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True Fighters.

ssTHE black Watch are lighting so
u we'll in France that even the
Germans praise them. Wonderful Tight
ers. the Irish!'
The speaker was w. Boourke Cochran.
He continued:
when I think of the valor of the
Black Watch Regiment I recall the
story Of Pat Mccain.
pat came home one night with a
black eye. a broken nose and a split
lip; a front tooth was gone as well.
"'Tim Sullivan done IT, he told his
wife. as he began to bathe his wounds
in a basin Of water.
SHANE on ye! Bridget cried. a
big feller like you to be licked by .
little, hard-drinkin' cockroach like Tim
Sullivan! Why. he-
"'Whist.' said Pat from the basin.
softly. Don't shpaks evil OF the dead" ="
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years to bring the country back to
where it was when Porfirio Diaz went
into exile in order that there might be
no civil war.
One Of the most distinguished Mexican
exiles is Jose Yves Limantour, the sec
retary of the treasury during the Diaz
rule.
Limantour was one of the group of
very remarkable men with whom Diaz
surrounded himself to carry out his
policies for the material development
of Mexico. He was called the John
Sherman of Mexico" If he did not re-
store specie payments in the sense that
Sherman did in the United States, new
ertheless he put Mexico on a solid
monetary basis.
He gave the Mexican peso, or silver
dollar, a fixed value, and brought the
country out of the financial chaos into
which half century Of revolutions
had plunged it. In doing this he did
more for the peon than all the school
book reformers, for he gave a fixed
value to wages. and his policies work
ed out so that during the period OF
monetary reform wages were on ris-
ing scale.
Limantour also established Mexico's
credit abroad and enabled the country
to borrow on practically as good terms
as any nation. Many bankers who
took those loans now wish that Liman-
tour had not been so good financier
Yet, in establishing Mexico's credit to
obtain foreign loans he did it in the
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harassed. but not broken in spirit"
1t may also be assumed that he is not a
passive exile.
Francisco de la Barra was one of
with the Diaz regime held out hope
that it might purge itself and infuse
new blood SO that it could continue to
guide the destinies of Mexico in accord
ance with the popular tendencies. He
was a favorite with Gen. Diaz and
served as delegate to several pan
American conferences. He was minis
ter to the Argentine Republic. and
then to Belgium and Holland. He was
also the Mexican representative on
various international tribunals having
to do with juridical questions.
De la Barra's appointment as ambas-
sador to Washington was a diplomatic
promotion. He was both popular and
men who met him formed q favorable
opinion of what might be expected of
Mexico when Diaz ceased to be. De
la Barra belonged to an influential
family and was not very closely anil
lated with the cientifico group. His
leanings were to the popular side.
4
When Gen. Diaz abdicated and Am
bassador de la Barra was selected az
provisional president to fill the inter-
regnum until the Inauguration OF Ma
was favorable. 1t was the testimony
of impartial observers that his admin
istration as provisional president was
both fearless and wholeome On his
retirement from the provisional presi-
dency he went to France, nominally in
diplomatic capacity.
There was much jealousy OF de la
Barra by the Madero leaders. When
1t was intimated that he did not dare
return to Mexico. he vindicated his per-
sonal courage by taking the first
steamer back. He again went to France
and was in Paris when the Huerta
usurpation occurred. Tho radical
revolutionary elements which subse-
quently came into control showed
marked antagonism to de la Barra, and
he remained abroad in voluntary ex-
lie. He was in Paris when the Euro
pean war broke out and is said to be
there now. or In Switzerland.
Mr.. de la Barra was regarded as the
representative of the moderate clerical
party. but clericalism, either moderate
or extreme is not now in favor in
Mexico. Whether it will be in favor
two or three years from now no one
can venture to say. In the meantime
some Of de la Barra's frieds have sug-
gested that he would do well to pass
his exile in the United States rather
than in Europe.
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Turning Great Britain Into Big War Factory to Defe

