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I» CilGECONSPIRACr 'JANX SEEKS injunction STOP McADOO'8 WRATH. TO OFFICEBS GET SUPPORT Riggs National Bank of Washington Alleges McAdoo and Williams At tempted to Use Their Position to Take Out Spleen—Government Takes Stand Behind Officials. Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo and Comptroller of the Currency Williams have been made defendants in proceedings begun in the District Court of Columbia Supreme Court by the Riggs National Bank of Washing ton, which alleges that those officials have combined and conspired to wreck the bank. Temporary and permanent injunc tions to halt the alleged conspiracy and to prevent the comptroller from making what the bank charges are unlawful demands for special reports of various kinds are sought from the Court. One portion of the prayer seeks to restrain John Burke, treasurer of the United States, from payment into the treasury of J5.000 declared to be due the bunk as interest on $1,000,000 of United States bonds deposited with the comptroller against its note cir culation. Th<s interest was withheld to cover penalties of $100 a day for the bank’s failure to make certain reports. Once paid into the treasury, only an act of congress could get the $5,000 out, and Justice McCoy Monday granted a temporary injunction on this phase of the case. for answer by the defendants to show causo why permanent Injunctions should not be issued. The bank's bill of complaint con tains thirty-seven specific allegations designed to show that the comptroller has adopted unusual and legally ques tionable tactics in dealing with the institution. It recites that evidence of on unusual desire for information concerning the bank was shown by Mr. Williams shortly after he assum ed th-* office of comptroller more than a year ago, and has continued ever since. Prior to that time, in Decem ber, 1913, it says. Mr. McAdoo charg ed officers of the bank with responsi bility for publications concerning a local financial deal Involving two trust companies. When this charge was denied, the bill asserts, Secre tary McAdoo cursed Milton E. Ailes, a vice-president of the bank, and said to C. C Clover, its president: “Mr. Glover, you know what this means to the Riggs National Bank." “Meaning thereby,” the bill adds, “that from that time on the power of the treasury department would be ag- gresshely used for the ruination and destruction of the plaintiff bank In order to satisfy the personal malice and 111 will of said defendants, Wil liams and McAdoo, and shortly after wards the said defendants, Williams and McAdoo, began a series of per secutions against the plaintiff bank for the purpose of impairing or de stroying its said business, thereby prostituting their high public office and violating their oaths in order to vent their personal vindictiveness on the officers of the plaintiff bank." A few months later, the bill sets forth, the plaintiff bank was notified by C. 8. Hamlin, now governor of the federal reserve board, but then -as sistant secretary of the treasury in charge of the fiscal bureau', that Sec retary McAdoo purposed to exclude the Riggs Bank from a share of de posits to cover the District of Colum bia tax withdrawals, which deposits by custom are divided among the na tional banks of the district. Mr. McAdoo later wrote to Mr. Glover, the complainant states, de clining to explain why such action should be taken, and adding at the same time his Intention of withdraw ing all government funds from that bank. Subsequently, it is alleged, government deposits amounting to more than $1,200,000 were with drawn from the bank, including Pan ama canal deposits amounting at one time to $1,158,479. These withdrawals were brought about by Secretary McAdoo, it is charged, at a time when the Euro- pekn war and the business depression in the United States had made banks husband their resources and “in a deliberate attempt to wreck the plain tiff brnk in the execution of the con spiracy-existing between him and the defendant, Williams, for that pur pose.” Comptroller Williams issued this statement: “I have not seen the bill * filed by the complainants, but have read the extracts furnished the press. “The recent investigations of the affai’-s of the Riggs National Bank disclosed irregularities and unlawful . practices on the part of certain offi cers o: sufficient importance to merit — their reference to the department of Justice, and that department engaged the services of Louis D. Brandeis of Boston some weeks ago, as special counsel in the case, and it .is consist ent with thg.attitude of those officers to attempt by unwarranted state ments to place, themselves and the bank in a position of- martyrdom at the hands of the administration. “It is not the practice of this de partment to disfcuss in ^he-public press the'affairs of any national bank Ing association, but since the officers in question^have had the temerity to submit this matter to the eaaft. this . office l; prepared to $how a condition of affairs in the management of this institution which fully warranted the • action taken by this office. The bank la solvent. The