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Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1914-09-30

tFfJ''Ibi ~ H'JuI DHpIJSl DitFh
bistorii svGta, zufici jiz tfcti W
den ma fece Aisnc v seyernl Fran
eli, jest dosud ncr0zhodnuta
Itrhty ia Obou stranacb jsot
strasnG, mnohem yetsi nezli v bit
ve Da fece Marne Il jest dost
mono, ze vysledek teto bitvy
zpIsobi rozbodny obrat Y cell
salcc. ProhravM strana sotva ~
vzpamatuje k vydatn6mu odporu
tim meme k offensive a take stra
na zyft6zivM bude yysilena.
Hthem minulGho tSdne vdleGni
stesti bylo stridayG, av5ak zadnd
10 stran nemdzc &c vykazati ne
jakymi pozoruhodnymi Gspechy
Nemci opGtovnG ccIou syoji vi.
lou yrhali 80 zejm6na ia lcvG kfi
do armady spojcnc0, kdc byli
pokazd6 odrazeni 4 yeIik}mi ztra.
tami.
Jeden y ncjzufivejsich meme.
ckych 1tokI soustfed6n byl ma
zdkopy obsazenG britickymi plu.
ky, kterG klidne vyGkdvaly AZ
ntmeckt rady sc pfibliziIy a pax
zahajily ma ne smrtonomou pal
bu ruGnic a strojovych del a ne
kollkratc 1toky bodaky odrazily.
Stejne hrdinstvi osv6dcily plu-
ky francouzske, proti nimz row
n6z N6mci opetovne vrhali cel6
divise pechoty podporovand delo-
stfelectvem, aniz by stopy pddy
2iskali. Tisice mrtvgch a rane-
nych ziistalo jich ma bojisti.
V pondGli vydana byla Pafi.
ii naslcdujici zprdva;
"PfednG-Na nasem levGm kfi-
die zpravy o situaci zn6ji pfizni-
v6.
Ia druhe-Na stfcdu vojsko
nase 1sp6sn6 vzdoroyalo novym u
veImi prudkym Gtokdm. Trochu
jsme postoupili ma vysinach po-
del feky Mcusc. V oblasti kolem
Woevre husta mlha zpusoblla va
stayeni operaci.
Ia tfeti-Na nascm pray6ni
kfidlc " Lotrlnkdch "A Vogesach)
nebylo zadnf zm6ny situaci, ="
V Londyn6 tGhoa dne odpole-
dne vydana byIa nasleduiici Il
fedni zprava;
"Vdera v nocl nepritel napadl
uasi llnii ieste : v6tsi urlvosti,
ale So ladnjm y6tsim 1speehem,
"Neni zadnt zm6ny Y situael.
"Nemci neziskali nikde pndy .
Francouzoyt postoupili Ia n
tam
Bezdratoya depese zaslana 2
Berlina do I.ondina Nareonlho
spoleenosti poddya uasledudjiei
dtcdni zpravu, jel hyla yydana
ye hlaynim m6st6 ntmeckt Else
'Neni zadut lmtuy situaei y
ktewkoli = yale6n}eh oblasti a.
tprayy O viteenem postupu nepfl-
ielc isou nepraydiya
"zprayy o padu dyou tvrai
l'femyslu isou y}mysly,
Rakouska glhda tyrdi, H. ru
skt yajsko pouiI,a kuli dumsdum
a v pfotesln potnumsnayA, ~ ue
vi to prilonn6 0mynlcm srehniho
vplltele rakoaskonhefake arma
As ehupill ne odyety "
Poysar o aahiti eiAafova syna
lprayedai lednobo uuFluafskt
l,a ssnlikAlu trlegralult pasledu
iiri hlstaFku tlhentu laA prs III
.Sasl. asaak sAm faii abs hyla
pftiala : rrnfrNun
'lriue Adplbpfl, lfeli tu 81 |
.afy ytltma. trmfel pfed nekpli
ia lns ' npmeeuiel lituNslu
s,lalil mna 60 htlrlekt ltkaf
ipnA pftiel a nruasela 40 slhenlu
tpss IN npslshl hr leile l'aev
.sahnl lekaf hrale ,lhgfla, doaial
aafltsnl abs stkansi pesslnTlnau
u pfllawnesli dsou ne
mpek eh ltkafA 8hledale ae =
trlue h.l uA,aFe,n nemeekon ku
il l'fl liatph pFohli'l6aeh fesnaa
: s,.slilo a. munsl lNslalnlei q
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1914-09-30

