El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-23


two proprietors, according to the police
report.
he was convinced that the charges
against me Of having fomented rebel
lion against hill. were really calumnies
and false.
Cleared by MaderO.
have letter in my possession
signed by president Madero's minister
of the interior. in which he states that
the president held the conviction that
1 was not an enemy Of his government.
II is true that my property interests
have served to fOment all the revolu-
tons but it is also publicly notorious
that these properties were taken from
me without my consent
From the time that Gen. Orozco
raised his flag in favor Of Madero and
started his revolution in the mountains
of Chihuahua, my property has been
the object of the most scandalous de-
VISITATION; my cattle have been sacri-
feed for the subsistence Of the troops
and the citizens; 1nnumerable cattle,
horses and mules have been sold on
this side of the frontier as well as in
the local markets: all stocks of mer-
chandise. wagons, seeds, furniture, fix
lures, in fact, all that was of some
utility was extracted from my
haciendas.
These facts are well known to all
the world.
The OrOzcO Revolt.
When in 1912 Gen. Orozco again
arose against the government my
property was again subjected to enOr-
nous devastation by the revolution
aries, but to a vaster extent than they
had been the first time Enormous
numbers Of cattle were taken to Ciudad
Juarez and subsequently sold IN this
country. in Chihuahua 1 was obliged
to pay heavy forced loans; one of my
sons was taken prisoner in Ciudad
Juarez by one Of the revolutionary
chiefs and his liberty was obtained only
through paying a heavy ransom
BY the above means and always
against my Will, was the Orozquista
revolution fomented and carried on by
using my property. This same declar-
alton was made in the press on several
occasions by Gen. OrOzco HIMSELF Dur
ing the period of the dominion of the
government that emanated from what
is known as the rebellion of La
Ciudaidela,' l was also the object of
attack by some of the adherents Of
Gen. Huerta, and one Of the members
Of his cabinet directed attacks against
me during and in a session Of the fed
eral congress.
The villa Revolt.
When Gen. Villa obtained control Of
the state of Chihuahua, he took possess
sion Of my property on a much vaster
scale than had been done by any Of
the preceding factions. He took pos
session of my ranches, my real estate,
in fact everything that was recognized
as belonging TO me. The citizens of
FL Paso especially and those of Ciudad
Juarez as well as those OF the entire
Mexican republic, know full well to
what use all this property was put.
Gen. Villa, in order to justify his
proceedings, assured the world in two
Of his proclamations that were pub
lished in the press OF this city, that
was giving large amounts of money
to the first chief, Gen. CarranZa. Gen.
Carranza knows well that this is false
On the other hand, the Carranzista
press was asserting that 1 was in con-
nivance with Gen. villa and that, too,
just at time when he was torturing
one Of my sons in the city OF Chi
huahua. But, have said that I SUI
fered all this grief and loss in silence,
because 1 considered that they were
the result more or less inevitable of
the fury and exaltation of bad pas
sions, a product of the bloody armed
strife
Carranza's Rise.
But when Gen. Carranza obtained
control Of the major portion Of the
republic and was granted recognition
first by the United States, and then
by nearly all the other nations, and
as a de factO government,
all Of US who had been so unjustly
treated. prosecuted and damaged, be-
lieved that we were going to have
ample guarantees in our person and
our property; that the fury and pas
sion that originated the bloody COM
bat, would be succeeded by magnan-
Unity and a spirit Of justice, inherent
In those who triumphed and that the
would reconstruct the edi-
flee Of the fatherland, which had been
shattered to its very foundations by
the terrible struggle.
Unfortunately it has not been thus.
Many. innumerable MeXicans remain
refugees: our properties are being TAX
en- by those who today represent the
In Ciudad Juarez more than
one thousand cattle have been sacri-
ficed lately and in the city of Chi
1uahua. l have been informed. they are
also butchering my cattle, the meat OF
which is being sold by the Quartet gen
eral Of the de factO government and
in this city the Mexican consul ex-
presses himself that the government
he represents can take possession of |
the interests Of the Terrazas and Ma
iero families, on the plea that these
families are hostile to his govern
ment, declaring as spoils Of war the |
interests and property Of individuals |
even Of foreigners, and which inter- I
asts and properties have been taken
by Carranzista troops from the enemy.
Again, ~SpOiIs of War;
Until now 1 have understood and
also have been assured by persons en- [
tirely competent in the matter, that
spoils Of war are considered to be such /
property as belong to belligerent ]
state, and that have been taken bv i
force of arms and from that state in !
war with the other: that in regard to (
civil wars these spells OF war are con-
sidered to Be national property or
property belonging to the enemy fac I
ion and which faction is considered /
Is an individual, that is; all armament |