in the munitions factories. The mel
at the front who can do more good IL
the factories will be sent home, ant
the men at home who can fight bettel
than they can work will be sent out
A stop also will be put to another ter
rible waste. the enlistment for active
unmarried men available. A surpris-
ingly large proportion of the new
army is composed of married men, and
the country is just waking up to the
tion allowances, and will have to pay
widows and orphans. All this is pure
waste. and is simply the result Of the
lack OF foresight and organization
Thousands of young men took advan-
tage of the payment Of separation al
lowances to get married just before
enlisting, and now their wives and
widows; young and healthy women
ances received from the nation, which
were intended for the support Of the
real dependents of soldiers.
The new government has already be-
gun an industrial census to ascertain
what plants are in existence through
out the country capable of dealing
with war work. Lloyd George. after
all. can only visit the chief industrial
centers and the local committees can
only deal with conditions in fairly i'm
portant manufacturing areas. but all
through England and Scotland there
are scattered thousands of little shops
and factories which are either equip
ped for war work or could be equip
ped at comparatively little expense.
One .of the first Jobs Of the new min
istry Of munitions will be to make use
of this untapped reservoir. OF machine
and labor power and to coordinate it
SO that the greatest output can be OBJ
tanned from 1t.
Il
that government agents have been
travelling through the west of England
investigating the possibilities in that
district of utilizing the hundreds of
abandoned factores which became dere-
lict when cheap coal beat water power
and shifted the manufacturing center
of England to the north. The streams
of the west are dotted with splendid
factory buildings. some of which have
been running in small way and are
still equipped with machinery. Others
are mere empty shells. but all could
be put to good use by the expenditure
even said that at the present price of
coal they could be worked profltably
in competition with the steam mills,
but, of course. competitive working Is
the cloth mills in this district have al
ready been re-equipped and are at
work on uniform material for England,
France and Russia. A good deal Of
refuge labor from the weaving dis
tricts Of Belgium has been employed
on this work.
It is also proposed to cut down the
manufacture of luxuries to the lowest
possible scale. Practically the only
class that has not realized the necessity
of putting every ounce of the national
strength into the war is the class of the
newly rich These people are still de-
manding luxuries. such as expensive
motor cars. jewels. furs. etc. all Of
which occupy labor that could be bet
ter employed. 1t is stated that the
government may prohibit the manufac-
ture Of such articles for the period Of
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the twin dictators is to organize the re-
sources and services of these $4,000, 900
so that the last ounce of fighting power
will be obtained from them.
There has been a lot Of loose talk
about conscription for the army. and
there is no doubt that under existing
laws the government has the power to
compel universal military service, but
there is also little doubt that they will
not do so. Let US see what that would
mean. The process of voluntary en-
listment has already given the empire
something like 1000. 900 men in the army
and navy and in various government
services directly connected with fight
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it's own banishment, by fitting out ex-
petitions.
During the last two years the busi-
ness has received so much liberation.
II not encouragement, that the pre-
vailing sentiment may be reflected
when it comes to trying to convict
Gen. Huerta or any of his associates
before a federal jury. The border mind
may be confused in the effort to un-
derstand that what has been consid-
cred allowable, if the supplies were
for Villa or Carranza, is reprehensible
If intended for Huerta or some other
set of revolutionists.
y
This situation. however. has little to
an international reputation under Diaz.
They are men of high Intellectual gifts
and philosophic temperament. The
probability is that most of them are
discouraging rather than encouraging
the present movements. They are con-
tent to wait a while longer.
For many of these men, who once
held power and wealth, and all that
these command, exile means actual
poverty 1t was not long ago that a
man who had been the head of a large
Mexican banking institution and had
negotiated important transactions with
New York financiers was seeking a
banks.
Another prominent member of the
cientif1co group. who had acted as legal
adviser for important American cor
porations and had entertained the
heads of these corporations at his
sumptuous home in Mexico City, was
living with his wife in single room in
an uptown street in New York. Most
Of the family Jewels had been pawned.
but they figured that there were
enough left to provide for them until
the turn of the wheel came.
A third member of the cientiflco
group, whose public positions had
brought him in contact with eminent
men. both in the United States and in
Europe. settled abroad and inclosed his
card as an attorney to some American
friends without further comment.
In none of these. and in none of other
cases which might be told. has there
been a plea for sympathy or a whim-
per. These distinguished Mexicans have
accepted misfortune philosophically
and without loss of self-respect.
The most distinguished Mexican exile
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ENRIQUE CREEL,
Capitalist and prominent In Diaz regime.