tiyse jedendct dt6, die depese \
Petrobradu londyDsk6mD Morn.
ing P0stu.
z vycbodoasijskGbo bojistb.
Fast and West n0yinhfska q,
gentura Y New Y0rku 0zDamila Y
pond6li vecr, ~ obdrzcIa nasle.
dujici kabeIografIekou depeH \
TOkia:
"Dle GfedDibo oznamenI yyda
ntbo dnes, japaDska armada m
hajjla ~. za1 6tok IA prvDi po,
sice NGmcd, kten obsadili hfebe.
ny horskt mezi fekami posabo q
Litsunem 20 saryatce Nfmci
byli zabnani zptt n japaDskf vol
sk0 posinulo syt llnie II. zan k
pravhmu bfehu fek Litsun u
Cangtmn. asi ostn mil od m6st0
Tsng.Tau.
Cernohorci obsadili Mostar.
Cernohorskt yojsko Y pAtek
obsadllo Mostar, bIayni m6sto Y
Herzegovina. PferlslIo zelezniG.
nj doprawu mezi Metkoyi6 n Du
broWikcm, jedinf TO tratt do
Kotoru, kter3 jest nyni osano-
cen. Raknsanf GpIn6 opustili
JIM 6hst I'osuy a lIerceRoviny,
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1914-09-30
ObB stTany utrpBly hrOzn6 ztIdt, ale zddO$ Z niCh
nedOCI|Ila znaGn6j$Ch dspBChd.

DIE ruskych depe porazena rakoukA armada xraa
d6lostfeectvo ustoupfa do Uher Lid netastne
chic ZacnA jK tusiti hroznou pravdu. Ma moh docil
EemG dgpechu torpedovanim m potopenim M britckych
h-xnikt - Utoky jejich ruskem Polsku odrazeny.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1914-09-30

