The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1919-07-29
.CARRANzA cow.
ROUNDLY SCORED
William Gates of Baltimore
Told Rules Committee the
Mexican Government
is ONLY LOT OF BANDITS

WASHINGTON, July 2s.-Carran
za's rule of Mexico is mot govern
ment, but band of outlaws, both
technically and practically, and to-
day it is utterly impossible AN enc
my of its own people first and
America second,'' William Gates,
OF Baltimore, an archaelogist, told
the House Rules Committee today
in its hearings on the Gould reso-
luton proposing a congressional in
Guiry into Mexican affairs.
Although asserting that President
Wilson was misled in making his de-
cislen to recognize Carranza, believ-
ing the Mexican to be a peoples
champion Gates declared in favor
of leaving the solution of the Mex
, lean problem with the President. The
President, he said, had been not full
ly informed of conditions in the
Southern Republic.
/, Gates said his opinions were based
on first-hand study of Mexican
conditions for about a year, beginn-
ing in July, 1917, during which
t ne he visited parts of the country
usually not seen by a traveller, in
: luding the states of Yucatan, Vera
Cruz, Pueblo, Morales and Oaxaca.
For twenty years he had been build
ing up library of Mexican antiqui-
IN ND iC fr>in w a g
to obtain more material and to find
out what was going on behind the
veil of our censorship and the Car
lIanza censorship"
! Carranza.s control includes the
!, rain ports and the railroads, with
Eadjoining territory for mile on cit
les asserted. This control, he said,
was that "of a body of soldiers who
Iare ready to shoot at a moments no
tice in a country where nobody else
has any guns.
Maintaining that genuine poll
icaIrevolution is on in Mexico, Ca
lare the country people, who when
1.-THE Carranzistas come into make
Ia raid, take mp their guns and be-
icome bandits in the eyes of the gov
.eInment.
In aswering to an inquiry whether
1.-THE United States Government now
is fully and fairly advised of Mexi-
can conditions, Gates answered:
II am satisfied that President
Wilson was betrayed by Carranz;
just as Carranza betrayed the Mex
lean people. 1 imagine that Pres
lident Wilson like many another faith
tul man, will try to stick to his
friends for a long time. We have
been running along that diplomatic
track that there was to Mexico but
Carranza except more bandits with
out any political purpose and thai
Carranza ought to have our help te
suppress those bandits. There must
have been some private interests be
ing served in the background. There
always are in all parties. That the
, real facts under such circumstances
could reach as far as President viii
son would take a good deal, and
doubt very much if they did,
Il General Obregon, who has beer
mentioned as Presidential candf
date to succeed Carranza was de
clared by Gates to be most bite
) IN his anti-American feeling. Gate
also asserted that he saw "a lette
y written from the secretary of tn
! socialist party in this country to oh
liegon, asking him what he though
/ this was about last April-wha
r would be propitiouG time to TAX
D unified act1on between the radica
element Of Mexico Canada. Cuba
n tand the United States.
al Gates told the COMMITTEES tina
s during the vax the Germans oDrat
ed wineEms station near Mexic
: City coreat1ng with q station i
t Spain whleh Retayed messages t
: lNauen He aAD asserted secan
& station ax~ nrnntainsd hy tn
e German III ONE of the states sout
n OF Mextco Gfy. Secretary Bake
/ was informed by Gates Of these sta,
K ions i'm the middle of the war
Gates said.