been undone. The treasury was bank
rupt. Limantour himself remained in
Paris, and it was reported that he had
become the adviser of the Bank Of
France. Since the European war broke
out nothing has been heard of his
movements, yet it Is not unlikely that
the French government is availing it.
self of his genius for finance.
Several of the most distinguished
Mexican exiles who are not identified
with the Huerta military group are
well known in Washington. where they
served as ambassadors. These include
Joaquin D. Casasus, Enrique Creel and
Francisco de Ia Barra.
Casasus was ambassador during part
Of the administration of President
Roosevelt, and later came as a special
envoy to return the courtesy extended
to Mexico by the United States at the
centenary of independence.
Casasus had right to be considered
one of the people as much as any of
the professed friends of the peons He
was poor boy in Yucatan, with Indian
blood in his veins. He became a law
yer, represented many of the big Mex
lean corporations, including the banks,
and by sheer native force made himself
power to be reckoned with by the
cientifico group, though the aristocratic
element in it was hostile to him.
He was also a scholar in politics. He
translated Virgil into Spanish He was
the author of Spanish version of
Longfellow's "Evangeline." and was
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to the seriousness OF the great war.
It is proposed. then, to assign each
man to the job which is most needful.
For instance, a man making sewing
machines in Glasgow may be told to
go and make machine guns at Bir-
mingham, or a motor maker in Gov
entry may be sent to make heavy can
non at Woolwich. 1t is not anticipated
that the men will go other than will
ingly. for the whole country fs now
awake to the task before 1t. but II any
men are unwilling the government has
full power to compel them to go.
This then is what is likely to take
the place Of conscriptfon-organiS
for war, both in the fighting line ana
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front with guns and shells. They were
the more ready to do this, as Lloyd
George explained, that the employers
were at the beginning Of the war, to
make exorbitant profits out of the ma
tional necessities.
A far bigger scheme is under way.
however. which will probably be work.
ed voluntarily, but which will have all
the powers Of the state at its back If
they are needed. and that Is nothing
less than the mobilization of the entire
labor force Of the country for the pro-
duction Of war munitions not only for
the use Of the British army but for
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RT. HON. DAVID LLOYD GEORGE,
aking up the English working classes

Britain's allies. England is the one
belligerent country whose territory is
untouched by the war and whose un-
exampled facilities for production are
unhampered, except by faulty organi-
zation. At the beginning Of the war, 1t
is now realized, too many skilled me-
chanics were allowed to enlist, who
could have done much better work for
the country in the factories at home.
Preparations are now under way for a
complete census OF the labor power
of Great Britain, and when this is made
the government will have at its fingers
end a record Of the capabilities of every
man in the country.
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kicans Who Have Been Forced Into Exile