saroyi zemfeli ma rany pfivodenI
uemeckyTni kulemi "
Puma vrzena do Parize.
Nemecky aeropIan yrhl v sobo
tu pumu do Paffze, kterA usmrti
Ia jednobo muze Il tGzce zraniIi
Jcbo dceru. Puma spadIa Ave
nue. du Tr0caderO ma rObu Ru'
Freyclnet, Dcpatruou vzdalenOs
cd Eiffeloyy y6ze u block cd a
lnerickfho yeIevyslanectyL Pa
nuje min6ni, ~ byIa obmysIeni
pro bezdrht0yon stanici ma Fife
love veil lIIava muze, jenz by
usmrccn, byIa 1pln6 urazena (
diyka, dcera jcho, utrp6Ia tGzk'
zranGnf ma nohou, Vsecky domJ
Y okoIi byIy po5kozeny, zdi ne
kter}ch popraskaIy a vsecka okn,
byIa r0zbita. I'm pumou sI6tl'
n6mecka ylajka.
DIE depese k ReuterOvG kan
cellar 4 Ostcnde, nGInccky Xcppe
lin navstivil v sobotu veGer bel
gicka mesta Alost, Ghent, Dynze
Minelbekc a RolIegbcm. Do Dyn
ne vrzeno byIo pet pun, ktert
sTnrtelnG zranily jednoho starce q
poSkodlly stfechu uemocnice
Jedna bomba vrzena byla dc
RolIeghem, avsak nezpdsoblla
zadnou skodu. Zeppelin zmizeI
pax smGrem ku Francii.
Til anglick6 kfizniky zniceny.
TGzkou ztrdtu utrp6lo britickG
valeGne Iod'stvo minute 1tery,
.kdyz tfi kfizniky, Aboukir, Crcs.
sy II lIogue, potopeny byly ne
meckym podmorskym Glunem Y
Severnim mofi. IachranGno bylo
asl sedm set namofnikh, ostatni,
Y poGtu vice nez tfinacti set, "a,
hynuli. Initent kfizniky byly
ySecky stejnGho typu, 1900 tun
snosnosti, i4O stop dlouhG, 69.3
stop Stroke, = ponorem 26 stop,
Muzsivo kazd6ho pozistdvalo 10
75j ddstojniku a ndmofniku. By
ly zbudovdny v r, 1900, TAX ze
nebyly nejnoy6jsiho yzoru, avsak
dobfc sc bodily k patrolni sIuzb6,
Pozd6ii zjiSt6no, ze naprcd IA
Sazm byl 'orp6dem kiiznik A,
houkir a druht diva napadcuy,
kdyz specially tonoucimu muz.
styu na pomoc, COZ pry jest proti
mezlndrodnim zdkonhm vdlky
Ndmci pfiznavaji pres sto tisic
ztrat.
CeIkoyt u6meckt ltraty nu
ran6u}eh il pohresova
n{ch isou udany Gredn6 ma l0l,.
$50, rosledni seznam, vydany Y
ned6li, obsahuje l0,527 jmeu,
Celkova ztrdty al do nedtle isou,
iak ndsledniet Mrtvteh, t5,67ii
ran6nfeh, Ga,00s pohresovan}ch,
aa0o7,
silna rakouska armada Y Puli,
Hpravodai rimsktho tasopisu
.iloruale n'ltala, jena So dotal
ia l'ulie, vellktho pfistayu pro-
,aletu6 lndslyo a arscuam rakm
,ktho, sltmic, le yseeky lesy ko.
lean pfistayu hyly posekauy
'paleuyl yeukoyska stayepl a Vii.
ii hyy nalteny 6eda a kAkapy
Nle sYhoaeny a iamy vykopauy
'sntlr v tnlll jest pes ao'istfs
laun Hsltaln muia Nuiaka a yAr
'ky yaletut losll rakuuskt
Lid w vidni .uAl liA hFoaneu
praydu,
Vlde0akf dopisoyatel finskeho
.aanplau ttliornale d'llalia 81
.uamuis, b. bl,syatplalyn hlaNnihu
uasta rakpuskahp praYg poRipa
e daa,l,lall pfasdu . kataslro
alui alluaei Fakaaakt afmAdA
fasosl snn ailek pFaNAaenfeh
eiteh plaeleilai maIAa.ai, ieut
sl.lpnaA Smi ullevmi
l1lal naneiy,a lfapnt lairm aa
apehuu ahNyatelaltu lllatue
TRAITS rakaaskt afnAiy IA SAeeh
p,slnail hsl lspfst ~
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1914-09-30

Sonoku, tricetosm mil jihozdpad
ne od aarosIav6. Ma SVEN dttul
2anechuli IN srbou della II automo.
biloyt trausporty Y toloujoku
porazili jsme odd6leni nepritclc
u wall hodnt zajatcd a del. 20.
kra6ujice We stihdni, ycsli ismc
do l'her. "
N6moi zabili iedenact ruskyoh
d6ti,
OPERATOR uemoektho Ieppcll
m grhll pumu va skom v ualo.
stoku, Rusku Y pond6li, usmr.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1914-09-30
Ndmci pfiznavaji pres sto tisic
ztrat.
Puma vrzena do Parize.

telkovc n6meckt ltraty na
mrty}eh, ran6u}ch u pohresova.
n}eh jsou udany Gredn6 ma l0i,.
$50, rosledni seaman, vydany Y
ned6lI, obsahuje lo,527 jmen,
Celkoya xtrdty al do nedele isou,
iak naslednje, Mrtyteh, 1904
rantnych, Ga,a0s pohresoyan}ch
aa,007.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1914-09-30

safovi zemfeIi ma rany pfivodtnt
u6meckyIni kulemi." "
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-03-14
Charged With Fraud

Los Angeles, CAL, March 9.-Law-
renee M. Sullivan. the king of Gold
field" in the boom days of the Ne
vada mining camp and reputed then
a multi-millionaire, surrendered him.
self to a township constable here to-
day on a warrant charging that he
had defrauded Mrs. Laura Rogers OF
$1,000. Mrs. Rogers alleged that
after obtaining all her money, sup
posedly for investment, Sullivan in
duced her to part with her jewelry
also. Sullivan was held in bail of
$1,000. Seven years ago Sullivan was
virtual ruler of Goldfield and at the
head of a score of mining companies,
in addition to banking and other OPP
erations. The collapse of the boom
swept away his fortune.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-03-14

