The Arizona sentinel., 1910-11-17
Our NeighbOr'S
 Impotence

demonstrations against Ameri- icsn residents in the capital city of the sister republic have sub sided, and the consulate there and the administration at Wash ington are remaining calm and patient despite the broken win- dows and fractured heads be- slowed upon Americans in Mex lco, and the owners of the shat tered entities in question are as patient as is consistent under the circumstances. Great is self control under trying circum- stances. By exercising it, 'twould seem that we shall have the final laugh on Mexico.
 The anti. American riots were inspired by the latest punitive barbecue in one of the communi ties in Texas, where medieval codes and customs are fOndly adhered to and culprits guilty of infringing upon moral or social tenets are occasionally made the cardinal figure at an auto de de. Such involuntary demonstrators of Spartan canons of law are almost invariably of brunette complexions and African de- scent. The latest example, how ever, was of Mexican affiliation, hence the broken glass and era niums. It was claimed that he was a Mexican citizen, and the attitude of Mexico would seem to be that sons of her soil who cross the border and violate American statutes should only be punished therefor in equality with the Mexican penal code. They may be stood up against a wall as targets for rife squad, or starved in subterranean cells, or logged to death as on Yuca- tan plantations, but when it comes to roasting the criminal at the stake, our neighbor enters protest. on the ground that she does not infict such severi- ties.
 Some pertinacious individual, however, with g. vexatious pro. pensity for literal investigation, has been prying into data and produces evidence to the effect that the so-called Mexican who was cremated to make a Texas holiday was a native of the United States, born in New Mex ico. Now, Miss Mexico, will you be good? Produce your license to butt in. We have more or less forgivingly stood for considerable captious criti' cisms and pastimes. It is not SC long since our southern neighbol set up the claim that our prize fighting was more barbarous than her bull fighting. Now
 what do you know about that It is time to call Mexico down.
 What business is it of Mexico. how many of our native born wt immolate upon primitive altal of retribution? It is constitu
 tional and national right, ism lit? And since when was Mexico
 endowed with the mission O
 plotting us to higher plane o
 civilization? Let her set as higi
 standard for herself as sht
 pleases. We will initiate or em
 ulate as fast as we see it, anC
 we are likely to do it less grudg
 ingly if we are not insulted o
 forced in the matter.
 AS to the Texans, they hay in times past shown decisiv evidences of being desirous o upholding the banner of a nor
 merciful civilization. When the
 settled Arizona in the earlie
 days they found the Apache in habitants adhering to the prac
 tice of stalking out individual
 obnoxious to them above densely y
 populated ant-hills. It was ir
 tensely pleasurable to their sens t of amusement and practical useful to the foraging ants 5 though somewhat painful to tn
 stakes. The Texans frowne
 upon this indigenous custom an F abolished it, undeterred by th n fact that they had to abolis f most of the Apache tribe alon e with it. Let Texas work oI