Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-21
Lower California
by Frederic j. tiaskin

of lower California from Mexico has
revived interest IN that httle-known
hand What do We want with thus iong,
practically barren peninsula that sticks
cut like thirsty tongue into the Pacihc
Ocean What would we do with It after
we had bought II
Scnntor Ashurst who started the
lower California bail rolling IN the Senate,
believes that American industry, -Amcrl-
can money and the American pioneer
would turn the Colorado River upon It's
hhStcring sands and make them Weld
oranges. lemons tigs and dates and long
staple cotton But the real reason the
United states wants Lower California
u because II i dangerous II is like an
unlocked door upon our Pacihc Coast
and AZ any time We are APT to learn that
AN Oriental power has crcpt IN.
Mule the | nitcd States ls on the best
of terms with the orcuta nations at
the present time tins tehrtous state
ma, not alWavs last, md Lower California
y uncumiortahlv near the Pananrs
Canal
MTXICo WITHOUT AUTHoR1N.
II would be toll, icr the | nucd States
government 10 depend upon MeNcn To
uphoid the Monroe Doctrine IN Lower
Canturnn tor Wears. Alc>cn has had
no authority whatever ever the peninsula.
II Is ruled hN u NrNlcan, II IL true, but
one who LAS broken otl AL connections
with the Mexican government W hen
T. clstn Canu bcc.,mc governor of
Lower California under loriirio Dla1. he
made + brIei exploration oi the territory
surrounding las capital city and returned
with sinle % deep satisfaction y WAS
A. hc bid lhourEt IL the south and
e4~t III bls governmental headquarters
stretched over hunlrea ml,s II desert
W Mc>ictu annv could uterch across
thlt and the only other WY i could
reach htu would ~ erosS Nmcrcan
snI ~ Nneu.,u rdruaas
ll,no,t,fth. -tchau Cantu paid no
attention ~ orders irom N,Ntru p.az,
Madcrn. liugrta ali r,~r and tell, and the
governor o Lower 4 8htaIuIa continued
g. dwell apafN il h- little capital md
manage us own affairs .t~ i thcrc had
nrNrr hrtu r,yoIuuon in McNico
On.N occasionally 4 u,u.hcr ii the old
Das rr1tuu would pp,r seeking rct-
IL, inu alWtN, found piacc iar
I'M
otheered almost ,nprolv ~ graduate 81
thc AlgN.u i.i.t4rN acadcfav at hap
uif,p.g BE l,- t.r E private secretary 4
diploma AL. V,- once Mexican minister
a. B.E4 h- ,itN engineer used 10
teach uasarv .aclt,ruaa i thg haNul-
tep,e ar4l,ntN .. ht~ t.tV architect Is
ihc u4u Nha est t.a taN ei NcNca
it, haa.f8d ,t,f4 lull~ ard HIS cons
grr-~laul. headquarters Ihn-, l.st two
refugee, itN frr.eI .uft- rav.al
into + reutar t.c .a.l industrious town.
WITT wut4..~g houses cuen' >5e-
Wa,k,. irrigation l.t,at~ au8 modern
concrete h,sh hoa
rF>l>srIA rRoerFRoU@
- ctFucnf Ills hccn Cantu admins
traflan 81 AFFAIR." that Lower C4iiiorna
ha, gnloycd great pro>p.tt1 while tic
whole of AieXICo has b.cu rrdt-ced to
poverty. Naturally, the NcNigau govern
mcut Gas made a strong effort to share
tin prosperity. From tlmc to unc.
C3ntu las Received demands inr men
and money from tile trrauza governs
mont. blt these have b,,in politely rc-
m-sd The Carranza government a.~a
uteG ,teracr methods II attempted t0
d~u4~- h.m and rcplace linn With more
an.tn.'.e governor
Caufu mt lis successor. escorted him
T. h.- uttee WITH graat frnp ani c,Ir-
monv. aH5flr THE il. Nf t0a lay- proceeded
10 entertain hlr caho-at,l1 Then he
ordered lis VI-Ifor- bAg~ Tep4ckci and
drove him to tie traiH t.tutu could
scr ho ~.ld. tba. the new 2 vernon WAS
cutire.y too distinguished Hau f0 waste
upon lu Isolated >p9i lk, Lower alltort.l
he NEXT envoy ta arrve u Aie>je.h
W, Young man Vito a.fI ha,a appointed
rs the CarEanza government i customs
collector q. Tie Peninsula 6anfu bro
L., Il to misunderstood fhe nature 81
thIe Young man appaluffl ar' and hla
mn placcd ID fhe customs cfire - D
stenoCr4pher Nt,n lo fuaie gave uD
IL hantlc attempts oHnforni 4, governor
oi hl, mi-fatc. Inc i iltg r.4r ~, per-
u4;ted RI I,turu D. Iesco amt report
hi> fsiIur,
ri cour-e. tti- -ar = thing canno,
p on indefinitely taHfI know- n
Carr~nz1 ha, tod hu Bat ~ T. pre-
pared % withstand considerable pei>Ia-
sloU H. Aa- an cfhGcnt httlc army. the
fslthfalur,~ 81 WIlrt be Insure> bv prompt
cash paymeufs Like Sarah Beruhardj
n pay. h> company Of every night,
and each man gets 81 50 American
money Tin, Is about the ONLY instance
OF one nation using tte cuiuaE, oi another.
but II l- ln keeping with mos y tie things
that happen IL Lower California
IMPORTED LABOREKs.
Beside ms army. Cautu has established
another source oi military material bv
the zraiual importation - MeIran
tattaTtr~ 20 take the place o. the Cnlnese
and Jafuuese They are pledged 3 render
military service for Aim w,srneyeT lie IS
III need OF H. Cautu, although known
to h. very friendly 10 the Americans,
who ira -eparated from his capital merely
b, wire fence that runs along the
border remains an enigma-One Of the
many eiugmas the United States WI
havt 70 tie II II buvS Lower California.
Or IpGer California has never been
SUI ugated 10y Caucasians It's great
desserts stretch for hundreds OF miles
stuuDprl parriers u the push OF civIliza-
tion Nh.e few Of its coast towns
contain large MeNcan and Indian pop
ulatiui-. the climate Is too not for large
permanent settlements Of white men
Tho mountains Of the interior, which are
cpoier are almost uneXplored Wlldernesses
Inhabited only by Wild animals and
wlacr myths
Ouc legend Is that giant women At one
time inhabited tie PcuInsula--a story
Wlnca COTtol Seems M naye believed
cenllrie- ago "Iuev tel me ii j. aI
island laopled by giaut women Wrot,
Coitel fo kIng Philip d SPAN iu TIL,
e4Ntaeufl century fIucy 4re without
any men altuosgii at certain tllt ttcy
ar VISITED by men from The mankind
ana = tie women bear female children
tlcv are protected. but i males, they
ar drsru from society" EtAEoiogt,l, Z,
bcAtFt thaf tI~ legend originated iu t4,