interests of the de positors have been safeguarded by the actions of the comptroller's office, but if the methods and practices com- plaired of had bean permitted U> con tinue the results would have beau reprehensive practices of the officers in question and their misuse of the powers delegated to them by the di- HOtnii: SLIPPED IN “The penalty Imposed for failure to mske reports, the collection of which penalty they seek to have en joined, grows out of their unwilling ness to disclose the true nature of the transectidns engaged In. “The whole purpose of the depart ment has been to require the bank to give up the unlawful and dangerous practices and methods which had been in vogue for years past, and which had threatened alike the wel fare and security of both sharehold ers ard depositors, and to require the bank to conform to the plain require ments of the national bank act, and to the regulations of the office of the comptroller of the currency. “In its efforts to ascertain the real troth in regard to the operations and affairs of the Riggs National Bank, letters were from time to time direct ed to the bank from the office of the comptroller of the currency for infor mation. These requests for data in various cases were refused, and on Mar;h 30, the Riggs National Bank was notified of the imposition of & penalty of $5,000, under Section 5,- 231 of the United States Revised Statutes, for Its refusal to furnish in formation to the comptroller's office in regard to its affairs. “Ou April 5 the comptroller of the currency addressed a letter to the bank calling its attention to various false statements which had been made by its officers under oath, and what are regarded as deliberate ef forts to deceive the department, and notified the bank that in view of the unsatisfactory and dangerous condi tions which have come to light as the result of the investigations of the bank by this offlee-and the national bank examiner; in view of the unre liability of the statements made by your officers under oath or otherwise, and your long continued defiance of the law and disregard for the instruc tions of this office, you are hereby notified that the comptroller of the wilfr' nntih 1 farther-nottcer KRON PRENZ RAN PAST GUNS OP BLOCKADING FLEET. CAPTAIN TELmTOBY ITELLHI * trover Anchor* refuss to approve the Riggs National Bank as depository for the reserve of other national banks.” Developments Tuesday Indicated that the government intends to do its utnust to back up Secretary McAdoo, of the treasury, and Comptroller of the Currency Williams in the legal fight precipitated by the Riggs Na tional Bank, complainant in equity proceedings to enjoin these officials from alleged attempt to drive that Institution out of business through systematic, and the long continued persecution. * Attorney General Gregory an nounced that the department of jus tice had employed Louis D. Brandeis of Biston to defend Messrs. Williams and McAdoo In the injunction pro ceedings. He declared his depart ment and the treasury were co-oper ating these proceedings. It became known also that Jesse C. Adkins, former assistant attorney general, also had been retained in the case. Officials declined to say whether the government at this time contefh- plates any affirmative proceedings in addition to the defence, of Mr. Mc Adoo and Mr. Williams In the injunc tion case. It was dented, however, that the bureau of Investigation of the department of justice had under taken any investigation of affairs of the Riggs Bank. Lawyers in the case gave attention to the question of whether the compr troll^r had exceeded his powers in certain acts of which the bank com plains, and it was maintained that for the sake of precedent to. be establish ed, this alone would be sufficient to Insure a strong defebCB T>y the gov ernment. It was recalled that while the courts have declined to interfere with the ordinary exercise of the executive functions by an officer of the govern ment, the Supreme Court has decided that where an excess of such power is (jisclosed an injunction may be ob tained. That the present case may go to the Supreme Court seemed entirely probable, for both sides apparently are preparing to fight to the end. Commerce Destroyer" Anchored in the James River—Leaking Slightly and Boilers In Bad Condition—Needs Repairs Badly—Captain Wants to Go to Sea. The German merchant raider Kronprinz Wilhelm, by order of the United States government, will not be permitted to go into dry dock at New port News until Lieut. Capt. Thier- feldor, commander of the ship, has made formal request In writing for the repairs desired to render his ves sel seaworthy and for supplies neces sary to take him to the. nearest Ger man port. Mean-while the commerce destroy er remains at anchor in the James river. She was examined by experts from the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock company, who found her leaking slightly and her boilers in bad condition. Unofficially it was learned that the Kronprinz requires much attention before she can be made seaworthy. This was taken to indicate that she eventually may be forced to follow her predecessor, the