Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-06-11

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What do YOU or your neighbors know
about the Mexican situation. and are
you. any of YOU. sure hat what you know
il 50? Where did YOU learn il? Was IL
from a newspaper?
Read another newspaper for two days
See if YOU then know anything or are
sure Of anything.
If YOU have been reading an anti Will
son lingo paper and then switch 10 a
peace al any price paper. You will he
surprised what a new set of facts You
get and Won will he amazed and confused
by the different points Of view.
You know the speeches in the sen.
ate or honse all have a political HAS. DO
YOU want the bias or the facts? III YOU
wish 70 make up your mind for your
self on this question or on any other on
which the public prints disagree. there
Is one good way 10 do il. Read the En-
cyclopaedia Britannica. IL is the work Of
great experts throughout who are anx-
ious only 10 know and tell the truth, who
aave no interest in telling a biased story.
There j. 80 much in the Britannica
about Mexico that il il impossible 10
give an idea Of il I'm the limits of this ar
ticle.
Here are a few things that may be Of
interest.
The area Of Mexico il that Of the United
States in OO,-before the Louisiana
Purchase.
The population of Mexico is a little
less han that Of the New England States
and New York together.
Vera Cruz il nm open anchorage insit Z
a series OF reefs which dont protect
shipping from northerly storms. That. Of
course. is why Rear Admiral Fletcher
landed marines and sailors on April Il
in face of approaching norther.
Less than one-fifth Of the population
Is white. This proportion has hardly
changed for a hundred years
Ia the last century the proportion Of
half bloods has increased from two
ninths 10 nearly four-ninths. President
Diaz was a half Indian.
The proportion of pure blooded III
dianS il now about onc-third. a century
ago the Indians were nearly twothirds
of the total. President Juarez who de-
feated Macmillan aud the French and
was Diaz's teacher and master was a
pure bloodcd Indian.
When the Spaniards conquered Mexico
there was a native Aztec civilization
there that compared ia many respects
favorably with any in Europe.
In i>22 and lS23 Mexico was an indie
pendent state ruled over by an emperor.
Except Brazil. Mexico i the only Amcri-
can state hat has been an empire.
In 49, the French occupied Vera Cruz
This was called the pastry war" a. il
WAS undertaken To punish the pillagc of
a French pastry shop.
The Mexican war grew out of the an.
~ncxation 10 the United States Of Texas,
formerly Mexican tcrritory-amounting
To 3>5 a16 square miles. that IL. about one
half the present area Of Mexico.
The Mexican war resulted in the ces.
sion TO the United States of "A great STRIP
including (%roughly) New Mexico, Ari-
IONA, Utah. Nevada and California
where gold had just been discovered. This
area was 520.OG> square miles. - thai
the total amount II land which passed
from Mexico Ia the United States. moro
than 100000 square miles. exceeded the
present area of Mexico. or the area oI
az abAttu sttttA dt IL utEiHllliE VI AHt
beginning of the 18th century. Besides
this more than 10000 squarc miles Of
Mexican territory came To the United
States 10y the Gadslen Purchase in
lS53.
These summaries Of disconnected fact:
are not quotations from the Britannica
In that book these facts are given in
their proper place and setting with
many Others quite a interesting anc
valuable and a. necessary for one VIII,
wishes Ia hc informed about Mexic,
What j. true Of the treatment Of Mexico
in the Britannica j. just a. true Of ey
cry other topic of interest that ma,
arise III il "A useful book. II j. full o
the most accUrate aud interesting infor
nation on every subject. written by tn
people who know and who know how 4
tell those who want L. know.
Ask the Encyclopaedia editor NOW.
Next week the same hopks will CO.'S