Graham guardian., 1916-03-31
WHO is PUTTING UP THE
MONEY?


lous influences are spreading alarmist
reports about the Mexican situation,
with the object of forcing interven'
ton by the United States, in the in
terest of certain American owners
of Mexican properties"
1t has been pretty well known
ever since the assassination of Presi-
dent Madero, that the succeeding
revolutions in Mexico have been
kept alive by big interests in the
United States, who have financed
the different leaders; in fact have
furnished all the money needed for
arms and ammunition by the diff.
ferent factions in keeping up a con-
dition of affairs that has practically
impoverished Mexico.
The strange part of this most
horrible business is the fact that
while everyone seems to agree that
the several revolutions in Mexico
have been financed by American in.
terests, yet nothing has ever been
done to put a stop to it. For some
reason the enforcement of neutral
ity has never reached the big ones"
who have put up the money for the
revolutionary leaders.
1t is known that during the Orozco
revolution, that the money to pay
the soldiers came through the Amer.
lean Banking Association; that the
soldiers were paid promptly from
the first to the fifteenth on each
month, no matter where they were
located, or if they were engaged 10
battle at the time, the financial
agents of the Orozco revolution
were allowed free access to the front
to deliver the pay checks.
At the present time it would
seem that these same interests are
bending every effort to bring about
intervention. All kinds of stories
are circulated with the view of
bringing about war between the two
nations.
Several months ago the admins
tration at Washington put it up to
the Carranza and Villa factions to
show their ability to control their
country at the end of certain
time, the dominant faction then to
be recognized by the United States
as the defacto government until an
election could be held.
CarranZa's forces seemed to be
the most successful and his govern
ment was recognized. Amnesty was
offered to all Villistas who surrend-
cred, but Villa refused to end the
war. He continued with his bandits
to wage war upon the Carranza
soldiers until he was badly defeated,
losing battle after battle, as well as
every town previously in his pos
session and garrisoned by his
soldiers.
When driven off into the hills he
vowed to make war upon all Ameri.
cans on account of the United States
recognizing Carranza, and proceeded
to carry this into effect. His first
massacre of Americans occurred at
San Ysabel, when eighteen mining
men were taken from a train and
killed and their bodies horribly mu-
tilated.
Villa had been declared an out.
law by the Carranza defscto gov.
ernment and the United States could
not wage war with Mexico, as that
country could not be held responsi.
BILE for the acts of an outlaw.
Villa evidently thought that the
San Ysabel massacre would bring
about war, and when it failed to do
so, he declared that he would ac-
complish an outrage that would and
the raid on Columbus, N. NJ, came
next.
This time the United States had
to get busy and our troops are now
on Mexican soil for the purpose of
capturing Villa.
Now is when the big plans of
those who favor intervention for
their own personal gain are supposed
to be executed. All kinds of stories
of the conditions along the border