Omaha daily bee., 1914-10-24

say that n the kaiser. csar, king or en-
peror appeals and. stands for more to
them than our free democratic spirited
president they should go TO- his side and
forever swear allegiance TO rulers who
can play with mems lives as pawns upon
a vast chess board. p. @.
Letters from = Political FEeathen.
SOMEWHERE, Oct. ss-To the Editor
Of The Bee: 1t is unnecessary to refer
to the recall of Henry Lane Wilson. the
expedition OF John Lind, the splendid
conduct supreme prudence. JOb-ltxe pa
. tienco and consummate tact Of that past
master Of diplomacy, Nelson oshaugh-
messy, residing at the capital Of Mexicos
as the official representative of the gov
ernment, which recognized Mexico sim
ply as 1881 square miles OF territory,
containing 1851. 6sI OF population.
Passing a year Of watchful waiting,
murder. looting, torture and rape, I'VE
come to the Tampico incident On April
Q, 1914. an American government vessel,
the Dolphin, was stationed in Tampice!
Some American sailors from the ship.
going on board were arrested by an is
norant and over-zealous Mexican sub
aItern. These were released by a. superior
officer. The spbaltern was punished. An
ample apology was afterward rendered
by HpeTts. This should have ended the
affair. But the American squadron at
Tampico happened to be in command OF
q clustering and boisterous bully OF the
quarterback, the doughty hero Of many
unfouGht battles-a character we'll known
TO old sailors. He demanded a salute
to the American flag. The administra-
ton backed the demand. Reflect for one
moment upon the puerile absurdity. Acc
cording to the Bryanlc theory. Huerta
was a murderer and freebooter. Here
was a demand not that the government,
but that q bandit, salute the flas. Huerta
consented. but demanded that q return
salute be given gun for gun:,' This AZ
rangement fell through. Congress vir-
tually delegated its power to declare war
TO the president--an act without precs-
dent-and twelve days after the alleged
outrage. April n. the United States took
forcible possession of Vera Cruz, at the
cost Of 9os human lives. We have held
it ever since, collecting import duties at
Mexico's chief port. and now have more
than 100000 OF Mexioos revenue IN our
pocket, but do not know what to do
with It. Quaere: Have we had one or
two wars with Mexico? $50
After the Vera Cruz incident came the
A B c tender of good offices, and the
Niagara conference, at which we receded
from our demand for fsalute TO the
flag, which was our eausus belli, but set
about 20 regulate the internal affairs OF
Mexico. Huerta left Mexico for Eng
land. confessing that he was forced to
DO so by the United States. Processing
neutrality as. much. as we DO in the
present transatlantic conflict, we had re-
3moved the embargo on arms and given
sour moral support to a country petit
ifogser and q Hunnish bandit. ealllns
themselves the leaders Of the constitu-
tionslist party OF MEXICO. Carranza was
the governor of a state, but we OF Ne
braska know that means nothing. Out
of eighteen We have had only two that
were above mediocrity, and several whO
in private life would hardly attract the
attention Of their next door neishbor
Nebraska's ironic Bismarck can boast
OF having eliminated for Mexico the only
man capable of. restoring law and order
l "a that unhappy country