The Washington times., 1927-12-20
EXPL AIMS
MEXICAN
EXPOSE

VSontlnueQ from tlrst FaseJ
which indicated an effort OF the
Mexican government to interfere
with the plans and processes Of
the Government Of the United
States and with the welfare OF
the people of the United States.
This American citizen, resident
In Mexico, communicated with
Edward III. Clark, perfectly
Well-knOwn business man OF Inn
pOrtance In New York, suggesting
that q further knowledge OF these
papers be secured and their con-
tents exposed to the knowledge
Of the American people through
my publications.
Investigator Employed
When authorized to proceed,
this American, consulting with
John Page, correspondent of the
international News Service, de.
cided to employ the most capable
and trustworthy investigator that
he could find in Mexico. and
secured the services Of an Amer.
lean citizen of Mexican descent,
Avila, a man who had served
hOnOrably i'm the military secret
service department Of the United
States, and after some years OF
service had been hOnOrabIy dis
charged and had received the
following most extraordinary let
ter of commentator from his
superior:
Headquarters, Laredo District.
District Intelligence Officer.
Alexander Building.
LAREDO, Tex, Sept. ~, 1919.
From Captain John j. Gala.
CHER. A. s. A.
District Intelligence Officer,
Laredo, Texas.
To whom it may concern:
Subiect-RecOmmendation,
/. 1 take pleasure In being ac-
corded the opportunity to offer o
1eW words of cOmmendatiOn in be-
half of MIR. Miguel II. Avila's
splendid service rendered this of
flee while i have been the dis
trict intelligence officer of Laredo
district.
2. Mr.. AviIa is a young man Of
excellent character, and entirely
subordinate at all times. He Is
conscientious and faithful in the
performance of all duties. ] uIl-
hesitatingly recommend him for
any position of great RESPONSE
bility where his many desirable
qualifications are absolutely nee
essary and so essential in any
duties of importance.
3. take pleasure in offering
this voluntary recommendation
in behalf of Mr.. Miguel Il. Avila
as l am about to be transferred
elsewhere for duty.
JOHN j. GALLAGHER,
Captain. u. 8. A.
Every care therefore was taken
In this case to secure accuracy
and reliability.
MIR. Avila proceeded promptly
to approach government clerks
and to obtain a view Of the dOcu.
mentS in the files.
Documents on File
He reports back to the Ameri-
can citizen above mentioned and
to Mr.. John Page that the dOcu-
ments were there and that for
the payment of comparatively
small sum of money he could
obtain them.
He was authorized to obtain
the documents. he did obtain
them and delivered them to the
aforementioned American citizen
and Mr.. John Page.
Whereupon they exhibited the
documents Immediately to Ambas.
sador Sheffield, and the cOnclu-
sion arrived at was that the
documents were authentic on their
face and that there was nothing
about them to contradict the re-
port of MIR. AVila as to how and
when he had obtained them.
The documents were then sub.
mitted to the counsel of the em-
bassy, MIR. ScllOenfeld, and he was
Of Q similar opinion. but advised
that careful comparisons should
be made with known signatures
of President Gales, which COM
parisOn was made and tended to
convince all parties interested
OF the authenticity Of the sigma
lures.
The documents were then
brought by MIR. John Page, and
the American citizen before men,
toned, to New York and submit
ted to Mr.. Edward H. Clark, and
by these three gentlemen submit
ted to me.
asked and was told what eff.
fort had been made to establish
the authenticity of the documents
beyond question and suggested
that the documents be submitted
further to the President Of the
United States, then at his summer
residence I'm South Dakota.
MIR. Clark took the documents
to President Coolidge.
Mr.. Clark found Ambassador
Sheffield at the Coolidge home in
South Dakota, and found the
President sufficiently familiar
with the details of the documents.
The President was unwilling
to become further acquainted with
the details, but said sOundly that
4 should be remembered that
the Senator's mentioned undOubt-
ndly never received the funds al.
uded to, and that the entries In
me documents might possibly
have been made with the object
Ai camouflaging other disposition
Of those funds.
Question of Public Policy
This suggestion was in harmony
with the opinion that / had al
ready expressed to the American
citizen who obtained the dOcu.
ments and to MIR. John Page. ana
determined not to print the
names Of the Senators mentioned
I'm the documents, nor Of any az
the individuals implicated IN the
documents, but TO leave the uues-
tion Of whether those names
should be made public to any gov.
ernmentaI body that might he
interested in the documents.
The question may here proper.
-rly be discussed as 20 whefhe,