The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-02

feelings OF some of these wnue gen
tlemen. to be called janitors. They
prefer to be called messengers.
suppose that is the reason for the
resolution"
The irritating feature of the clean
sweep of attendants In the house end
of the capitol and in the house Office
building is the complete ignorance
of their duties and surroundings
shown by the new men. The capitol
is a a in which the oldest hands
easily go astray. The office building
is an enormous barracks in which a
mfsdirection may give a visitor a
quarter of a mile walk before he
reaches his destination.
Brazen MAJ Scare Fake.
1t is not probable that there
was W. printed in Washington
or sent out over the wires a
brazen or a more Grim
inal fake" than the very explicit war
scare of Saturday, May 6. This story
described the house committee on
military affairs as holding night meet
ings and maintaining such exaggerated
secrecy that even the official stenog-
raphers were banished from the room
while Gen. Wood told his hair-raising
tale of pending war with Mexico. War
is inevitable" was the text of the
story, and the number of troops avail
able was told with an infinity OF de-
tail-and equal accuracy-while the
picturesque description of United
States army engineers masquerading
as mining engineers in Mexico in order
to map out roads and locate bridges
added to the artistic effect. Hobson
seeing Japanese spies swarming Ha-
wall and along our Pacific coast was
never more wrapt in his vision than
the inventor of the yellow Mexican
romance.
The trouble with it all is that it is
not true-if it were true, we should
have to put down many dignitaries of
the government as liars. To begin
with, the president has categorically
stated that he will never intervene in
Mexico without action of congress. and
no representations looking toward in
PREVENTION have been made to any con-
gressional committee.
Mr. Hays Vigorous Denial.
Representative James Hay of Vir-
ginia, chairman of the house commit
tee on military affairs, is unsparing
his denunciation of the fake and it's
author. There is not a word of
truth in it." he said heatedly. Gen
eral Wood has never said a word to
our committee nor has he been asked
to. We never held a night session, nor
has the stenographer ever been asked
to leave the Every meeting of
the committee has been open to the
l do not know of a single word
that General Wood has ever said to
The committee on which could be based
such a story, the publication of which
my opinion is positively Grim
inal."
Wlllldm OulLOA "a
New York, long time a member of the
on Military affairs, and now
chairman of the committee on foreign
relations, talks even more vigorously.
THE story would be utter bosh If
its publication did not endanger the
relations of amity between the two
nations" said Mr.. Sulzer. at is suf-
fciently discredited by the explicit
1enials of General Wood and Mr.. Hay.
As a matter of fact, the administra-
ion is determined to keep out Of Mex
leo, and nothing but serious and re-
peated outrages upon Americans can
shake this determination. We can't
Keep intervening in every L~atirAmeri-
country every time there is an
or a revolution. What If
he United States minister at Mexico
city does report rioting and that shop
keepers are putting up their shutters?
That is no reason for us to throw
zoe, 900 soldiers into Mexico. We have
riots occasionally ourselves. Inter
would cost us thousands of
ives, millions of dollars and gradually
lecline into a guerilla warfare which
would last for years."
General Wood denies the story in
,oto. Members of the committee say
hat in informal conversation the gen.
,ral declared recently that the pros
,ects for peace In Mexico were never
than now.
Why Some Desire Intervention.
But it must be kept in mind that
he temptation to intervene is strong
the president and stronger still
lpon the politicians who surround him,
whether in the department or in con-
The desire to avoid, at any
,ost, Intervention and the war that
would follow is equally strong upon the
AS a mere plain dispas-
ionate report of Washington it may
stated that both Republicans and
believe that the chances of
success in the next cleo
ion are OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Repub-
leans have unwillingly resigned them
elves TO the situation, others who are
t odds with the president rather well
.ome it. But the strong men of the
,arty, the leaders, the men who if they
lie will die fighting, are ~contesting
very inch of the Democratic advance
nd casting about for a method of
hecking it. Intervention in Mexico
you'd effect this. No party with a
var on It's hands, however trivial, was
yer turned out of power.
The Democrats recognize this danger
nd if the Republicans play politics
With the Mexican situation, they will
nv to meet them In kind. Just as the
,arty in power might stretch a point
o bring on a war. the Democrats
,ould stretch several to avert one.
hat may not be patriotism, but it is
Copyright, 1911, by Joseph B. Bowles,)
Not Altogether Bad.
I'm in favor of starting a revolt
ere," said the. tall cannibal. "Our
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