Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-29

ltN OF the man, ana then with pledge
Of mutual esteem and good faith he re
turned 10 Havana and to waxhinc+oa
When he made his report TO lame.
Buchanan that solemn old statesmsr
smiled in qualification and thanked him
warmly
\ few days later George Bancroft. the
historian: then Secretary Of the Nav
sent to Commodore Conner i'm comm nj
of the gulf squadron, the following o.
der:
United States Navy Department.
May -. lS4s
Inc Mexican ports Won will allow him 10 pas,
GEORGE BANCROFT
Somehow just about this time thor.
spread through Mexico the news thaI
Santa Anna was soon to return Parede.
hardened To the rumor and JULY 20 re
signed the presidency. Gen Nichola
braVo succeeding him. But Bravo ONLY
lasted few DAYS. There was a revol,,-
ton early in August, and Gen. Salas
devoted follower of Santa Anna, seized
The government
August 16 the lookout from the crows
nest OF the st. Marys of the bSockading
squadron off Vera Cruz picked IN "a
strange steamship. A lieutenant went
aboard The strange vessel WAS the
Arab. chartered at Havana for a trim 10
Vera Cruz. The CAPTAIN escorted the
lieutenant TO the cabin and there intro
duced him to Santa Anna and his staff
The Napoleon of the West was returning
from his Elba. The lieutenant reported
10 capt Saunders, and Captain Saun-
ders reported to Commodore Conner. The
commodore paid q visit OF state to the
general. and showed every honor to him
That evening Santa Anna and his star
landed in Vera Cruz. The guns OF San
Juan de Tlloa Numbered a salute and the
population shouted itself hoarse in honor
of the man who little more than a year
before had fed before their wrath And
that night in the governors palace Santa
Anna delivered speech i'm which he
called for Death to the Yankees His
journey to the CITY OF Mexico was q tri-
umphal progress. The nation was afiame
with enthusiasm over the return OF the
hero. the deliverer. He could have taken
the presidential chair at once had he 50
desired. but he was too skillful a poll
tician for such a move. Instead he asked
for command of the Army Of the North, to
drive the hated Gringos back beyond the
Sabine.
Poor James Buchanan, When he heard
the news he sorrowed for the deceit OF
man.
In 1915 "A veteran of two wars OF the
United States crossed the ferry from
New York to Staten Island. He drove to
an old mansion in the interior to visit
man he had known in the long ago. The
visitor was old, but the man he was 60
ing to see was older. The two men en-
braced, and the elder man, i'm his joy at
meeting his friend of other days. called
in some attendants and ordered that his
finest cocks be brought cut and be put
into the pit, and that there should be
a grand battle to celebrate the coming
Of the captain. The cocks fought, ana
the old mans fading eyes CLEANED with
joy.
'-Ah"' he said. My dear friend, you
never can know the rapture l feel over
my fighting cocks. They are the sons OF
lars. the knights of the bird world
them for strife. Look at the BILL like
falchion: look at the comb. like a he'll
met: look at the spur like a rapier, The
of battle. You and / are the same"
After the birds had fought the two old
men went into the house. and there they
played at Spanish monte. Santa Anna
was nearly eighty. and again. after three
IN exile. When the two old friends were
parting the captain asked Santa Anna
If he expected to return to Mexico.
"Quien Sabe?" responded the NAPOLEON
of the West. with a shrug of his Shout
Now it seems like st. Helena | wish
that your government might aid me. but
then, alas he added, with a sly chuckle,
our friend Buchanan is no more
Copyright. 1910 by Richard spillansD