New-York tribune., 1919-11-16
Rebels, Bandits, Military,
Police and Political Fac
50 tions Responsible, Car
: rama Newspaper Asserts
Violence in % States
Murder, Robbery and Kid
mapping in List Submitted
=. = to u. S. Senate Committee
Netc York Tribune
Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.-One hun
dred and twelve days in Mexico--from
April to July 81 of the present year
--saw 3l7 major outbreaks of disorder
reported in newspapers, which are pub
1ishcd under the close scrutiny of the
Mexican authorities, according to a
map, indexing conditions in Mexico,
submitted yesterday to the Senate For
eign Relations subcommittee nvesti-
eating the Mexican situation. Rebel
fAktions and bandits, the military and
r0hce organizations and political par
tiSans were responsible for all of these
outbreaks, which did not include the
ordinary police crimes and misde-
ui9anors reported.
Explaining the significance of the
map, statement issued by the
National Association for the Protec-
tion of American Rights in Mexico said
IN part:
I "Of the thirty states and territories
IN Mexico all but Lower California,
which is under the practically inde-
pendent control of Governor Cantu,
and Quintana Roo. isolated on the
Peninsula of Yucatan, furnished their
quota of violence and bloodshed
272 Ascribed to Rebels
"Of the 317 outbreaks Of violence re-
ported, the Mexican newspapers as
eribed 272 to the activity of various
factions in rebellion against the Car
fanza government, Is to the depreda-
tions of organized bands of bandits, Is
10 the lawlessness of police and military
officials and to clashes between polit-
'
eelsior' and Eel UNIVERSAL published in
Mexico City, the seat of the Carranza
government, reported 312 of these out
breaks, four were reported by 'Correo
de- Norte.' published at Chihuahua
City, and one was reported by 'El
Heraldo,' of Chihuahua City.
"It is significant that these out
breaks were reported in Mexican news
papers, for during June the Carranza
the disturbed district Of Chihuahua a
group of newspaper editors whose pub
Acations had displeased the govern
ment by printing accounts of various
disturbances.
1"Mexico's transportation system was
the particular prey of the rebel bands.
For the 112 days indexed on the map
presented to the committee, there were
reported in eighteen states 72 instances
OfS train dynamlted. looted andS burned,
railroad stations attacked and railroad
track demolished by rebellious maraud-
ers operating against the Carranza
government. In addition to these at
tacks on railroads, the various rebel
forces raided or occupied 81 of the
more populous towns on the railroad
lines, looting, burning and killing.
Thirty-four Outbreaks in Puebla
"The State of Puebla was the scene
of thirty-four outbreaks. OF these
more than half were in the immediate
vicinity of Puebla City, one of the
largest towns in Mexico. One of these
attacks, reported in Excelsior June Is,
was directed against the hacienda of
William Jenkins, American consular
agent at Puebla, who in October was
captured and held for ransom by the
rebels. In the June attack the hacienda
was looted and the manager killed.
Excelsior reported on June 12 that the
entire Carranza garrison at San Mar
cos, Puebla, had revolted, while rebels
were looting town, kidnapping women
and men and dynamiting railroad
trains throughout the state.
At Barranca Honda on June II,
within ten kilometers (about seven
miles) of Puebla City, passenger
train from Mexico City was held up by
a rebel detachment, Excelsior re-
ported. The robbery netted 100000