The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1916-11-03

We are "too proud 70 fight it" sll-and
knowing that We got 40 other satisfsc. |
tion Sron these nations who at this timei
will heed 1othiag except lcrce sr fear Of
it.
There kss been - Sioe yet in tho |
Esepesa wsr but that any enc Of thsl
warriag nAtpsns would have needed any1
reasonable request made by this country
il its behak and Sa tho behalf,of othsr
aeutEals, urged with irmness. But -.
quests backed with the assertion tlsat|
eve IRE too proud to tight" are not con !
sidered urgent by the fighting natipas. I
.uHE MEXICAN s1agXr10N.
Many of our readers have not time TO
Hsllow cut the rather subtitle d,ploolatic
controversies of the Duropean war as
they concern this country, but here at
eur doors isperhaps the most disgrace.
ful ana ridiculous diplomatic and actual
conglsmeration ever I'm the history Of
this OF perhaps any ather country.
Two!years' ago President Wilson sent
q fleet of warships to Vera Cruz to get
the Mexican government ITO salute our
flag after 90 International iasuit. The
ships landed crews and aftsr,a battle in
winch aumbsr ~of American. seamea
we're killed "a we'll as some Mexicans
and the city taken-then our ships took
their men on board and came home.
That's all. "A short time ago Villa and .
'band assaulted the town ,df Columbus,
an American city. "A number of Ameri-
cans, men, women and children were
killed wounded and taken prisoners.
Then General .Rershipg with fractional
American army was sent across the lice
to arrest Villa. But Carrsnza, the head
.of the tide facte" government, ordered
Gen. fershing not to go any farther
south in pursuit of Villa. A company
of American soldiers who were marchiag
in direction contrary to Carranxa!s
orders, we're ambushed, some were muir
.dered, Others wounded and all were
either captured or dispersed. Villa has
now oome to the north of his own &C.
cord and is again threatening our boz.
der which is however Icing guarded by
our militia boys in strung out line
reaching about fifteen hundred miles
and whose force at any one point would
be useless against any considerable body
of Mexican bandits. 4
Now it we had q right to 60 into Mex
leo at all we had right to keep on CO.
ing until we accomplished out objective.
Otherwise we had better stayed at home.
KEPT us OUT OF WAR"
The Democrats clam that Mr.. Wilson
has kept this country out of war. The
Judge Advocate Of the army, who ought
to know, last week decided that this
couatry was at war With Mexico. II
takiag Vera Cruz by force of arms was
not an act of offensive war then what
would it be called? 1t keeping stand.
ing army in Mexico is not war what is
it? 1t holding military force all along
our body is not proceeding like war
what is it? Any such mobilization IN
force in Europe would be questioned
forthwith. The fact is We would be at
wal. with Mexico today-if there was a
real Mexico.
THE RAILROAD SWITCH
A few weeks ago 100000 railway train
men demanded that the Democratic
Congress should pass what they called
an eight hour law but which was really
q demand for an increase in pay. With.
out arbitration or question:. Mr.. Wilson
took it upon himself to decide this ques.
tion involving about fifty million dollars
and insisted that the Congress pass the
eight hour law "beiore Saturday night"
and these, the president and representa-.
tlves of ninety millions of people. were
''too proud to fight and knuckled down.
Mr. Wilson settled this question by just
passing the burden along. by allowing
the managers to the privilege of raising
freight rates. The men were pleased,
the employers we're pleased-and the
public pay the freight. Mr.. Wilson also
kept US out OF war with the railway
brotherhoods- by using "switch."
There are scores of other things Of
which the history is similar, but we re-
train.
PEACEFUL WILSON VS. wARMAN HUGHES
The Democratic slogan is that Mr..
Wilson is for peace, Mr.. Hughes is for
war. Any thinking man knows that
no one in this country wants war.
This writer is not fond of automobile
riding, but when he does enter an auto.
mobile he would prefer to ride twenty.
five or thirty-fve miles an hour with
steady chaffeur who keeps in the mid.
die of the road and is onto his job, than
ride with some kid who is afraid to run /