Prlnz Eitel Friedrich, and intern her for the period of the war. The German captain, however, is insistent that he must hasten to re pair his ship and resume the work as signed him by the German govern ment as & merchant raider on the high seas. “I will decide upon repairs neces sary as soon as it is humanly pos- stbtor- - Gapt. -ThtesteUee-saidi ■ "be cause it is--necessary that I proceed ordered to Bftmen with reservists, but that they were overtaken by the Karlsruhe in midocean and ers were changed. They Insist that ~|OIDN'nUlD,lMM REVOKES APPOINTMENT. Governor Has to Choose New Asy lum Superintendent. “Several days ago,” said Gov. Man ning Tuesday night, “I announced the appointment of Dr. Geo. F. Sargent of Maryland as superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane. This action was taken after a careful con sideration and thorough search in this and other States. I was deter mined to get the best equipped man for the position, one wnose experi ence, training and study fitted him for this special work. “Since the appointment was an nounced the constitutional objection has keen raised that probably only a qualified elector of this state was eli gible, and I am frank to say that the objection seems potent. In asking Dr. Sargent to undertake the super intendency I had in mind only the welfare of the patients of the. institu tion. . . “I overlooked this constitutional question, but I stand for the consti- tutioa and the laws of our State, both of which are my guide in the conduct of the office I hold. I wish to say to the people of the State that I have re voked the appointment of Dr. Sargent as superintendent, because I respect the constitution, and will not even appear to evade it.” ' Working on Submarine. The fo^owing cablegram from Rear Admiral Moore at Honolulu has been received at the navy depart ment: "Work preparatory to raising submarine F-4 progressing. Taking time for safety, but wasting none. Diver Agrnz, a depth of 17fr. fat, thinks he saw F-4 below him. Have two lines to her ” Roumania la Ready .to Act. A dispatch from Rome, Italy, Bays that tha army of Roumania la ready for Immediate action. Ml War. as soon as possible. It is of the ut most importance that I resume the duties assigned me by my govern ment at sea.” , The German commander discharged officers and men 'of the British ships Tamar and Colby whom he brought to this port. They were transferred to the British horse steamer Cassan dra amidst the cheering of their fel low countrymen aboard ships in the harbor. Monday night they left for Englard. all of them wondering how they slipped through the warships of the allies off the Virginia capes. That the escape was a miraculous one was attested by Capt. Thierfelder In an interview on his experience in racing to th*u refuge from the equator, after destroying the Colby March 27, last. •'We started north from the equa tor short of coal and provisions,” said Capt. Thierfelder. “We also had sick sailors aboard afflicted be cause of too mucb rice diet and lack of fresh vegetables. “We had planned to meet German suppiy ships. Unfortunately none of the supply ships turned up. What became of them I do not know, ex cept we saw from the shelter of over hanging clouds one collier we had ex pected being chased by two British cruisers. “On our trip north through the mid-Atlantic we did not meet up with any merchant ships from which we could get coal and supplies. In this situation it was necessary for us to get to port and also to a dry dock and I decided to come to Newport News. “As we came up we continually heard the British warships talking to each other on the wireless. It seem ed ou some nights that there were as many as eight of the warships within a radius of a few hundred miles. But we ktpt on due north, running as rapidly as we could with our ship darkened at night. "One night we heard about the Prlnz Eitel Friedrich being at New port News. Thereafter we heard in formation about the Eitel every night. But a few nights ago we got the news.from the British wireless ‘that the frinz Eitel had been intern ed. Immediately thereafter ail this talking between the British warships ceased. "We presumed that the fleet of warships was breaking up and on Saturday night we decided to run for the Virginia capes. With all lights out we started at top speed but had not gtne far when we again picked up the wireless of the allied war ships. Aa we got nearer the coast it seemed to us from the signals that there were as many as three British warships and one French ship within distances varying from three to 50 miles of us. One ship seemed dan gerously near as we approached the capes and took aboard a pilot who steered us here.” From other sources it was learned that the collier mentioned by the German commander as having been chaued by British warships was be lieved to be the Macedonia, which was reported to have put out from Las Palmas, about two weeks ago. Oapt. Thierfelder denited state ments by British prisoners aboard his vessel that his ship ever was in wire less communication with the Prinz Eitel while the latter’was in port or before that time during the sea raid