Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-08-19

The efforts of Secretary OF State
Lansing. and representatives of the
Latin-American copntHies. to bring
about a settlement of the differences
between factions in Mexico may bear
fruit. Working in harmony to evolve
4 plan for bringing peace to those I'm
fortunate is, indeed. commendable and
to President Wilson belongs the credit
of having conceived the idea. The
plan provides for an assembling OF
Mexican fractional leaders, with the
view to reaching an amicable adjust
ment of their contentious by each
making concessions, looking to a re
storation of peace. Carranza appears
to be "the fly in the ointment" his evil
dent purpose being to "rule the roost."
or ''bust." Let him be eliminated, Ho
is for self and self alone.
destruction of American lives on the
high seas by her submarines. England
would destroy American commerce
cas- a right, She is not merely hold
ing up foodstuffs from this and other
neutral countries destined to the civ
ilian population of Germany and Aus
tria, but seeks to maintain the conten-
ton that she may hold UP neutral
commerce whatever it's destination.
The United States has declared for
freedom of the seas and Will. doubt
tentions without compromise. The
suggestion of Great Britain that there
should be appeal from the prize courts
Ito the highest judicial courts of the
land and after that, to an international
! tribunal, cannot consistently be taken
seriously. It. would be begging the
question which self-respecting peo-
pie cannot afford to do.
New York Progressive leaders, in
Guiding Theodore Roosevelt, have de-
cided to stand pat" and George w
Perkins, national chairman of that
party, claims to see every prospects
for the future. He has interviewed
the daddy of the thing and got the de-
sired statement to sustain his conclu-
sion that a funeral is rot contemplate
, ed any ways soon. Mr.. Perkins is bus.
/ mess manager of the concern" and
! former Progressives, who have return
ed to the Republican camp, contend
that the chairman is only waiting for
satisfactory terms from his "old love
before formally performing the obse.
quies upon the personal organization
of Col Roosevelt Republicans see, il
is said, an early return of all Progress
sives to the old party they deserted for
Roosevelt; including the Colonel him
self. Time will tell Anyway Mr.
Perkins is still standing pat" and he
is "some Progressive"
News comes from the Washington
way that President Wilson is mapping
out plan of campaign for obtaining
national defense legislation at the
forthcoming session of Congress; that
he contemplates getting in touch with
the leaders in both branches with the
view to lining them up for definitS
plan he will propose. Furthermore, it
is limited that former Secretary Bryan
will make objections to the Presidents
plans, which are to be construed as
preparations for war, and that he in
tends to lead a fight looking to con
Verting fire arms into pillow shares and
swords into pruning hooks In con-
test with Mr. Bryan. the President will.
of course win. But we do not expec.
to see any fight between them. A rea-
sonable plan of national defense ought
to meet with general favor every where
Warsaw, the great capital city O.
Russian-Poland, has succumed to the
onslaughts of German guns and is
now in full possession Of the Teutons.
who declare that this signal victory
means theend fthe war, with defeat
for the allies, before the end of the
present year. The cost of taking
Warsaw to the Austro-German forces
is said to be more than 100000 men.
But Germany considers it worth the
price in ending the struggle. England
and France, on the other hand show
indications of continued determine
ton to prosecute the war with renew
ed vigor and appear little perturbed
over the fall of Warsaw, and other
successes. Anyway, poor old Russia
has received a terrific blow, and the
end is not yet