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CARRANZA'S ASSURANCE
TOPROTECT FOREIGNERS

WASHINGTON, Jan. l2.-Here are
the assurances for the protection or
foreigners in Mexico which Gen.
Carranza gave to the United States,
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Bolivia.
Uruguay and Guatemala at the
time he was formally recognized
last October:
The Constitutionalist Govern
ment shall afford TO foreigners re-
siding in Mexico all the guarantees
to which they are entitled accord
ing to our laws and shall amply
protect their lives, their freedom
and the enjoyment Of their rights
OF property, allowing them indem.
mites for the damages which the
revolution may have caused to
them in so far as such indemnities
may be just and which are to be
determined by a procedure to be
established later. The Government
shall also assume the responsibility
Of legitimate financial obligation"
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I'VE we're IN Mexico city, my father.
motner. Nv. sisters and my smai.
hi other and myself, when Secretary of
state Bryan's telegram was posted re-
mind'ng Americans that We had been
warned TO leave Mexico. We hadn't
thought much Of that warning. We
thought IL was just another blum. hut
We had left Cuernavaca We left our
place In charge OF the mOzos--farm-
hsnds--and We left our library Of 5000
volumes, and lot of other things We
haven't heard from the mo2os or the
library since.
We'll, then We heard that the war
ships might land troops, and cveryhoIT
piled To the railroad station to ge, TO
Vera Cruz. That was on April Is. That
night the last train full OF American
women and children left for Vera cruz
The next day the sailors and marines
landed and drove the McNiCaus out 4
the city.
There wcrc anti-hmcrlcan riots n
Mexico city th" next day. We Nercn
harmed. but as W. passed through i've
crowds fists were shaken at us and tah
worst Kind Of abuse ,roamod al US. We
went to Soledad on a later train, arl
there Admiral A2ueta, tho commaudant
OF the Mexican Naval School At Nel.t
Cruz. boarded the train to see nay
mother
"He was an old friend and he to-
us how the Americans had driven tn"
Mexicars from the city. II was all We
could do to keep from showing our joy
though the Adnlirdls son had been killed
in the retreat. He left us "A little before
We reached break in the tracks just
outside the American outposts, and then
we saw the frst of the bluejaCkcts. not
in blue at ALL but In old. dirty white
but how We did cheer them They
couldn't understand why our train had
the German and English iiags, not tho
American
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EAsro%. Md, Jan. i@ Maar., '..
SON, u"" uf those reported ''.,'
Mexican bandits last N uIas. a.. t
son oc Roland Anderson "a .uf
Easton T." elder Andrr, .. t.,. .
brothers, has been engaged ..
operations IN IN" Chilun .Ua :
for many years.
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krESE, y II. Jan. l2.--Thomss R
Holmes and George W Newman Of 'r..
city we're among The victims of he
bandits Newman was killed, n!'
Holmes escaped.
Holmes IL the son OF judge ard w.,
l.. w. Holmc- of k.eue. lie wa -fit
udted from kekeknek High School .'.
the mining department Of the Massa..'
sets Institute of Technology. II, H
and year-old child are in FL Pas
Newman was Il son Of Mr.. ard Nr
u. W. Newman Ut tuiou street ...
WAS graduated from the high s,n.-J
l>9s, and IN 1909 completed au .r.
neeriug course AT Dartmouth. II" ''. (.
a wife and child
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the foreigners at the post office. ! speak
Spanish and French. 30 stayed there o.
month and saw the Americans clean UP
Vera Cruz as IL never has been cleaned
UP before or since
I'VE have stayed In Vera Cruz over
since" Miss Woods said "and have
met most OF the prominent Mexlcans.
No, ! never have met Mr.. Carranza'--
Miss Woods gives It the Spanish pro-
nunciation. Carransa--''but | know Luis
Cahrere we'll. There 10 one Of the COM
ing men OF Mexico. Ho Is scholar and
a patriot. and Is ABOUT the only promf-
nent Mexican who never has had a mill
tary title. You know he has Just been
, In this country, and Is to reorganize the
Mexican legal system Flo is one Of the
, men they mus, count on for their regen-
Grafton In Mexico
DO you believe that the United states
should have recognized Huerta, that he
is the one strong man who could have
brought peace to Mcxico?' Miss WOODS
was asked.
mo. do not" she replied. "Mexico's
greatest man was Francisco Madeo.
