Arizona republican., 1919-07-29
RULE BANDIT REGIME
 DECLARES GATES
Says President Was Misled
 in Making Decision to
 Recognize Him-Federals
 Rule by Barbaric Meth ods Urges Intervention
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WASHINGTON, July 2S. - Car ranza's rule of Mexico is not govern ment but band of outlaws, both tech nically and practically and today it is utterly impossible, an enemy of it's own people first and America second William Gates of Baltimore, an arche- ologist, told the house rules committee today in it's hearing on the Gould reso- lution proposing a congressional in- quiry into Mexican affairs.
 Although asserting that President Wilson was misled in making his de- cision to recognize Carranza, believing the Mexican to be a peoples cham pion," Gates declared in favor of leav ing 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 first hand study of Mexican con- ditions for about year beginning July, 1917, during which time he wis ited parts of the country usually not seen by a traveller, including the states of Yucatan, Vera Cruz, Morales and Oaxaca. For 20 years, he explained, he had been building up library of Mexican antiquities and literature and his trip was to obtain more material and to find out what was going on behind the veil of our censorship and the CarranZa censorship"
 Always Ready to Shoot
 Carranza's control includes the main ports and the railroads, with adjoining territory for a mile on either side the transportation lines. Gates asserted This control. he said. was that of a L<l <f 1x~ shoot at a moments notice in a coun- try where nobody else has any guns Maintaining that general political revolution is on in Mexico Gates de- clared that so-called bandits are the country people, who when the Car ranzistas come in to make a raid, take up their guns and become bandits in the eyes of the government" | In answer to an inquiry whether the United States government now is fully and fairly advised of Mexican condi- tions, Gates answered:
 T am satisfied that President Will son was betrayed by Carranza, just as Carranza betrayed the Mexican peo- pie. I imagine that President Wilson, like many another faithful man, will try to stick to his friends for a long time. We have been running along that diplomatic track that there was no Mexico but Carranza, but mere bandits without any political purpose, and that Carranza ought to have our help to suppress these bandits. There must have been some private interests 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 take a good deal and I doubt very much if they did
 | Obregon Bitter Toward U. S.
 General Obregon, who has been men, tioned as a presidential candidate tc succeed Carranza- wns declared by
 Gates to be most bitter in his anti American feeling. Gates also asserted
 that he saw "a letter written from tho
 secretary of the socialist party in thi:
 country to Obregon asking him wha
 he thought-this was about last Apri
 would be propitous time to talk } unified action between the radical ele ment of Mexico, Canada, Cuba and tn, United States
 : Gates told the committee that dur , ing the war the Germans operated 5 wireless near Mexico City connectin, with a station in Spain, which relaye, 5 messages to Nauen. He also asserte,
 a second station was maintained b, the Germans in one of the states soutl of Mexico City. Secretary Baker wa 5 informed by Gates of these stations il ? "the middle of the war" in 1918, Gate
 said
 l Declaring that he had a close friend T ship with Secretary Baker. Gates sai 9 he had written several letters to hir i explaining Mexican affairs but h
 asked not to be required to place thes 7 in the record because he didn't wan
 to play politics" with statements sue
 as one would make only to clos
 friend