El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-02-03

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daries of the United States and at
tack troops Of another faction. / my
self two years ago III q most respect
fal letter to the President through
his secretary Of state, Ia an endeavor
ito give him some Information al
though, OF course, he considered II
from a pfeindiced source-and 20 give
him some insight into what was going
on and OF the condition Of mind VI
the Mexican people and the condition
Of facts as tn the Mexican situation
warned him then that the action Of
his predecessor, Mi. Taft, In allowing
1.-THE Madero soldiers freely to 60
through our borders upon . trains
and to attack Orozcbs and other rey0-
l~lutionists at different points, had re-
suited in the loss Of numerous Amer
lfcan lives, In the outrage Of Ameri-
can women. and in the holding for
ransom OF American men. ! pro
duced and | have called to the at
~tention OF the senate OF the United
States the sworn testimony in the
case, embodied in the report made by
ore Of your subeommittees to this
body, wherein the evidence concern
Ing Inez Salaear brought out that the
result OF Nr. TafFs action then was
to cause the outrage Of American
women, the murder Of American men,
nd the destruction Of American prop
erty. because we had taken sides with
one faction. on July ~, 1912, during
Mr.. TAft's administration, ! denounced
his action then as causing the muir.
der Of Americans. ! can say now that
the unfortunate action of the Presi-
dent OF the United States in not only
recognizing the Carranza govern
ment, but IN actively assisting that
government with arms, as he is now
doing, and in guarding its troop trains
containing 5000 soldiers proceeding
from Eagle Pass, within our borders,
TO Aqua Prieta-guarded by our own
military against attack by bomb or
otherwise; / say to you now. with all
due sense of the import of my words,
that that mistaken action Of the Pres
fdent Of the United Staten is re-
sponsible for the death Of the II
Americans in Chihuahua.
The U. S. and Paneho
Mr.. President. villa had been the
pet Of the United States. George
Carothers, q special representative,
had been with him from practically
the outbreak Of the revolution up to
the time when he went to Aqua
Prieta.
The senator from Missouri is again
mistaken In his facts when he says
that before the recognition Of Car.
rama the Villa army was dissipated.
What are the facts, Mr.. President?
Pancho villa left the city Of Chihua.
hua with $4,000 men. estimated when
they arrived at Aqua Prieta by the
army officers OF the United States at
10000, exclusive Of those who we're
with Rodriguez at Cananea. He
Travelled across mountains for $50 or
800 miles with no source Of supplies,
the last hundred miles being practi.
cally over the burning desert with
not a drop os water upon It. He
traversed canyons 5000 feet deep
with sides almost as precipitous as
the walls Of this building. He climb
ed mountain peaks and Went through
defiles Of the mountains through
which only a burro or 3 trained horse
could go to reach his enemies at
Aqua Prieta and Naco.
The government Of the United
States. which had unheld him. which
had held him as a great warrior and
a patriot, which had had a special
representative with him, receiving
special favors from his hands, the
man to whom the secretary Of state
addressed communications Of an on.
cial character rather than address
them to Carranza-and the records Of
the STATE department win show 1t and
the records Of Carrahza's department
will show that the first break that
came between him and Villa was
brought about BY Vaccinations Of
American agents. and that one OF the
acts Of these agents and Of the sec.
Of state, which Carranza de-
nounced at a cabinet meeting, was the
sending OF kilograms from the secre-
tary Of state to Pancho Villa, one Of
his subordinate officers, instead Of to
himself, when they we're both in the
same town Of chihuahua. When Pan
cho villa arrived at Aqua Prieta he
found that instead Of a garrison Of
something like 1900 he had veteran
including 1000 Indians, TO con.
tend with. and over 5000 troops, in
the Indians, who had been de.
Iivered in Aqua Prieta while he was
vending his way through the noun
and across the plains by the
American government. with the ton.
CUES hanging out of the mouths Of
his men, he attacked and was repulsed
by the artillery conveyed through the
United States for this purpose by
Of the secretary or war and Of
he President of the United States.
At NoeaIes
When the garrison Of Nogales, UNI
Ter the constitutional governor Of
he State Of Chihuahua, Randall
to resist the occupation Of
hat town. it was not only attacked
~ Obregon's troops marching through
he interior but coming to their as
distance. on the soil Of the United
states and IN american trains under
suard OF American troops, was an
contingent Of Obregon's army
rom Aqua Prieta; and when Nogales {
vas evacuated by Randall and BY (
lila, and Villa returned to the at ,