The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-06-21
NEWSPAPERMEN ARE
CAUGHT IN NET OF
MEXICAN OFFICIALS
Both Native and Visiting Cores
pondents Among Those Classed
by Don Venustiano's Govern
ment as 'Pernicious Foreigners.

Mexico civ. May 3i.-tCorrespon-
dence of the Associated PressJ-
Mexican newspapermcn, Us well as
foreign correspondents. have been
caught in the net which the govern
ment recently spread for what are
termed 'pernicious forc.Encrs.' eligi-
bile for deportation under article 80
Of the constitution. and disseminntors
Of false news.
"A policy of ''forcible investigation"
was the remedy applied To the editors
of Red"ncion. an afternoon paper OPP
posed tn the government This paper
published stories at the alleged IA,
oes-cS won hy General Luis Cuhullcrn
recently In Timaulipas. alter hc &C.
VOTED gains the government rud
printed somewhat alarming stories ~
conditions IN mat state.
To prove .ts contention that the
news printed was false. IA. govern
m-nt provided the i've editors with
an escort Of q general auu twenty
men und sent them on q trip through
TamaulipaT by way 81 Monterey Ia
rampico tp"n their return after ,
Journey thar lasted about e fortnight,
th. editor admitted they hti not
found ~" conditions pr-,ilhur &"
which th"y hat referred Hut hy im
piication. tlt'y stated % would have
been foolish Tor them to expect To-
make nm independent investigation
with the escort that accompanied
them. The editors concerned are Al.
fonso Borrcra rcni he ~ Manuel
Bauch Alcaldo.
Another editor whose arrest mas
been orocred and Whose paper. ~
Hombre Libre. has not appeared f"r
some time. ~ Hugo Sol lie attacked
the president and the administration
Attorney Emilio Ruiz Quiiano. re-
spnnsihlc for the publication OF Thin
Tilin Oltiug lhe Belll rs also iu the
tolls Ills sheet q weekly. published
a number ~ cartoons of q MIXTURE
that aside from their political wr
nificauco. would never have been per
nittcd 20 pass through the United
states mails The cartoons were VIC
lruti, auti-governmental
rauterio. government. which
appeared more MS a dodgcr on the
streets han ns q newspaper, has
ceased publication for some reason not
vet explained publicly.
The "rorcible Investigation" treat
mout was threatened ip the case at re-
portcrs for ~ Universal which printed
stories OF the cVcesscs committed by
the bandit. IosC Ines Choves Garcia,
in NichoaCan ana Jalisco Tho govcr
nor ct the federal district, General Al
frcdo BreCeda. declared that. W the
psp-r continued assertions of this
kind. he would furnish the writer's
with q horse. rifle and provisions and
send them on q trip through the ter
ritorv they said chavez Garcia on
trollcd IN order that they might inycs
tgate conditions for themselves
since FcliN pSlaviciui. founder Of
Universal and Leader Of the anti Ger
man. pro-Ally press campaign m Mex
leo. sold his Coutrollus iHtorost I'M iui-
Vcrsdl ana left for the United states,
for what he considered good reasons
stories OF this kind have not appeared
IN Universal. Needless 10 say the pros-
poet OF intrrytcwiuE 'havcz Garcia had
no charms Tor auy cmplnyo OF tutyor
sal
No pro-German papers OF the hair
q dozen published here. nor en-
ployc of these papers have been mo
Tested. These papers. however. conhuc
their attacks 10 the Allies and the
limited States IN particular, ana cntluu
siuhtiCulll support the present Mexican
administration