The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-18
LOOKING TO CARRANZA.
The Futility Of the Administrations
Policy Is Already Manifest.


To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir: The
Wilson Administration proposes III UNI
exCeptionable dictlon to do something
to Carranza unless the latter now
shows he can keep order. Hasn't he al
ready given ample evidence that he can
not? That he IL entirely futile and nat
our Administration knows II and is help
ing him cover up the fact is proved by
the following deeds: C~arranzas second
most Important adherent, real or pre-.
tended, is General Dieguez. In command
of the west coast OF Mexico. with head
quarters in Mazatlan. I have In my
possession n proclamation by General
Dieguez levyIng contributions on a great
many people In that vicinity. includihs
100000 upon the Banco Occidental,
which happens to be mostly owned 10y
foreigners. Only n few weeks after
Carranza had been formally recognized
the Wilson Administration telegraphed
direct 10 II Consul at Mazatlan. Mr..
Alger. to make Dieguez rescind the
order" about the Banco Occidental
That was Just ~ IL Sir Edward Grey
should wire direct to the British consul
in New York TO make General Leonard
Wood rescind" some action he had taken.
Il was currently reported In Mazatlan
that this remarkable demand upon
Dicguez was actually made at Carr
ranza's request, which shows his own
estimate OF his alleged control over his
followers. There was no difficulty at
the time In communicating direct IRON
Vera Cruz TO Mazatlan. II Carranzl
cannot control his own followers why
expect him TO do anything about his
most recent massacre? This IL only an
other sample Of the long series OF con-
cealmcnts, evasions and downright mis-
- . n s14 AHNa
try by the Wilson Administration az to
its dealings with Mexico. II is time the
lid was ripped off and the truth let out.
How many Americans have been
foully murdered in Mexico and the re-
ports OF their deaths buried In the
state department \ gentleman with
whom / spent several days In car
rama territory about November /
last was ~atrociously murdered ~ his
bed by Mexicans "A few days after
| left him. | know ii was promptly
reported 10 our Consul at Maza,lan, but
never a word Of 1t has appeared IN our
papers 40 far as | have eeen. He was
W. :. Windham Of Los Angeles and was
u highly cultivated gentleman. Though
almost an invalid he could not accept
Wilson's solicitous Invitation to get out
Of Mexico He had To stay there and
work his ranch or let his family in Los
Angeles go hungry while "watchful
waiting continued its placid way.
How many more such cases are there
on record IN tho State Department!
How many reports Of outraged Am.ri
can women" How many of Mexican
nuns? Mr.. Tumulty denies there are
any. Prominent church officials say he
t~estiies falsely or i~gnorantl,. II Is
time w knew the truth.
VIII Congress make a reai .EVest.Ca.
ton or Will, some my Mysterious long oily
arm reach out ami quietly stop It,
Watch and see. Senator Fail intro
duced a resolution calling for an inves-
|tigation. and 1t was adopted. Where
IL the i~pyestigation? The Adrinistra-
tion sent "A warship Ia hring the Bra
lillian Minister from Mexico TO Calves
ton and then smothered his report.
Where IL this report now n what
does 4. tell?
II an Investigation e really made ]
suggest the following
What If any reports OF army Officers
made many months ago rejecting on
the characters OF >ppr Of the Admin.
istrat!on's "coustttutloualist' favor1tes
were taken from the state Department
archives and burned, and by whose or
der"
What not Vet published agreements
fA'A " - Nh''+ - "H' ~ 49,.
milton Especially was there any agree
In.Ht as 10 redemption at its face value
Of the vast quantity OF his currency he
Mad printed. and II an" large corpora
t.onS IN mo United States Interested
heavily IN Mexican properties hold large
quantities OF this curre'N'y. and at what
I prices was IL ohtalred" Were any ar
rangements made with the same corpo
rations 20 finance the Carranza Govern
lnent"'
And ! also respectfully move that n
reDor; Of Car-ar2l as & the capture oI
killing 81 the authors Of the recent mas
sacfc J.. acc pied without collateral.
proof. That willy diplomat" Is capable
~ having forty or ;i;ty poor p.ous mu".
dercd 10 satisfy the Adm'niS'rdtiO
without the slightest proof OF their con
icc'ioU with the outrage.
Senior Arredondo. carranza's repre-
sentative at Washington, Chdracterize'
tho murdercrs as Villa troops and a lon
class Of people. Villas troops are eN'
Dctlv the same as ttrrarza's. thousand.
Of them having changed from side :,
SIDE during the progress Of Tn" orgy O.
loot and rapine that the Wilson Ad
mlnistrat!on has paImcd or on the PEG
pie Of n" C4ted States as a roa, revo
luton designed To set up n constltu
tiOntl government with real elections
in which all should agree II AXE part,
as President Wilson put II IN the pre-
posteruus demands John Lind frst pre-
scented to lfucrta.
CAssIrs T.. GrLtErrE.
PHIrAprrrHit. January -.