Whoever killed Madero killed Mexico.
our family knew him we'll. and he was
Mexico's only chance He and his fam
lily we're of the very best kind OF MeNi-
cans He was a gentleman. scholar
and patriot absolutely without per
sonsl ambition.
ono man to watch is Gen. Aware
Obregon. He Is ambitious and he is
abba Cen Pablo Gonzales. who Is COM
mandant Of Mexico city. 10 said to be .
good commander and considerate Of
| foreisners"
Fear "Arttcle a."
Then Miss Woods told Of article 80.
| "articulo treinta y tres" of tho Mexican
| Constitution. OF which all foreigners live
in fear. This article. II seems. permits
! the expulsion from Mexico OF all per
nicious foreigners" Its power Ia sup
posed TO be exercised only by the Pres-
dent. but often subordinstes enforce 1t.
| senior Cardoza O.ive!ra- the Brazilian
| Minister. who represented the United
States. Is said To have left because OF
| this article
In operation. Miss Woods said. the
article, which Americans call ARTICLE %,
/ is invoked to deport all foreigners who
make statements derogHory to the Gov
ernment and the existing order Of things.
! Does that apply To- tho Church," Miss
| Woods was asked.
! No" she answered. II know II has
been said that this is a religious war.
There Is no general feeling among the
poems against the Chur,h. II Is not ii
! religious war. The peopl are all Catholic.
Any government would have 10 recog-
nizc that fact"
THE SrN has published articles about
the Mexican train service that our own
| Government guaranteed as regular.
Miss Woods was told What have you
heard OF Grain service"
Well" she repi!'.. there is some
thing like reeular train service Oh the
$50 mile run from Vera cruz =, Naxicn
city. but il is risky. because the Zapa.
tIstas are always attacking tie trains
often 'ney roll rocks down on them
"Aen they arc in som. Of the deep cu's
when they round curves. II is a. noun
famous country
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BvFfALo, Jan. i2.--Charlcs We. g
one OF the Americans Killed h> N.N
bandits. was a native ~ N,I.t a.
was widely known in real ,sta". .
mining circles here. He .t'i HI"
thirty ycars ago To- engage ~ l.r.
business IN McXiro. \ >IS.,r. '.
charles G. rruw, resides here,
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KNOWN AS BRAVE MEN
NintnG Men In New York Ten Of
Bandfta' Victims.

Some Of the Americans who ,.-.
slaughtered In Mexico by Villas me
we're known by mining engineers IN thi,
city.
w. d. Pea roe. described as ore o' the
oravest OF tho victims. was 90 years %
and leaves a wifo and child In l.os An
geles. Cal. He had lived In Mexico -,
tho last sixteen years. lie was genera
manager OF the Cusi-Consolidatei Mn.
ing Company and the Cus Minerva MIN
ing Company, which had large hnldir,.
adjoining the Potter Palmer proper't.,.
G. A. Pr!ngle. listed as nIue iv- q.
man. was a graduate OF the tn,y.rrty
Of California. He had a varied export
ence in Mexico and was rated h.gl as a
mining engineer.
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WALLACE WE'LL KNOWN.
Other victims OF Bandits nj
Prominent Families.

CHICAGO, Jan l..--Th" rottc- rirer
estate, owners of the cusi Mining Dow-
pany. whose employees were killed hv
Mexican bandits. have s,ti Henry o.
Hollis. engineer OF the company stI
local manager, to r. Paso - gatl.I
facts for the investigation These fac.
Will he sent to the state Department
William j. Wallace, superintendent u
the Cus!huirach!c mine Wa stationed
here formerly, as was G. Il. Wdtsor
general fnanagcr, both of whom W"r.
slain. Their families were We'll k1oar
here.
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and positive policy for the protection Of
American citizens.
The Mexican people expected Il upon
every hand. They anticipated that that
power which had been used by the
American people even at the time when
we were small and struggling nation
10 protect its citizenship upon wha;eve"
part Of the earth II might be found
would be exercised against them.
