Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-08-07
OF
MEXICO REFUTED
IN NEW BOOKLET
AMERICANS WHO ORGANIZED TO
PROTECT INTERESTS IN THE RE-
PUBLIC BAND TOGETHER.
SAY DISCUSSION OF CAUSE IS
WORTHLESS NOW-lNSlST THAT
PROMPT ACTION Is NEEDED.
rS~,riei q, The iIcraiil


SAN ANTONIO. Tex. Aug. :. The
Nmvrirln International rrntc, i've a..
%>uciAtipm. which WAS r%cvrntl, ORGANIZED,
III this city for the purpo>r II nnifyiny
the Americans and American iniert >t>
in Mexico and along the MeNi'an border
in The United States. has gotten il ir>I
literature from the press. One Of III, an
nonnccd purposes Of The movement l. IA
rcfutc the accusation which have emf
mated from man! quarters ,nat the Am
crlcan and American investors in Mexico
were bcncfcidric> OF valuable cou,cs
sIonS who exploited and de>poilcd Mex
leo and The Mexican people.
The first booklet contains a state
mcnt of facts endorsed unanimousl, y,
over 500 Americans from Mexico al the
meeting for temporary organization
July II. This statement sets forth that
The object of the movement N not alone
DIRECTED toward the end of conserving
the interests ~ capital invested ia Mex
leo, hut the tu.uUU or more Americans.
who have been forced 10 leave thcir
homes and other interests there. includ
ing laborers, mechanics and men eft all
trades and professions. Ii cite, the fact
that Americans who Went there fell
that they would be- accorded the consti.
%tuiiOnal and treaty rights guaranteed
them by this country as well n the con
stitution of Mexico and calls attention
To the fast that this country has com
piled with every part of SIS treat, oh
legations with Mexico for five wears
past. That ID has asylum "a approx
matcly "A million Of her refugees who
that the public hospitals and charita
BILE institutions az all points within a
hundred Or more miles north of the Dor.
der are filled with afflicted refugees.
over 5000 in Los Angeles alone. over
900 under public and private charities
in San Antonio and proportionatcly
the same a. AL points along the lSoo
miles Of border.
The booklet says, dhat IN the mean
while. Americans. whose advent IL
McNico brought about the increase IN
wages ~ all public work from three a.
ten or more fold. are not permitted ~
=" NJ their homes or places ~ business
there. that Mexico " in no wa com
,plying with nor does the outlook indi-
cate that they intend Ia comply with
their part ct the treaty agreement
That II in 4 one sided contract ia which
our people are getting the worst Of u.
The huuklrt asserts that the Amcri
ein, ~ Mexico were ~ no way rrSpon-
>ibIr for the chaotic cundr ions that
have existed there for five or more wears
past. that they stood bv President Disz.
Mddcro and Ilucrta. and would today
,and IN any man who promised 10
bring about \ restoration ~ conditions
there. That the troubles were brought
about y. McNlranS and Americans VIII"
made money in war supplies in the Uni
ted States. and the Americans of Mex.
Il" did everything 10 their power to
avert il.
II directs attention 10 condition ~
famine and pestilcncc among the people
III Mexico, says il II not q question ~
politics but Ameritanism, that u IL
now inopporiune In discuss how condi
tions were brought about or how they
might have been avcrtcd, but asserts
that the conditions exist and must bs
met fearlcSsIy. promptly and decidedly.