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WARRING MKXICO. Competent Authority Presents Plain and Simple Facts About Situation. J "Three years of watchful waiting have made some of us extremely nervous," said the Rev. J. G. Dale, for fifteen years a missionary in Mexico of the Associate, Reformed Presbyterian Church, in an address before the synod. "Armed intervention is not the thing," he said. "What Mexico needs is a greater and more loving sympathy on the part of Chris 7 tian peoples. General Pershing's expeditionary army up to the present has cost $200,000,000, a sum which is sufficient to build a church, iiospi_ tal and high school in every Mexican L town of 4,000 population and over, and leave a balance which, with tht * interest, at six per cent., spent for education, would amount to more than has been spent for education in the history of Mexico." Strikingly interesting was the address of Rev. Dale who only a few weeks ago went to the Mexican border with the i<iea of getting first hand information concerning the situation. There was nothing of a critical na ture in his address; but in a vivid manner he portrayed conditions in that stricken country just as they > are and told of the havoc that is being wrought materially, politically, religiously, and financially. With the exception of one at Tampico, there is not now an American consul in all Mexico. Roving bands of desperadoes are ravaging the country and are attacking the troops of General Carranza and the semblance of law on every hand, mvery yas&cu-1 ger train in Mexico carries a.garrison of Carranza troops. These are p often massacred by the bandits and he who ventures to ride in the inter % ior on a train carries his life in his \ hand. The most fertile valleys are . being pillaged of their crops by Carranza soldiers as well as bandits. The crops of American owners of Mexican ranches are sacked the same as those of Mexicans. There is ruin and deso-| lation everywhere. In the region of San Luis Potosi, one-third of the Indian population has died of starvation and typhus fever. At Tampico, which is headquarters of the A. R. P. missionaries, Mexican peons are dying off of starvation at the rate of fifty a day. I General Carranza claims that he has 175,000 soldiers, said Mr. Dale. No one knows. I was told that a garrison of SO men were guarding! Monterey, the largest town in northern Mexico. There are about 25,000 troops at Mexico City, the capital of the country. Where the other troops of General Carranza are, no one r knows. The present ruler of Mexico has ' ' -c-.n tr? I his hands pretty iuu, autui uiiio w * Mr. Dale. His strongest general is Pablo Gonzales. It is believed that ' General Gonzales is now fomenting a revolution against Carranza with the idea of putting himself in charge of affairs. General Obregon is also regarded by Americans as a rival of Carranza, and General Villa is not dead. What the political future of the country will be, no one knows. ^ The recent election held in Mexico was nothing but a farce. Only congressmen who were friendly to Carranza were elected. Speaking of the sufferings of the Roman Catholic Church, which Car- ( ranza hates with all his might, Rev. 1 Dale said that the church did not now ' own a single cathedral in all Mexico. ' They were allowed to hold services , in the cathedrals by consent of the , government; but the church property, valued at millions, has long since been confiscated. Associate Reformed Presbyterian missions in Mexico, like those of ev- ' ery other country, have suffered greatly from the depredations of ban- ' dits and revolutionists. When the missionaries were forced to leave, their household goods were left; but these have since been carried away by the turbulent people. The hand of Mexico is against Americans and | all things American, and only those Mexicans who have been converted ' to Christianity through the ministry of missionaries, remain loyal. Financially, he said, the country is , in the most desperate straits. The ( financial system is the weakest link in the chain of Carranza government. The money of the Carranzistas is j practically valueless. Mr. Dale said that while he was on the border re- . cently, he changed $45 of American . money into Mexican money, having decided to go to Mexico City, but la- c ter changed his mind. In exchange I for his American money he was given i such a roll of Mexican currency that he was unable to get it in one pocket. Yet when he decided not to go into i ^ ~ ^ /4/\wfrt/\l. 4/\ av a1^ a r> rrn * IWeXICO ciiiU. uiiuci luuft lu c.w uaugc the Mexican paper for his American ' gold again, the Mexican paper hail depreciated more than $5 in value. * The Outlook. Discussing the future outlook in Mexico, Rev. Mr. Dale said that he had recently asked more than 100 Mexicans that quqestion and all had replied with a shrug of the shoulders, "Xo one knows." It is possible, he * The State and Its Roads. The State highway commission is going to ask the legislature to give it all the money derived from the automobile tax for application to the cause of good roads. And very properly. Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, in a circular letter outlining the character of legislation the highway commission will present to the legislature, says that at the present time "a portion of the tax derived from the automobiles is supposed to be used in some way or another on the roads of the counties in which the payers of thA tax reside, while the balance goes into the general treasury of the State." The contention is that all of the automobile tax should be applied to the maintenance of the main highways of the State and the expenditure : should be made under direction of the highway commission. The Observer agrees to that proposition.?Charlotte Observer. said, that the Carranza government may establish stable conditions. It looked once like the late President Madero would be able to do so, but his trouble was that he lived fifty years earlier that his time. The late General Huerta, he said, was the strongest and piost powerful personality that has yet appeared upon the horizon of Mexican affairs; but he was unable to establish a sound government. General Carranza's party is split and Mexicans are now asking, "Is he going to make good?" The first chief of Mexico is most impractical and his decrees are most unreasonable, said Mr. Dale. For instance he has sent out a mandate ffom Mexico City to the effect that no ioreiguer can uuy yiupci i> m Mexico unless he becomes a Mexican citizen and relinquishes all his treaty rights. The Carranza government has also decreed that no religion can be taught in public or private schools in Mexico. Such a man is Carranza! Could the colored population of the South in 1876 have established a sound government? asked Mr. Dale. He said that 82 per cent, of the people of Mexico are unable to read or write,.and they know not what to do. They are at the mercy of these ma- . rauding bands. Every section of the country with a few exceptions is in their grasp. General Villa, devoid of heart, is the most powerful of them; but he is only one among many, and is no worse than the others. General Carranza's government is powerless to cope with them. He has been unable to borrow money. All customs at the Mexican border towns are paid in gold, but that gold is placed in New York city banks, while the Carranza soldiers are paid in practically worthless script. ^.n American consul with whom I talked, sees no hope of relief. Possible Intervention. "I believe we are on the crest of a volcano," said Mr. Dale, in discussing the probable intervention of American troops. "It may break out at any time and it may never break out. Armed intervention is the last thing to be thought of. Two influences, the Catholics and American capitalists," he said, "are seeking to bring about armed intervention by the United States. The Catholics have lost all their property and social influence, their priests have been murdered and their women violated. It is a significant thing that the troops of General Villa are being paid off in silver, while those of General Carranza receive worthless paper. American capitalists have $1,000,000,000 invested in Mexico. They want Un2le Sam to intervene and restore law and order so that they may work the mines and other industries in peace and safety. "Intervention, said Mr. Dale, would sever the friendly relations between :he United States and all Latin-Amerionn rnnntrips It would pmhittpr Mexicans for years and years to come, rhe people of Mexico already believe :hat Uncle Sam is ready to reach out ind annex Mexico. A Mexican friend M mine told me, 'We love you and rour family, but if we had President Wilson here we would cut his head }ff.' Every effort of the United States ;o restore order out of the chaos in Mexico is regarded as being done vith the idea of 'swallowing Mexico,' as the Mexicans say. The nationil Mexican pride stands squarely in :he way of an improvement in condi;ions." ' A lack of sympathy with the Mexcans is the root of the trouble be ween mat country ana tne unueu state, thinks Mr. Dale. The great teed there is for greater sympathy or the stricken people. Education ind Christian religion are the vital equirements of the country. The >revailing idea of regarding Mexicans is dogs and beasts must be done iway with. While $1,000,000,000 of Vmerican capital is invested in Mexcan industries, only $2,000,000 has jeen invested in religion. "Some low?I don't know how," said Mr. 3ale, "outside help may come. 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