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Show mm ' -00 WM WARFARE ON THE TEXAS 1 BORDER. Ij That a reign of terror still exists on 'ill the Texas border, is the statement of 5j Frederic J. Haskin, who submits a VM number of Interrogations to this pa- m per, as follows: Ej j "Do you know that war is actually fjS in progress on American territory, f- J j and that near Brownsville our soil is I . strewn with dead? 1 1 "Have you heard of the Bcheme of a Mexican socialist to conquer the United States, and of the outbreak of race hatred and plague of banditry it has caused? "In southern Texas men ride armed arm-ed by day and sleep on their rifles at nighL Farmers guard their crops with artillery and searchlights. The people are so terrorized that United States soldiers are standing guard over every American home. "Tho war department is facing one of the most dangerous and complicated compli-cated situations in American history."' The Mexican plot is now known as "the plan of San Diego." A Mexican was arrested in Texas and on him was found a plan of action by which the Mexicans along thc border in the United States were to arm themselves and, on a fixed date, begin an attack on all Americans. Secret societies were formed in every Mexican town in Texas, and here is tho method by which they were to gain control: There was to be a rising of Mexi can? in Texas, rsew .Mexico, Colorado, Arizona and California, "all as one, and one as all." Every male American Amer-ican over sixteen years of age was to be slain without mercy, the provision provi-sion on this point being especially stringent, denying to any captain of a band or detachment the right of sparing any "gringo." The Japanese were to be spared and received into the new republic, which the San DIegans were to found. So were the negroes. The Indians of Arizona and New Mexico were to join the rising, and upon its success they were to be given lands and freed from "slavery." When the new republic was organized, organ-ized, the next step was to have been annexation to Mexico. The plan sets forth that this is to be done regardless regard-less of what party or government may be in power in the Mexican republic, and that Mexico is to receive the accession ac-cession of territory as a free gift, being be-ing under no obligation therefor. This clause may have been intended to indicate that Old Mexico was not concerned con-cerned in tho rising, and at its successful suc-cessful termination should not share the credit of the feat. Once the new republic had been established the wrongs of the negro were to be considered. So far as is known, not a single negro ever joined the movement or was in any way connected con-nected with the marauding bands who attempted to realize the wild project. oo |