I'VE did not go. We gave them TO be-
lieve from our conduct that we We're
afraid. They did not interpret our great
desire for peace as anything other than
fear. We have gathered the harvest
OF indec!sion many times over
with that incident tive years ago
next March began that compromising,
sidestepplng, procrastinatng. apoloEz-
ing. un-Amer!can policy OF leaving the
American citizen 10 struggle for HIM
self against bandits and outlaws. against
ass,sslns and murderers. II was a policy
not heretofore popular with the manly
men who had built up and thus far main
tain.-l the prestige OF our country.
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wAsHiEGToN Jan. l2 The State De-
partment this afternoon announced the
receipt of cable message from United
states Minister Reinach at Pekin stat
ing thai although some trouble con-
t.nues in Yunnan province. 1t IL believed
the revolutionary movement is prac-
t'cally AT an end.
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II was only two or three weeks ago
that villa detained thirty Americans in
the very district in which ne unfor-
tunate Americans reported killed me,
their death, Great alarm was fe.t for
the safety OF these thirty Americans.
Recently the Nil!.stas are said 10 have
stated that they would kill Americans
In Chihuahua Territory in order TO
force American Intervention.
Within the past week or ten days
three employees OF the Hearst ranch
tn Chihuahua, near the place where
the Americans are now repO-ted slain
were reported to have been executed
Two of these three tmp.uNccs made
their appearance at Fl l'dSo some
days ago, but the third appears to
have been killed
The Department feels that II took
every possible precaution to prevent
Americans from exposing their lives In
4 region whore guerrilla warfare is in
progress II Is TO he dep,orcd that
It's advice was not followed. Every step
will be taken to see that the per-
petmtors OF this dastardly crime are
apprehended and punished
The one Hearst employee referred e
In the statement as having appeared t.
have been killed" is the Engl!shmar
keene. confirmation Of whose death ha
been submitted to the British Embass,
by the Stale Department.
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TO left. above, Gen. Villa, and, below, Gen. Rod
l riguez, of whose forces the Mexican bandits
who murdered the seventeen American mining men
near Santa Ysabe. Chihuahua. said to be part
The photograph above shows the outskirts of Santa
Ysabe, near the of the murder. The men
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No Room at Hotel.

I'VE had hard time getting a place
to stay. the nine Of us There was ~
room In the hotels at first and We had no
food We had brought no baggage
either Finally ] got a position working
as an Interpreter and giving out mail 20
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Only I5 Names ON First List.

The official list Of the killed a. 'inall!
9fven out at the Department contained
only fifteen names, as comptred with ne
seventeen announced In press dispatches
from FL Paso and sixteen N Lansings
note to Carranza, but II l. thought p s.
sible that later ady!Ccs gave them add!-
tional ones
The list follows: g. Il. Watson. J,
W. Wallace NJ Il Romero, Thomas NJ.
Evans G. A Pringle, ". Anderson H.
F. Mediation, Charles Wadleign. T. l..
Robinson. Alex Hall q. NJ. Newman,
r. H. simmons, y, Couch. y, {. Hase
and J. Adama.
The name OF Hall was given IN the
hrst despatch as COY Hall The name
Of J. W. Woome appeared IN tn" tirst
but in none Of the succeeding ones ana
therefore was not included in the oti-
cial list. II is thought later dispatches
will show that the name Is really j. w
Bloom. which was g!v"n in press reports
The name of ". D. Pierce. reported IN
press dispatches, Was contained in nore
OF the advices to the Department,
In attaching partial blame for the
massacre to the victims the statement is
sued early to-day by Secretary Lansing
was as follows;
In October the Department sent the
strongest kind of instructions to the
Consuls in the States Of Chihuahua and
Sonora, calling upon them TO use every
means In their power TO persuade
Americans TO leave Immediately for
United States territory. and these Con
suls were instructed t. employ specia
riders to carry this message to Amer
leans located In Isolated sections.
few came out. Some, regardless OF
the disturbed conditions existing IN
Mexico. did not heed the warning.
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were taken from train the Mexico Northwestern
Railroad, the tracks of which in the fore
ground Below. to right, is photograph of Alex
ander Hall. of the Americans killed He
mill man and had worked for the Phelps Dodge Com
pany in Douglas, Ariz.
