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Hellraisers Journal – Monday March 23, 1914
“General Villa’s Ultimatum to President Wilson”
From the Appeal to Reason of March 21, 1914:
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SOURCES & IMAGES
Quote Mother Jones re Pancho Villa, Day Book p13, Jan 16, 1914
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045487/1914-01-16/ed-2/seq-13/
Appeal to Reason
(Girard, Kansas)
-Mar 21, 1914
https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/appeal-to-reason/140321-appealtoreason-w955.pdf
See also:
Hellraisers Journal – Monday March 9, 1914
Trinidad, Colorado – Writ of Habeas Corpus Denied for Mother Jones
-Scroll down to:
From Freedom’s Banner (Iola, Kansas) of March 7, 1914
“Two Modern Cases”-William Benton and Mother Jones
-Republished from the New York Call:
&: From the Duluth Labor World of March 7, 1914:
“WILLIAM BENTON AND MOTHER JONES”
Hellraisers Journal – Sunday March 22, 1914
Denver, Colorado – Mother Jones Arrives After Deportation from Trinidad, Meets with John Lawson and Horace Hawkins
Tag: Pancho Villa
https://weneverforget.org/tag/pancho-villa/
Tag: Military Despotism Colorado 1914
https://weneverforget.org/tag/military-despotism-colorado-1914/
Tag: Colorado Coalfield Strike of 1913-1914
https://weneverforget.org/tag/colorado-coalfield-strike-of-1913-1914/
From Benton, Missouri’s Scott County Kicker of March 28, 1914
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn89066234/1914-03-28/ed-1/seq-1/
WILSON GETS A SNOOT FULL
[-by Editor Phil A. Hafner]The primary purpose of the newspapers of today seems to be to mislead and deceive the people. Or keep from them the truth. For the present month the papers controlled by the Standard Oil interests have been trying to fan the war spirit against the Mexican revolutionists and prepare public sentiment for intervention. Every day revolting stories appeared about how American citizens were tortured, imprisoned or murdered by the rebels. Last week I reproduced the following press dispatch from Colorado:
Denver, Col., Mar. 13.-“Mother Jones will be freed from military custody only on condition that she leave the strike district. This is a question for the State of Colorado, not the nation to decide.” This was Gov. Ammons dictum over the long distance telephone when informed of probable action by the United States Attorney-General in the matter.
I couldn’t understand it. Between the lines it appeared that the federal government desired the release of Mother Jones, and that the cut-throats in Colorado resisted.
A day or two later the press dispatches announced that Mother Jones had been taken by the military authorities to Denver and released-although she hadn’t asked to be. At Denver she called on Gov. Ammons and gave him a piece of her mind-saying she would return to the strike zone as she had a perfect right to do, to look after the women and children of the miners and encourage the men.
The whole thing was puzzling to me. Mother Jones had been in a military prison since January and all at once they let go of her like a hot potato. But when the Appeal to Reason [of March 21]- the only real newspaper of extensive circulation in the nation-arrived the whole affair was cleared up.
The Appeal seems to be in close touch with the revolutionary forces in Mexico and got hold of some confidential messages between our president and the leader of the revolutionary forces in Mexico. Here is what let the cat out of the bag and explains why Mother Jones was released:
General Pancho Villa. Juarez, Mexico.-In the name of humanity I call on you to immediately release Luis Terrazas son of Gen’l Luis Terrazas, the wealthy Mexican land-owner who I understand is being held by you illegally.
WOODROW WILSON.
President Woodrow Wilson, Washington. D. C.-I shall comply with your request provided you and your administration will show the same regard or humanity toward one of YOUR OWN citizens, a woman past 80 years, who is being illegally deprived of her liberty by Gen. Chas commander in chief of the Colorado division of the Rockefeller forces. I refer to Mother Jones who is now held incommunicado in Trinidad, Colo. I may take the liberty to remind you that about two years ago Mother Jones made an organizing trip for the Western Federation of Miners through Mexico under the full protection of President Madero, whom she visited at Mexico City. Will you do as much for Mother Jones?
PANCHO VILLA
That sure was a snoot full for our president who hypocritically appealed “in the name of humanity.” Mother Jones was release.
But ought we not to hide our face in shame that foreigners must remind us of our despotism before we can see it?
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Read the unmuzzled Kicker.
[Emphasis added, see page 4 for name of editor.]
About Scott County Kicker. (Benton, Mo.) 1901-1917
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn89066234/
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