Gunnison news-champion., 1914-12-18

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thaa asi.es fxofa dly b. d.sy and han
al~d his small force IN a ua-ser,y ssas
ser wEh the arrival ef the sp.~s
forces the American army s~~uzs~d she
Offensive and delivered Q cru~hsns
check 10 their foes near the toSn u
Kent Ia Texas
Thereafier the war took 90 q ssssA0
characser of American advance esd
Mexican retreat
From the seat of hostilsss-s CoSou>j
Gotz wrote several letters to Berpscs.
describing the actions aud the part
played by the aviafioa corps. The an.
men were proving 81 iaeaiculabse s~ss
ice after the border vas resch he'd N the
capacity Of scouts In advance ~ the
American columns.
In the meantime the Americas oBut
had completely invested the port a
Vera Cruz. had finally landed q heavy
force and was threatening an sdvauce
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the southern country. plainly defeated.
continued 20 heht q steadily ssxsag
struggle without any Indication -
suing for peace.
~ far BerBioe had had no word froa
Darling The man had apparenely
dropped out Of sight. When an invita-
tion came from her fathers sisser n
New York to come up for the opera
season IN october she asked hir pes.
mission and wrote to accept
on the I'd. just before she left ssr
New York Bernice received another iet
ter from Gotz After describing the local
situation as quiet" he went ON t. say
They apparently do not need me here
any longer. | received orderS an hour ago
TO proceed to San Francisco and take
charge a the equipment of q couple of
Aeroplane tenders now building at the
Mare Island yard Leave here tomorrow
VIII write you from Frisco.
Bernice Gethelds went to New Yert
On the ID Of October with q light heart
and the expectation VI an enjoyab,e
time.
And vet several things had happensA
even before that time. and occurred
immediately after. which might have
pointed the results to follow. OF % h
seems In the light of retrospecsion.
For instance, In the latter part Of A.
gust portion OF the Japanese aeet
sailed on practice cruise. with ths
avowed intention Of calling at varteus
European ports
They stopped at Manila, wers lap-
Iomatically entertained and departed
westward They were sfterwasds ~
ported from Bombay. Sues and vari-
Gus Mediterranean pors ana passsd
Gibraltar Oct. 2
On the Sd Of October a large vessel
chartered for the purpose, sailed from
vancouver. jammed with 900 Jan
anese laborers from various points In
British Columbia. This vessel cleared
for the Hawaiian islands. and its de
parture was recorded by a paragraph
In the papers. covering some scant four
lines
On the morning of the 4th Of October
the Japanese government officially
notified the United States that its feet
would call at various ports and expect
ed to be among the first vessels of war
to pass through the Panama canal
and as by parallel the secretary of war
on the same day, received code mes
sage which caused him to visit the
White House and afterward summon
the strategy board to meeting.
"Gentlemen.' said Secretary Barri
son, when the board was assembled.
Il desire to lay before you a message
from man in whose Judgment place
a great deal of faith ! received il a
few hours ago. Translated from the
code II reads: Pursuant with your
instructions ! have done my best to ar
rive at some true understanding of the
anomalous situation we referred TO
There is a peculiar atmosphere of con
hdent expectation pervading this city.
despite the resent results Of military
operations
This is only explainable in my
Judgment to some secret affecting the
probable future actions of some outside
power. Without being in definite pos
session of their plans can only surmise
frcm present conditions Would. how
ever advise taking steps for the
mobilization of large bodies of voIun.
teer forces, and the mobilization Of
large bodies of an efficient aeroplane
corps ut San Francisco
Same would arply to eastern sea
board In neighborhood of New York
Believe action of Mexico IN nature Of
teint ottack. preliminary 10 some IN
ternational action by larger power
This government was today uoti-
ned OF the approach of the japanese
feet" said the secretary of war