The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-11-07
Hoa6 Wilson Has i Kept Us
Dat ofW ~ y Iahn Explains
In ReUie1O Of the Facts
Legislator Points
To American and
Mexican, Dead !

| WASHINGTON, November 6-'Dem-
acratic speakers throughout the coun-
try have the effrontery to keep on
claiming that the President has kept
us out of owar.' This preposterous
claim has not fooled the people of the
United States" declared Representa-
tive Julius Kahn, of California, rank.
Ting minority member Of the house mill
tary affairs committee, in a statement
here today.
"If anyone doubts that we made
war on Mexico at Vera Cruz ask the
mothers and fathers of the boys who
were killed on the streets of that Mexi-
can seaport.
ASK the wives and mothers and sis
tiers of the Mexicans who were killed
at Vera Cruz whether we were at war
with Mexico.
ASK the relatives of the eighteen
American civilians who were butch
cred at Santa Ysabel.
ASK the relatives of the United
States soldiers who were treac herous-
ly slain at CarrizaL.
ASK the mothers and sisters of
those who were slaughtered in the
raid at Columbus, New Mexico, wheth-
er we were at war with Mexico.
How About The Raids
"Ask the citizens of Brownsville,
Red House Ferry, Progeso, and Los
Peladas whether the President has
kept US out of war;
"Ask the women and children who
were threatened with death at Tampico
by an Infatuated Mexican mob
Ask the thousands of American
citizens who were called upon to
abandon their property in Mexico and
to return forthwith to the United
States whether the President has kept
us out of war. \
"Ask the hundreds of those refugees
who are in the United States today,
practically penniless aud in want, who
were forced to leave their property
and homes in Mexico because the Will
son administration refused to give
them the protection to which they
were justly entitled.
TASK the thousands of peaceful
Mexicans who have suffered famine
during 'watehful waiting
land, finally, ask the wives and
children, the dependent mothers, faith
ers and sisters of the 10000 national
guardsman who are yencampsd on the
Mexican border whether the President
has kept US out of war with Mexico.
Pledges Violated
In 1912 the Democratic platform
proclaimed this astounding doc
trine:
The constitutional rights of
American citizens should protect them
IN our borders, and 90 with them
throughout the world, and every Amer
rcan citizen residing or having prop
'rty in any foreign country is entitled
:" and must be given the full protec-
ION of the United States Government,
both for himself and for his property
"After several years of 'watehfuI
waiting Secretary of State Lansing
sent letter to the head of the de factO
government of Mexico in which occurs
this remarkable language:
The progress of the revolution in
McXicO: Continuous bloodshed and
disorders have marked its progress. |
For three years the Mexican Republic
has been torn with civil strife; lives of
American and other aliens have been
Sarrlfcrd; vast properties developed
by American capital anu enterprise
have been destroyed or rendered non
productive; bandits have been permit
ted to roam at will through the terri
tory contiguous to the United States, |
and to seize, without punishment or
without effective attempt at punish
mrnt, the property Of Americans, while |
the lives of citizens of the United
States who ventured to remain in Mex '
lean territory or to return there to
protect their interests have been tax |
en-, and in some cases barbarously TAX
en-, and the murderers have neither
1"rn unprecedented nor brought to JUS
1t would be tedious to recount in
stance after instance, outrage after
Outrage, atrocity after atrocity, to
illustrate the true nature and extent of
the widespread conditions of lawleas.
ness and violence which have pre-.
vailed. Not only were these
murders characterized by ruthless bru,
tally, but uncivilized acts of mutila-
ton were perpetrated. Il
"This is the Indictment of the Will |
son administration in Mexico by its
own secretary of state.'
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