Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-07-29
'CARRANzA RULES GOVERNMENT BY
 OUTLAW BAND Archaeologist Tells House Com
 mittee of Conditions in
 Mexico. PRESIDENT BETRAYED BY MEXICAN LEADER Baltimore Man Asserts Alleged Ban dits Are Country People Who Take Up Guns to Defend HOmes."

Washington, July 28.--Carranza's rule of Mexico is mot government, but a band of outlaws, technically and practically" ,and today it is utterly impossible-an enemy of it's own peo- pie first, and America second" Will liam Gates of Baltimore, and archaeo- logist, told the house rules committee today in it's hearing on the Gould reso- quiry into Mexican affairs.
 Although asserting that President 1 Wilson was misled in making his de- cision to recognize Carranza, believ- ing the Mexican to be "people's champion" Gates declared in favor of leaving the solution of the Mexi- can problem with the president. The president, he said. had been not fully informed of conditions in the south ern republic
 Gates said his opinions were based on a first hand study of Mexican con- ditions for about year, beginning in July, 1917, during which time he visi- ted parts of the country usually not seen by traveller. including the states of Yucatan, Vera Cruz, Pueblo, Morales and Oaxaca. For twenty years, he explained, he had been building up library of Mexican anti quities and literature and his trip was to obtain more nnAteerial and to "find out what was going on behind the veil of our censorship and the Carranza censorship"
 So-Called Bandits Only Home-De
 lenders.
 Carranza's control includes the main ports and the railroads, with adjoining territory for a mile on either side of the transportation lines, Gates asserted This control, he said was that "of a body of soldiers who are ready to shoot at a minutes notice in country where nobody else has any guns"
 | Maintaining that general political revolution is on in Mexico, Gates de clares the so-called bandits are the country people, who, when the Car ranzistas come in to make raid take up their guns and become ban. dits in the eyes of the government" In answer to an inquiry whether the United States government now is fully and faily advised of Mexican conditions, Gates answered: 'I am satisfied that President Will . son was betrayed by Carranza, ius1 as Carranza betrayed the Mexican people. I imagine that President Will
 son, like many another faithful man will try to stick to his friends for z
 long time. We have been runnine :, along that diplomatic track that there i. was no Mexico but Carranza, excep F mere bandits without any politica
 purpose and that Carranza ought tt
 have our help to suppress these ban
 dits. There must have been som,
 private interests being served in tn,
 back ground There always are i, such parties"
 Obregon Bitter Anti-American. General Obregon, who has beer mentioned as presidential candidat' to succeed Carranza was declareed b. Gates to be most bitter in his anti 7 American feeling. Gates said he say "a letter written from the secretar, / of the socialist party in this countr,
 to Obregon. asking him what h.
 thought-this was about last April
 what he thought would be good tim <. to take unified action between the ra : dical element of Mexico, Cuba and tn United States"
 . Gates told the committee, that dur : ing the war, Germans operated wire : less station near Mexico City con n meeting with station in Spain. whic : relayed messages to Neuen. He als : asserted second station was main I tained by the Germans in one of tn : states south of Mexico City. Secre
 tary Baker was informed by Gates
 of these stations in "the middle of tn :. war;" in 1918, Gates said.
 Declaring that he had close frienG P ship with Secretary Baker. Gates sai n he had written several letters to hin n explaining Mexican affairs but h e asked not to be requested to plac V these in the record. because he di f not "want to play politics" with state e ments such as one would make only : a close friend.
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