The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-05-15
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ing.
"Zapata will have to be killed. That
will be the only way he can be dealt
with. l have ridden on trains with
him many times. He is robber BAN
dit of the worst type, although II you
do not antagonize him he will not
bother you.
"There will never be a union Of the
forces of Huerta, Carranza and Ia
pata. That's out of the question.
Each band will fight this country to
the last ditch.
1.-THE better class Of Mexicans-
those whose haciendas and property
have been torn from them by the
robbers-welcome Intervention. II iD
only the poems, or the poor WORKING
people, who are fighting. and they nre
so ignorant that they do not know
who they are fighting for The Mext-
cans won't stand up and fight They
are treacherous, deceptive and EneahyS
They are all cowards-and their word
is no good"
nOuICO 70 mCNlCO Sttys
Washington.-If invasion Of Men
leo should be ordered, it is believed
Mexico City again will be the chief
goal of the American troops, as In the
former war with Mexico, and Vera
Cruz will be the starting point
There are two routes from Vera
Cruz to Mexico City. One is the Ja-
lapa route, taken by General Scott in
his advance in the former war The
other Is the Orizaba route, used by
the French when Macmillan invaded
Mexico
The Jalapa route has a narrow
gauge railroad from Vera Cruz to
Mexico City. The distance is auproxi-
mately 300 miles. The OrizabH route
has standard-gauge railroad and Ii
280 miles long.
There is only small force Of fed
erals In Vera Cruz today, under Cen
eral Mas.
The Mexican army hardly would bo
able to withstand the march Of the
Americans from Vera Cruz to Mexico
City by either route, according to high
military officials here. The largest
number Of men Huerta could handle
would be about 10000.
The march probably would be fea-
tured by a number of engagements,
each one marking a further advance
by the Americans.
Old Fortress Not Touched.
In the fighting at Vera Cruz, in the
center of the inner harbor San Juan
de Uloa, an ancient stone fortress.
flew the Mexican flag throughout the
attack. Captain Stickney of the Prai-
rie sent word to the commandant OF
San Juan de Uloa that he would blow
him to pieces with the Prairle's guns
If he opened fire against the Ameri-
cans, but that otherwise he would not
be disturbed. The commandant re-
piled that he would answer with his
cannon If fired on, but that he would
not begin hostilities.
Fired on Tars at Tamplco.
Galveston, Tex-American sailors
were fired upon by Mexican gunboat
at Tampico on two or three different
occasions, and once German and Eng
lish sailors we're fired upon, according
to Chief Engineer Murray Of the
steamer Herbert G. Wylie, which ar
rived here today from Tampico.
Murray said he had seen the Mexi-
can gunboat Vera Cruz take pot
shots" at cutters flying the United
States flag. He said on one occasion
cutters from an American man-of-war
and from German and English boats
went ashore without their flags fly
ing, their occupants landing and start
ing afoot toward the village of Dona
Cecilia. The Vera Cruz dropped a
shell near them.
Occupants of all three boats then
hurried back to the water front, where
they hoisted their flags in their re-
spective boats, and there was no more
firing.
mo Desire for Conquest"
New York.-William Bayard Hale,
President Wilson's unofficial investiga-
IOl VI III nlCAlCOg Ian
uted to the Worlds Work an article
unfolding the presidents Mexican pol
icy and pointing out an important de-
velopment In the character of Ameri-
can diplomacy. This, he explains, Is
an Interpretation of the Monroe doc
trlne that establishes the suzerainty
of the United States only as an eff
fective source of moral inspiration
over the nations of Central America
and the West Indies.
Our Moral Empire in America" is
the title OF the article. Discussing the
possibility of Intervention in Mexico
(the article was written before the
fleet was ordered to Tamplco), DR..
Hale says:
AN American army would have NO
physical difficulty in getting back out
of Mexico; nobody would use 1t up
before it got away; the difficulty would
be that greed and a false sense Of ma
tlonal honor would do their utmost to
keep US there permanently In occupa-
ton"
If armed Intervention should be
forced upon the government, he con-
tinues:
"I predict that orr forces will ha