ing career of the two German ships. Official Inquiry was made concerning these reports. The commander de clared that he had tried repeatedly after being commissioned as a mer chant raider to get in communication with the Prinz Eitel, but failed. He said that when the Kronprinz Wil helm left New York last August and was overtaken by the German cruiser Karlsiuhe, the commander of the lab ter gave him a naval code. The Eitel. he explained, later was provided with a revised code. Thereafter, Capt. Thierfelder declared, e Eitel heard thq Wilhelm callinc, Commander Thlerichens thought he waa being lured by some British war vesssU that had managed to get bold of the. old. German code aqd kept ■Uence. Investigation also la Into the clearance of the York. This, It le clearance waa honest, bat that or ders for conversiod Into a warship came after they had been en route to Bremen-for three days. It was discovered that three officers of one of the French ships sunk by the Wilhelm had refused to take the pledge demanded by Capt. Thierfeld er not to participate In the war against Germany and that they were held aboard ship until Monday, to gether with thd British crews brought in. All the British sailors took the oath, but claimed it was under duress. The French officers left with the Brit ish on board the Cassandra. Ten more cases of beri-beri were reported aboard the Wilhelm, making a total of 110. No formal request for tLeir removal has been made, however, as the ship dictora believe fresh green vegetables received will improve their condition rapidly. Besides emergency supplies, 150 tons of coal and 50 tons of water for port purposes were taken on board under government supervision. Re- queits for the other supplies will be forwarded to Washington as soon as received and the naval examining board will be asked to survey the ship after Capt. Thierfelder has sub mitt j«1 his estimate of repairs neces sary and time he requires. Capt. Lucas of the British ship Berwindmore, who followed the Ger man raider into the capes, said that when the Wilhelm passed within the three-mile limit he saw her stern re flected by a searchlight and that he later discovered the light had been thrown by a French cruiser. Late Monday night it was learned that preliminary survey of the Kron prinz Wilhelm had convinced experts that the ship could not.be made sea worthy in less than three weeks, al though no official report to that ef fect has been made. The Wilhelm's pumps were working constantly and the bUge water from her pipes was unusually heavy. The leaks resulted from loosening of her plates, occa sioned by frequent coaling at sea and ramming meWanT Sips %Hen~ih6t fallef to'slilk them. Commander Thlerichens of the in terned Prinz Eitel Friedrich, who dined with Capt. Thierfelder Monday night, denied intimations that he had used the wireless of his ship while in port to communicate with the Wil helm tHUERTA KNOWS MURDERER BUT WILL NOT NAME HIM. u. s. HAS BEEN UNFAIR Former President of Mexico Gives Out Signed Statement Setting Up ministration Has Been Misled— Describes in Mexico. ORANGEBURG COTTON REPORTED FOR TTKfe FOR SOUTH CAROLINA^ Relative to Oop of Nft The following to the rellmlnnry re port of cotton' ginned by counties la South Carolina for the crops of lt!4 and 1913. The report was made pub- Claim to Vindication—Says Ad- i ,c fo L} he *^ te ‘JL 10 m - °° 8 * tar - day, March 20. The amounts ter the SHOOTS OFF MOUTH. Philadelphia Lawyer Tells How This State “Lynches" Negroes. Release on habeas corpus of Fre<£ erlck Brown, a negro, held in Phila delphia for extradition to South Caro lina to answei to a murder charge, was sought in the United States Su preme Court ou the ground that a constitutional guarantee of a fair trial lb a dead letter in South Caro lina so far as negroes are concerned. “Public sentiment is such in the State of South Carolina that negroes may bo lynched in the most horrible manner and their bodies distributed as souvenirs," tbe brief filed with the court declares. “Those atrocities go unpunished for tbe reason that no Jury could be found to convict those guilty of the offence. It la tbe un written law that If a negro is so un fortunate as to kill a white man he may be killed or lynched as an out law by any one who has the time to Indulge in the diversion.” Brown was denied a writ in the Pennsylvania courts. CHOOSES RAIL ROUTE. Government Announces Decision to Build Alaskan Railway. T'ie Seward-Fairbanka route has been selected for tbe government rail way in Alaska, Secretary Lane an nounced recently. The property of the Alaska Northern railway com pany from Sewrrd to the first stage of the journey has been purchased for $1,150,000. T’ie government system, the state ment adds, will Include a 38-mile branch to tap the Mataauska coal fields. W. C. Edes la designated as chairman of the Alaskan engineering commission which will build the road by tne president's order. The eati- m.'