Evening star., 1915-06-07
"We Want Corn!" Mobs in
Street Cry, and Are Told
Treasury Is Empty.
COUNTRY MAY SEEK
CHARITY OF THE U. S.
Special Trainload Leaves Capital To-
day for Vera Cruz-Others
to Follow.
of the Associated Press.

Correspondence OF rhe Associated fress
MEXICO CITY. Saturday, May "a
For the last three days the sessions Of
the so-called national convention In
the chamber Of deputies building have
been scenes of the widest disorder
Not only the galleries, but at times
the floor and the speakers tribune, have
been rushed by hordes of hungry men,
women and children. The shouts of
1--WE want corn" drowned all others,
and even the show of bayonets and the
firing of the soldiers over the heads
Of the mob have not checked their vain
and piteous search for food. The Red
Cross has been kept busy carrying OIL
women and children. and In some cases
old men, crushed or overcome In these
manifestations.
Ten thousand gathered outside Of the
chamber today and nearly 3oo Were
carried of on stretchers. Acting fresi-
dent Gen. Rogue Gonzales Cara ap-
neared before the convention delegates
and a portion of mob to tell them
that the treasury was empty. the neios
laid waste by the contending revoiu-
tfonaries and that the only hope 1or
the coming winter was that all Meh-
leans lay down their arms and begin
the tilling Of the fields. Repeatedly
the crowds answered him, saying:
"Give US corn. Our women and chill
dren are dying of hunger. Give US
corn"
Crops Everywhere Short.
A comparatively small supply was
obtained from the foreign RELIEF COM
mittee, and this assuaged tho wants OF
the day. The crops everywhere arc
short, and in all but hve of the twenty
seven states Of Mexico there Is abso-
Lutte want already, with the new harvest
many months away. and mythical. pc
cause to a large extent implanted
Even states as productive as Morelos
and Guanajuato are calling for corn,
while armies turn their cavalry into
anything green to be found, and kill
cattle and other farm animals for their
hides. It is estimated that unless re-
lief comes from the outside more than
13,000;O00 people will be in danger OF
starvation. ,
In normal times 1t requires approx
mately 100000 6H9 tons Of corn nd to rsa Issn
dealers say this must be obtained IN
tho United States, but as Mexico has no
money to pay for even part OF what
is needed she will be compelled to
throw herself on the charity of the
United States. according to these
authorities.
AeIuReSS Leave Sap1Id1.
Ninety Americans, forty-four Eng
lishmen, 127 Spaniards and fifty-seven
others of various nationalities viii
comprise tho first refugee party leav
ing Mexico City today on the special
train which the Brazilian minister has
obtained, acting for the American gov
ernment.
Other refugees from the famine
stricken capital, who will leave later
to Join the party at Vera Cruz, will
bring the number to moro than 500.
The British consul has advised Ameri-
can Consul Silliman that many women
and children are among the number.
The Villa-Zapata authorities in Mex
leo City will send train to Tizayuca,
where 1t will be met by a train from
Vera Cruz in charge of Consul General
Shanklin.
Emergency Supply Of Food.
food has been ordered to Vera Cruz for
the refugees. The Red Cross today
te1egraphed Galveston officials to ship
$4,000 pounds of corn and 10000 pounds
Of beans on an army transport which
goes for refugees. The food will be
consigned to Consul Canada.
Brig. Gen. Devol, general manager of
the Red Cross. left yesterday for the
Texas border to confer with Maj. Gen.
Funston and other officers with the
border troops about the handling Of re-
lief supplies. Up to the time of his
departure Gen. Devol had received no
reply to his request through the Amer
lean Railway Association that the rail-
duced rates for foodstuffs destined to
the Mexican famine sufferers