McClure's for March has a story
upon the wonderful achievements of
John Hays Hammond, Jr., in electro
cal work. He picks up the electric
waves in the Iii and makes them
obey his will. He is the son of our
John Hays Hammond of the West,
has had every advantage of schooling
at home and abroad, but the solving
of the mysteries of electric currents
and how to control them has always
had a special fascination for him.
He has erected two masts, each $50
feet high, on the shore of Gloucester
bay, for a wireless station. He has
a boat in the bay. He has a disc or
dial on shore to separate electrical
currents; he has a director of his
own planning in the boat to receive
any particular current which he
sends to it, and thus. by touching
buttons on shore, makes the boat
start or stop, turn to the right or
left, or speed through the water at
more than 80 miles an hour. All the
time the boat is kept in sight by a
binding searchlight. His PROPOSE
ton is to protect the coast from for
eign warships by means of torpedo
boats sent out by wireless. The boats
will be submerged and leave nothing
in sight but two short masts. A
hostile warship rises on the horizon
out of the sea. Beyond the bow of
the torpedo boat is suspended a
charge of dynamite sufficient to blow
a hole in the battleship below the
water. The torpedo boat is rushed
straight at its victim. at a speed of
more than half a mile a minute. in a
battle between fleets, and the same
thing can be done by ships prepared
for the purpose.
Human nature could not long hold
up against a terror of that kind.
Young Hammond believes that the
whole Eastern coast can be defended,
in this way, at an expense not so
great as one fighting ship costs.
Surely the age of miracles is close
upon us.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-03-14
EVerS Gets $4,000 Check

Macon. Ca. March 11.-John j.
Evers, deposed manager of the Chi
cago National League baseball team,
tonight received a check for S25.OOO
as a bonus for signing a contract
with the Boston Nationals.
The check was given Evers by
James E. Gaffney, owner of the Bos-
ton club, shortly after his arrival
here.
ut had been reported Evers was
to receive $40, O0O," Gaffney said as
he handed a slip of paper to the Sec
ond baseman, "but here is the check.
Evers may, if he wishes, tell the
amount"
Evers smilingly handed the check
to some of his friends.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-03-14

The water in the Humboldt river
at this place, says the Elko Free
Press. is out of its banks and from
all indications We are due for a food
before the waters will abate. The
most of it is coming from the north
ern section of the county and from
what We can learn the snow has Just
begun to melt. Every stream and
rivulet during the past few days has
been discharging their contents into
the main river and the aggregate
waters have flooded the river bottom
above and below town. The streams
from the south are not carrying near
the amount of water as the northern
streams, and when the real warm
weather comes-look out!
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-03-14
MORE HORSES

Despite the pleasure car, the COM
mercial truck, the package delivery
car. the cycle car and all the other
late projections of the motor vehicle,
the price of horses i~sincreasing!
This almost unbelievable fact is
noted in the current number of the
Agricultural Outlook, a publication
issued by the United States depart
ment of agriculture. And attention
is also called to the fact that the
price of mules is steadily increasing
this in the gasoline age"
Not only are the prices of horses
and mules increasing, but statistics
collected by the department prove
that the number of animals is also
increasing. In January of this year
there were Ia per cent more horses
and mules in the United States than
were shown by the census of 1910.
The total number of horses is placed
at 20, 962, 600 and the number of
mules at 4,449, 900.
The average farm price of a horse
in 1910 was S10S.03. The average
price in January of this year was
S109. 32, an increase of $l.29 per
head. Mules have done still better,
rising in average value from $4,000
per head in 1910 to S123.S5 this year.
On this basis the total value of farm
horses in the United States $50, 29l,-
63S, 900 and that of mules $551, 017,-
600. The total estimated farm value
of these animals is therefore 81. 842,-
655, 900, which is an increase of 1884,
0S2, 900 over the census year, and
represents an annual increase OF
wealth from these sources of S4S,-
| 520. 1000.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-03-14
NEVADA PRESS COMMENT
State Bank Case Decision

