The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-01-01
MEXICAN WOMEN ARE
GETTING WISE TO US
Declare League 20 Spend MiliIoas on
Charitable Propaganda Is On.y
Scheme to Briag Aboat Iaterves-
tion-Ssy It Can b Used at Home
Sec In Our Philanthropy the Hypoe-
r.cy Of Big Biz
BY Associated Press

Mexico Civ, Dec. 24.-ResOlutiOnS
of protest against projected piilan-
.nrcpic Intervention In Mexican az
fairs by the recent Reformed Child
hood Conservation league of the
United States" were adopted at a
meeting of the Mexican feminist
council Tuesday. The league. which.
it Is said. purposes. with the finan-
c'al backing of a group Of the largest
and best known magnates of the
United States. to spend from two
million to four million dollars annu-
ally on charitable propaganda in MEX
ico." is said to be a "far sighted
scheme to bring about ultimate in
tervention in Mexican affairs"
Sonora Elena Torres. general secre-
tary of the feminist council. gave the
following statement to the Associ-
ated Press:
Mexican women hold Mexico itself
to be best able to judge its own needs
and to find way to satisfy them in
due time. Outside aid. however well
meant. is entirely unlimited.
."Ihose desiring to spend money to
relieve temporary structures in Mex
leo incident to the ten-year revolu-
tion may find means thru Mexican in
stitutions already organized for that
purpose.
Says U. .. has Plesty Of TrosbIs At
Asme.
"Above all. before seeking external
objects of charity. those benevolently
Inclined United States citizens desir-
Gus of relieving suffering had best
take care of those 5000. 900 to 6.OO0.-
900 children which the 1919 report of
the children's bureau at Washington
declares are dying annually in the
United States from hunger and mall
nutrition.
1.-THE Mexican feminist council also
holds that those persons financially
supporting the movement are the
same individuals who have agitated
most insistently for Intervention and
curtailment of Mexican liberties. FL
nanciers heading the list Of patrons
of the so-called Childhood Conserva-
tion league are those bankers. oil
barons. pnilanthropists and notable
men who figure most prominently In
societies and associations for the pro-
lection of American rights In Mexico.
AGNES c. DAUT. SECRETARY
OF THE NEW CHARITABLE INSTI-
TUITION. BUT BETTER KNOWN AS
A CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY TO
FINANCIAL MAGNATES THAN AN
ORGANIZER OF BENEVOLENT IN
STITUTIONS. WAS AT WORK
PURELY IN The INTERESTS OF
HER EMPLOYERS WHILE MAKING
A RECENT TRIP THRU MEXICO.
at is frankly stated the leagues
objects are the establishment within
ten or fifteen years Of strongholds OF
sympathy for the United States in the
minds of the benefciaries of this en-
terprise who would be impregnAted
with new culture and new patriotism
which would train them to accept
ance rather than revolt against pos
sfble armed Intervention in Mexico.
CsiUs o. All Citizsas Te Resist Overt
Attack.
1.-The effect upon the minds Of the
unsuspecting masses. Of such an an
nual expenditure Of money In Mexico
by the United States would forward
tho sinister purposes of tho interven-
tionists who thus could convince
these people that Mexico was unable
to solve her own problems and care
for her own citizens without outside
assistance.
"The Mexican feminist council calls
upon every Mexican citizen. man and
woman. to resist this overt attack
upon national self-respect and dignity
and to find some means themselves OF
solving pressing problems Of national
reconstruction"