The Glasgow courier., 1916-10-27
REAL WAR WITH MEXICO

democratic speakers throughout the
country have the effrontery to keep
on claiming that the President has
"kept us out of war;! This prepost-
erous claim has not fooled the peo-
pie of the United States, declared
Representative julius Kahn, of Cali
forria, ranking minority member of
the House Military Affairs Committee,
in a statement here today.
"If anyone doubts that we made
war on Mexico at Vera Cruz ask the
mothers and fathers of the boys who
were killed on the streets Of that Mex
lean seaport.
"Ask the wives and mothers and sis
ters of the MeXicans who were killed
at Vera Cruz whether we We're at war
with Mexico
"Ask the relatives Of the eighteen
American civilians who were butchered
at Santa Ysabel
"Ask the relatives Of the United
States soldiers who were treacherous-
ly slain at Carrizal.
"Ask the mothers and sisters of
those who were slaughtered in the
raid at Columbus, New Mexico, whe-
ther we were at war with Mexico.
"Ask the citizens Of Brownsville,
Red House Ferry, Progeso, and Los
Peladas whether the President has
kept us out of war;
"Ask the women and children who
were threatened with death at Tam
pico by an infuriated Mexican mob.
"Ask the thousands Of American
citizens who were called upon to aban-
don their property in Mexico and to
return forthwith to the United States
whether the President has kept us
out Of war
"Ask the hundreds of those refugees
who are in the United States today,
practically penniless and in want, who
were forced to leave their property
and homes in Mexico because the Will
son administration refused to give
them the protection to which they
were justly entitled.
"And finally, ask the wives and chill
dren, the dependent mothers, fathers
and sisters # the 10000 Natinoal
Guardsmcn Who are encampeI on the
Mexican l,cr6er whethe" the Presi-
den thas kept as out of war with
Mexico.
"In 1912 IN. Democ:ati, platform
procla INC tll: high sounding doc
trine
"The con s.itutional r: ;ht: of Amer.
lean citizens should protect them on
our borders, and go with them
throughout the world, and every Am
erican citizen residing or having pro-
perty in any foreign country is en-
titled to and must be given the full
protection Of the United States Gov
ernment, both for himself and for his
property
after several years of 'wachfu
waiting Secretary of State Lansing
sent letter to the head of the dc
iacto government of Mexico, in which
occurs this remarkable language:
The progress of the revolution in
| Mexico; Continuous bloodshed ant
/ disorders have marked it's progress
For three years the Mexican Repub.
lie has been torn with civil strife; lives
: of American and other aliens have
been sacrificed; vast properties de
veloped by American capital and en-
! terprise have been destroyed or rem.
dered nonproductive; bandits hav.
been permitted to roam at will through
the territory contiguous to the United
States and to seize. without punish
ment or without effective attempt a
punishment, the property Of Americans
while the lives of citizens of the Unit
ed States who ventured to remain il
Mexican territory or to return ther'
20 protect their interests have beer
taken, and in some cases barbarous!
t:ken, and the murderers have Meth
er been apprehended nor brought t.
justice.
1T woud be tedious to recoun
instance OTTER instance, outrage afte
outrage, atrocity after atrocity, to il
lustrate the true nature and extent o
the widespread conditions of lawlcss
ness and violence which have prevail
ed. Not only We're these murders
characterized by ruthless brutalit,
but uncivilized acts of mutilation yer
perpetrated'
"This is the indictment of the Viii
son administration in Mexico by it
own Secretary of State"