The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-05-31
THE PRICE OF FOLLY

The world paying the price of its folly today price
exceedingly large, it is appallngly great.
in the folly of half wed dupe of INSCRIPTIONS
poe resulted in the assassination of worthless arhduke That
conceived in hatred and executed the blindness of folly has
plunged half the world into the bOodest and gigantic of
all history 1t devastating the farest spots of Europe making mil
lions widows orphans protung humanity and transform
land peace happiness into the me misery and degrad
alton. Paying the price of folly
Mexico person of Porfrio Diaz. He
of blood and iron whose simple word law unto it.
self but he ruled wisely and we'll much could be expected
any in that erate country His country prosperous
and laws reasonably enforced But folly cret in Francisco
Nadero headed successful revolution The old warrior president
fled Spain DEATH Madero proclaimed president and
promptly dposed and murdered by the mnons his chief general
Huerta and Villa joined forces for the overthrow of
Huerta the United States practically forced the Indian dictator
to forsake his boodsaned aures and flee the country Caanza
became the ruler and Villa promptly turned his against his e
while friend Now Carranza the end of his with de
feat and assassination his probable reward Mexican soil soaked
with blood and the ground srewn with the bones of its fallen
Had Diaz left peace the country would continued
prosper and develop and whereas today is barren with the
ashes of decay. Paying the price of folly!
While the warning factions operating northern Mexico
American citizens that region became frequent
and the situation became serious that President Taft tn
the border warning all evil doors He committed the
of stopping the forces the border and the warning
needed Conditions became and the heritage of tmi
is the contempt with which excans everything American Mr.
Wilson president failed the mistaken of
his predecessor AnAmercan demonstrations continued
citizens became frequent and eventually eliminated
in American expedition being landed at Vera Cruz salute the
American flag demanded of the Mexicansand given
The American Withdrawn without accomplishing
results other than the contempt MxcanS
the American people and the American Villas harde raded
the border and shot Columbus New Mexico
hng dispatched the border with orders Villa dead
alive 1t the first order the day Taft troops
the border and committed the folly of stopping them there But Per
hng hamsrung with diplomatic red tape and official miity
and his expedition is failure
Now other RAIDS have occurred citizens murdered
and kidnapped nstOn has demanded $4,000 National Guard
and he receives the Texas New Mexico
1000 in number Had Taft his right the Dor
der supported by the 10000 National Guarsmen and followed by
leves of volunteers Mexico would
order for nothing mpss him much prompness and firm
But the tmdy presidents has
caused them to view bunch of towards who beneath their
contempt until nothing will along
but intervention and long and bloody pacaon
cupation
The price of folly great but the penalty of mdy pro
crastinaon is even greater. And we paying both
We've noticed however that the five pound weighs
about l6 ounces