Middletown transcript., 1914-05-02

ing.
"Zapata viii have to be killed. THAI
viii be the only way he can be dealt
with. have ridden on trains with
him many times. He is robber ban
dit Of the worst type. although If you
do not antagonize him he will not
bother you.
There viii never be union Of the
forces of Huerta, Carranza and "a,
pata. That's out Of the question
Each band will fight this country to
the last ditch.
THE better class of Mexicans
those whose haciendas and property
have been torn from them by the
robbers-welcome intervention. It is
only the poems, OF the poor working
people, who are fighting, and they ara
so ignorant that they do not know
who they are fighting for. The Mexi-
cans won't stand up and fight. They
are treacherous, deceptive and sneaky.
They are all cowards-and their word
is no good"
Routes to Mexico City.
Washington.-If invasion of Mex
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 ia
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 approxi-
mately 300 miles The Orizaba route
las standard-gauge railroad and is
28O miles long.
There is only a small force of fed
erals in Vera Cruz today, under Gen
eral Mas.
The Mexican army hardly would be
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 100000
The march probably would be fes-
tured by a number Of engagements
each one marking a further advance
by the Americans
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 Prairie'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 Tampico.
Galveston, Tex.-American sailors
were fired upon by a Mexican gunboat
at Tampico on two or three different
occasions, and once German and Eng
lish sailors were 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.
"No Desire for Conquest"
New York.-William Bayard Hale, |
President Wilson's unofficial inyestiga- |
tor of affairs in Mexico, has contrib
uted to the Worlds Work an article |
upholding the presidents Mexican pol I
icy and pointing out an important de-
in the character of Ameri- |
can diplomacy. This, he explains, is
an Interpretation of tie Monroe doc
trine that establishes the suzerainty
of the United States only as an ef-
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
feet was ordered to Tampico), DR..
Hale says:
AN American army would have no
difficulty in getting back out
Of Mexico nobody would use it up
before it got away; the difficulty would
be that greed and a false sense of ma
tional honor would do their utmost to
Keep us there permanently in occupa-
ion"
If armed Intervention should be
,orced upon the government, he con-
.inues:
81 predict that our forces will be
ordered home just as soon as constitu-
.ional order has been restored, and
hat, so far as the power and influence
If President Wilson can bring it to
pass, nothing in the nature Of an In
lemnity, either In money or land, will
,e asked or will be accepted.
IoNED IN MEXICAN WAR NEWS.