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Show Want tan' is (lie Vain Cry in Starving Mexico . Galveston, June- 7. Moll ndvlcos from Mexico City tell of distressing conditions thero. "For tho last three days," says n letter dated May 22, "tho sessions of tho so called national convention In tho chamber of deputies building hnvo been scenes of tho wildest disorder. Not only tho gnllerles but nt tlmc3 tho floor nnd speaker's trlbuno hnvo been rushed by hordes of hungry men women and children, "Tho shouts of 'We wnnt com' drowned all others and oven tho show of bayonets nnd tho firing of tho soldiers sol-diers over tho bends of tho mob hnvo not checked their vain nnd piteous search for food. Tho Red Cross h?s been kept busy cnrrylng oft women and children nnd in somo cases old men, crushed or overcomo In thsao manifestations. "Ten thousand gathered outside of tho chamber today and nearly 300 wero tarried oil on stretchers. Acting Act-ing President General Itoquo Gon zalez Garza appeared before the convention con-vention delegates and a portion of tho mob to tell them that tho treasury treas-ury was empty tho fields laid waste by tho contending revolutionaries and that tho only hope for tho coming com-ing winter was that all Mexicans lay down their arms and begin tho tilling till-ing of tho fields. Repeatedly tho crowds answered him, saying 'Glvo us corn. Our women nnd children aro dying of hunger. Glvo us corn.' v "A comparatively small supply was obtained from tho foreign relief committee com-mittee and this nssunged tho wants of tho day. "Crops everywhere are short and In all save flvo of tho twenty-seven states of Mexico thero Is nbsolute want, with tho now harvest many months away nnd mythical becauso to a largo extent unplanted. Evon states as productive ns Morelos nnd Gunnnjuato nro cnlllng for corn, whllo nrmlos turn their tnvnlry Into anything green to be found and kill cattle and other farm animals fo'r their hides. It Is estimated that unless un-less relief comes from the outsldo moro than 13,000,000 people will be In danger of starvation. In normal times It requires approximately 1,-800,000 1,-800,000 tons of corn to feed these 13,000,000. Farmers and grain dealers deal-ers say this must bo obtained In the United States, but ns MoxJco has no money to pay for oven a part of what Is needed she will bo compelled to throw herself on tho charity of tho United States, according to thoso authorities." au-thorities." Anothor, letter describing similar conditions, says: "Whllo our res'dents aro dying of hunger, soldiers of Zapata aro going around robbing, stealing, killing and destroying. At night naked children go to tho doorsteps of the richer Mexicans to plead for food. Ambulances Ambu-lances nro removing their bodies by tho hundreds every day. It Is estimated esti-mated that the death rate Is C00 persons a day." |