The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-06-19
WOULD REQUIRE
MILLION men TO
FIGHT MExICANS
Beede Says a Great Army
Would Be Necessary for
Successful Action.

Although l cannot speak with au-
thority, it is my impression that Villa,
Ongeles, the younger Diaz and two
or three other bandit leaders form
a more or less concerted revolutionist
party in Mexico. having as it's object
the overthrow of Carranza and the
present regime" said B. Willis Beede,
field secretary of the Board Foreign
Missions of the Five Years Meeting
in America, in discussing his recent
trip through Mexico.
Beede arrived IN Richmond Wednes-
day afternoon after more than a
month in the Republic of Mexico, dur
ing which he visited Monterey, Tampi-
co, Victoria, and west as for down as
Mexico City, where he spent several
delightful days, he said.
81 can tell nothing and vouch for 1t
being the absolute truth" said Beede.
"for my information comes simply
from what I have observed and been
told, and everything is contradictory.
am convinced, however that Mexi-
cos regeneration will not be brought
about in day and that the only way
in which it can be successfully brought
about is through giving the people a
Christian education in an industrial
and literary way.
Would Take Million Men.
Because am Quaker, you doubt
less would expect me to say that l do
not believe in Intervention. l do not
say that, but rather because feel con-
fident it would mean at least five
years Of guerilla warfare, needing
nearly million American men to
sweep down through Mexico, leaving
absolutely no loop hope for the bandit
organizations to slip through and come
in back of them of them down the
! whole length of the country.
villa and his men know every inch
of that region. They know every hole,
every sheep path, every cattle trail.
American soldiers do not. 1t would
not be like fighting in France. l dc
not say it could not be done. / met
many people in Mexico, miners and
others, who thought the United States
should intervene. However, l met
other people who were firmly assured
that it would mean endless toll and
thousands of dollars, one-tenth oil
which could be used much more advan
tageausly in giving the people Chris
| tian educations.
"The Mexican congress is an in
stance of the present political situa
ton. / saw the congress in session
Most of the men were very young
/ They know very little about the bust
ness of running a country.
Have Padded Army
| "Carranza's generals have padded
armies. They call for money to sup
ply 5000 men for example. Perhap!
they have 1000. perhaps 500, or less
1t is good money making plant. ant
at times if the general wants all tn,
money that has been given him fo
the army he sends his men out o,
a raiding trip and thereby does no
have to give them anything. The sol
diers are miserable looking fellows
dirty and ragged. They look deplor
able. Many times you see Carranza'
men are just as much bandits as Vii
La 81
On the other hand Beede explaine,
that some people-Americans, Eng
lish and French-are paying the Will
men to protect them against the CaI
ranzita troops because they despis
the present regime.
''The present constitutional govern
ment claims that concessions givel
foreigners did not include oil whicl
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