The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-02-03
MORE OIL PROPAGANDA
BY OIL PRESIDENT

Another booklet is signed by Ira
Jewell Williams OF tho PHILADELPHIA
Bar" neglecting to state that WI.
liams Is president OF tho Boston.
Panuco oil company. This booklet
purports TO be legalistic dissertn.
ton on confiscation OF property.
Williams says: Under the present
regime the Ten Commandments may
not be popular in Mexico City. but
the least popular OF all Is the com.
mandnent Thou shalt not steal"
Williams also shows his judicial
nature by this statement:
THE true picture OF Mexico today
is that of divided country whose
various parts are under the control
OF military ehieftains. Some OF these
owe technical allegiance TO Carranza
Almost all. whether Carranzista or
anti-Carranxista. arc exploiting ma.
tves and foreigners alike by a reign
OF force and terror
I. Thus, once the inquirer begins with
the National Association for the Pro.
lection OF American Rights In Mex.
leo, he begins on n trail that leads to
one denunciation after another of
Mexico and all things Medicines
peciaiiy the Carranza government.
II is Illuminating 10 call the roll
Of officers OF this organlza tion:
Trcssurer-E. w. stetsou. vice pre.i.
Sent Guarantee Trust company OF New
York.
Executive oommittee--J r. Alexander
president National Bank OF Commerce
New York: Amos !. Beatty, general
counsel of the Texas company: George
H. Carnahan. president Inter Continental
Rubber company: Edward III. Doheny,
president Pan American Petroleum and
Transport company: waiter Dousiaa
president Montssuma Copper company;
G. y. Kelly. vice president Greene Can
anea Copper company: Thomas w. La
mont Of J. r. Morgan 4 Co; Chester o.
Swain. general counsel Of the Standard
on company OF New Jersey: Charles IL.
sabin. president Guarantee Trust com
pany. New York. Frederic N. watriss.
counsel faqui Delta Land and Water
company.
On the face OF things oil may not
always DO revealed In such n list. In
the case of Watriss. for example.
land and irrigation is implied on the
letter head. However. watriss Is
counsel for two oil companies, Cont.
mental Mexican and International Pc
troleum. lie represents these In the
American Petroleum association.
The idea Watriss holds as to Amer.
lean policy was given by him before
the FAN committee. lie read into the
record a letter from himself to Frank
l.. Polk. under secretary OF state.
in which he appears to set forth that
we have more reason for war with
Mexico than we had for war with
Germany. He said in that letter:
Public opinion forced us to take n
hand In Cuba. where much less cause
for interference existed. and we went
into the European war in defense OF
rights which were less well defined
than those which are being violated
by Mexico ="
l.. J. deBekker. author OF 1.-THE
Plot Against Mexico one of the most
valuable books Of the year, testifying
before the Fall committee, names
these companies as members Of the
National Association for the Protec.
ton OF American Rights in Mexico:
California Petroleum company, CONT
mental Mexican Petroleum company,
+ Passport A Mexicana Fuel oil corpora
tion. Huasteea Petroleum company, Mex
lean Gulf OIL company, Mexican Petro-
leutn company. Ltd, Mexican Petroleum
corporation. National oil company, Pan
American Petroleum and Trading COM
pany. Boston Panuco OH company. Port
Loboa Petroleum company. Snowden A.
McSweeney, Southern oil and Transport
company, Standard oil company OF New
Jersey, TamlahuR OH company, the Texas
company, Tuxpan Petroleum company,
Union OH company OF California, Union
company.
The work of the National Associa.
ton for the Protection of American
Rights in Mexico is only partly indi-
Gated thus far. but 1t will be devel.
oped In my following articles.