The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-25
HUNGRY MEXICANS
SACK FOOD STORES
Starvation and Reign of Ter
ror Going On All Over
the Country.
CARRANZA Is BLAMED
Bread Lines in Mexico City
Papers FOmcnt Anti
American Feeling.
CARRANZA Is BLAMED

a prominent business man here has
received a letter from an associate In
Vera Cruz. which In part follows
VERA CRuz, Mexico June ID.
For a long time Americans in Mexico.
foreigners and educated Mexicans in
general have been prophesying a reign
OF terror here because Of food conditions.
To-day Il has arrived and the next sixty
days will see terrible things In this
country. as the hunger is already ex-
trene.
There Is no visible relief apparent
and the people are going to sack and
plllage to obtain food. The Government.
far from trying TO prevent looting. is en-
couraging IT, and In many towns and
cities OF the republic stores and markets
were sacked on Sunday last.
"ln Mexico city there has been no
meat. milk. eggs. bread or vegetables for
nearly two weeks. The bread lines be-
gin at 2 IN the morning In front OF the
few shops that are still selling "A small
amount Of the much desired commodity.
People who have not had the money TO
stock up with staples are beginning 10
feel the need. and in another two weeks
there are few parts OF the country that
will not have tales Of horrors 10 tell
we are actually alarmed for fear We
will not get food here and we I've IN
the least likely place for a food famine
Here things are commencing to get
scarce. while the money situation has
the people crazy. The h'g bills OF ten.
twenty and one hundred were dscredlted
a bare two weeks ago and many mer-
chants were hopeiessly ruined as the
Government forced the merchants TO
keep their stores open and take money
they knew would he paper the next day
Panic All Over Country.
In Mexico city to-day the smaller
bills OF the Vera Cruz issue do not cir
culate. In fact, a panic has over'aken
the country and the people do not know
what 10 do. They feel they have no
chance Of foreiCn help. as Carran2a
asked the Red Cross 70 leave when they
were doing the work here before. and rs
the newspapers here say there ia no
famine at all.
IN Pueb,a the big market was sacked
on Sunday morning In Mexico city the
three big markets were sacked in Oaxa-
ca the American Consul is reported 20
have left because conditions were un-
endurable, and the Consul was no more
respected than any one else.
The authorities in Orzahl forced
| the people and the merchants 20 declare
anything they had IN the way of food
stufYs in their homes or stores and they
would take II over. Any one who dld
/ not publish the list WIS subjected To
search and seizure TINS method is
I called here an official saching
"In Mexico city Gen. ohregon is said
/ TO have published a decree telling the
( people that II the merchants did not Quiz
4 selling their goods at cNorhitant prices
/ the people might loot the stores and they
would hc protected some stores have
. been looted
"Proclamations have been posted by
the people asking that the Americans
he allowed TO come and take care OF
them and give them food that they
| would welcome intervention. The police
have been hard at work getting sucl
, manifestations destroyed before th'
populace IN genera could get view OF
them In Oaxaca the houses wer,
searched and all the food taken by tl.'
! Government even the American con
sui was not respected
President Wilson Assn He'd.
The papers are fomen,ing all rA'
anti-foreign feeling they can and 10
having much success President Wilson
is subject to much abuse on the nart o
the official organs odtorially II" ha'
been cordially hated for long time h'
the Government is taking M the cry an,
the press is vile.
'''The Liberal Of Vera cruz las opened
an Office TO recruit men 10 fight a turelg'
invasion, and the list Of volunteers Il
very funny Yesterday eleven volun
teered, and there are Il few every day
! Not long ago the Government planned al
anti-American demonstration They IN
vted the people through the press 70
| ~ Hbn In IA
were invited and peop'. all over tow
were urged to take part, There wer
| not over zoo men In the entire parade
There are many Americans who liv
here who are genuinely fond OF the NOR
decent Mexicans and hate to see tn
country starve. You may have no con
ception of conditions here unless YOU Sc
, them Things are terrible to-day AM
; | wish the United States would sit u
and take notice. Carranza is lying I
the United States as hard as he can an
his people are starving II ! had m
way would help him get hanged to
, very tall tree.
"I wish we could make your peopl
see that for the sake OF humanity 20
should do something here. You woul
, care II you really realized what IT
| like Right now you are busy and d
, not care. but II the American press wa
would not dare 10 neglect the situatio
Q much more
The anti-foreign sentiment is grow
= ing because the Government blames n
y things on the American authorities an
n people, and these people are Just FOOLS
: enough to believe what they are tol'
n They are ready to blame anybody.
o News Just received from Oaxac
g registers bitter feeling against the Go,
= ernment Bodies are strung on the tel'
Z graph poles almost the entire length
: the road from Puebla to Oaxaca cit
II Felix Diaz is known to be In the stat
4 Hundreds OF prominent Mexicans ha,
= publicly announced themselves for II
: tervcntion in Oaxaca.
= "There was an anti-American riot
n Pachuca which caused many American
= to withdraw to Mexico city, In Toluc
:. the hunger Is terrible and the people n
u begging for Intervention, Mr. Robnso
/. Consul In Oaxaca, has gone to Mexi
city"