New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-03
Lesson in Supercooking.

There is, then, TO DC the ceoperat
discussed yesterday. ObregoH j.
demonstrate his power TO make =
without straw, or, rather, TO boil
ioles without. .wstes .Ihs-c -canfereS
was held right outside ny ooor hers
in the Del Norte Hotel Never have
been so close TO such an epochsl ez
pertinent in cooking. wish I had
called those beans a goose. But in
that case it would have been hard to
credit the ownership-in Washington
or Queratero.
Thus ends in somewhat banal way
the chain Of events which began down
in Parrsl. Always the finger points
backward thither. And now that the
lid is off censorship, one item occurs
to me. discussed rather sub rosa than
openly among officers at the front |
think ! may refer 20 il, since il con
Germs a fait accompi, and is certainly
the progentor Of these curious scenes
that did not end till 10 o'clock tonight
down the entry. This is whether Ma
jor Tompkins would have been justi-
fed. outnumbered though he was, in
plunging in and cleaning up Par
raj on the fatal 18th Of April.
Tompkins Also Played Safe.
Undoubtedly, By retreating, he did
act strictly according 20 the letter o
his instructions. But he also played
safe" He was being led to a place
the canyon camp whose heights vere|
aanked by Lozanos troops-where HI
position was tactically disadvantage
Gus. This alone justified his reaFguar
action and retirement. On the 9th
hand, it is my personal opinion, AZ
that Of certain high military author
ties now in this town. that had Tom
kins so plunged in, he would ha''
been upheld. both in the final coui.
Of our military authorities and by
American public opinion.
The Gordian knot would have been
cut there and then. 40 cooking dem
onstration would have taken place here
10 day. Chihuahua City and Parral
you'd now be m our possession, with
small garrisons, all necessary railroads
seized and the regulars and volunteers
concentrating a. Laredo and Eagle
Pass.
Whether Major Howe, with hi ilth
Cavalry column, played equally safe
southwest OF San Borja about the same
time when he was met by those Car
ranzistas charging down a hill Is 4
slightly different matter. But only 81
in that they did not open fire.
Blame Put on Germans.
A critical point, too, is the role oj
the German Consul IN Parral, one Ed1
ward Cook. When We learned Of Ind
incident at Satcvo General Pershind
more requested than ordered that vd
should not mention 10 at that time. II
brought in the factor OF that Germs1
intrigue which has all along so stood
like q ghost at our latest Mexican banI
quet. The general rightly did not wish
the cachet Of the field army put upo
the incident. particularly as its signihv
cance is still in doubt.
The facts, however, are these: Ate
the fifteen-mile retirement 20 SAINT
Cruise it was arranged with de Ia Id
Herrera and General Lozano that a cod
ference would be held next mornin
there az which Cook was 10 be presenrI
more or less as arbitrator concerning
any violation" by our troops OF AMI
agreement with the Mexican govern
ment in entering the city. In the even
ing Colonel ". c. Brown. 10Th CsyI
airy. arrived. and was the senior ohcer
present next morning. When the ennis 1
saries appeared then they came minu
Cook. Brown demanded where he wssI
The reply WAS. I'VE did not allow hiuj
to come. because We have since found
that IL has been his intriguing WITH
the civil population that Is responsible
for the whole trouble yesterday"
Mind you. his presence followed Car
ranzists suggestion. Exquisite examp
OF Mexican passing the buck | %
not believe tsat much IN the truth