Speech #630036923

As the manager of the bank he refused to turn over to a certain constitutionalist official money deposited in his bank belonging to a Huerta sympathizer. who lived at Guaymas. without an order or a check or a draft or the consent of the depositor. At once it was sought by this official to have Mr. Montague deported as a pernicious citizen under the clause of the constitution which I have mentioned. Article 33 of the Mexican constitution Is in direct conflict with the treaty of 1831 between the United States and Mexico. which is in full force and effect. for the protection of American citizens. But without action by the State Department Mr. Caracristi. a citizen of Virginia. has been deported from the City of Mexico without trial. without even being allowed to go before any authority to prove his innocence. without having any question of his guilt raised except by a warrant served upon him. when he was hustled to the train and forced out of Mexico. At the same time Mr. H. IT. Dunn. a correspondent for a syndicate of American newspapers. was deported from the City of Mexico. under article 33. without trial. Within the last two or three weeks another reporter for newspapers. a resident of California. was deported from the City of Mexico without trial. In each case the American ambassador was called upon. the American consuls were called upon. the protection of the American Government was called for by these American citizens. and in no instance has the American Government interfered even by making diplomatic representations. In the Montague case. as it happened.