The Republican journal., 1915-04-15
Powers to Intervene.
Europe Is Sick Of the Mexi:an Situation.
Terrible Stories of Murders and Assaults.
ISnecial tn the Roston Tranacrint [

Especial to the Boston Transcript
WASHINGTON. April 9. An appeal to other
foreign powers that is certain to result in in
PREVENTION in Mexico is predicted by George
Addison Hughes of Los Angeles. who for years
has represented Los Angeles newspaper in
Mexico and left Mexico City only March 18th.
Mr.. Hughes stated that foreigners in Mexico
have been subjected to every kind of outrage
and have ceased dealing with the Washington
Government. The international committee of
Mexico City, representing seventeen foreign
colonies and population of $4,000, have had
their pleadings rejected by the American Gov
eminent and now have sent Mr. Hughes and
Arthur Billiard johnson, an attorney at Mex
leo City, to the United States to make public
the story of more recent outrages against
foreigners, which President Wilson and the
State Department have suppressed This story
is backed with affidavits describing in detail
forty-two cases of atrocities against foreign
ers by members of belligerent factions in
Mexico.
Mr.. Hughes says that eleven foreigners
were wilfully assassinated in Mexico City, of
whom one was an American, one Swede, three
were Uttomans and six were Spaniards One
French woman was attacked many times while
her husband, tied hand and feet and prodded
with bayonets, was compelled to look on. One
American was shot while defending his wife
from a similar fate. Five Americans, as many
English. French, German and Swedish, and
twenty-eight Spanish homes or business es-
Establishments were sacked. Two Americans, a
woman and her husband, faced firing squad
of looters. Three Spaniards were condemned
to death, two were abducted and have disap-
peared, eleven were brutally beaten, one had
his business establishment burned about his
ears. and ten lost total of 101. 1886 pesos in
cash. The total property lost to foreigners in
Mexico will run to millions in gold.
Mr.. Hughes gives names in all cases. Among
foreigners recently outraged in Mexico City
are George W. Bryant, C. A. English, Earnest
A. Hagewisch, Edward Hoefiich, G. w. Schultz,
all Americans; G. W. Patton, British; Max Otto.
German; B. Series, French; Nine. de Series,
French. Washington officials, Mr.. Hughes
charges. fearing lest the tremendous force of
public opinion might balk the arbitrary policy
of non-intervention in Mexico, and frantically
hoping that the American people will not hear
of these cases, has fatty refused to make even
the m ost conservatively worded protest public.
Mexico City was silent sepulchre, rotting
in STENCIL" when Mr..Hughes left it March
18th. For six weeks, from the day of Obre-
CONS entry, there had been no water and
"Carranza had sent the decomposng corpses
OF smallpox and typhus victims to Mexico
City from Vera Cruz to assist in spreading the
pestilence." This, says Mr.. Hughes, is a mat
ter of proved official record at Washington.
Mr.. Hughes fatty contradicts one of Carran-
za's denials to the American Government by
saying that foodstuffs had been prohibited
from entering the capital and had there been
food, there was no money to buy it. for Car
rama had nullified all Chihuahua paper when
there was not peso of any other paper in the
capital Even the vultures were dying" he
says, as the poems were eating animals fast
as they fell from starvation. Disappearance
of prominent men We're daily occurrences and
the population of Mexico City has not had
letter. newspaper or communication of any
kind from the outside world since Jan. 18th.
1.-The chaotic conditions in Mexico have worn
out the patience of European Powers" says
Mr.. hughes. "Some morning after some in
ternational incident, the American people will
awake to find themselves in arms against the
Mexicans. Foreign Powers have reached the
limit of their patience. They are sick of it
all. The Brazilian minister at Mexico City is
disguised with his charge of American inter-
ests there. He tells the truth about Mexico
and the Mexicans and about the atrocities
against foreigners. He tolerates misrepresen-
tations because he is diplomat He does not
wish to rupture the amicable relations between
his Government and the Government of the
United States.
1.-THE American people may expect either
the resignation OF the Brazilian minister from
his charge of American interests in Mexico, or
Washington's transfer of that charge to some
other diplomatic chancellery in Mexico. His
health has been shattered by caring for the
interests of country whose Administration is
ungrateful. His own Government gave him a
vacation year ago. Since that time he has
been devoting eighteen hours day to the
labors heaped upon him BY Washington, He
is diplomat; more, he is gentleman, coura-
geous, honest and truthful. If the people of
the United States could see the notes he has
sent to Washington they would erect a monu-
ment to the memory of Cardoso de Oliveria."
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