.ted cost of the entire system is given at $26,800,000. Jeongress pro vided not to exceed $35,000,000. Socretary Lane said construction work would begin at once and ^hat probanly 40 miles of the extension of the Alaska Northern from Ship Creek would be completed this year. Con struction will be carried on under contract, Individual contractors building separate sections. WRECKED BY STORM. Captain and Six Members of Scboon- « er's Crew Rescued. Captain. Emerson Murphy and tbe' six members of bis crew were landed at Charleston Sunday by the Clyde steamship Lenape which rescued them from the schooner Alice Murphy Saturday fifteen miles south of Dia mond Shtial lightship. The schooner had sprung a leak and .been shatter ed by the heavy seas. It was bound from Savannah for Providence, R. L, lumber-laden. The crew were lashed to the mizzenmast and had been with out food for thirty-six hours when rescued by Second- Officer J. E. Wood and a boat crew from the Lenape. Because of the heavy seas oil was freely used by the reacue crew. Jewels Admitted Free.. Four hundred and eighty-six thou sand five hundred and seventeen dol lars worth of 'jewels, sent to the Pan- nma-Pacific exposition by the Legion of Honor of France have been ad mitted Into this country free of duty. — -.TT-rs •— -— Plenty on Hand. State pure food tags bearing n face value of $225,000 were burned at the Alabama capUol at Montgomery, Ala., Saturday These tags would have lasted 1.000 yiara. Asserting that he had nothing to do with the death of Francisco Ma- dero, Gen. Vlctorlano Huerta, former provisional president of Mexico, Is sued a lengthy signed statement at New York Thursday night setting forth what he termed his side of the Mexican question. “Gen. Huerta de clared he knew who was responsible for Madero’s death, but that he was keeping It as a “professional secret.’’ Gen. Huerta's statement reviewed the history of the Madero revolution, his own accession to the provisional presidency and concluded with the assertion that “my country can not be conquered.” Sixteen millions of men, women and children would have to be killed before Mexico would sub mit to an Invader, Huerta asserted. The heads of tbe Washington ad ministration, Huerta declared, had not been fair to Mexico; had been misled by false statements, and if they had been in Mexico for thirty days “they would have changed their theoretical, erroneous ideas.” Had it not been for the embargo on the exportation of arms from this coun try, Gen. Huerta Indicated that his army would have prevailed over those opposed to It. -Tha. former pravUtoaai reiterated the assertioa that be resigned from htr position only be cause he hoped to bring peace to his country. He pointed out that in the eight months elapsed since that date tbe situation in Mexico had become “too sad for me to analyze deeply.” “Anarchy is too soft a word to call It," be said. Mexico . eventually would be saved, but by a Mexican, be said. Who that would be he did not know. - Huerta declined to give an .inkling as to his future movements. He denied that he would go to any point near tbe Mexican border. Dis cussing the death of Madero, be said: “That Is a professional secret Lawyers hsve secrets, doctors have secrets—I am a soldier—why should not a soldier have secrets? It is not through friendship for any one that I am withholding tbe information. It la a professional duty. The time will soon come when my name will be vindicated, and, ns Gen. Lee said to Gen. Jackson, the world will any of me, I stood like n stone wall sub mitting to the ignominy and tbe In sults heaped upon me." “It has been said that yon betray ed the confidence of President Ma dero; Is It so?” he was asked. Gen. Huerta straightened up proudly, his eyes flashed as he re plied: "No, I swear it, I was In no way responsible for his death. It has been one of the big tortures of my life. I am sorry I have to keep the secret. Although I am of different race than you gentlemen, I am n man." Gen. Huerta’s signed statement was in part , as follows "After fif teen months of Madero’s Iliad minis tration of public affairs, a portion of the patriotic Mexican army, who were humiliated and maltreated by Madero revolted and took possesion of the government's citadel. For ten days the streets of the City of Mexico ran with blood. Tbe situation be came Intolerable. “The foreign diplomatic represen tatives aaked Madero to resign. He did not want to accede to their wishes. Then, some heads of the army, incited by our senators to put an end to that anguished situation, placed Madero under arrest. "Our congress, our senate and our supreme court of justice, complying with all the requirements of tbe con stitutlon of our country, named me as the constitutional president of the United States of Mexico, considering me as the man for the job. “Madero, while being conducted to the penitentiary died an unnatural death. By some of the public in this country, 1 am blamed as having taken a part in executing him. 1 never have tried to shirk any responsibility and anything I ever did was done openly. I am man enough to stand by what I do. I know I am not to blame for the death of Madero. Time and history will do me justice. “Far be it from my mind to make a eulogy of my own administration, but I must say that during my ad ministration all the law-abiding citi zens of my republic, as well