Albuquerque morning journal., 1918-08-23
3 LIES AND TWO
HALF LIES TOLD
ABOUT OUR STATE
D, B, Baca of Quemado GtiIls
the Author of America S
Unguarded Gateway" in
North American Review


ESPECIAL eosasseonpsseE 70 @e""'He jouRHAt,
Quemado, n. M, Aug. 22-D 3
Baca, a prominent citizen OF this
place, has addressed the following let
ter to the editor of the North Ameri'
can Review regarding the article
Americas unguarded gateway,
which appeared in the August issue
of that magazine:
To the Editors, the North American
Review New York. N. Y,
Sirs:-Knowng the general popu.
larity throughout the United States
of your hitherto creditable publication
the Nerth American Review. and
grieving to see it sink To "such base
uses,' | beg that you permit me the
use of sufficient space to protest with
all the candor of Justice. against the
numerous, unfounded. discreditable
and blasphemous lies against the hon
or and dignity of the native people of
New Mexico of Mexican ancestry, pub
lshed in the North American Review
for August, signed by one. Harry Wray
of Kansas City Mo,
My name is d. B. Baca. of Ouema
do. N. M-iust an ordinary little
country town far from the railroad.
which is fair sample of the other
little towns. populated mostly by pco-
pie of Spanish or Mexican blood,
throughout the state.
I charge of my own responsibility
and free will, one Henry Wray of
Kansas City, Mo-, with having told, in
his article appearing in the North
American Review for August and en-
titled Americas Unguarded Gate
way" the total sum of thirty-two
whole. and two half. lies. as follows.
Take a map of the United states.
etc, you have pointed out route
along which an invading army could
pass unhindered" Lie No. i. undesist
ed lie No. y "and not unwelcomed. .
lie No 8 "The enemy would be ac-
claimed" lie No, / fed" lie No +.
"quartered, lie No. g." equipped" lie
No. Z; and recruited% lie No &:
"and not unwelcomed. lie No. 9: THE
"size of the army . and the
amount of hatred that could be in
stilled into such an army would be
limited only bv the volume of DEVILS
Spanish in the leaders yocabu-
larry" lie No. 10.
New Mexico has remained Mexi.
can in every sense of the word" lie
No II. zone may travel a hundred
miles, pass through town after town
and be able to converse in any LAM
guage save Spanish" lie No. 12:
There are whole districts without an
English speaking person " lie No 13;
"The legislature is conducted in Span
ish"-this is only half a lie. "The
courts, state and federal. are CON
Quoted in Spanishp-this is the other
half lie. vz
There is in the state of New Mex
leo a powerful political secret organi-
zation that is known as the peniten-
tes," lie No. IA: "The deserts are
dotted with their calvary crosses N
which human crucifixions are annual,
ly carried out" lie No. 49, despite thu
efforts of the government to prevent
them" lie No. 16; Americans who
learn too much and become talkattEe
are found on the highways, their
hearts decorated with neat perfora-
tions," lie No. II.
"The federal and state courts obey
the mandates of the penitentes," lie
No. is, and an aspersion on our courts
of which I am confident ont govern
ment will take cognizance ''No peni-
tente is ever convicted in court" lie
lie No. 10
after villa made his raid on CO.
lumbus tho Mevican nonuIation of
the state openIv hoasted of what thev
intended to do" lie No 90 "On the
Denver and pio Grande railroad be-
tween AIamosa colo and santa Fe
N NJ the Mexicans made the popula-
tion burrah for villa =" 1io No 81 ..and
inflicted unnrintahle outrapes unon
the u5omen nassenpers" Iie No %
and the foulest Of the lot for tho at
titude OF the men of our state of Nex-
ican or Snanish blood, will compare
yery fayorablv with that Of the men
Of any state M matter what their
blood
"At Ortiz Colo an American
named Porter was murdered bv Mexi-