Ely Expositor: The entire State
will be pleased to learn that the Su-
preme Court has sustained the con-
tention of Attorney General Thatch-
er in the now notorious State Bank
ase Several legal points are in
volved in the decision; the most i'm
portant of which is that the bill passed
by the last session of the Legislature
empowering the Attorney General to
intervene in the receivership case,
with a view of trying to save deposi-
tors something from the wreck,
comes within the police powers of
the State. The other points are tech
nicalities Ringing upon this conten-
ton.
Judges Talbot and McCarran, Dem
ocrats, concurred, Judge Norcross
dissenting; though it is not thought
that politics played any part in the
decision.
All readers are more or less famil-
lar with the details of this scandal;
how the bank failed during the panic
of 1907, how Judge Langan appoint
ed an $500 clerk as receiver and per-
mitted him to draw a salary of $10,-
900 a year and otherwise dissipate
the assets of the institution during
the past six or seven years. Of
course there has been a lot of harsh
criticism of Judge Langan, publicly
and privately. Many cannot under
stand what motive prompts him to
permit this looting unless he is get
ting his. He has apparently re-
manned unmoved by the storm of
private and personal protest and has
replied to public criticism through
letters to the Governor and newspa-
pers with references to the sanctity
of the court, being guided by the
law, and job lots of similar bunk.
Also he injected the sob stuff about
his unsullied personal character and
the grief of his family as a result of
these charges.
But what Judge Langan will never
no ohio fo o~vnlo;p ov,ax, ;o x,bv bo hoe
so persistently presided at every
move and motion of the long litiga-
ton, rendering decisions in favor of
the receiver with monotonous regu-
larity, when his own motives were
impugned, and personal interest sus-
picioned. A disinterested Judge who
really valued his reputation for hon
esty. would have called in some other
judge to hear the case.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-03-14
Senator Pittman Postpones Visit

Washington, d. c., March o.
Senator Pittman has decided not to
return to Nevada as was his intention
a short time ago, as the law matters
in which he is interested and which
were to come up in the district court
of his home county have gone over to
another term of court and he will re-
main in this city and attend to his
official duties.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-03-14
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE

To Felix Rice, j. ID. Names, your heirs or
assigns: You are hereby notified that during
the year nineteen hundred and thirteen, we,
the undersigned, have expended more than
two hundred dollars in labor and improve
ments upon the Homestake and Maine lode
mining claims in Pinto (silveradol Mining
District, White PINE County, Nevada, in
which you claim an undivided interest, to-wit:
J. ID. Names, one-half interest; Felix Rice.
one-quarter interest; as shown by the mining
records Of White Pine County, Nevada.
To j. ID. Maines. your heirs or assigns: You
are hereby notified that during the year nine
teen hundred and thirteen. we, the under
signed, have expended more than one hundred
dollars in labor aud improvements on the
Fairview lode mining c!sim in Pinto Silver
vada, in which mining claim you claim al I'M
divided one-third interest, as shown by the
mining records n said county. The said labor
was performed as and for the annual represen-
tation of said claims for the said year of 1913,
as required by the laws Of the United States
concerning annual labor upon mining claims,
and tbs same was the amount required to hold
said claims for said year. You are further
notified that unless within ninety days after
personal service Of this notice upon you, or
within ninety days after the publication there
Of, you contribute your portion of such expen'
diture as a co-owner, to-wit: j. d. Names,
one hundred and thirty. three dollars and
thirty three cents; Felix Rice, fifty dollars
your several interests in the said claims will
be forfeited to the undersigned co.owners,
who have made such expenditure, and will
become their property in the manner provided
for by law.
Eureka, Nevada, March IA. 1914.
+. j. BROSSEMER
EUGENE RICE
First publication March IA, 1914.
| Last publication June IL, 1914.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-03-14
Mystery May Never Be Solved