as all tbe foreigners - resident there received guarantees and their homes, their lives' and their properties were fully protected. The Spanish, German, French and English colonies, and particularly the important American colony resident in Mexico confirm wbat I say. “Nobody efer can name a single foreigner who has suffered directly or indirectly from my government any loss of life or interests. “During the seventeen months was president of Mexico, I had the good fortune to enjoy thq^coafidence and moral support of the whole American colony resident there, in eluding United States Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson • and Nelson 0’8haughnea*y v ebarge d’affaires, both of whom were my personal friends. different counties for the crops ot 1914 and 1$13 are furnished lor pub lication In the local papers. (Quantities are In running hales, counting round as half bales. Unt- AbbevlUe Anderson Bamberg Barnwell Beaufort. Calhoun. . Charleston Cherokee. Chester .. Chesterfield. Clarendon .. Colleton. .. Darlington .. Dillon .. Dorchester .. Edgefield . Fairfield. .. Florence. .. Georgetown . Greenville .. Greenwood.. Hampton . . Horry .. \ . Jasper .. .. Kershaw. .. Lancaster . . Laurens. .. rf 1914.* 1912. 45,873 34,309 61,207 48,042 1 <0,814 78,541 ^ 29,488 27,641 • 65,639 68,882 ^ 9,265 8,186 i 16,695 13,500 33,315 27,800 17,879 15,880 1 17,542 18,072 1 35,722 32,276 36,680 33,078 50,176 40,288 24,696 19,722 1 48,070 32,458 4 40,340 38,212 19,895 18,881 35,664 33,228 26,982 26,14* 48,947 44,282 6,432 2,826 Lexington Marion .. .. Marlboro .. Newberry .. Oconee .... Orangeburg . . Pickens .... Richland. .. Saluda .... Saprtanburg . Sumter .... Union .. .. Williamsburg Totals. .. 49,327 36,291 22,719 13,267 6,<74 32,170 .. 27,631 42,106 rv'*. |i|,pgp 30,605 17,000 <9,675 36,553 20,916 39,457 22,404 27,175 27.051 75,2(14 64.239 20,637 3<,6<3 44.722 33,212 19,912 I0.I92 6,192 27,277 25,240 45.214 <4.927 26,091 17,990 69,692 40,212 20,902 80,222 19,612 22,279 21,014 72,292 41,162 22,724 24,677 . 1.660.700 1.412.704 ZEPPELINS RAID COAST. American families leave our country by the advice of your government Not being able to evade the exodus, my government took special care of the Americans. Special, trains were placed at their disposal ahd arm forces accompanied tha trains to the Over Eeet Coast. Two Zeppelin airships visited tha * east coast of England shortly alter midnight Friday, dropping bombs on several towns and dqUg consider able damage to property. As tar as has been ascertained oaly. oae pern da. a woman, wan Injured. It to sgM she . was oaly slightly hart. The airships dropped fear bomba oa Mnldea, la Essex eooaty, thirty miles northeast of London, bat no damage resulted. Bombs dropped to the Haybiidge Basin set toe to soms buildings. At Lowestoft, la the North Sea, to Suffold county, three bomba did con siderable damages to houses la tha center of the town. A lumber yard wm set on 9re. Windows la many bouses were shattered. Throe horses were killed. Previously one of the aircraft had visited Suthwold, twelve miles soath of I-owes to ft, and having missed striking that town with missiles, went on to Hnleewortn, eight mllee Inland It then returned again to Southwold and dropped six bombs. Bassinsted, mors than three hundred Chinamen were brutally slaughtered, German women were brutally violat ed; Spaniards were butchered; for eign and native ministers of tha church were shamelessly mistreated, but these crimes were committed either before or after my time, or by rebels In territory that I did not con trol. These are the results of the anarchiad propaganda of Madero and his followers. I always have had, and have prov en my great admiration and respect for the American people. I most say periodicals and public opinion In the United States were for the last few years diverted from the right path on- the Mexican question. Tha heads of your administration were not fair to Mexico, bnt I believe they were misled by 'false state ments. Besides, there IS quite a dif ference between theory and facts. If your administration only had been la Mexico for thirty days they wouK have changed their theoretichl, er roneous ideas. But I would rather not discuss this subject It Is a dis courtesy, you know, for a foreigner to criticise beads of a nation whose hospitality he enjoys. “My Indian, honest blood bolls when I think of the unfortunate con ditions existing in my poor country, and when I think that a good, clean press }ike the American are led by false and artificial tricks to defend a cause which is nothing more than one of vandalism and anarchy?' “But, never mind. I have hopes. My Mexico is young. My Mexico has plenty of ljfe in it. My country can not be conquered. We 'have sixteen millions of men and children, and it would need 16,000,000. of Invaders, one invader for each man, for each woman, and for each child, and when the 16.000,000 Mexicans Ofs killed off, then a devastated country would be the price of the conqoerer, to the shame of ciRUsatton and tha shame of the eonquerer. ed by a Mexican. By a ran. Not by a bandit that kill for the sake dastardly whs will net The total