Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-12-12

!. sUTcHERy IN TIE
NAME OF lleERTN

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From the Houston Chronicle.
One OF the worlds noted women. ~ she
bowed her neck to the guillotine, cried
been committed in thy name!" '-
When one reads Of the ~butcheries per-
petrated by villa n his banditti in
Juarex he y prepared to appreciate the
fanaticism.
villa did more in q few hours to weaken
the revolutionfst cause than all the atroci-
weyler in Cuba never made = bloodier
record. Because men Of courage and In
telligence adhered to the cause Of the gov
their choice and declare their aliegiance
as he exercised. he had them shot down
as II each one had been a dog in a ditch.
q mocking. jeering sham-he put men to
death as remorselessly as q butcher would
nave killed e calf. yet he Is a follower and
colleague Of Carranza. who has made the
ton to liberty and constitutional govern
ment, and from the most intelligent and
reliable sources we are told that wander
ing bands Of his so-called soldiers have
committed every crime that ever stained
the calendar or that can add to the hor-
rorS of war.
head Of the government Of q republic $50
called) by the bloody road of foul, premed-
itated murder. and yet shamelessly prates
which he has made q reproach unon ths
civilization Of the age
The government has always been . farce
D Il with al his ability, was = pFesidene
elected by the people only in name. He
was in reality An autocraic despot.
The saving race and influence Of every
working. Independent home owners
class which does not exist In Mexico. AT
the top ere the prodigaI. naughty rich: at
80 deep. wretched n hopeless rs to b
almost beyond belief.
With men U as Carranz4 n Huerta
pie utterly Incapable of intelligent partici-
patton in the affairs OF any kind of gov
eminent. Christian statesnen like Wood
row Wilson md william J. Bryan are
called upon to deal.
Never did men face q more serious or
more p%eerplexing problem. 90 far as the
In the annals Of diplomacy. Putting ali
other considerations aside, they know no
glory could come from . conquest Of
such 2 people. n they are seeking no
BY virtue Of . ~long-existine policy there
ts put upo this government q response
any nation. II can not with Justice to
itself or to that Christian civilization Of
which 1t IL one OF the most conspicuous
earth permit its own subjects or those Of
other nations to be oppressed nd robbie
and slain, n 1t can not permit q beAuti-
1ui i0uu ~ IL VSIy OOOI8s OOuuCI0lly
favored by nature INK lifted for the peace
ful abode Of prosperous and happy mill
lions, to be made a slaughter pen.
How to prevent further strife and BUTCH
cry Is q problem for solution. II We enter
Mexico with QUIZ army 1t viii mean the
s%acrifce OF the lives Of many brave young
American soldierA the lie Of the very
humblest one OF which 50 worth that OF
a thousand Of the ignorant nends who
are reveling in murder and yapine md
II we crush out both factions and Sc
cure peace 1t will 1t best be but temper
a.y. and. - soon ~ pressure il removed.
strife: will again. and thus we confront
q situation big with perplexity and
We do not want Mexico. We do not
want TO subjugate any people We do
not want to ever appear 20 desire to do
so. We do not wan to send our army
upon any such mission. but we do want
strife and devastation and butchery to
stop. and It must stop. i It takes blood
Z Civi psure 20 that nj
hIertas and Villas. Crimes dark and re-
of Liberty. -@