Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-14

; CAUSES OF THE LAWLESSNESS :
ALONG THE RIO GRANOE. :


GALVESTON News
Governor FcreuSon'S appeal 70 Wash
ington for the employment OF more en-
%creetic measures 10 Suppress lawle>S-
ness along the Rio Gr1nde ought 90
bring forth the relief he asks without
deiay. The situation has take! vn n
gravity which the temper 81 his appeal
minimizes. rather th2n magniiiics. and.
besides. ne has maze this request i'm n
manner tkai deserves more respectful
consideration than was due 90 some ~
the demands thar have gone 10 Wash
inat0n i'll the past. However these seems
70 BE- no disposition at Washington Ia
be niggar,ily in giving relief. Secretary
Garrison waS quoted ~ yesterdays dis
patches ms saving that Gkcral Fun
Ston would a. supplied with any force
De might ask for. Hence. IL il To- General
Funston apparently. that the state
must kuk for federal protection. He
has 50 far used. only a small part III
the troops at his command. and while
Secretary Garrison expresses a rcadi
ness To give him whatever additional
troops NAV he needed. il il evident that
be already has more than enough fr
the needs Of the Rio Grandc country.
General Funston seems Ia have got
a wrong focus Oh This situation i'll the
beginning. and il IL that fact and not
hcedie>sne>s ar indifference on the part
of Washington which seems 10 explain
the i%nadcauacy of the protection so far
given. Undoubtedly much If the iawlrSs
ness is Chargrablc 10 residents of Texas
both white and McXican>. but Gcnearl
Funston has made the mistake of as
Snpnirtr fktt I. D. .ft-sIfN III - ~ .- .I..
gcahlc 10 those elements. Their crimes
arc merely incidental consequences ~
conditions which call Tor the employ
mcnt uf federal force. and which make
il mainly The duty IL the federal gov
eminent ~ give projection. Such rhcft>
and murders a. have been committed IN
residents Or citizens of Texas arc due io
the opportunities which W. unsettled
conditions If Mexico have afforded for
their commission. The duty OF giving
protection. therefore. dryoiNc> primarily
and chiefly nn General Funston aS thc
commander uf the federal forces i'm thiS
state.
IT viii not 10 - say that the reign
Of terror along the Rio G.andc has nn
lslitical sieniE., nee whatever. Tn
doubtcdly il has n.lch pulitical sig
%niiicancc. Much 0f il ~ meant a. express
the hatred uf MgNicauS for the United
STATES. and Ia this extent Texas H. Y
ViclriouS victim. And absurd uS the
plan Of san Diego seems ID a.. ii ~ not
too chimcrical ID fire imaeinatiJnS
md enlist tLc support Of thousands vt
McXicans. There are thousands It them
who are nm c1>v prey t0 the delu~icn
fhat they can replart their flag On this
side 0f the Rio Grandc. " that much VI
TINS l3wlcSSne>S j. The result cr u move
mcnt that Is essentially y foreign imya-
non. and ~ ~ the luty ~ the govern
mcnt I'm nrntect the state from invasion.
Texas has 4 right rl a>k. and not only
tc ask. hui tp demand. more energetic
measures ~ the part IF the federal
government 90 do away with u situation
which results from causes that arc alien
~ uS Already the Rio Grandc country
has suffered ia life and heavily H. prom
ertv and what il has suffered i'll rem
%ri1iiou will last long and be- cumull-
tive.