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Rsvass - Assxiss City.
Washington.-lf invasion a Asx-
ico should b. ordered. It u believed
Mexico City again viii BE- the chief
goal Of the American troops. ~ in the
former war with Mexico. and Vera
Crus will BE- the starting point.
There are two routes from Vera
Crus to Mexico City. One 10 the Jsr
lapa route. taken by General Scott In
his advance in the former war. The
other - the Orixaba route, used by
the French when Maximilian invaded
Mexico.
The Jalapa route has . narrow
gauge railroad from Vera Cruz to
Mexico City. The distance 10 asproxi-
mately 800 miles. The Orizabr route
has . standard-gauge railroaI and 10
$50 miles long.
There 10 only . small force Of fed
erals In Vera Crus today. under Gen
eral Mas.
The Mexican army hardly would b
able 10 withstand the march Of the
Americans from Vera Crus to Mexico
City by either route. according to high
military officials here. The largest
number Of men Huerta could handle
would be about 10000.
The march probably would be fea-
tured by q number Of engagements.
each one marking Q further advance
by the Americans.
Old Fortress Not Touched.
In the fighting at Vera Cruz. in the
center of the inner harbor San Juan
de Uloa, an ancient stone fortress.
flew the Mexican flag throughout the
attack. Captain Stickney Of the Prai.
rie sent word to the commandant Of
San Juan de Uloa that he would blow
him to pieces with the Prairie's guns
II he opened fire against the Ameri-
cans. but that otherwise he would not
be disturbed. The commandant re-
piled that he would answer with his
cannon II fred ON, but that he would
not begin hostilities.
Fired on Tars At rampieo.
Galveston. Tex.-American sailors
were nred upon by . Mexican gunboat
At Tampico on two or three different
occasions, and once German and Eng
lish sailors were fred upon. according
to Chief Engineer Murray Of the
steamer Herbert G. Wylie. which ar-
rived here today from Tampico.
Murray said he had seen the Mexi-
can gunboat Vera Cruz take pot
shots" at cutters flying the United
States nag. He said on one occasion
cutters from an American man-of-war
and from German and English boats
went ashore without their dags n.y.
ing, their occupants landing and start
ing afoot toward the village Of Dona
Cecilia. The Vera Cruz dropped =
shell near them.
Occupants of all three boats then
hurried back to the water front, where
they hoisted their flags in their re-
spective boats, and there was no more
firing.
mo Desire for Conquest"
New York-William Bayard Hale.
President Wilson's unofficial investiga-
tor Of affairs in Mexico. has contrib
uted to the Worlds Work an article
upholding the presidents Mexican pol
icy and pointing out an important de-
velopment in the character of Ameri-
can diplomacy. This, he explains. is
an Interpretation Of the Monroe doc
trine that establishes the suzerainty
of the United States only as an ef-
fective source of moral inspiration
over the nations OF Central America
and the West Indies.
Our Moral Empire in America" is
the title Of the article. Discussing the
possibility of Intervention in Mexico
(the article was written before the
fleet was ordered to Tampico). DR..
Hale says:
IAN American army would have no
physical difficulty In getting back out
Of Mexico; nobody would use 1t up
before it got away; the difnculty would
be that greed and false sense Of ma
tional honor would do their utmost to
keep US there permanently in occupa-