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INTERVENTION is HOPE
OF MANY MEXICANS
American Girl Long Resident of the Southern Repub-
lie Tells of Conditions-Thirty Years to
Restore Old Mexico.

what is tho solution Of the present
Mexican situationT Miss Elisabeth
L. Woods. an American girl who has
lived in Mexico practically all her life
and knows many prominent Mexicans'
repeated after her interrosator yester-
day afternoon.
"1 cannot say can only tell you
that the American residents to man
agree that lasting peace and prosperity
can come only from American inter-
vention and regulation for a time.
Many prominent Mcxicans. among them
former army officers. agree with the
Americans"
"Never was there a greater tragedy
than the plight Of Mexico to-day Miss
Woods continued earnestly: never was
a people In a condition SO unspeakably
p,t,ful. Mexico to-day Is absolutel! be-
yond the comprehension OF tho average
American citizen here There is no
peace In Mexico. but II peace came u
would take thirty years TO get the coun-
,ry hack where II was before the revo-
lutions started"
.Bu, the United states Government
has assured the people that conditions
are fast approaching normal, that car
rama is restoring order rapidly. MISS
Woods was reminded. Where does the
Government get It's Information
The Government gets It's 'nforma-
,,on from Carranza,- Mss Woods an
swered
Mis-. Woods was born In Monterey.
Mexico. and was graduated from tho
school conducted BY the American resi-
dents In Mexico citT During the Amer,
can occupation OF Vera Cru, she Hcted
a. Interpreter and assistant in the post
Office there.
saiis for Vera Crua.
Las, June she went to San Francisco
20 see the exposition and to study at
the summer school of the University
OF California She sails to-day for Vera
Cruz aboard the steamship Esperanto
when | left Vera Cruz last June"
she said at was In far worse condi-
ton than when our American troops
left II. think IL was worse than II
ever had been. I am sure ] never saw
SO many holes IN the pavements"
Mexico she Was asked.
ITS present condition. Absolutely
beyond an Arne rican's comprehension.
Here you talk Of law and order when
one man Is shot IN the street. You
should see Mexico. We'll. the papers
this morning told you about seventeen
Americans being robbed and then stood
up against wall and shot. There is
scarcely place for Il person to turn
down there.
"Our family has lived in Vera cruz
nearly two years. and has not been mo-
,ested there, and have scarcely formed
d decided opinion, but practically every
America left down there whom | know
believes most sincerely that the United
States must do what IL did IN cuba,
intervene and run the Government for
u time. watchfu waiting? Better not
mention 1; In Mexico
you should have heard tho men
cheer and seen them fairly jump up and
down for Joy when they first saw the
American bluejackets az Vera Cruz.
When our refugee train came INTO Vera
cruz under the German and British
nhgs. mind yuu--dud they saw tn"
sailors and marines lining the tracks
and grinninS AT us. they fairly went
crazy
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and have been a>cred,tng II ever since
and am to-day. There ~ not a Senator
here. there Is not a right thinking man
In America who does not hope and pray
that these serious difficult questions may
be solved without q resort to force.
Hopes 20 solve Questions.
THE presen, President OF the United
States. MIR. Wilson. believes We are now
approaching a point where these ques-
tons will be solved and | not only hope
thai is true as YOU do. but l have felt
that We ought all OF us as American
Senators, not as Republicans and Demo
Gratis, give him our support AT this
time to see whether this experiment will
be Disappointing or whether II will sue
ceed
Now" continued Senator Stone. 'rhe
Senator from New Hampshire said he
would make a demand upon Carranza.
Well, presume II to be made and
presume that Gen. Carranza makes a
response strong as he could make II.
1 am assuming that II Is entirely sin
cere. Now what? We go on. lie Ia
using the forces at his command to cap
ture these men. He tells us SO.
"ln that state some other citizen II
murdered in Mexico. and perhaps "A little
later another. Tho Senator from Ida ho
| Mr.. Borahl is little more specific
than the Senator from New Hampshire.
The senator from New Hampshire says
he would advise the President to lay
the matter before Congress and take
the opinion OF the Congress. For what ?
Az to what We should do Does the
Senator mean as to whether we shall
declare war or direct an act that
amounts to war;
! Il mean precisely that" returned Sem
, aior Gallinger.
