Bridgeton pioneer., 1914-01-08
SLANG OUTWITS
MEXICO CENSOR
The Mexican Herald CirCum-
vents Ban on Publicity.
TELLS NEWS IN RUMOR FORM
Editor Hudson Devises an Interesting
Scheme of Keeping His Readers In
formed as to the Revolution Without
Giving Huerta an Excuse to Suppress
His Newspaper.

formed as to the Revolution Without
Giving Huerta an Excuse to Suppress
His Newspaper.
o. Henry in one of his stories of
Latin America told of a young man
who wished to cable an account of
the revolution and in order to pass
the censor put his message in good
old American slang. 1t is almost in
the same way, says the Kansas City
Star, that Paul Hudson, editor of
the Mexican Herald. published in
English In the City of Mexico, is tell
ing the truth about conditions without
giving Huerta an excuse to suppress
his paper. 1t would seem that there
are very few Americans left in the
capital and that those few are far
from feeling secure. AS he expresses
1t In his daily humorous column:
Getting to be a small but very select
party, no?
At least, Ashley, allow those of us who
can't afford to Vera Cruz to pretend we
are not afraid.
III your pumpkins are Of the variety that
frost will hurt better garner them now.
Some of us still feel occasional effects
of the altitude, but those who suffered
from trapped pedal extremities have gone.
Yes, the situation is tense We have had
lots of the same in the past tense, and the
future tense is always with us. Plenty of
folks will be pleased if the present tense
can be kept right on the job until it can
be passed to the historical ininitive.
Not yet, Muriel. but anyhow keep off the
toboggan slide
What's the matter with Mexico? Well,
there are too many places where life Is
Just one blamed thing after another-with
gun.
You are right Ashby. The number of
Americans was about 10000. but they had
no artillery until after the battle of Con-
treras.
No. major, 1t seems to us more probable
that when the crop of mid November ru-
mors start they will have more to do with
blockades.
Anent the Activities of Mr.. Lind.
When former Governor Lind first
landed, the Herald united with most of
the other Mexican papers in belittling
him. Later there was different tone:
The Vera Cruz altitude agrees with the
is on the level
Governor Lind is still in Vera Cruz, but
that is not news. for he's that way wher-
ever he is.
But make no mistake; fellows who have
no tongue are often all eyes and ears"
When Mr. Lind learns enough Spanish
to remain silent In that language as well
as English ami Swedish the quiet at Vera
Cruz will become oppressive.
u1 L.
too, as:
Check. Here's our o. K. for keeping
Admiral Fletcher. who is thoroughly IA
miliar with the situation. on the job as
long as the boats remain at Vera Cruz
Taken altogether, the paragraphs put
deal Of light in some of the dark
corners and intermixed is deal of
comment on men and events in the
noTth-the home land.
Significant Paragraphs.
The following are culled from the
column during the last few weeks:
Our idea of crude work is to hold I'D a
train and not have sufficient transporta-
uon facilities at hand to carry off the
loot.
Possibly it's the cat in Zacatecas that
gives y so many lives.
Anyhow the fall OF Juarez will not bc Sc
severe blo- as IL this were her first Of
fense
sons for retiring from the bullfight game
One Is 100000 in the bank, and the other
is a girl.
1t Is an unfortunate fact that the pastor
who Will draw the largest CONGREGATION to-
day holds his open air meeting at D. m
In a circular building.
Hard lines. Owing to the bad times and
the limitations in the seating capacity In
the largest bull ring in the world only
some twenty odd thousand were able to
see the fight yesterday.
Eight American and few other battle-
ships at Vera Cruz on a visit of courtesy
90 remind one somewhat OF the mother
in-faw jokes.
We rather like the examination paper
definition to the effect that "a fratriciIe
Is a man who kills a college student"
1t Is difficult to tell with all those whist-
ers whether Mr.. Carranza keeps a straight
face when he says all those things
Raising the embargo on arms would raise
lot Of that short and ugly definition Of
war.
A traveller who has just returned from
the coast region of Jalisco reports the dis
covery of natives over there who never
heard OF the revolution and who had no
Idea that Porfirio Diaz was not president.
The prompt solicitude of Washington
for Mexican officials or any one named
Madero in trouble is touching
The Sonora rebel government evidently
believes in reciprocity and has voted an
export tax on cattle that just balances
the import tax removed by the new Amer
lean tariff law.
Possibly they shouldn't have anything
to say in matters of international policy,
but II tho foreign material interests"
were removed from some countries tho
npdicum of progress and prosperity would
suffer an appreciable diminution.
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