Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-06
Denies HE WAS IN
.MEX|CO'S EMPLOY
William Gates, in Statement,
=, Also Alleges Other Mis-
representations.

William Gates Of Baltimore. who
testified recently before the House
committee. on rules on the Mexican
reply to an article by David Lawrence
In which Mr.. Lawrence stated that
the Mexican government is about to
disclose the fact that Mr.. Gates was
and ts . secret agent Of the southern
rebels in Mexico" The reply Of Mr..
Gates il In the form Of q statement.
Mr.. Lawrence in his article said
that Mr.. Gates was listened to by the
War Department with regard to the
Mexican situation. as an American
traveller who comes from the southern
republic: but that at no. time was
any Of his information presented by
the Secretary of War either to the
President or the Department Of State"
Mr.. Lawrence also said that Mr..
Gates made every endeavor to gain
the sympathetic ear of the War and
State departments. but without avail.
and failing in this he indicated that
he would put the whole matter before
the House committee on rules. which
is Investigating the Mexican situa-
tom -
Mr. Gates. IN his statement. asserts
that he communicated with Secretary
Baker of the War Department as a
friend and in the hope that whatever
information he had on the Mexican
State Department. In addition to
letters sent Mr.. Baker several trips
were made to Washington by Mr..
Gates.
Writes to Mr.. Baker.
July I wrote to Mr.. Baker" says
Mr. Gates statement. THE EFFORT. or
one effort, Of this coming hearing will
be to take the solution out Of Will
sons hands. I have seen and known
some time, and have intended all
aloig that when it should come I
! would go to you first for consultation.
/ stili and satisfied that the matter
can be saved with dignity on both
sides, and I wish I could help.
as David Lawrence implies, to turn
the whole matter over to the House
rules committee, and ask Mr.. Baker
to print my whole correspondence to
prove 1t.
"Any one who will READ the report
Of the hearings before the rules COM
mittee, and especially my article in
the April Worlds Work describing
my visit to Zapata, will readily un-
defstand why their representative In
SVO8 SHOui0 DC SIdu " AASC SUM-
one here who had seen the truth in
Mexico with his own eyes, and to
tell 1t; and why he should send me
verified authority to speak on their
behalf whenever the proper time
comes, and the administration comes
to:an end with Carranza.
SIT Is proper here to state that,
though I have been for the past year
trying to do Justice to the Mexicans.
no person either Mexican or American
has to this day contributed as much
asa postage stamp, and I certainly
have been In no ones pay, nor fol-
lowed any impulse but my own-a
thGnkless one. save for the fact that
IT involves the truth. Also, that
whereas the article charges me with
hsving been long q secret agent, my
1ref letter to Mr.. Hall. referring to
tho letter just received from Gen.
An{ezcua. in, Cuba, was dated only
Jui1e s: consequently after my whole
ss13es Of articles had been published
r.. Gates asks what the Mexican
gdSernment IL doing With letters to
Nh Hail which are to bepiaced In the
halIdA Of the Mexican embassy and
to- tho government of the United
STAKES. He asks how the Mexican
government obtained the letters
which were communications between
tHd American citizens. a...as.s=.