Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-02

people OF Mexico. In whose behalf w
are supposed ito be acting can no
understand 0i9trpreciate the great ser.
vices which ~ have rendered them 81
far. when we have simply driven ou
one man who did represent something
OF law and order, under whom tht
courts were open, under whom civi
process was secured, and have driver
out the constituted police force ant
the constituted authorities, thrown
open the doors Of the jails and turned
loose on the community a horde OF
murderers and thieves? Do you sup
pose that they can understand what we
mean when we say that We are actine
in their service?"
Villa Not Friendly.
That the Villa. element is no more
friendly to the United States than the
Carranza IL affirmed by Senator Fall
who cites in this connection tran
station he has made of a speech made
on the Mexican\national holiday. Sept
16, by Colonel Izaguirre of the Tara
goza brigade, which Is noted, or motor
ious, as always having been faithful tc
Villa. This speech was published In a
Parrall paper under threat of Mon
clovio tHerrera-who incidentally now
is in arms against Villa. Here Is an
exact extract from the fowery la
guifre touching upon the American oc-
cupation of Vera Cruz:
at is time that we should drive from
our soil the usurper army of the north
or that divine anger should humble
and destroy us, as death is a thousand
times more preferable to consenting to
its remaining in our first maritime
seaport" The orator then directs at
tention to the action of the Generals
Herrera in demanding that the Ameri-
can forces evacuate Vera Cruz by Sept
80, upon pain of being driven out, ano
ends his harangue: "Comrade, lons
live Mexico! Death to the puritan Will
son! Death to the Americans" While
in New England Senator William Alden
Smith declared that Carranza had CIV
en- the American forces certain time
in which to quit Mexican soil and wa
tiers. The speech Of Izaguirre brings
out that Generals Monclovio and Luis
Herrera had called upon Carranza to
warn the Americans to leave. Izaguirre
spoke on Sept. 10; and on Nov. IA Vera
Cruz was evacuated, although the
president, of the United States has not
yet explained to the American people
the reason for leaving.
Villa Methods Outlined.
The methods Of Villa in issuing fiat
money and compelling citizens to ac-
cept it upon pain Of death are ex-
planned in detail by Senator Fall. who
also states that Pancho Villo owns
packing house in Juarez thru which
some $35O,0OO worth of stolen hides
have been sent into the United States
within the last six months. With ref
erence to the seizure of several million
dollars worth of cotton belonging to
Spanish and French citizens at Tor
reon in the early days Of the revolu-
ton, Senator Fall boldly repeats the
charge that certain local representa-
tives of the. local government MADE
100000 out of its sale. He says:
Possibly you may not have heard
this, but it is an open scandal in Mex
leo that certain, parties claiming to
represent this government in some ca
pacity or othery7I do not mean here, OF
course, but, mean certain local rep
resentatives of the government down
there-are said to have made 100000
out OF the sale of French and Spanish
cotton. In the eyes of the people OF
Spain and France and other countries
who are interested, we are acting as an
international fence in protecting
these bandits and robbers and burglars
who are stealing property in Mexico
and shipping it over here with impun-
ity, and we are enforcing our laws sc
as to protect them, instead Of assist
ing the owners in even tracing their
property, so that eventually they may
mako demands for repayment If there
ever is a government established In
Mexico
Villa Same Old Bandit.
That the bandit, Villa, upon whom
the administration has looked with al
most kindly eyes, has not changed MS
spots Senator Fall demonstrates by
many recent incidents, one Of the most
blood stirring of which relates to an
act committed after his occupancy OF
the City of Mexico. Says Senator
Fall:
II have denounced him before as a
bandit without conscience, as bloody
murderer for hire, and have known
Of him personally for years. When Mr.
villa went into the City of Mexico at
the time Gutierrez went in as presi-
dent. he visited hotel in that city
known as the Hotel Palaccio. The pro-
prietor OF the hotel is French reserv-
list who had joined his colors and is
now fighting for his country in France
He left his wife, a young French Wo-
man, in charge Of the hotel. am not
going into all Of the details. do not
want, as said. to arouse passion, but
I want the people to he Informed. Suf-
flee to say that Villa, with file OF
soldiers, dragged that French woman
from her home, took her screaming
down the street in his automobile and
kept her for your days-Villa himself
personally. That was no act Of his ir-
responsible officers or vandals. These
facts are verified. This is the mar
whom the administration has appar-
emily, and undoubtedly sincerely
thought might be used to work out
something good for Mexico. The
F'renchman's property had been placed
in the care Of the French Embassy"
Speech Startlss Senate.
| Senator Falls speech startled the
senate and he was beseiged with in
auiries as to what he would have the
administration do to clean up the Mex.
ican\ situation. He replied that hi.
answer would have been different be-
fore mediation. was attempted but
now:
TT I were president Of the United
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