El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-18
MEXICO
GROWING WORSE
American Writes Gov. Hob
by Of Alleged Condi-
tons in Interior.

Austin. Tex. Oct. 1S.-The situation
in Mexico IS worse now than they
were two years ago" and VIII con-
tfnue TO grow worse, writes q resi-
dent OF San Antonio. who Is now at
Conception del Orc, Zacatecas, Mexico
in a letter 10 Gov. ". P. Hobby and
Just made public by the chief execu-
tive. The writer declares he can vouch
for the authenticity Of the assertions
he makes. He writes. IN part.
T am here trying TO rehabitate
some property and save something
from former work and expenditures
which 7 have not Been allowed to
do during the past seven years
Il have read your interesting state
ment made in e Paso. and your reply
TO criticisms against you regarding
the Mexican situation I have been
here two years, in the heart OF Mexico
consequently, get AZ the very bot
tom Of happenings and learn many
things that you people never see or
hear Of
What I would like above anything
that could be done, would be TO have
the members, Of the Pan-American
round table come over and stay here
a year and get the benefit Of personal
observations. II taey would do so
they would return there and send
you the following resolutions" The
suggestions resolution, IN brief, re-
cites that:
we find that the present gov
eminent IS an enemy to every
foreigner except a German; that the
generals have and are becoming mill
uonaires at the expense Of the peO-
pie and are dominating the govern
ment, which Is not able to prevent
them II Il so desire . that we have
seen thousands OF naked and half
starved people suffering from the
depredations Of both government SOL
diers. generals and socalled bandits.
We have seen our Mexican sisters
barefooted, living in caves without
clothes enough to hide their naked
ness and we have seen them eating
lizards and animals which had died
Of disease and we have sen thousands
OF old people and young children
dying for the want OF proper food
and clothing
Bandit Depredafions.
During the last two years we have
read accounts in the Mexican news
papers Of the dynamiting Of 50 trains.
the murder OF the escorts, the robbery
Of Messengers, the tying OF the train
crew, throwing them into the cars
and burning the cars and the carry
inc away Of young girls to the noun
tains
we have seen the silent graves OF
hundreds Of American citizens that
both bandits and soldiers had mu-
1ered. nave essen women whom they
had OUTRAGED; have seen costly prop
critics ruined and fiie because the
owners were afraid to 90 to them:
have seen fine farms abandoned and
the former owners living IN some
town in poverty. have seen thousands
81 children half naked and growing
up IN ignorance for lack Of schools" &
Many Small Bands
Two years ago the bandits ran IN f
large bodies and one could know
where they were. baC at the present z
time there are from five TO twenty
small bands In every state, rObbing
lll the people, and living on what
little they had left. We have seen
men who we're afraid to visit their
mines in day time. but went to them
ifter night after sending a man to Z
Ind out II there were any bandits /.
near. They know n they run across Z
these bands they viii be CAPTURED .
and held for ransom: not being able /
to pay VIII be shot.
we have arrived at the pofnt .
where we believe that II would be a
Eodsend TO intervene and save both
he foreign ana Mexican people from +
hese depredations on their lives and .
properties"