Tombstone epitaph., 1919-12-07
WHAT THE NEWSPAPERS OF THE UNITED STATES DO NOT KNOW ABOUT MEXICO
 WOULD FILL A LARGE SIZED BOOK
(Miami Silver Belt)


 While it is true that there is trouble in Mexico there trouble the United States and all the world for that matter) and while the United States government may be warranted in taking the stand that does in necton with the of United States Consul Jenkins of Pueba (earned professors of international law differ to this point still the statements made in the press of this country regarding the condition of affairs in the Southern Republic disgrace to American jour- nallsm
 By way of illustration take the following (writte, just before the execution of General AngceS from the latest edition of the Mining and Scientific Press of San Francisco. paper which brides itself the accuracy of its statements:
 According to the New York Times there were 37 major outbreaks of disorder reported in the Mex
 can newspaper during 1l2 days. from April 10 to July 31 of this year. Of the 30 states and terlitor
 cS into which Mexico is divided all except Lower California contributed to this orgy of violence and ' bloodshod. Cut of the total 272 ascribcd to
 the activities of various factions in rebellion against the 'ailanza government. 15 to organized handtry and 1o to the lawlcsSncSS of police and military off cias During the period 72 trains footed dvnamtcd or burned, .beSdeS the stations that
 attacked asd the tracks that destroyed Thir tv-ore towns raided These figures give some
 idea of the conditions prvaing in Mexico. At the present moment the Jenkins affair has created some thing that IS more than diplomatic crisis. The shooting. after capture of Felipe Angeles would re-
 of the few interesting personalities of the Mexican It appears that he has not been shot yet. but technically court martial will he illsit
 ieG 1T ordering the extreme penalty. How ong must We endure the dsordcrly and unSavoiy performances
 n our backyard!
 Technically the Mining and Scientific Press of San Francisco hide behind the skirts Of the metropolitan New York Times and claim that the New York Times and the Mining and Scientific Press responsible for the figures granted But what shall yc say of thy New York Times which prints accompanying map ot VI rNco with black spots showing where the alleged have been committed and y >lowin" only three black spots in the entire state of Sonora Sonora the a rorite hunting gI0und of the Yaqu Indians! Those Naqui Indians who constantly the war path and vi declared against the government of Mexico tho government of the United States. the government of England and the of Germany all at the
 c II there Is school boy along the border who does not know that the iron hand of Poliro DiaZ ever able to conquer the laqus should like to know the name of that youth. And there iS scarcely iron tcrSnan iii the southwest who would not be willing to wager his favolitc pony that n the event of between the United States and Mexico the warlikc YaIs would give the nted States trouble than all of the of Mexico put together Yet the New York Times in it's of the troubles ill Mexico has practically no- ing about the terrible Iaquis. dreaded and feared compilation purporting to have been made by the New York Times from Mexican newspapers the Yaquis get only three small black marks out of il7 black marks!
 If the remainder of the New York Times information regarding Mexico is accurate its information about the 1aIuiS and the OutragcS committed by them 1t not worth 30 cents (McX).
 And the scholarly editor of the Mining and Scientific Press of San Francisco who has spent good deal of time out here in the southwest and who ought know better falls for that kind of stuff
 There are those who argue that the entire state ot Sonora ought to be big black mark But to credit the Iaquis with less than per of the troubles m Mexico Is to laugh! And if the HauuiS could only get their hands these New York and San Francisco writ they would lift few editorial scalps just show their resentment for the in which they have been beitted.