The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, December 07, 1916, Page 13, Image 13
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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. But
ire these Mexicans, dogs and beasts?
?are they?" ^
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