Middletown transcript., 1916-05-20
4IrDLETowN, DEL. MAY 90 1915
THAT "WATCHFUL WAITING

~ emboldened by Mr. Wilson S feeble
policies, have invaded our country. Tv.
hundred of Carranza's bandits, yelling
''viva Carranza and Villa'', few days
ago attacked Glen Springs, Texa
burning and pillaging and killing thr
United States soldiers out of totaI
guard of eight and three civilians, one
of them deaf and dumb lad of ten
Several Americans were also carried
away captive, probably to be late.
murdered.
What makes this new invasion ous
rage especially hard to bear, is the fac'
that for over three years Mr.. Rilso'
has done nothing to protect these borde'
states altho during all that time Mexi-
can bandit-soldiers have been killing
MANY Americans both in Mexico, and OF
this side of the Rio Grande. He has
merely been "watchfully waiting"
Repeatedly warned by experienced
military experts that our handful o.
soldiers, wholly without adequa. .e II.
equipments, was insufficient to sai
guard our Mexican border against
these Greaser raids, this 'peace-at-any-
price-too proud to fight" president of
ours has stubbornly held to his silly
notion that "a nation could be so right
that it would not need to use force to
protect itself", and done nothing-ex-
cept furnish the bandits of his latest
pet, Carranza plenty of ammunition !
Amazing as it may seem, it is never
theless true, that only about a year
ago. altho fully aware of this crying
need of more soldiers to protect our
border states, and altho witness to
these repeated Mexican outrages on
both sides of the boundary line, Mr..
Wilson had the incredible folly to de-
clare that larger army "was purely
an academic question"
One wonders if the friends of these
slain Texans at Glen Springs, and of
those murdered at Columbus, New
Mexico, think an army big enough to
safeguard the border states from Mexi-
can outrages, is ''purely an academic
question. Even the loyal Democratic
governor of Texas, and its citizens are
indignant at this contemplate desertion
of their state to the ravaging, murder
ing Greasers.
At this moment those border states
are in peril, and many lives and mucl
property may yet be sacrificed to this
peace SIupluIIy.
Should an able leader arise who
could persuade these many warning
factions of Mexicans-(all of whom
cordially hate the "culsed Gringoes" as
they style us) to make common cause
against us, we would be threatened
with an invasion by Mexican army
two or three times as large as our
whole available military force, and one,
too, better equipt, possessing, it is said,
twice as many rapid-fre guns etc.
In fact, because of his blunder in
failing three years ago to recommend a
bigger army, sr Wilson is now forced
to call upon the states to come to the
aid of the Government
Alas The transcripts fears ex-
pressed some weeks ago that Mr.. Viii
son was sending ammunition to his
Greaser pet Carranza that later would
return in the bodies of our brave soldier
lads, is proving but too true.
Two years or more ago, Mr.. Wilson,
instead of taking measures to protect
Americans residing in Nexico, en-
ployed the simple and cowardly expedi-
ent Of bidding them abandon their
property to the Mexican bandits, and
scuttle out of the country.
We suggest that Mr.. Wilson also
warn all Americans living on the Mexi-
can boders in the states of Texas, New
Mexico, Arizona and California, that
they must abandon their homes and
property and make mournful "trek''
to the North out of reach of these ma
rauding Greasers.
1t might prove happy solution of this
vexed question, should he recommend
that border strip, say 50, or 100 miles
wide, be given up to the free pillage of
his dear General" Carranza's bandits.