The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-29

In cooperation with the United States
Consuls there. such supplies as may be
purchased with the contributions or
given in kind will be distributed among
the suffering non-combatants.
Arrangements will be made for
warehouses at which donations Of corn.
beans. rice and four can be collected
to be forwarded at New York. Galveston
and Laredo, Any further Information
can be obtained from American Red
Cross headquarters. Washington"
TIVE Depots for supplies.
II IL the present intention Of the Red
Cross to establish collection depots for
reiiet supplies at Galveston ami 1t La
redo. Tex. The former depot will he
the base for shipments Of supplies
to Vera Cruz. while Laredo will 10 tho
depot for shipments by raj: into the
that a depot will be established 1t FL
Paso.
Access to the Monterey section N the
north IL promised. The roai difficulty
VIII be to reach interior routes VIA Vera
Cruz and Mexico city. Control Of the
railroads OF this large and important
section 10 divided between the Carranzis.
tas and the viliistas.
Not only 10 II impossible 10 act ship
w III " lNt
coast. but tons Of food supplies have been
seized by the military leaders l.pr the use
or their soldiers This has occurred with
reference TO attempts to get f,,d into
Mexico city.
The conditions 1t Mexico city can
hardly be exaggerated. II 10 reported
on good authority hat the people nave
been reduced even to eating rats. Not
only Ia there but little food to be had
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money with which to buy IL. Business
Is practically at a ~standstil, and many
Of the usual sources Of employment
have vanished.
Peso Worth Bet q Ceats.
Exhange has risen to twenty to one.
the peso being now worth about nve
cents instead OF ffty In gold. A recent
session OF the Villis:as convention was
disturbed by the rush OF an angry mob
into the convention hall crying for food.
The other day there was a bread line
a mile long in Mexico city. On one
occasion when food was distributed the
supply proved to be less than a tenth
OF what was required and scores OF
women filnted m were injured In the
crush.
At Tampico the oil companies who
have had their property damaged again
ard again by the armed forces. are now
feeding not only a large part OF the peo-
PIE In the city but also the people Of
outlying districts.
Fear OF Carranza's authority and the
unstable currency conditions keep the
merchants from importing food. Much
that has been imported has been seized
by the Carranzistas. The C~arrarzlstas
are also charged with selling food
abroad In their desperate efforts to OBJ
tain gold.
In Interior points and on the west
coast these conditions are duplicated
many times over. Persons who a year
ago thought conditions In Mexico could
not be worse nov declare thai the whole
country Is menaced with famine. Per-
manent Improvement of conditions is
impossible. they say. until the lighting
IL stopped. the people given opportunity
to plant crops and the wrecked trans
portation facilities rebuilt.
1t Is stated that In many regions the
peop.e have even consumed the seed Ia
tended for this years planting. SO that
the prospect for crops this fall ia worse
than ever. Meantime. II is said, the
most effective emergency measures are
absolutely imperative.