The Ordway new era., 1914-05-01
ave years old. who will stop at moth.


will be the only way he can be dealt
with. I have ridden on trains with
him many times. He IL q robber ban
dit OF the worst type. although II you
do not antsgonizs him he will not
bother you.
There will never be . union Of the
forces Of Huerta, CArranza and "a
pata- That's out OF the question.
Each band win night this country 70
the last ditch.
"The better class Of Me1icans-
those whose haciendAs and property
have been torn from them by the
robbeu-welcome Intervention. II is
only the poems. or the poor working
people. who are fighting. and they are
SO ignorant that they do not know
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. II 10 believed
Mexico City again will be the chief
goal of the American troops. a. 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 IL the Ja-
lapa route, taken by General Scott In
his advance in the former war. The
other 10 the Orizaba route, used by
the French when Maximilian invaded
| Mexico.
Tall 10 hAa
gauge railroad from Vera Cruz to
Mexico City. The distance Is approx.
mately 800 miles. The Orizaba route
has a standard-gauge railroad and Is
$50 miles long.
There Is only small force Of fed
erals in Vera Crux today. under Cen
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 ohcials 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 . 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 Prairie's guns
IL 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 II fred on, but that he would
not begin hostilities.
| Fired on Tars At Tampieo.
Galveston, Tex.-Amertcan sailors
were fred upon by Mexican gunboat
| at Tampico on two or three different
occasions, and once German and Eng
lish sailors were fred upon. according
to Chief Engineer Murray Of the
steamer Herbert @. 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
I 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 q
shell near them.
Occupants Of all three boats then
hurried back to the water front. where
thAt 40 IN hot
spective boats, and there was no more
firing.
mo Desire for Conquest"
New York.-William Bayard Hale.
President Wilson's unofficial inveetiga-
tor of affairs in Mexico. has contrib
uted to the Worlds Work an article
upholding 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
trine that establishes the suxerainty
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:
IAN American army would have no
physical difficulty in getting back out
of Mexico; nobody would use It up
before 1t got away; the difficulty would
be that greed and false sense Of ma
tional honor would do their utmost to
keep US there permanently In occupa-
tion."
II armed Intervention should be
forced upon the government, he con-
tinues:
"I predict that our forces will be
ordered home Just as soon as constitu-