The border vidette., 1929-04-13
LET THE TRUTH BE KNOWN

shooting OF q trooper or the
Tenth U. s. cavalry on the Am
erican side of the international
line and q protest that federals,
as well as rebels, were not warn
ed by the U. s. government
against shooting across the line
was made Monday by General
/ Francisco Borquez. rebel leader
10 charge at rebel headquarters.
Nogales, Sonora.
The statement said:
"Nogales, Sonora. Revolution
ary Headquarters
ITO the Press and Public of the
United States:
Let the truth be known. The
truth shall prevail. Whilst we
deplore the Naco outrages in
which an American border patrol
was shot and American property
was damaged by bombs secretly
placed on the American side, we
have no apology to offer for
those outrages because we had
no part in their instigation and
perpetration.
We would like the American
people to. believe that we are
honest men, we would be glad If
they would even try to believe
that we possess at least q small
degree of intelligence.
We appeal to the known great
intelligence of the people of the
United States when we ask If
they can. By any process of re.
asoning. determine how the cause
of the Mexican revolutionists
could possibly be aided by the
revolutionists committing the
Naco outrsges?
"On the other hand is it not
obvious that our enemy would,
| in his extremity and cowardly
desperation. resort to those meas
ures, laying the blame on the
revolutioDists and thereby Sc.
curing the powerful aid and in
Etervention Of the United States.
which aid alone could save him
from capture and punishment by
our forces?
Your government has warn.
Led as not to fire upon Americans
4 or by our fire cause damage to
American property, but strange.
" enough, and so far as we
know, no such warning has been
given to the federals. whose
cause alone would be benefited
by such acts.
! It is our purpose and aim to
| fight clean and fair and we have
not and will not deviate from
that principle. On the other
hand, the Naco outrages clearly
reveal the Gales government
system of accomplishing its pur.
poses by foul and murderous
means whenever it finds those
means convenient and expedient.
It is against this system, long
continued and ruthlessly prac
| ticed, that q vast majority of the
Mexican people have rebelled.
1T only requires calm and i'm
partial thinking. rather than a
great amount of intelligence, to
reveal the logic and truth of
| these statementS.
I'VE note that some of your
newspapers censure as for not
settling our differences with
Gales by ballots instead of bull
lets. Our answer to this criti.
cism is that you did not settle
your differences with George III
of England with ballots.
I'VE fully realize that the
powerful aid Gales is obtaining
from your government, and we
do not question your government
is acting within its legal rights
in giving such aid, will call for
an appalling sacrifice in lives
and property destruction before
the power and rule of Gales is
broken and forever banished
from Mexico. But no matter
how great the sacrifices, how
long continued the struggle may
be, we shall fight on until our
cause is triumphant. But many
Mexicans will long remember
with sadness the stand the Un.
tied States government has
deemed best for it to take in this
conflict between the Mexican
people and Gales, the dictator.
(Signed)
gen. FRANCISCO BORQUEz.