Evening star., 1919-03-09

most HOpeIul Buise Oy fehsou Oh the
concerted action by group of inter-
national fnanciers, led by J. p. Nor
xan. and including bankers of New
York, London and Paris. In requiring
unassaiiable security from Senior
Rafaelo NIeto. acting minister of
finance under the Carranza government,
before consenting to the financial and
Industrial rehabilitation of the country.
TO guarantee such security as Mi.
Morgan and his confreres will accept
will mean a reversal OF the present
policy of Mexico, not only toward for
eign Investments. but also in the ad~
ministrafion OF internal. affairs.
According to the best-informed snf-
Terers from the governmental cnaos
4 which has held, more or less, since
the overthrow of DiaZ, Mr. Morgan mas
4 selected the one practical way 10 re-
( 1ieve what has become an lntoierap,e
situation All the talk of compei-
ling the Carranza regime to appear
before the peace conference IN PhriS
was long ago dismissed, since II Is
II universally accepted that revolution
such as has desoiated Mexico Iof near
ly decade Is a domestic ana not an
anterna tional affair. But when Mexico
pleads that of her own unalded ehorlS
she cannot resuscitate her domain re-
biuld her ruined railroads and mining
properties, develop her agricultural
and oil industries, and, most important
of all, pay the interest on her hatiohat
debt the soundest financiers OF the
world reply that they Will undertake
to do this for her, II requisite guaranr
tees are Forthcoming. This news OF
speedy readjustment has sent
thrill along the border and has awah-
ened hope In the thousands OF exlies
now awaiting the turn of the poatlcal
tide.
X
u The border cities are q fascinating
portion of the United States at pres
ent. All that has been told of the ex-
lies from conquered parts of Europe
dung the vicissitudes of the world
war may be studied in detail In Ell
paso, San Antonio. Eagle Pass. Noga-
les and San Diego. Thousands ana
thousands fed before the brutality of
the rival leaders In the early days and
foand shelter as soon as they crossed
the line. That was more than nine
years ago and many of those hrst
refugees still ljnger. and every day
brings new fugitives standing hope
Iessly beside the Rio. Grande, waiting
some method to steal into safety ana
fearful lest the authorities In charge
OF the customs may turn them back.
But there is this difference: whereas
the nation poured out RELIEF Tor the
sufferers Of war in Europe and ASIA
money, clothes and food-these ragged,
homeless. hungry thousands right on
American soil have become the WARDS
Il OF the state, county or city which re-
ceiyed them, and except for the
benevolence of boards of trade. asso-
ciated charities and religious denomi,
nations. this multitude has suhsistea
chiefly on private aims. Cathoiic hsh,
ops on the border have pseh ea,auo nv
ON to take care Of thousands OF pen
niless Mexicans. and this in ADDITION
10 sheitering archbishops, bishops ana
entire communities of priests ana nuns
exiled from their homes.
Texas, New Mexico, Arizona anu
california citizens Sc emiugly nave
some provocation for their remarks
4 on the attitude of the country, wniIe
thousands are on American SOIL, nee
ing from conditions violent aha IN
toierabie and certainly little their
\ own fault, starve and go sheiteriess.
All the larger border cities OF these
four states have more than doubied
their population since the country
has been "tranquillized' by Carranza;
Ell Paso claims to have taken care OF
nearly thirty thousand resident ex-
lies and a shifting number ranging
& from seven to ten thousand annu-
" ally. THESE nave InOSlly eHo
international bridge. Scores have
slipped In unrecorded. and there are
alWays hordes of soldiers flying from
one revolutionary army to the other.
making sure of good food. shoes and
Il clothing, suitable for long tramp
Apart from the said plight of the
lowly SO apparent from the "constitu-
tional reforms through which Car
rama was to bring the millennium to
his stricken country. there are many
Il other aspects of Mexican AFFAIRS TO
4 be viewed at the border. For instance,
nowhere ts there q more fascinating
B manifestation Of the fcklensss of
x fortune, not even in Holland and
Z Switzerland with their royal and i'm
perial exhibits. Take that man of
sorrows, Gen. Luis Terrasas. Ten
years ago he was always alluded to
il as one of the makers of Mexico,
\ hero of the war which made an end
of Macmillan, a public man in spirit
n and deed, one of the richest in the
world in that he owned practically
the entire state of Chihuahua. with
its unfathomed resources of mines
and agriculture. That he obtained his
fortune through illegal means Is an
other question, since this same issue
has been raised about every fortune
made in Mexico, including those made
through the legitimate channels of
trade and commerce. According to the
Z best opinion. this question must be
placed before an impartial and just
tribunal before 1t can be considered