Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-18
WITH the EDITORS
MORE REASON FOR THE SALUTE.

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Incidents of which the public was in
ignorance call insistenly for n com
pliance with the demands Of the Wash
ington administration that the flag be
salutcd in apology by the de facto gov
ernment Of Mexico. President Wilson ia
his statement TO the country, cites in
stances where our charge d'affaircs in
the City Of Mexico has been Inundated
to the extent Of having a telegram from
this government referred, before il MAS
delivered 10 him, tn a censor; another
where "A sailor with mail for the mel
of American warships was arrested in
the streets of Tampic0 without any
cause Whatsoever. The language Of the
President does not mince matters when
he refers to the contempt that has been
shown this government.
There will be no sympathy with the
remark of Senator Works that because
a few blucjackcts from one of our ships
who had much better have been on ship
board, are arrested and Hurrta refuses
To salute our flag we are To 20 10 war
or back down and make ourselves ridicu-
lous.' That is shooting far wide of the
facts. The Presidents statement is suf-
%ficicnt rcfuiation la any belief that the
Atlantic fleet has been ordered To- Mex
leo because Of one indignity offered the
American uniform. Ii goes beyond that.
Mexican officers have. evidently. studi-
ously sought To anger the United States.
Perhaps the patient, calm waiting policy
at Washington misled them in regard
to the real temper of the American peo-
pie. perhaps there is "A deeper cause
which may directly lead 10 the sudden
lesscning of the tension of the past scr-
eral weeks and the clearing Of the prob
lem. even though by drastic means,
No matter what may he the thought
elsewhere-and in the respect Of uphold
ing the honor Of the Nation and the flag
there can be no disscnsion-the people Of
Texas and the Southwest, who have en-
dured with patience. uncomplaininely.
the Inconvenience and hardships
brought about by the waiting policy of
Washington, join in commentator of
the dignificd, strong. peaceful course
President Wilson and this government
have pursued.
The statement of the President is a
remarkable document. Ii breathes OF
the patience. the high resolve and atti-
that has So consistently character
lied the big brother TO the unhappy lit
tie brother Of a republic south Of the Rio
Grande. Ii leaves no room for doubt ~
to the justice Of the present step 1t was
the right act. the right kind Of statement,
Ia assure the nations of the world 0f the
forbearancc that has ceased In bc a vir-
tue, of the necessity presented, without
our making. Of taking "A firm stand; Of
the fact that the Huerta defiance is rap
idly proving to Mexico n boomerang and
the strange. stubborn drama is approach
ing its END. San Antonio Express.
An inventor. noting the poor gardens
kept by city people. has patented a seed
tape. The tape Is made Of paper and al
the right distance apart the seed is held
on the tape by a drop Of glue said
10 be just the right fertilizer To help
an early sprout. In this way no
are wasted and il is impossible 10
get the rows crooked. The paper also
by blotting up moisture from the
soil that the glue may be- dissolved. BY
method all the back breaking work.
the spading and hoeing, is done
in the factory by machinery. A wire