Identified Military GroupPhlos
Awaiting Policy Their OwnDaz Died Observation-Disclosures
FnancCasa Cee and Baa Former Ambassadors
Political Refugees
Inc aNeighborng
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George Understands
Himself He Is Bucng Hard Work
WaWorng Whole and Labor the
Need Compulsory
Av
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RT. HON. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN.
Now . cabinet minister. One of the
chief partners I'm q leading war
munitions factory. who IL assisting
Lloyd George in organixing the Brit
ish nation.
ing. On the basis Of the last census
there are in the country about 1856, 900
men between the ages OF nineteen and
thirty-eight. The military age has re-
Gently been raised to forty. so that one
may estimate the total men Of military
age now available as something like
s,000.000
About 20 per cent Of these. 1t IL est.
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mated, are physically unfit for military
service, and a very large number are
employed on essential work. such as
railway and sea transport and other ac-
tivities which must be maintained. and
in which their places cannot be taken
by women. 1t is doubtful if conscrp-
tion would do more than add a few
hundred thousands of unwilling men to
Kitchener has repeatedly declared that he
was getting all the men he wanted by
voluntary enlistment. AS a matter of
fact. his call for 100000 men about
fortnight ago was met in less than
week.
What the twin dictators propose to
do Is to organize the industries of Eng
land for the production of war NUM-
tions on a scale unheard of before in
the worlds history. Lloyd George is
now engaged in a tour of the manufac-
turing districts. He is conferr Ing with
manufacturers and workmen and ar
ranging for the establishment of local
committees, each charged with getting
its district. He made a beginning at
Manchester, where he called the manu-
facturers together and told them plain
ly that he intended to get munitions
He hoped they would supply them vol
UNFAIRLY. but he made 1t quite plain
that he had the power and would use
1t. II necessary. to take over every fac
tory in the country and to work 1t un-
der martial law. He hoped. however.
that there would be no need Of that.
and II the experience of Manchester is
typical of the whole country. there will
not.
-
The manufacturers at once formed a
their resources. All the engineering
nf Ne nNS,o AfotP
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The result is a compromise which is
typically English. The government
takes compulsory powers. and then
says to the country: IF you won't serve
in the army or work in the factories,
we can make you do so. but we are sure
we won't have to do anything OF the
kind. Come along. boys. and get busy"
This is the sort of appeal that is ex-
actly suited to the psychology of Eng
land. The Englishman likes to think
that he Is doing a thing of his own free
will, and he doesn't mind a bit If the
compulsory powers are in the back
ground for use on the slackers, of
whom. of course, he never is one. Ap-
pealed to like this. he will give far
more and better service than he would
under any system of compulsion.
The wonderful thing about 1t all Is
that the man who has taken on the
job and who has adopted this method OF
getting the best out of the Englishman
is not an Englishman at all, but a
Welshman. To the average American
this may seem distinction without a
difference, but there is really a wide
difference between the psychology of
the Celt and the Anglo-Saxon. Lloyd
George, the Celt, however, understands
the psychology of John Bull. the Anglo
saxon. and he is succeeding in organ
izing John and getting him out Of his
old muddling ways, without letting him
suspect that he is not reforming him.
self.
Copyright, 1915. by Curtis Brown)
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absolute confidence that the period Of
revolution was past and that stable
government was assured.
Limantour was of French ancestry
and was born in California. When at
the height Of his influence he was
sometimes spoken Of as a prospective
successor of Diaz His rival in the
cabinet was Gen. Bernardo Reyes. the
secretary Of war. Limantour. however.
possibly because of his French blood.
never had much popular support In
Mexico even among the element of the
cientificos, which claimed to in
touch with the masses. Knowing the
feeling that he was not "a real Mexi-
can" it is doubtful If he ever seriously
regarded himself as a prospective sue
cessor to DiaZ.
Though his temperament was not ef-
fusive, he was not without popular
sympathies. The land-owning oil
garchy was against him because 1t was
generally understood that he favored
the Diaz government introducing land
reforms. 1T Is certain that he saw the
gathering storm, for while still secre-
tary Of the treasury he came out pub
licly in support of various reform
measures as means of forestall1ng
revolution. When the storm broke he
was abroad, where he had been for
several months on account of his
health.
When the Madero administration
came in a new secretary of the treas
ury was installed. and in less than six
months the work Of Limantour had
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BY CHARLES M. PEPPER.

