New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-06
PACT REJECTED,
BORDER REPORT
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turn tail back TO the border. swallow
ing the dose.
"You do not know the conditions
Amador confronted me.
81 beg your pardon, but do" ! an
swerod. "For six weeks have been
with General PershinG and our cavalry
at the front And what say they
know exactly as we'll
you must GO" Both bowed now
with smiling, suave self-possession.
And I went.
The same questions, since upon the
nth of them depends the immediate
future i'm Northern Chihuahua Of our
army there, perhaps Of the whole Mex
lean muddle, might be probably put
in other quarters. Not 10 General Fun
stou. however; one knows the replies
that he would like 20 make and could
not-the same as my own, or General
Pershing's. As to the third general, J
hold am right in thinking that one
might as we'll ask the riddle IN WASH
ington.
Enter Mr.. McQuatters.
McOuatters for enlightenment.
Who is this A. J. McQuattets, the
man who got Generals Scott and Obre-
gon together, after they had refused TO
meet and "ultimatums" seemed spelling
war. Unofficially, informally ne
achieved success where the diplomatic
and military resources of both govern
ments had failed. How and why has he
sprung so suddenly into the hmelght,
a plain business and mining man, boost
cd into a plenipotentiary role
II seemed a bit Haroun-Al-Raschld
like. even for Texas and the Mexican
frontier. He has been likened to me
as porcine, abrupt and dictatorial.
This is an exaggeration. His headquar-
tiers used to be in Boston. the taint OF
which probably accounted for why, as
he told me, he would consider our mill
tarv domination of Mexico as barbara
eous." But he is a patriot, member
Of Secretary Dsniels's naval advisory
board. He resembled, physically, a
younger, more pinkish Boss Tweed, SIT
ting in his office in the local NILS
building. exactly as one would picture
him in New York.
McQuatters is president of the Al
varado Mining Company, Of Parral-
always one returns TO Parrsl; con-
fjdante Of Obregon and Carranza, rep
resentative Of those rapacious in
terests" which have been bleeding
Mexico and which instigated, 1t IS
charged. the Columbus raid. against
which the Constituencies have gone
through the motions of warning. ! had
gasped at the idea of such go-be'
tween. Would the late politically
unlamented Bryan have stood for him
AZ the conference? | promised TO
quote him in nothing regarding It, but
| feel freer as 10 the generalities we
discussed. He said that he wanted to
see the Carranza government succeed.
Money Need OF Mexico.
"But il never can without money"
he said; mo government in Mexico TO-
dav can do anything, without an enor-
nous loan, but fail" Recently the
Mexican Mine Owners Association, OF
which McQuatters is a member on the
executive board, is said 20 have held
meeting that resolved 10 support the
present de facto outht.)
"Do CarranzA and his ministers real
ize that?" | asked.
"No. of course they don't-not yet,
he answered me, somewhat pityingly.
$50. don't you think it's up to you
mine owners to help them OUT sug-
gested It'll.
young mamie shook a brobdig-
,ocisn fnger1"there isn't enough
,,esItb in all the mines Of Mexico 10
supply those fellows with what they
tried TO think Of pat Emersonisn
nbrase about sincerity toward ones
friends, but failed.
| had gone 20 him, as went 70
Obregon. TO clarity the crux OF the
military agreement: That any Mexican
promises about hunting Villa. coop,
Grating" with our troops, are idle snd
hrnnrritical since CarranZa does not