The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-11-02

| shOW, mas Dcen guilty. u SnS aSe1s11eSsaa2-
ton Of SO American citizens.
|, Huerta might have been sanfned
with the blood that made him
rise; don't know; but as BE-
tween the man who WAS stained
\ with the blood of a Mexican cid
zen and the inhuman brute Who
has perpetratcd upon American
women outrages which dare lot
/ describe to you tonight, 1 prefer
| the man who had protected Am
erican citizens even though he
had murdered Madcro. ZAP
plausc.)
| And villa, having fed, we picked up
Carranza. Who is 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, in effect: Yes,
| it was my soldiers that entrapped and
lassassinated the American soldiers at
CarriZal. 1t was my soldiers that took
| advantage of these men who were sup
posed to be pursuing my enemy" after
the United States had recognized him.
We recognized him, and continued
to pour arms and ammunftfons into
Mexico to assist, first, Villa, second,
Carranza and third, that they might
carry on that interminable and indis-
criminate murder and assassination
which has gone on in that country for
drove Huerta out. Read the Presi-
dents own words upon this. The de-
scription of the affairs in Mexico, COM
ing from the President: Mexico Is
apparently (this is written 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 civil
war as if by fire, her crops are destroy
ed, her fields lie unheeded, her work
cattle are confiscated for the Rse of
the army etc. How did they buy
these arms and ammunition? By tax
ing the cattle of the poor miserable
poems, by taking the products of those
serfs of Mexico and trading them for
our arms and ammunition. Tier peo-
pie were compelled to flee to the
mountains to escape being driven into
bloodshed, and no man seems to be
able to lead the way to peace and set
tied order. There is no protection
either for her own citizens OF for the
citizens of other nations Mexico is
starving, and without government"
Why? Because we drove out the only
representative of government. Why Is
she starving? Because the bandits of
Mexico have taken the cattle and
means of livelihood from the poems to
trade them for arms and ammanitions.
RAID ON OUR SOIL
My friends, that is not ALL Upon
the 9th day of March, if 1 remember
correctly, this year, Villa made his
raid upon Columbus, N. Mex. In the
next few days Pershing moved across
the border in pursuit of Villa. He
moved to the south about 100 miles
and was interned in Mexico. By who?
By Carranza. Carranza said: You
can neither move south, east or west
but you must either move north or
stay where you are" Under this con-
dition--Now mind you / am speaking
from the record, because Lansing's
note of June Goth sustains everything
say-while Pershing was informed
hand by Villa and upon the other by
Carranza, we permitted 1,350,o00
rounds of soft-nose bullets to be land
ed at Vera Cruz and to be delivered to
Carranza. On the 18th day of May,
at time when the assassins were
creeping up upon the soldiers Of the
United States seeking to entrap them
who were supposed to be ready to pro-
tect them against the bandits of Mexi-
co, we permitted to be landed again
1 100000 rounds of soft-nose bullets
and delivered same to Carranza, and
at the same time we permitted to
cross the border arms and ammuni-
ton from this great Christian nation.
Every bullet which found it's way to
an American bullet. Every means by
which those boys at Carrizal were as
was an American inStru-
mentality, and if these militia boys
who are now upon the border receive
at the hands of Mexicans their death,
1t will be by means of arms and am
munitions furnished by Americans by
and with the consent of this govern
nent.
My friends, / do not quarrel
with President Wilson because he
didn't go to war with Mexico.
No, indeed. AS / said upon the
2Sth day of April, more than two
years ago, we do not want war
with Mexico, but I said then and
at that time if we continued to
interfere in Mexico it must newt
ably be war, and it will. i say.
therefore, that the criticism lodg-
ed against this administration Is
that 1t didn't in the first place de-
mand protection of our citizens.
and refrain absolutely from in
terfering with Huerta as to
whether he should be President
or anybody else should be Presi-
dent of Mexico. We should have
stayed within our own dominion.
looked alone to the protection OF
our citizens, and we would have
had them respected, and we would
IOG nave ndu WdF WIFI McXIeO
either. (Applause.)
Now, my friends. l have detained you
ong enough. The Republicans have
a man who holds the re-
pect of the American people, regard
ess of whether you are partisan or
lot, by reason of his doing upon the
,road high plan of constructive states
nenship while governor of New York.
believe, as / read the result in Maine,
hat in November a united Republican
'arty will go into power again under
he leadership of Charles Evans
Hughes. (Applause.)
/ believe Furthermore, and l
take this from his own candid
statement that with reference to
this matter which we have been
discussing, Mr.. Hughes will dc
precisely as he said, insist upon
the protection of American cfti-
Zens and refrain from interfering
with the internal affairs of Mex
leo.
If he does So the Mexican Ques-
ton, in my judgment, will be set
tied so far as our interests and
our concern are material to the
situation, but just so sure as this
policy which we are now pursuing
continues we will have to go to
Mexico.
Why counsel with Carranza? Sup
ose we come to an agreement with
arranza tonight, what will We do