The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-15
Two Who Are Fair

Two Who Are Fair
 l have met but two who were fair enough to say that the President was right. In the breast of the average refugee the spirit of conquest runs high and if they had the ordering of the troops many dead soldier would be sent home human sacrifice on the altar of the mammon of the refugee.
 If the tax payers of America could see the situation at close range the congressman who voted for war would promptly be sent to private life and 1t may be that Witherspoon and Steph- ems of Mississippi had some insight into the situation when they voted against unloosening the purse strings for war that must in it's last phase be one of conquest of people that cannot be as simulated.
 on last Sunday as l walked down the street of one of the poorer sections met poor blind Mexican woman, whose only help was little child. This little child had her head blown 10 pieces when the occupation was in progress and the fighting was at it's height, and lost her life in the noble effort to get this poor blind woman to a place of safety. A painter could get the material for picture to be labelled Despair" from this poor woman and I would that every man who thirsts for blood, and who cries "on to Mexico could hang that picture in his home. teach his own little one what a glori- ous thing it is to blow to pieces the heads of helpless little girls and then thank his God that he lives in Chris tian country.
 Another Mourner
 Today I saw another woman garbed in black as she walked into ceme- tar h 1axr <I z her son whose body was torn into shreds by shot from the Prairie. It was only by his clothing that she knew the body to be that of her son, who had the same idea of patriotism as would a son of Alabama, and who lost his life in defense of his country. On this partisan face was the picture of woe that but few can conceive, and I would that some painter could draw a picture of this mangled boy and his sorrowing mother and let Congress pass a law making it mandatory on Gov ernor Colquitt of Texas to spend one hour each day in the contemplation of it. Such a picture should be hung in Washington where those well fed and complaisant jingoes could gaze upon it and get therefrom some faint concep- tion of what a rich mans war and a poor mans fight truly means.
 raul ana Reporters
 When the Apostle Paul wrote that all men are liars he must have had some reporters in mind: yesterday as I went to supper an American sailor who had a little too much Peoria liquor aboard fired a cannon cracker in front of my hotel; one drunken sailor found a piece of plaster broken off the wall and swore by all the gods Mexican had shot at him. That night report went out that desu1tory firing by snipers continued. Such stuff may be essential to keep up the martial spirit but the exact truth Is that life in Vera Cruz Is as orderly as in Birmin gham and all of our party have been courteously treated by the Mexicans, but we go on the theory that the world gives back to us what we give the world and as we are courteous to the natives they in turn measure to us that same return. We give to the Mexican press the same information we do to the Mexican Herald. the only Eng fish paper here and the Mexicans al- ways speak of us in kindly way and seem to appreciate that we are doing our best for them.
 This is Sunday afternoon and this pleasure loving people are taking in the bull fight, the cock fight and base ball game. The handbill which I am sending was given me last night on the plaza but I have been to busy to see anything of this nature. I must close this letter to catch the boat, and in doing so l want to ask the ministry of America to study the text: ''The sword shall be beaten into plough shares, the knives shall be turned into pruning hooks and there shall be universal peace"