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I BY MEXICAN REFUGEE ON RETURN TO UTAH J James Jarnes Y Humes Hurnes Relates Experiences Exi Ex- Ex i b Near Scenes r of Battles G General massacres acre of ot e especially of ot citizens of or tho United States In Mexico are ura expected b- b by James Tames Y Hum Humes s s. s lately of ot Durango Mexico on the coming Tuesday This belief is based on the fact tact that Tuesday I Is Independence day In Mexico and that national patriotism Is usually manifested mani mant- I tested In ri the sister Itel republic b by indulgence gence In Intoxicants and b by small ma riot riot- Jn ing Jn In the present Inflamed state of or mind of ot the average peon says S Mr tr Humes attacks on citizens of or the United United United Unit Unit- ed States and other foreigners mo may be expected fr In III many Isolated communities arid and perhaps In the capital of or the na na- na- na tion In anticipation of ot this Americans Americans Ameri Amen cans leaving Mexico have hae generally generall tried to escape before the Independence da day celebration Mr Humes was employed b by a large mining company at OJuela near Ma- Ma I and aud I Is now on pay half vacation pending A R. return of ot peace He Ho expects to sta stay at the tho home of or his father James Humes of or the Silver King Coalition Coalition Coal Coal- tion company compan at Park City for about a n year before Durango Is quiet He says that the tho United States government Is sending emissaries over tho the northern frontier to urge its citizens to leave Mexico The Thc revolution in Mexico gave a chance for tho peons who had been working for 15 16 or 25 5 cents a n. day to hor horses hordes es and guns he said yes yes- Tho They then pillaged villages women and generally enjoyed the common delights of a n. bandits bandit's life lite They will never nevor give Ive up tip this until thoroughly quelled No soft-hearted soft methods will do If It you round up a guerilla band of shoot a fourth of ot them summarily and then give tho the others the opportunity the they will Join your OUI forces and aid In hunting down I other bandits liot Diaz Dia had no trouble with foreigners and I kept ept them from molestation b by summary methods If It one of the bl big companies complained of depredations I Diaz DJaz sent a file tUe of soldiers who lined up the offenders a against a well and shot them That killed out all notions of ot riot That's what will be needed Im I'm convinced that the government will willbe willbe willbe be forced to Intervene and then forced to annex Wo Ye want all aJl that country countr to the tho Panama canal anyway But after the war with organized forces is over It will be necessary to form arm a bad body of troops like the Texas rangers and keep them busied stamping out the bandits That means ten years ears of guerilla warfare warfare warfare war war- fare before that country countr Is Js finally quieted down We e c were ivere Intending Intending- to secure food for a year and cache It In the mountains mountains mountains moun moun- above c then to return there If It forced to do so and hold the fort with our dozen Americans But the thc food rood ran low Jow and the company compan sent nil all its married men out of the country countr with the women an and children I brought with me Mrs Irs Percy I PlC Lucke wife of or our superintendent their two children and md my wife We Ve came with the wagan wagon wagon wag wag- on an train of or a ranch rancher cr named Sweet who was trying to save such of his goods as asero were ero left We Vo now have ten ton men at the tho mine but there are re fifty I I c women and children In 1 Avoided Men Ien In In coming carnine- out we evaded tho the country country coun coun- try held by Amelia Campo and his forces which support Huerta They re- re nothing We c encountered bands of the constitutionalist troops but our passports signed b by the major major major ma ma- jor at Logano and by General Miguel Gonzales saved us from molestation In fact tact we received cd every courtesy courtes On April 13 I witnessed the battle batto of ot OJuela when Campos Campo's forced fired between and rounds of ammunition and only onh one man was wa killed he lie b by the accidental explosion of ofa u. u dynamite bomb he was holding In his hands The Madero government bribed powder po companies supplying Its opponents opponents to give gl them bullets bullot which had no charge of powder That's one reason reason rea rca son for tor the lack Jack of fatalities In InIn Madero's Maderos Maderos Madero's Ma- Ma deros dero's earlier operations Campo must have havo had some of ot those cartridges that day Tho l climbed the hill to our mine at the thc n of guns uns took tool on our om dynamite and made bombs They The hurled these with Ith goatherds goatherds' herds herds' slings at t their opponents as they climbed the tho mountains and so repulsed the tho atack Many Ian bullets flew near us wh while lie we wo watched the tho battle but none 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