Then ] see exactly where the Sena-
tor stands answered Mr., Stone
Therefore there Is not much difference
between his attitude and that OF the
Senator from Idaho"
Senator Borah interrupted 10 say that
there was no doubt about his private
view In favor of Senator stones resolu-
ton when II was introduced two or three
years ago.
Tried to Avoid Force.
1T has been the consistent policy of
nue. so far as we have any expression. ''
| those Mexican troubles without a resort
to force. Now II we are going to
change our attitude We all agree that We
and consderate and deliberate way and
no matter what 1t is, except for the mere
doing some thing,
done. Both have been suggested by my
friend for New Hampshire one is t"
demand Of the de facto Government in
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The question of protecting foreign lfs.
u was insisted, could not be made a
condition precedent to recognition Of IA
dc facto authority, the determination Of
dc facto authority resting solely on the
question OF fact as To whether the au-
thority so recognized actually controls
the territory. Control" OF "A territory,
II was insisted, does not neccssar Is
involve ability TO protect foreign lives in
localities where revolutionary bands arr
operating.
1nsistence at the Capitol on armed ,"-
terventlon In Mexico as "A result OF ~.
massacre found no response at the State
Department or White House. No orders
have been given looking to movement
on the part OF the American border
forces or concentration of the naval
forces Off the Mexican coasts
The Atlantic fleet, en- route to Guam
tanamo for winter manpuvres, has re-
ceived no orders. Secretary Daniels sad
tonight. to detach certain vessels and 10
proceed to Mexico. and no such orders
were In contemplation.
At the same time army officers in the
War Department apprehend possible
trouble on the part Of the people In
Texas and other border States when
the bodies Of the slain Americans are
brought across the border.
Where these bodies now are the Stat.
Department has not been advised. The
American Consul at Juarez was directed
to obtain guards for train to he sen.
TO the scene for the purpose of getting
the bodies II they are still there. AMI
this afternoon the Department was in
formed that the local Mexican authorities
would endeavor" q comply with tHe
Consul's request and that the CaITania
forces from both Juarez and Chihuahua
city have been sent to the scene.
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and have been a>cred!t'ng II ever since
and am to-day. There ~ not "A Senator
here. there Is not a right thinking man
In America who does not hope and pray
that these serious difficult questions may
be solved without q resort to force.
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The End Il Not Vet.


I'VE have had FIVE years OF il. and
the elimination. lin my ju gment. It. not
yet. although this morning We have
brought to US the fact that seventeen
American citizens. carrying aS~ports lS
| understand. from the state Department
or from It's representative doubt
great consolation to them as they stood
stripped and naked to he shot--were
lined up against the wall of an adobe
and coldly. deiiantly murdered. That Is
only part Of the story of these long,
nauseating details
"Other things have been smothercd.
Fortunately, this trinspir-d IN way
that 1t could not be smothered. but these
things have been suppressed for the .ast
five years Sirs. II yoH took the lii on
the state Department and should send TO
the Senate Chamber the notes OF the
Brazilian Minister as to the treatment Of
American citizens and the insults 10 the
American flag in Mexico II would no,
take the American people long To deter
mine what they should do.
81 maintain that indifference to the
rights of our fellow citizens when chi!-
lenged is not "A characteristic OF tn"
American people. I maintain In these
matters they have not known the facts.
For five years American women have
suffered outrages worse a thousand
times than death to them: for five years
American citizens have suffered death
in ways that human language is made
quate to describe.
Il shall not go into details now. We
know enough this morning Shall we
| wait longer to know whether or not a
| sidesteppng, compromising policy is
good to insure either protection to our
| ctizens or dignity and honor to the
! American flag?
He Would Intervene.
81 do no, know what others would
| do nor have authority to speak for any
! one except myself. but ] would demand
OF Carranza immediate protection for
| American citizens in Mexico, and " he
was not able to give assurance in such
a way that no man could doubt that II
| could and would be carried out ! would
| intervene In Mexico for the purpos" of
! protecting American rights and Ameri-
| can citizens.
| Il would protect the American pass
| port when issued at whatever cost
would make even the friends of Mexico
| know Its worth, ! do not believe any