Arizona republican., 1919-07-27
OCCUPATION OF
 MEXICO URGED
CContinued from Page one)

Continued from Page One)
 that it was several years after the 1 Civil war before order was fully re- stored throughout the south.
 The ambassadors statement follows. 1 Mexico today has q stable govern ment True. there are some districts in which a few bandits are at large. Mexico is in the aftermath of a civil war and the conditions in these few areas are such as have followed such struggles in all lands In your own south it was many years after Appo- mattoX before conditions were restored to normal and your conternal govern ment was occupied a long time in the work of qualification in a few of the re- 4 moter districts. Yet because the James boys, the Apache Kid, Geronimo and other bandits in the southwest con- tinued their depredations after the civil war when no one would urge that the American government was un- stable.
 Mexico Like Old West
 Tn addition to the after effects of the civil strife there are parts of Mex leo in which conditions today are much like they were in your own west not so many years ago. Your army was kept busy for two generations by the In dians and bandits of the west. Within my own memory the border districts of Mexico were raided almost con stantly by Indians escaping from your own side of the border Cooperation of the two governments (treaty of lSS2) in the matter of pursuit of ban dIts and cattle thieves across the in ternational line resulted in the sup pression of most of these disorders in the early eighties, eliminating in the capture of the Apache Geronimo, and his band of Chiricahua Indians by the forces of General Miles in 1886.
 We are now trying 10 arrange for a renewal of the former system. For eigners in Mexico today are accorded every protection. In the few disturbed areas they are occasionally made the victims of bandits, but in every case the government is devoting the utmost energy to the pursuit and punishment of the criminals. In such areas the foreigner undertakes a risk that he as sumes when he enters such an area and his peril is no greater than the danger to Mexicans.
 Admits Bandits Are Active
 A few wandering bandits scattered over an immense and sparsely settled 1OuAiLAy d country Ol nOu0GttluS dUt wilderness in part-can keep a great many troops busy in pursuit, as youl own western experiences have demon strated The Mexican governmnt to- day is spndng two-thirds of it's na. tional income in the pursuit and pun ishment of bandits. It has an army O over 5O,000 men engaged in this worl and troops are ever on the heels O these bands. The whole business is il process of being wound up at this time Zapata and many other bandit chief have been tracked to their camps anC killed
 "Other small bands are breaking up The Mexican government today i making a showing in this tremendou task of justification which compare favOrably with the effort of any gov ernment which has ever been con fronted with conditions at all similar Mexico has never repudiated any o her international obligations and vii meet every debt which is due She ha the resources to discharge every obi gation without making any seriou drain on her national wealth, and a fast as these assets become availabl with the revival of industry she vii meet her obligations In the oil regiol tllNA v ildS tOI bSel one instance o confiscation, nor are the companie paying royalties. In 1918 they pro duced 64,0O0000 barrels of oil out of potential capacity of over 5S0,0OO, % barrels. Their own published balanc sheets show their prosperity an profits
 Propaganda of Enemies
 The very intense press propagand of these days, when the principal ban dits are being killed, captured or ar surrendering to the government fore, or disbanding, and when the pacifica ton of the county is in sight, is inter preted in my country as the last effor of expaTiates, members of the old re gime of Mexico and their powerfI contederates and politicians in Europ and this country to precipitate arme intervention, as they feel that whe the complete pacification, the rehabil itation of the industries now in sus pense, the intensification of commer cial relations and the general develop ment of the wonderful resources of tn country ar accomplished facts, the dream of the return of an obsolete des potic system of government and tt embodiment of two nations in arme | conflict will bn tbipor of tJoo v