The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-04-27

F.W" unity fANMhW tue MAN III lAA
f%urtios between the United States and
Mexico occurred, ike the prcscnt
trouble while a Democratic admins.
tfatiuu was "a Office "a Washington.
+ D9ltufuIH was the grpat prize whoa
loh to tle United States as % result
~ TIE conflict which started In lSis
over the admission OF rtxas INTO tho
T American union.
History repeats Itself. In the
i,Hti"s as now, Mexico was spiit hy
Iutcrral d~.s-eusiuH. Many ARBITRARY
aces on tho part ~ the Mexican gov.
: tIumtut d oXcess,s hy fedcralista
and tcN%oullonari,s bad led the DEM
u,ists lo indulge iu 70 policy sl
'Wtt.uful waiting which wts follow
,d ty % u~umhardmcut n seizure
u' Vera cru among other things.
When var seemed inevitable in de-
eHu,her. 1893. Do United States sent
10 special envoy, just as President Wiz
SON last year sem Lind. To- McNiH1
iIItg Geo poatDr with President Herrera.
Eut while the envoy was en- route
General laTtuc- refused Co receive
th, American messenger.
MeNi,ane ~pOiling lor War.
FDiluWlnL thus incident Paredcs,
uo saw taIt his people wanted 90
fight the United states, found an os-
t,usinie cause fur war almost as tri'-
lul Js Do TIWu.ru Incident He iu-
.HnNNN HN.. NNf f" NHHtA WAS Nat NNNN.
tier I.u, between Texas % MeNtgut
while ths tinted states ma,gtaiued
thit The RIO Graude was the proper
boundary.
American fr.uus advanced towaro
'H' 1870 GIHndo in March, 1879. IS
N'NI.Iu army .rosscd the r.rr go
Airil a general conflict was pre-
liYitJtcd WHOM 'u April -. Mexican,
ug the TcNlz side OF the RIO Grand,
Hu. hus,tdtI ID 90, ounoittrlug party OF
DIugoons commanded by Captain
ThDIutuu. lu iuis skiTmish sixteen
Americans WcI, Nilled OF wounded
ana The remainder OF ne small force
captured
IN, AmosI.aus qulcAly obtained re-
Nynge whom. au May s, tht nrst
Iltchcd hHttIo was fought al falo
Alto and the N.Aicnns were Vors et.
Ba May o. CONGRESS adopted "a rcaolu-
ton and President POLK proclaimed
tnut 10y the Ii of the republic Of
Mexico q state ui war exists between
that government and the United
states tuuHr.af appropriated So
600. 600 fUr iur prosecution az the
Huf end 10000 Ildntccrs were called
for. General ~. nary Taylor crossed
tho Mexican UufIer on Ma Is ana
occupied Nifal rts. "a few miles be-
low B~rowusNlIl.. Tex. While hc was
pursuing his EI.furious way 20 Bucni
NlHiif r4 HAln ufus nhhlNhhu ah
Nuuu,d thIuu.n Eew Mexico tnd, al-
ten the huifl. .. Sacramento, occu-
pied Chihuahua.
Rc,uli In california.
MsauWnu. tmcTiCau settlers in
California. urH.I the Leadership Of
Fremont. had re. olted against McNi-
can rule and ur.. aimed California IN
dependent, TIL revolt known as me
Roar Fla- rr...f. startled both The
Mexican aud IH.ted states govern
mruts The tH.uorities at Washing
tom Impressed Upon Commodore SlOai'
then at MaslfIHr the importance oi
actiuE quickly io seize Monterey and
Go taNc San Irauclsco. This latter
Was performed ay Commodore stock
ton. ON the eHst coas OF Mexico op'
DfgtiunH wen, Directed hy Genera
scott. who laua.i al Vera Cruz and
~DImmsnccd hI- march on Mexico CITY.
40 fhif time Tlu Pico was governor
OF California. auH General Castro was
Too command U he Mexican troops,
1uey squabbled over which was in
supreme authority. Pico called the
'mn2 Zoo West In Los Anseies %
discuss b situation. This assembly
CuuflFfed uf Pros dent Firueroa. Ban
dinL Guerra HlteIlo and Arguello.
Abel stelrna, at the invitation OF
FlgueroI. roufuf-d a junta OF cltzehs.
~
signs of U yeI. And 10 other pan
acoa has been fnund for a. Appar-
entity therefore, FOR the present at
least. there ls uo hope Of ahating the
steady rise in The price OF everyday
necessities, and so far no way has
been found Go leat the high cost II
living except 90 stop living 80 high.
II is no quite Possible that ln good
old fashioned Thrift may be found tho
solution nf the dlnicult problem OF
living up 90 modern standards under
modern conditlouH2
r. %. MacGREGOR.