Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-01-30
SAYS MEXICAN
WAR BOOMERS
GOT $4,000 YEAR
Border Probe Witness Tells CT
American Rights AssOcia-
TONS Work.
SENTIMENT AT ODDS
BY CHESTER NJ. WRIGHT.

NEW YORK. Jan. S0.-lt costs $lOC
per year, and whatever else you want to
give, to be an active member of the Ma
tional Association for the Protection OF
American Rights in Mexico, according to
the testimony of Executive Director
Charles Hudson Boynton, before the Fall
committee, which is investigating the
Mexican situation for the senate.
Boynton is paid $4,000 a year for his
work. There are between 100 and lao
active members. Associate members
bring the total up to about 1000. AS
sociate members pay 81 per year.
Il Is this association that conducts the
propaganda in the United States for
American owners of oil wells, mines and
other property in Mexico. Boynton says
that expenses are met by dues and as
sessments. He made public no record OF
assessment levied.
DIsAVOWs DESIRE
FOR INTERVENTION.
This association disavows any desire
for American intervention In Mexico.
When I asked one OF its representatives
An washington what the association had
In mind as a proper means of protect
ing American rights" in Mexico, he said
he didn't know. I asked why they didn
come out plainly and openly for inter
vention. and he said the members
couldn't agree" on such proposal. 1t
may be accepted as a fact that some
members of the association oppose inter
vention unequivocably..
I got in the Washington Office another
brilliant bit Of comment. had asked
for news stories furnished to the press
by the association during the senate com
mittee hearings. / was given a bundle
Of ''copy."
'fHave you got any copies Of feature
81 amman interest stories that can
geeS" asked.
"No," was the answer. eve started to
put some color into the stories, but as
the hearings went along we cut out the
COLOR
In the New York office the working
methods were explained carefully. Use
Of the word Intervention" is avoided.
Little press matter Is issued from the
New York office. Some thirty -four pieces
in a year, was told.
"HAND-OUT COPY"
PASSED TO PRESS.
But issuing prepared "hand-out' copy
is the method Of second-rate publicity
men. And Boynton's office is no second
rate office. This office sees to it that
the newspapers learn about things that
Representatives,, for example. 1t sees
that the state department is informed.
1t sees that the press is Informed. In
formed, that is, of what tn easSociation
wants published. Digging it out of the
state department" has constituted much
Of the associations publicity work.
1.-THE murder map" and the disorder
map were issued by this association to
show how bad conditions are in Mexico.
The murder map" shows in regular 'X
marks the spot" fashion how many
In,
since 1910, period of ten years. MAP
shows 551 American lives sacrificed to
Mexican lawlessness," says the caption.
Examination OF the tabulatlon shows
that all kinds of killings, including cl-
william murders of the ordinary criminal
character are included in the list. I
was assured that this story was pub
ushed widely by newspapers. This map
and tabulstion was released for publica-
tlon on Dec. IA. q
For Nov. 16 the disorder map" was
released. The caption over this map
was, MAP proves unrestralncd reign OF
rebellion and outlawry throughout Mex
leo" A sub-caption refers to the "out-
fages" shown on the map.
PROPAGANDA OF
PROVOCATIVE KIND.
This map and tabulation constitute 2
reason that while the heading declare;
positively that rebellion and outlawry
are "unrestrained," the tabulation con.
tains large number of "Outrages" which
consist Of clashes between Carranzist;
troops with rebels in the Mexican gov.
ernment's campaign to suppress and wipe
out banditry, rebellion and outlawry.
A count of the "outrages'' shows tha
in fortysix of the cases listed the tout
rage consisted of aggressive action o.
federal troops against bandits, rebels
and outlaws. How these instances Of
restraint got into a tabuIation of 'un
restrained rebellion" is unexplained
Rebels in vicinity" and "rebel raid
characterize many of the "outrages." The
tabulation is made up from reports il
Mexican newspapers.
Mai. John G. Mcdonnell, retired, repre-
senting the association on the Pacific
coast, made this statement in an inter
view real into the Fall committee record
Mexico is a haven of refuge to which
the /. w. W, which is an alias for an
archists, were sent to be tutored by Ger
man propagandists The product of thi:
Joint labor OF anarchy and %ultur was
bolshevism, which was first put into eff
feet in Mexico ia all Its details, even K
public ownership of women and corrup.
ton Of children. Bolshevism was trans
planted from Mexico to Russia, where i
Is now bearing It's perfect fruit. From
its original source In Mexico it's evan
gelists OF anarchy hope to introduce il
in the United States. They have made NJ
little progress"