Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-03-05
WAITING for a Miracle

Waiting for a Miracle
Advocates, of the watchful waiting policy are now
voicing a hope that the man Of the hour may arise
in Mexico. As the st. Louis Republican expresses it:
ut is hoped that a leader may appear and a party
develop through which the country may be pacifed
and constitutional government rc.established. !" Huerta
does not appear to be crumbling as rapidly as tie
president supposed some weeks ago. He has not yet
succumbed to the financial siege. OF the 100000
motley inhabitants of the stricken republic, q ma
jority willingly recognize him as ruler. BY direct
and indirect confscation he supplies his government
with funds While his hands are covered with
bloody spots, Gen. Villa, once rhope..of the sconsti.
tutionalists,, is, likewise accumulating, .indelible
stains. Brigandage is rampant throughout tine coun.
try, regardless Of what leader may be In nominal
control. Hundreds of millions of foreign Investments
have been lost and there. is no safety for. life or
person.
The times have been calling for a man, but none
has answered. Carlyle said that many dark times
have called for men in vain: No: figure looms i9
Mexico fitted to the Herculean task of restoring or.
der. Gen. Villa has been pronounced impossible by
those formerly his admirers. Carranza is admittedly
q weakling.y Zapata's record is against him. The
same is true of Medina. Banquet glories in his
relics of Maximlians, execution. De Ia Earra has
been too intimately associated with the Huerta
regime to expect recognition from the United States.
Felix Diaz waS a fash in the pan. The elder Diaz
remains at a safe distance and is too old to resume
his iron grip OH affairs. The supposition that John
Lind has been on a Diogenic quest for the man is
~disrcled by correspondents who. have visited his
retreat infilie rear Of the consul's Office at Vera Cruz.
He stan 1Iugs the delusion that Villa and Carranza
viii soon:.iDnGucr the country and that under the
purifying Influence Of authority they will erect q
noble government Of the people, for the people and
by the people. Whether William Bayard Hale is
still actingFa a diplomatic scout among such Mex
lean leaders as do not insist on inspecting his
credentials can not be ascertained.
Nothing but a miracle could produce within a
short time a man with the lofty patriotism, the
financial ability, the military sagacity and prowess
and the qualities of craftsmanship essential to re-
storing peace and prosperity to Mexico. Indications
are that such restoration can be effected only by
Intervention by the United States alone, by q new
~Pan-American alliance or by the leading governments
of the world. 49, $50
DR.. Mary Walker does not allow herself to be side
tracked from her original plea by any of these orien-
tai trouser fashions.
Pressure Of International affairs never prevents
New Jersey from getting It's full share of attention
III u pOltlcll Crisis. --%f&. 4# %+ra.r, s...t :f-..r
Owing TO- a shortage in the wheat crop and an
increased demand for bread at lower prices the past
year has been a hard one on the milling interest.
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One problem that the Progressives have TO- deal
with is the disposition of the regular parties to use
tho word Us an adjective. instead OF q noun.
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sTle stories. ;of the starving Of dogs In Arctic and
Antarctic expeditions may Cause the Society for the
Prevention :of Cruelty TO Animals to put ! stop to
such trips
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OF course, II Mr.. Curtiss should devise q Aylng
boat that crossed the Atlantic the people would be
so excited over it that they would forget MI. Virgins
pessimism.
There may be q heavy percentage Of illiteracy In
this country. But II cannot he as bad as some Of the
language employed In comic pictures would lead us
to believe. y,
As an encouragement to generosity the govern.
ment might give Mr.. Rockefeller a rebate on his
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