E1HERE are various groups OF
Mexican exiles. Huerta and
his generals are known as the
q military group. That they dc
not consider themselves permanent ex-
lies recent events have shown.
The civilian exiles have had a far
more important part in the history of
Mexico than the Huerta generals. They
include nearly all of the men VINO were
prominent during the Diaz regime and
who formed part of the so-called cien-
tilco group. They also include very
large proportion of the brains Of Mex
leo.
The Mexicans, like other Latin Amer
leans, distinguish between banishment
and exile. Banishment means actual
assertion of authority by whatever
group is in power in sending away
their opponents. Sometimes a hint is
SUFFICIENT. Sometimes actual physical
force is employed, and the leaders of
the party that is out of power are
forcibly put on board outgoing steam
ers. But usually this is not necessary.
Exile. on the other hand, may be
more or less voluntary Those VINO
embrace 1t may become political refu-
gees In a neighboring country. simply
awaiting the turn of the wheel which
will bring them back to their own
land, or they may become active plot
ters.
In the case of the Mexican military
groups, for the Huerta following is not
the only one which may have been en-
zaRed in preparing to return by an as
sertion Of physical power. the tend
ency Is not to wait for events, but to
give the wheel a turn.
Down on the border the tendency is
to make no distinction between active
plotting and passive waiting. The busi-
ness of furnishing supplies for Mexican
revolutions has been going on now for
four years. and at FL Paso or San An
tonic, or two or three other points. 1t
il always possible to find a group OF
revolutionists which is ready to end
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the war, or alternatively place so heavy
tax on them that the purchaser will
be compelled to do his share to support
the country by way of payment.
All this method of appeal instead of
direct compulsion may come as sur-
prise to people who have been told tnat
England would be forced to adopt con-
scription before the war was over
There is no doubt that there is a strong
demand in this country for compulsory
military service-something on the
Swiss system, perhaps-and it is almost
certain that some such system will be
adopted when the war is over. 1t is
also certain, however, that the great
majority of opinion in this country is
opposed to any abandonment of the
voluntary system in the middle of the
war.
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peeial Correspondence Of The Star.

Bperf1I C0ffefponuence OF The Stdr
LONDON. July I.
a >g@I HE machine is beginning to
NO move" This statement.
made a few days ago by
q Lloyd George, the newly ap-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-30
MILTON

The ladies of the Christian church
will hold thier market at the vacant
room in the Farmers Bank building
Saturday. The market will begin at
II a. m, and continue all afternoon.
Mrs. Moore, who has been the guest
of her mother Mrs. Clark, has returned
to Cincinnati.
tet and stereopticon gave an entertain
ment at the Friends church, Wednes-
day evening. The entertainment was
excellent but mistake happened in
their notification and not as large a
crowd was in attendance as would
known until late in the evening that
they we're coming. The entertainment
was free.
Mrs. Henry Bertsch has returned
from New Castle, where she visited
her daughter Miss Ida Bertsch, who
underwent surgical operation there
recently.
Entertains Relatives.
Mrs. Elizabeth kimmel had as her
guests at dinner Thursday, her brother
and niece, Will Rothermel and Mrs.
Charlotte Rothermel Clouds and son
and daughter, William and Miss Mir
lam.
Mrs Julia Ball and daughter Miss
Maude, who spent several weeks with
relatives in Illinois, returned home
Wednesday evening.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-07-30
DON'T FEAR PESkY LITTLE CHICGER'S Bite;
DROWN PARASITES IN BATH OR AVOID HAuNTS

Although of brief duration, the llar-
vest disease. as it is commonly known,
is one of the most annoying and trou-
blesome complaints of the summer
season. 1t is of frequent occurrence,
seldom recognized, and widely dis
seminated The disease is generally
ascribed to errors of diet, over-exer-
ton or poisoning, and but few of the
afflicted are aware that the cause of
their suffering is a minute six-legged
insect.
The "jigger,' "chigger," or harvest
mite, which occasions this vexatious
summer eruption belongs to the mite
family. This in itself is sufficient to
cause some doubt in the minds of the
enlightened, inasmuch as several 9TH
er members of the family have gained
fame through misbehavior. The itch
mite is notorious example. 1t has
been with US since history began and
still afflicts the human race. The
straw mite, only recently discovered,
is also acquiring somewhat of a repu-
tation.
Early treatment of jigger rash or
trombidiosis, as it is known, is essen
tial. If the condition is recognized at
its onset the sufferer can almost in.
variably point with exactness to the
burrowing mites and frequently the dis
appearing extremities of the intruders
may be observed. A needle, sterilized
by boiling, may be used to pluck the
invaders from their dermal intrench.