The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-29
ESDESCR|bES CARRANZA'SRULE
 ASOUTLAW BAND,
 ENEMY OF WORLD
Witness Declares So-Called Bandits Are Country Peo- pie Who Are Forced to
 Take Up Guns When
 Carranzistas Appear
By Associated Press

by Associdteo Ffess
 Washington, July 2S.-Car- ranza $ rule of Mexico is "not a government, but band of outlaws, both technically and practically and to-day it is utterly impossible, an enemy of it own people first and America second" William Gates, of Baltimore, an archae- ologist, told the House rules committee today on its hearing m the gold racol--+'on a,,oa- mg a congressional inquiry in to Mexican affairs.
 Although asserting that President Will son was mistaken in recognizing Car ranza- believing him to be the peoples champion" Gates declared in favor of leaving the solution of the Mexican prob lem with the President The President, he said. had not been fully informed of conditions in the southern republic.
 Gates said his opinions were based on . nrst-hand study of Mexican conditions flor about year, beginning in July, 1917, during which time he visited parts of the country usually not seen by ,rav- eler. including the states of Yucatan,, Vera Cruz Pueblo, Morales and Oaxaca. Flor 20 years he had been building up a l- brary of Mexican antiquities and litera- ture, and his trip was to obtain more ma terial and to find out what was going on behind the veil of our censorship and the Carranza censorship"
 Caranza's control includes the main territory for mile on either side the transportation lines. Gates asserted This control, he said. was that "of body of soldiers who are ready to shoot at moments notice in country where nobody else has any guns
 Maintaining that a genuine political revolution is on in Mexico, Gates de- clared the so-called bandits are the . .country people, who when the Carran-f zistas come into make a raid, take up their guns and become bandits Tn the eyes of the government"
 PRESIDENT WILSON BETRAYED
 In answer to an inquiry whether the United States government now is fully and fairly advised of Mexican conditions, Gates answered:
 T am satisfied that President Wilson was betrayed by Carranza, just as Car ranza betrayed the Mexican people. ~s--~ <t>.~k TD~--- H. another faithful man, will try to stick to his friends for a long time. We have been running along the diplomatic track that there was no Mexico but Carranza, except mere bandits without any political purpose. and that Carranza ought to have our help to suppress these bandits. There must have been some private in terests being served in the background. There always are in all parties. That the real facts, under such circumstances, could reach as far as President Wilson would have good deal, and I doubt very much if they did.'
 General Obregon, who has been men tioned as presidential candidate to suc- ceed Carranza, was declared by Gates to be most bitter in his anti-American feel ing. Gates also asserted that he saw "a letter written from the secretary of the socialist party in this country to Ob- regon, asking him what he thought-this was about last April-would be propit- uous time to take unified action between the radical element of Mexico. Canada. Cuba and the United States
 Gates told the committee that during the war the Germans operated a wireless station near Mexico City connecting with . station in Spain, which relayed mes eages to Nauen He also asserted sec ond station was maintained by the Ger mans in one of the states south of Mex leo City Secretary Baker was informed by Gates of these stations in ''the middle of the war" in 1918, Gates said.
 Declaring that he had close friend ship with Secretary Baker, Gates said he had written several letters to him, ex- plaining Mexican affairs, but he asked not to be requested to place these in the record because he did mot want to play politics" with statements such as one would make only to a close friend