Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-10-22
Albuquerque Morning Journal Sunday October e. 1916

murdered, and vast properties devel-
oped 10y American capital and enter
prise destroyed: that the murdcrers
have not been brought to Justice;
that during the past nine months ,
there have been constant nvasions,
dcpredations and murders on Ameri-
can soil by Mexican bandits; that AM
crican soldiers have been killed; Am
crican ranches raided, American rail-
way trains wrecked and plundcred,
and American towns destroyed; and
that CarranZa's soldiers and adhcr-
cnts took part in the loounE burning
and killing, that the murders were
characterized by ruthless brutality
and harharous mutilation; that some
of the leaders in these atrocities have
not only received protection, but en-
enlargement and aid from Carranza's
government, that during this time |
there was instance after instance OF
the harharous slaughter of uuoffond- |
ing Americans in Mexico itself in adj
dition to the hcnous crimes commit |
ted in numbering, burning and plum
Gcriug on American soil. that car !
ranza's generals made no effort to |
stop the crimes, and that Carran2 /
himself was either unable, or else
considered II undesirable, to punish
the criminals; that Carranza gave
neither cooperation nor assistance to
I the American troops who pursued the
| bandits: that on the contrary car
lanza's adhcrents halted the Ameri-
can pursuit at Parral and became the
protectors of villa and his bandits
| and that CarranZas government has
/ shown that it does not intend nor dc
1 sire that the outlaws bandits and
/ criminals who have been guilty OF
/ these murders and outrages, shall be
| captured, destroyed or dispersed, eth
/ or by American troops or by Mexican
! troops
Uses Iansing's Words.
In the above statement | have used
! the exact words of Mr.. Wilson's sec
rotary, merely condensiuE the state
ment and keeping exactly its sense. !
have not used one word not contain
ed in the statement No indictment
/ hy me of Mr. wilson's policy could be
as strong as that furnished by him
( self, Immediately afterwards oc-
Cured the treachcrous murder of our
troops at CarrizaI Then Mr.. Wilson
became frightened, bowed in abJect
submission to Carranza, kissed the
hand that was red with the blood OF
American men and women, and, in
asmuch as he dared not hold Carran
"a responsible, began in unman$
fashion to scold Carranza $ Wretched
! American victims.
j Mr. Wilson says he has kept us
out Of war" The democratic plat
form says that the MeXicans have
made war upon and murdered our
= people" For once the democratic
platform told the truth. Mr. Wilson
p SAYS that some of the murdered men
were harharously mutiIated. In the
press one such case of mutilauon is
, described Two troopers Of the l2th
. L. s cavalry, Henry Subbletleld ana
t Richard Johnson, one from virginia
, and one from New York, were kllleu
t by CarranZa S troops at PfoGfeso
. Texas, on september %, 1913. STUB
: blefield's body was found soon aitel
f the fight johnson was reported
( missing. but Mexican prisoners IN
S formed our officers that Johnson mac
e been tortured and beheaded, his body
l thrown into the Rio Grande, and his
e head and ears cutoff and displaNel
- to the p0puIace Of the Mexican tow
: of Conception as evidence that Am
e erican troops had been routed. TN
- was not an exceptional instance;
f was lyrical of what has gone on un
t checked IN Mexico.
d Mr.. Wilson and his followers ar
G fond of asking, when we criticize nj
+, action. "What would you have done
Either one of two courses could prop
e crlv have been followed. 1t WouI
r have been dcfcusiblc to have recol
h nized Hucrta, in view of the fact ina
j. other great powers had recognize
q him. and. of course it was quite III
@ defensible to refuse to recognize hin
e. and vet recognize Benavides i'm PERI
- and CarranZa in Mexico. In SUE
& event we would have held Huerta t
ostrict responsibility" by acts, for re
{. storing order in Mexico and for pro
r. tecting American life and property.
Il What lie Would DO.
S This course would have been d'
O ronsible. Personally, it seems to nm
n that it would have been even bette
l. to have done exactly what Mr.. WIlso
n said he would do, but did not do. n
- said to congress on August ~ 1919
T. eve should let everyone who assume
IS TO exercise authority in any part
- Mexico know in the most unequiVoci
.e way that we shall Vtgilantly Walc
y tine fortunes Of those Americans Wn
-" can not get away, and shall hol
It those responsible for their sufterlni
D. and LOSSES to a definite reckonln
,r This can be and will be put beyon
N the possibility Of misunderstood
f. ing" on the Same day he sent
,e tho American consul general and cor
RI suIar agents i'm Mexico two lcleEfaI
,e mstructing them ITO nouiy an OIL