American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-10-19

tAON u % y mti an AllLNh1s IiI|ht
have been stained with the blood that made
him rise. | don't know, but as between the
man who was stained with the blood OF a
Mexican citizen and the inhuman brute who
has perpetrated upon American women out
RACES which | dare not describe to you tonight,
/ prefer the man who had murdered Madero.
And villa having fled, we picked up Carranza.
Who j. 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: "Yes, it
was my soldiers that entrapPed and assassin
ated the American soldiers at Carrizal." 1t
was my soldiers that took advantage of these
men who were supposed to be pursuing my
enemy, after the United States had recognize
ed him, { viper that he is). we recognized him,
and continued TO pour arms and ammunitiOns
into Mexico to assist, first, villa, second, Car
rama, and third, that they might carry on the
interminable and indiscriminate murder and
assassination which has gone on in that cOun-
try for the last two and One-half years, or
ever since we drove Huerta out.
Read the presidents own words upon this, writ
ten 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 a civil war as if by fire, her crops de-
stroyed, her fields lie unheeded, her work cattle
are confiscated for the use of the army, ETC."
How did they buy these arms and ammuni-
ton? By taking the cattle of the poor, miser-
able poems, by taking the products of those SER
wants of Mexico and trading them for our arms
and ammunition.
Her people were compelled to flee to the
mountains to escape being driven into blood
shed, and no man seemed to be able to lead
the way to settled peace and order. There is no
protection either for her own citizens or for
the citizens Of other nations. Mexico is starry
ing and without government Why? Because
we drove out the only representative of govern
ment. Why is she starving? Because the ban
dts of Mexico have taken the cattle and means
of livelihood from the poems to trade them for
arms and ammunition.
FURNISH BULLETS 10 KILL AMERICANS
My friends, that is not all. Upon the 9th
day OF March. ii | %remember correctly, this
year, Villa made his raid upon Columbus.
New Mexico. In the next few days Pershing
moved across the border in pursuit OF villa.
lie moved TO the south about 1850 miles and
was informed in Mexico. BY who! BY Car.
rama. tarranza said. "Y0u can neither
move south, east or west, but You must Ell
ther move north or stay where Won are"
Under this c0nditiOn-nOw mind you am
speaking from the record, because Lansing's
note OF June 10th sustains everything | say =
while Pershing was informed i'm Mexico, sur
rounded ON the one hand by Villa and upon
the other by CarTanza, we permitted I.35OOOO
rounds OF sort nOZed bullets to be landed at
Vera Cruz and to be delivered to Carranza
On the 18th day of May, at a time when the
aSSaSSiIS were creeping up upon the soldiers
OF the United States, seeking TO entrap those
VINO were ready to protect them against the
bandits OF Mexico, we permitted TO be landed
"Shih i.-oV'"uV TOunuS OF SOIL iOZpu bullets
ana delivered TO Carranza, and at the same
time we were rushing across the border arms
and ammunition from this great Christian
nation. Every bullet which found IFS way
TO the heart OF an American soldier was an
American bullet. Every means by which
th0se boys at CaTrizal were aSsasSinated was
IN american fundamentally, aud ii these mi
nilih boys who are now upon the border re-
cel'e death Mt the hands OF a Mexican, il will
he b! means OF arms and ammunitions fur.
hiShed by AmericanS. by and with the con-
sent OF this government.
wilson because he didn't go to war with Mexico
NO. indeed. As | said upon the 14th day of
April more than two years ago, We do not want
war with Mexico; but | said then and at Thar
time If we continued to Interfere in Mexico il
must inevitably be war, and il viii. saw. there
lore, mat the criticism lodged against this adj
nlInlStralion IS that it did not in the first place
demand protection of our citizens. and refrain al
solutely from Interfering with Iuerta DC ~
whether he should be president or anybody else
should be president OF Mexico. We should have
STAYED within our own dominion, looked alone
10 the protection of our citizens. and we would
rave then been respected, and we wouId nor
isavc had war either '
Why counsel with Carrar1oo ~
come to an agreement with him tonight. What viii
we 40 WIN VIA? CarranZa has no more author
ny IN Mexico than the particular territory upon
when ms feet rests. Torn. distracted and bleed
ing Mexico, under the present svstam of irtorcon
"S ana FURNISHING arms and ammunition. viii
never be restored under this system unless we
80 mere ana restore it. and l do not want war
win Mexico. Don't misunderstood mo ~,
friends do not speak for Mr.. Hughes or any-
pody nut myself; don't misunderstood me. If II
were necessary to have war TO protect American
-, anu american men, so far as am con
'erned' l would have war. N"
peJ.Fe that We will all agree that the flag
which will not protect its protectors is y dir,, n "a
mhch contaminates the air in which IL roats
~ ou'! way to make it respected is. first: a.
tenu TO our own business: TO treat All nat;or,
"a, ahu honest; to plead for their friendship.
= MIh thelr respect. but above all things IN sey
~ mem that American citizenship. sacred AMI
in n Is me price of our peace with them
aoIpion OF Address Delivered by Senator Ror,b