The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-11-03


rise; I don't know; but as be-
tween the man who was stained
with the blood of a Mexican ctti-
zen and the inhuman brute who
has perpetrated upon American
women outrages which / dare not
describe 10 yon tonight, 1 prefer
the man who had protected Ann
erican citizens even though ne
had murdered Madero. Zap
plause.)
And villa, having fed, we picked up
Carranza. Who Is Carranza? Next to
Villa, he hates Americans perhaps
more bitterly than any man in Mexico.
He is the gentleman who says in his
letter to Mr.. Lansing, in effect: Eyes,
it was my soldiers that entrapped and
assassinated the American soldiers at
Carrizal 1t was my soldiers that took
advantage of these men who we're sup
posed to be pursuing my enemy" after
the United States had recognized him.
We recognized him, and continued
to pour arms and ammunitions into
Mexico to assist, first, Villa, second,
Carranza, and third, that they might
carry on that interminable and indis-
criminate murder and assassination
which has gone on in that country for
the last 1-2 years, or ever since we
drove Huerta out. Read the Presi-
dents own words upon this. The de-
scription of the affairs in Mexico, COM
I
apparently (this Is written about
six months after we had gotten rid of
Huerta) Mexico is apparently no
nearer the end of her trouble than
before; she has been swept by civil
! war as if by fire, her crops are destroy
ed, her fields lie UNDECIDED, her work
cattle are confiscated for the use of
the army etc. How did they buy
these arms and ammunition? BY TAX
ing the cattle of the poor miserable
4 poems, by taking the products of those
serfs of Mexico and trading them for
our arms and ammunition. Her peo-
pie were compelled to flee to the
mountains to escape being driven into
bloodshed, and no man seems to be
\ able to lead the way to peace and set
tied order. There Is no protection
either for her own citizens or for the
, citizens of other nations. Mexico Is
{ starving, and without government"
i Why? Because we drove out the only
representative of government. Why Is
, she starving? Because the bandits Of
Mexico have taken the cattle and
, means of livelihood from the poems to
trade them for arms and ammunitions.
RAID ON OUR SOIL.
+ My friends, that Is not all. Upon
: the 9th day of March, II remember
correctly, this year, Villa made his
raid upon Columbus, N. Mex. In the
. next few days Pershing moved across
D the DOIu6T III pursuit VI Nliid.
: moved to the south about 100 miles
e and was informed in Mexico. BY who?
A. BY Carranza. Carranza said: You
r can neither move south, east or west,
\ but you must either move north or
: stay where you are" Under this con-
e dition-Now mind you am speaking
: from the record, because Lansing's
e note of June Goth sustains everything
al say-while Pershing was informed
~ in Mexico surrounded on the one
d hand by Villa and upon the other by
1 Carranza. we permitted 1861 600
: rounds of soft-nose bullets to be land
I ed at Vera Cruz and to be delivered to
v Carranza On the 18th day of May,
q at a time when the assassins were
e creeping up upon the soldiers of the
: United States, seeking to entrap them
e who were supposed to be ready to pro-
u tect them against the bandits of Mexi-
,e co, we permitted to be landed again
.? 1250,000 rounds of soft-nose bullets
If and delivered same to Carranza, and
d at the same time we permitted to
i cross the border arms and ammuni-
If ton from this great Christian nation
r. Every bullet which found its way tC
re the heart of an American soldier was
re an American bullet. Every means by
Ia which those boys at CarrizaI were as.
TO sassinated was an American instru-
st mentality, and IL these militia boy
o. who are now upon the border receiv,
We at the nanQS Oh 16XlCduS tnctF uGuLH
I'd it will be by means of arms and am
I'd munitions furnished by Americans b.
Of and with the consent of this govern
IN ment.
My friends, do not quarrel
with President Wilson because he
didn't go to war with Mexico.
No, indeed. As i said upon the
2Sth day of April. more than two
years ago, we do not want war
with Mexico, but / said then and
at that time III we continued to
interfere in Mexico 1t must newt
ably be war, and 1t viii. 1 say.
therefore, that the criticism lOdg-
ed against this administration is
that it didn't in the first place de-
mand protection of our citizens.
and refrain absolutely from in
terfering with Huerta as to
whether he should be President
or anybody else should be Presi-
dent OF Mexico. We should have
stayed within our own dominion.
looked alone to the protection OF
our citizens, and we would have
had them respected, and we would
not have had war with Mexico
either. (Applause.)
Now, my friends, have detained yo
long enough. The Republicans haN
nominated a man who holds the r.
! spect of the American people, regar'
less of whether you are partisan
not, by reason of his doing upon II
broad high plan of constructive state
menship while governor of New Yor
believe as / read the result in Main
that in November a united Republics
? party will go into power again und
the leadership of Charles Eva
Hughes. tApplause.)
J / believe furthermore, and /
! take this from his own candid
! statement, that with reference to
/ this matter which we have been
D discussing, Mr.. Hughes Will do
precisely as he said, insist upon
!, the protection of American citi-
zens and refrain from interfering
with the internal affairs of Mex
/. leo.
If he does so, the Mexican ques-
/. ton, in my Judgment, will be set
tied so far as our interests and
our concern are material to the
. situation, but just so sure as this