The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-07-02
American Newspaper Man Picks
Up Interesting Information
in Mexico.
CHANGE TOWARD AMERICANS
Correspondent Is First American to
Visit Notwithstanding Repub-
lie After Fall of Carranza-
People Want Peace.

Chicago. = Sidney NJ. Sutherland
writes to the Chicago Tribune from
Monterey, Mex. what he calls a dis
jointed tale OF a journalistic pilgrim In
quest of data in Mexico. 1t treats of
the entry OF the first American into
the revOlutiOn-slashed republic since
the roads were cut.
With passport in hand, l approached
one Monahan, the guardian for Uncle
Sam at the Laredo international bridge
that is. the Rio Grande-there's no
bridge. Somebody burned the six-span
steel structure ten days ago. They
have built pontoOn nearly across the
2OO-yard-wide stream. Just now you're
poled across in skiffs.
Monahan looked at my passport and
me, and told me to forget the Mexican
| consuls wise, as there are as many
| consuls In Laredo as there are factions
In Mexico, and to proceed and to pray
God to give mercy to my immortal
soul.
! stepped from civilization TO five
centuries ago, TO old shacks. narrow,
| hillly SllttNS, " NIdMlluIt
besgars. TO men in tatters, women in
rags and children in less than fig
leaves. There Is one tram df one
mule power, dozens of Ill smelling,
make-shft dirty saloons, and hanging
like pail over all the people and
businesses, the "wish-to-God this thing
would stop and we could get back to
|
es more confidence In this regime than
In any since old Porfirio Diaz departed.
And there Is n new spirit toward
Americans. Somebody--and one ven
lures to credit General Obregon with
the idea--passed the order everywhere
to defer to things American and cut
out the nonsense. ObregOn visited
several American camps during the
war and the Great Lakes to see the
United States when we meant business
and had stifed the pacifists. Every
body on both sides of the river told
me no one could go South. SO jump
ed into coach and was driven to the
barracks where Col. ]. f. Borquez
commands the border between Eagle
Pass and Brownsville and south to
Monterey. told him who was
and what I wanted. After officially
informing me OF Monterey's fall, he
promised to comply with all my re-
quests.
Obtains Safe Conduct.
Telling me to return at 10 n. m. Fri
day. he dictated n safe conduct pass
1t II the most complete document
ever saw and has worked wonders
only hope don't present it to the
opposing faction and get shot during
the confusion.
Boruuez, voicing what all the other
rebel generals have told me since. said
solemnly and earnestly:
"We're tired of fighting. Ten years
of strife have Slapped us until the last
Mexican virtues-patience and for
bearance-have been exhausted Car
rama would have had us In trouble
with America, and we can't stand fol
that. We want peace and a chance
to work That Is ALL To get 1t we
must be at peace at home and abroad
The rebel chleftalns all rally to us be
cause CarranZa meant trouble, and 0ui
plan means the simplest program Of all
peace and work.
What carranza Stood For.
"Carrnnza represented pro-thls and
pro-that, political autocracy, personal
frigidlty, private revenge and pure
graft. You will notice the revolution
swept most Of the republic without q
hundred shots being fred. That shows
Mt once that Carranza was not wha,
they wanted and what our plan Is
Please be good enough to send only
one message to your people-have 0
little patience and we will make the
grade"
was at the station at ten Friday
There was a water tank car, a fat car
and cabooss made OLA converted