The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-11-14
HAS THE PRESIDENT "mUFFEo
TIA MEXICAN JoB7

0ur friend Colonel ieraer, Ter
slsts n the statement thal President
Wilson has munedr fhe uexican JOB
Ttaf So cannot uog afford to - Go
war became we waived o.r .slf r.ehf
ht refBsreine Americans .r1m Me8.
eco ~ cannot afford vifh gi.uiy.
% io.u forces vith bri.and anl 2
this plan Is adopted a. have s.mpls
changed ons SEQ 81 higaeas men Car
another
o. al Interview elfh Tiues.t MON
reporter Colonei Herhert" goes Oh
further o. sag
We need a man uilh red blood 10
his Veins, Who aill SAP to The world
The great American government has
ontgr0Wn its colonial days ~ IS q
world power ard from thls day form
the humblest citizen 81 the great ~.
public shall he protected n his per
son and his property wherever d.
map b.
Going 20 Nar Is the vert thing Pres.
.deut Wilson j. trying - avoid He
wants no war piih Our little weak.
beggarly neighbour He knows ina, II
- no honor 20 jump on cripple.
When We had our other War with
Mexico what did General Grant say
about it, tie vas an officer in the
United states army a. the time. and
participated in the struggle
Listen % what ne has 20 say.
My pity vas aroused hy the sighf
OF the Mexican garrison marching out
OF town as prisoners, and no doubt
the same feeling was experienced bv
most OF our army who Witnessed h.
Many Of the prisoners were cavalry.
armed with lances. aud mounted on
miserable little half.starved horses
that d. rot look as Il they could car
~ their riders out Of town The men
looked Ia but little better condition.
The idea OF a nation needing a man
with red blood On hts veins" 20 pre-.
cipitate our nation IN a var with a
nation thar still cts the description
here given hy General Grant. Is ride.
ulous IN the extreme
n q we're not SO serious q would
really be 20 laugh
President Wilson knows and all the
world knows thar the game is not
worth the candle"
n President Wilson were possess.
ed % the cruel lust 20 extend the pos.
sessions OF the United states. II he
were controlled by the spirit that an.
mated Alexander and wanted 20 make
a conquest OF the western hemisphere
there would BE- some excuse for max
ting Var upon these pitiful halfstarv
ed people. bat be has made the posi-
tive declaration 20 the world that
The United states viii never agair
seek TO secure one additional foot Of
territory by conquest"
That is President Wilson's pro
clamation. and il should make his
name immortal
But Colonel Herbert" and those
who sympathize with him say tha'
The humblest citizen In this grea'
republic should be- protected In his
person and in his property. wherev
or he may be-
The Americans Who have gone int
Mexico and the South American re-
publics for the purposes OF exploita
ton knew the character OF the PEG
pie they had 70 deal with before 20
ing there and. going there for th'
purposes Of exploitation. Why Shouts
We plunge this nation into Var OF
their account
why should their explorations IL
those countries cost us the sacrifice o
lives and the expenditure 81 fabulou'
sums Of money
They have been put on notice by
President Wilson 20 leave. and q
they are not able 10 do 50. they have
been told that this government vii
bear their expenses back home u
not that a Siser. a safer and saner
method than 10 plunge this natior
INTO war 70 uphold them IN their spec
ulati0ns and exploitafi0ns7
Not only have the individuals ex
plotting those countries. been pa
on notice. but. in the language
OF the Burlington tvt) Free Press
the president has placed the Euro
pean powers squarely on the defens
i've by showing how they have been
trying 20 exploit some 81 those conn-
tries In the name Of loans. bat Ia re-
ality for the purpose Of gaining valua-
bic concessions. II they force trouble
IA Will ne 20 promote their own sell
fish interests.
Why. ia the name OF common sense.
should the government Of the United
states give = larger and more extra,
ordinary measure % protection 20