Gunnison news-champion., 1913-08-01

as.naie~sei d'-Pa-sf.on 40 iet the
hehtsng yankees alsne. The result
s that aespste all the hull.balio
RAISED By interested part,es. ther,
has been little or no l,ss af life
among the Aner,cans. There has
been destruction Of property. bot f.se
io-s tails oa msii,0sares who are
amply sble 10 await the ressorsa,oa
ct peace, when the, are sure 10 be
eompeHss,ed
GREAT ARMY NEEDED.
No one IN Washington psssends
shat we could undertake the psci6ca-
t'ea Of Mexico with IN army of lees
shsn t~o hundred and 6fty thousand
men With ssch IN army, barring
foseisn complications, we eosld
sseze the City 81 Mexico aud the 9th
er principal cities Of the Republic
But then whatg Would we oast
Hserta and sess Csrransa, or at
ss~pt TO ssssblisA q prosectossse ss
we have done ia Csba2
fhese sse 6fssen million people
an hex'co. Suppose they objected
70 oSr solssion Of the problem. How
many yesss end how much Of men
and money would il reqsire TO con
vert then 10 our wsy Of thinkins9
This Ger game 10 the most expsn.
slve ever devised by brain Of man,
and IL seems TO cost Nc more than
any other nation on earth.
We are nov expanding &lSo,0O0,- :
UoO year In pensions alone. Since
the foundation of the government,
our pension bill has amounted to
$4,3s3. .36s, l63,Ss. OF course, that
represents only . small part of our
war bill. 1t does not cover the cost
Of maintaining the armies in the
field and the navies on the sea, it
represents merely the pittance we
have tossed to the scattered human
wrecks who survived the conflict.
Our war with Spain did not
smoant to much as wars go. 1t
seemed a summers day frolic to oar
boys, but every city, town and ham
let in tine nation contains pathetic
evidence of the fearful price we paid
for our triumph.
Already 23,s4l OF the survivors of
that conflict have been placed on our
pension rolls as invalids, and up TO
date the government has paid them
S39, 100000. And that is only a
beginning, thousands of fresh claims
are now pending before Congress
and In the pension bureau Experts
declare the number will increase
rapidly from year to year.
THE HUMAN SACRIFICE
When these men, who are invalids
now, sailed away to Cuba and the
Philippines few years ago, they
were the flower of the youth of the
nation. picked men, they returned
shattered in health. incapable of tax
ing their proper place in the race of
life Thousands of their companions
never returned. They perished
miserably in southern fever camps
or fell in battle.
What have we to show for the su
preme sacrifice they made? The
Sugar Trust seems to have gobbled
up Cuba and Porto Rico and many
believe that the possession of the
Philippines may eventually enroll
ms in one of the bloodiest wars of
history.
WILSON'S TASK
These are a few of the facts that
the great kind, patient man in the
White House is turning over in his
mind, as he seeks the KEY TO this
MEXICAN riddle. | am sure that be
woald not sacrifice the life of one
red checked, warm hearted American
lad TO protect" oil the Investments
which the Wall St. Buccaneers have
made south of the Rio Grande. He
.ndoabsedly feels like the rest Of rs,
that if the Moreans, the Rockefeller
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