The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-01-05

Huerta a very undigniied procedure.
| Refusing to recognize him as an Off
cia1 either de jure or de facto a ma
ton of one hundred million people
was made to send a powerful expedi-
ton against him. Wasn't this like
hunting sparrows with Krupp can
non?
American lives and American prop
erty or lives and property confded
to the care of this government were
sacrificed in Mexico. Protest after
protest was made and every one treat
ed with contempt. Was this in keep
ing with the dignity of the Ameri-
can nation? Americans were shot
across the border. More protests, al
ways ignored. Then troops were sent
with the statement that if the Mex
leans fired across the border, Ameri-
cans would return the fre-more fir
ing across the border than ever, and
not an American soldier allowed to
fire a shot in exchange. Then the
chief of staff of the United States
army was sent to reason and plead
with the Mexicans to stop. We would
like to see the Star say specifically
whether it was ashamed Of that per-
Torrance. Any man or woman must
be perhaps molluscan thing would
not.
Then the seizure of Vera Cruz with
the demand Huerta shall salute the
flag, the statement that the honor Of
the nation demands it, and when he
PERSISTED in refusing the explicit
withdrawal Of the demand.
The Star does not approve of this
any more than the Times Union does
The whole business is a deep dis
grace to the United States, and when
pinned down we don't think the Star
will have the cheek to deny it,
Times Union.
The Star feels complimented to
know that it is regularly read in the
Times-Union Office, but it is afraid
it isn't read very closely by the gem
tleman who wrote the foregoing, else
he would have written quite differ
emily.
After reading the Times Union ar
ticle, the editor of the Star went to
his files, and by cursory skilnming
over the issues of the last six or
eight months he found quite a num-
Der of expressions of opinion agree
ing with the Times Union, and sew
eral lengthy articles reproduced from
that paper with the Stars approval
definitely given. In fact, the Times
Union has been quoted oftener by the
i Star and with more approval than
any other paper.
i There are some three or four lines
of policy on which the Star differs
with the Times Union, and some
times criticises. It prints more things
we sympathize and approve with
than we have room ito comment on at
any length, let alone reproduce. The
!, Star considers the Times Union an
!, excellent paper, and, as it is Flor
ida paper, it is glad to be able to
! truthfully say it considers its editor
5 ial page equal to any and superior tc
many. As for differing with its edi.
] torial policy sometimes, we only
t quote from the foregoing article its
) own sentiment, which we learned
E many years ago, and have Away:
) tried to practice, that Men MAJ
honestly hold opposite opinions, ane
3 so long as they discuss them honest
] ~ and fairly, there is no reason VIII.
: either should object"
r But the Times Union goes on tt
say, s'The Star thinks the Times
5 Union opposes President Wilson il
: every stand he takes"
t There was time when the Sta
had mighty good reason to think tn
0 Times Union opposed Mr.. Wilson il
|, everything, and that it was not alon
: in that opinion many others in Flor
Il ida can testify. But in the articl
f the Times Union refers to, it did no
+ make any such a statement. 1t di
n refer to the T.-U's. often and some
s
d times, it thinks, unfair criticism o
r Mr.. Wilson. In the last year, tn
r Star has complimented the Times
IS Union several times for supportin
r the presidents policies and once
: reprinted approvingly an article O
d considerable length in which tn
+ Times-U Union ably argued in favor 0
# Mr.. Wilson's stand on the Panam
canal treaty. The Star also note
: approvingly the Times Unions sup
: port of the presidents attitude to
e ward dollar diplomacy and two o
d three other important questions.
it Anybody who reads the Stars al