The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-15
FEARS A MASSACRE
IN TAMPIC0 REGION
A Large Oil Producer De.
scribes the Peril Of Amer.
leans There.
HE ATTACKS CARRANZA


The totioutno tnterrte,o on conditions
as they actually are IN Merfco, and es-
~pecidiiv In the Tdmptco district. con-
froiied BY Cen. Corrdnsd. % a 0tuen to
THE sun yesterday by n OF tho largest
producers Of oil In that district. THE
SUN docs not publish hLs Sap,e. becoNse
u accepts his mont that his We
,oouid not be safe tohen he returned to
Ncrico " the name Vere published.
was not surprised at the news Of the
slaughter OF American citizens in Chi
huahua. Who would be that has lived
in Mexico who has seen our nag
stamped upon. spit upon. and who has
abandoned all hope of Justice and cour-
tgeous action by the present Admins
tration at Washington?
What 1 have to say-and every Ameri-
can on the west coast Of Mexico will
bear me outs that what occurred near
chihuahua Is likely any day to happen
in the TanpIco district. l deal In facts,
mind not In guesswork or speculation.
In the tanuco district of TAiupico,
which is controlled by Carranza, two
Americans have been shot to death In
The past few months by the patriots"
In the case Of Frank King. II Ii COM
moi knOWleuSe VINO tne leduer OF the
murderers is. lie goes unpublished.
Open ScasOn for Slaughter.
In fact, 1t is generally understood that
the whole year IL An open season for
that ] nave been AZ Tampico eighteen
Americans and five English subjects
have been murdered. Aside from "a few
weeks In jail no punishment whatever
vas met.a out to the murderers. and
few have suffered even that inoon-
vsniencs.
The lower and much more valuable oil
held is held at certain points aiong the
gulf by ~Carranzistas. The Interior. or
producing field. is, or was three weeks
ago, held by Nillistas under Gen. Pelias,
with about 1000 men, who made the
Pearson main camp, Potrero de Llano,
and the n~e.ghboring Indian villages his
headquarters.
Pel.as is Il good natured thief and
seems to dislike the spiiling Of blood
He has "A merry time watching for and
intercepting the payrolls of the Pearson
and Penn-Mex. OIL compa MES. He and
sam Weaver Of the Penn-Mex. Company
play a constant game Of hide and seek
Sans pay t. to get the payroll OF
usually about $1,000 pesos to camp and
distributed among the white and Mexi.
can employees before Pellas's men cal
commanders 1t.
Sam has had the best of II until q
short time ago when. shortly after the
money had been smuggied into camp
Pelias's forces rushed him. sam threw
the money hastily into the safe and
locked 1t up.
Dynamite ~ the winner.
open that safe :" ordered the patriot
"Not on your lifc,' said Sam.
"Carrajo, bring in the dynamite :"
"Oli, I'll open H." said Sam. and *
Pelias won that trick,
But suppose some "Gringo' hateI
takes Pelias's place? Even If the lives
Of Americans n Englishmen are spared
Il seems that the correct war policy OF
the part OF Carranza's enemies would h
to cut on Carranza's main revenue
producer by destroying the immense Of
wells in that section.
Pearson or Agulla has a possible pro
duction of 100000 barrels daily. Tn,
Penn-Mex. Company can produce 1900
barrels daily. and the wells OF other con
Germs are capable OF turning M 100. 00t
barrels daily. All of the lives Of theii
employ ees and all OF their property are
or were three weeks ago, At the mere,
Of Villistas.
Then there Is another very real ter
ror. the Santa Maria Indians. the only
real savages | have met in that part Of
Mexico. They take orders from no one
They torture their prisoners. white o,
Mexican, When the Carranza official,
sent them an order recently to releas,
certain prisoners they pinned the writ
ten order upon the breast of the luck
less messenger and drove a dagge,
through 1t and his heart.
Whole villages and all the countr.
along the Chicaros River are terrorizet
by them. The villages of Tantima. Tan
COCO and Choutla are deserted. Hun
dreds have been killed, Many persons
have had the skin cut from the soles o
their feet. The Santa Narias are note
Ciringo haten. Nominally they ar
C~srranzistas and nominaily have beei
recognized by Washington. l suppos
what I have said about these Indian
10 known IN Washington. Our Consul
must nave submitted reports.
The Administration closes eyes an
ears to the truth about Mexico and keep
on playing politics. Al least so pc
cent. of the Mexican people are prayinI
for peace and viii not take up arm
under any circumstances. even in cas-
of Intervention by the United Slater
The $50, 900 fighters, patriots" who ar
making anarchy In Mexico, are con
victs, thieves, half starved poems. blood
thirsty Indians.
Many thousands who were forced I
join the armies lind after a time tina
the life is so agreeable they do no car
to go back 10 honest work.
PlundcrinR More Profitable.
They hnd that they can often plunde
more In ono day than they could "A b
work in a year. They have carte blanch
to shoot cattle. steal horses. loot ha
ciendas and assault women. And thea
are the patriots Mr., Wilson la lookin
to 10 bring about an Ideal democracy |
Mexico!
As for us Americans who do not hol
by the new tangled doctrine that n
American has a right to earn "A dolla
outside of the United States. who sti
believe that an American has a right I
push business wherever he can, we hay
looked for massacre, and still expect |
We were invited into Mexico whe
Mexico had a responsible Government.
1t has none to-day under Carranz;
and II has no courts. Could any me
have had q more shameful lesson I
the tinidity and cowardice of the
Government thar we had when III
United States OF America deserted l
and left us to the protection of a Gel
man naval captain?
UAnTEV NOT IN THE DATE