Los Angeles, CAL, March 9.-Plans
to analyze chemically the serum
treatment under which seven county
hospital patients suffering from spe-
cifc blood poisoning have died since
Saturday weredefeated to-day, when
DR.. c. H. Whitman, superintendent
of the county hospital, announced
that all of the serum made up by the
administration had been used. Cal
vim Hartwell, county coroner, or
dered an autopsy performed on one
of the bodies, but did not expect to
develop anything regarding the
cause of death more specific than
toxic poisoning"
Harry Lane, the eighth man to
whom the treatment vas given and
who was reported to be dying last
night, was in excellent condition to-
day and the hospital surgeons hoped
for his recovery.
DR.. Whitman said the serum which
is alleged to have killed the seven
patients had been in use for a long
time here and never before caused a
death. 1t is the prescription of a
noted German scientist. An aver
age of 300 treatments a year is given
at the hospital. according to DR..
Whitman.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-03-14
Richie Wins Decision

In the ten round glove contest at
Milwaukee Thursday night, Willie
Richie, the lightweight champion
of the world, secured the decision
over Ad Wolgast, his opponent.
Representatives of the leading news
papersgave the decision. the Wiscon-
sin boxing law prohibiting a decision
by the referee.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-03-14

President Wilson has sent the fol-
lowing nominations to the Senate
for confirmation as postmasters in
Nevada: Reno, Fred l.. White;
Sparks, John P. Reynolds; Goldfield,
Ben Rosenthal; Gardnerville, r. W.
Gale.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-03-14
Stockholders Meeting

The annual meeting of the stockholders OF
the Northwestern Consolidated Mining Com
pany will be held at the office of the company
in Masonic and Odd Fellows building in Eu.
reka, Nevada, on the 9th day Of April, 1914,
at 1870 a. m.
r. A. BRoY, Secretary.
Eureka, Nevada, March Ia. 1914.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-03-14
BORN.

At the Italian Ranch. Eureka County, Ne
vada, March 8. 1914, to the wife Of Antonio
Tognoni. a son.
In Eureka, Nevada. March Z, 1914, to the
wife Of Paul Accomasso, a son.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-03-14
THE + MARKET

The latest metal quotations are a
follows:
Silver at New York 5Sa cents per ounce.
Copper at New York. $14.O0.
Lead ct New York $500 per 100 pounds.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-03-14
SATURDAY. MARCH IA. 1914
A WAY OUT WITH HONOR

Christian Science Monitor: IL Is
to be hoped that journalists and
statesmen who have begun to advise
the administration in Washington
concerning i@ present and future
course in Mexico, and who openly
urge Intervention, recognize the
heavy moral responsibility that rests
upon them. For they r urging a
course of which the end is not pre-
dictable, a course that may have, as
by-products, results as entangling as
those following the uprising against
anarchy in Cuba under Spanish rule.
Internationally the United States has
peculiar obligations both to its own
citizens who are residents in Mexico
and to non-co1nbatant citizens OF
other countries who have taken up
their abode there; and when it is
proved that the fundamental human
rights of such persons are being de-
MED by any warning chieftains of the
military and political factions now
fighting in Mexico, public opinion at
home as we'll as governments abroad
will naturally expect some action by
the United States commensurate
with the indignities suffered and in
Justice done. But such positive ac-
ton need not mean war or conquest
or even formal Intervention as be-
tween combatants. 1t can be limited
to an act of policing taken singly or
in conjunction with other powers, but
distinctly defined in its purpose as
done for civilizations sake.
Before any action is taken by
either Congress or the President that
will radically alter the policy hither-
to followed, it should be justified,
we think, by evidence of a kind that
the public can rely upon. Fortunate
ly the sincere cooperation of diplo-
matte and consular officials of the
United States and Great Britain in a
quest for precise information con-
corning both the veracity and the hui
mainly of General Villa is paving the
way for the truth about a case
that is important, yet not initself a
cause for war. The Mexican situa-
ton has previously given no such
complication of the United States
with another country. Were only
Mexico and the United States in
volved, definition of a policy would
be simpler. Any aggressive step
taken must be explained to a watch
full Spanish America. Any refusal
to act vigorously, given sufficient evil
dence of cause for such action, will
tempt action by Europe challenging
the Monroe doctrine as commonly
understood. To add to the difficult
ties, Mexico lacks a dependable, dis
interested, educated middle class,
trained to home rule and able to CO.
operate with the United States Off
Gals in pacific solution of the prob
lem. Under such conditions it is
easier to say what shall not be done
than to say what should be. The
least that can be done by the people,
who must furnish troops and pay
taxes if armed conflict comes, is to
keep calm and trustful.