlis there any complaint
Of starvation. The staple article of
Mexican diet you know, is beans, and
there are certainly enough beans for
all. The assertion that the Mexican
nation is starving is-weGl, ! do not
wish to be discourteous, so | will sim
ply say that the reports have been
much exaggerated.
Major de Prida is a young man
scarcely cut OF his twenties and
boundless in his enthusiasm for his
country his people and his chlefuin,
General Carranza. His eyes sparkle,
his face beams, as he tells of the
awakening of the people after their
long misery under oppressive rulers
and of their vision of a future in
which Mexico will be known as the
land of liberty. Only when the sub
ject of possible Intervention by the
United States is preached does his
face become grave.
1T would be a terrible, terrible
thing" he declared. 1T is difficult
for me to speak of the subject with
calmness. only evil could result.
The consequences would be most sad
both for the Mexican people and for
the United States. Intervention now
would undo the work of years--just
now when victory is so near for us.
Twenty Of the twenty-seven states in
Mexico are under the first chief. We
have won all the principal seaports
except Guaymas, on the west coast.
and all the principal border towns ex-
cept Juarez. We have only little
way to go now. erhaps that is just
the trouble. There are certain pow
erful interests that do not wish to see
General Carranza victorious
Why"
because General CarranZa has no
master. He is under the influence of
no great corporations. He thinks only
of the good and welfare of his people.
He is a strong man of independent
mind and character lie win do only
what he thinks is right. And there
are certain people, certain interests,
that do not like to see a man like that
in a position of power-is it not
true?''
do you think that Intervention
would cause the present warning fac
lions to unite against the invading
II am afraid so,' answered Major
de Prida slowly. Eyes, | am certain
of 1t. Intervention would cost many,
many lives. You know how 1t is
when an outsider interferes in a fam
lily quarrel No matter how bitter the
factions may be, they will
INSTANTLY combine against an intruder
is IL not true
Wilson's Praises Sung in Mexico.
"But / cannot believe that Wilson
intends to interfere. Mexicans be-
lieve President Wilson is their friend.
you hear his praises sung
in Mexico. He has spoken of their
troubles so wisely, so UNDERSTANDINGS
the people revere his name. The eff
feet on them would he terrible IL they
Ia, 4 /,
cere after all.
There is no bitterness in Mexico
against the Americans. Not even in
Vera cruz, whore many Of our people
lost their lives because they misun-
derstood what the coming of Ameri-
can soldiers meant. But they learned
better afterward The American Off
GERS and soldiers left nothing but
pleasant memories behind them in
Vera Cruz. They were never rough,
never harsh. but were kindly and
friendly in their behavior And my
people appreciated that. We are a
sensitive race, you know, but curl
hearts are easily won by kindness. II
Is only the American who is con
and intolerant in his man
ner toward them whom the Mexicans
dislike. Think of the number Of
who have been living in !
Mexico all this, time, but how many, |
really, have you heard Of as being Sc
rlously harmed, even though the land |
has been rent with blood internal |
strife?
Teachers Follow the Army.
mo. / cannot believe that the |
United States will interfere with Cen
eral CarranZa's steady progress The |
chief has shown himself so wise, so |
lust. Do you know who is General |
larranza's right-hand han? No. no;