The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-05-01
nve years old. who win stop a. moth.

him many times. He is a robber ban
dit of the worst type, although II you
do not antagonize him he win 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.
THE better class Of Mexicans-
those whose haciendas and property
have been torn from them by the
robbers-welcome Intervention. 1t il
only the poems, or the poor working
people, who are fighting, and they ere
so ignorant that they do not know
who they are fighting for. The Mexh
cans won't stand up and fight They
are treacherous, deceptive and snealzy.
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 auproxi-
mately 300 miles. The Orizaba route
has a standard-gauge railroad and is
$50 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 10000.
The march probably would be fea.
tured by 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
RE sent word to the commandant oil
| San Juan de Uloa that he would blow
him to pieces with the Prairie's guns
IL he opened fire against the Ameri
cans, but that otherwise he would moi
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 gunboa
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 "po
shots" at cutters flying the United
States flag. He said on one occasion
cutters from an American man-of-wa
and from German and English boat
went ashore without their flags fly
ing, their occupants landing and start
Ing afoot toward the village of Doni
Cecilia. The Vera Cruz dropped
shell near them.
Occupants of all three boats thel
hurried back to the water front, wher
they hoisted their flags in their re
spective boats, and there was no NOR
firing.
"No Desire for Conquest"
New William Bayard Hale
President Wilson's unofficial investiga
tor of affairs in Mexico, has contrib
uted to the Worlds Work an articl
upholding the presidents Mexican pc
Icy and pointing out an important dc
velopment in the character of Amer
can diplomacy. This, he explains, /
an Interpretation of the Monroe doc
trine that establishes the suzeraint
of the United States only as an q
fective source of moral inspiration
over the nations of Central Americ
and the West Indies.
Our Moral Empire in America"
the title of the article. Discussing tn
possibility of Intervention in Mexic
(the article was written before tn