The sun., 1916-09-08
ANOTHER SHADOW OF SHAD.
OW LAWN.
Supplementary Report Of Saturdays
Notification Ceremony.


To THE EDITOR or THE srN-sir: In
your characteristic editorial article of
September 3 on the Shadows at Shadow
Lawn you omitted mention Of the most
accusing Shadow of all that came to
challenge the sincerity Of the President.
II was the Shadow Of that Baltimore
promise hat runs
The constitutional rights OF American
citizens should protect them on our bor-
ders and go with them throughout the
world. and every American citizen resid-
Ing or having property In any foreign
country Ii entitled to and must be given
the full protection OF the American Gov
eminent, both for himself and for his
property.
This Shadow heard. with tolerance
and respect for the chief Magistrate.
though with a doubling smile. the re-
marks on our performance under that
platform plank in the European war
Property rights can he vindicated By
claims for damages. The ios< Of
life is irreparabie. The nation
that violates these essential rights must
expect to be checked and called to ac-
count by direct challenge and resistance.
The shadow knew that public pres
sure had forced wordy attempt to make
this statement good as regards Europe.
But when the President spoke of our
performance as regards the same con-
stitutional rights and their treatment I'm
Mexico the Shadow emitted a lungy yell
that the gathering thought came from
the bulky depths OF Ollie james and
was tie Shadow to be blamed? For the
.A..l .ll T-. Al
statement OF the necessity OF calling
nations TO account for causing .irrep-
arabic loss to American life
" "No mu po"er.
..a,r.. ,h. nron.r,y m.n. ,rr.n,ran,s
wrong. axains, the persons. Of Americans
have been committed within the territory
Of Mexico herself. We could not
act directly In that matter ourselves.
The modest Shadow was moved TO
shostly wrath. Its niger graxed the
Presidents aquiline nose as II shouted:
Your promises made to be kept I
am Baltimore Promise OF Protection to
American Lives. SO you admit you
could not or dared not to keep me in a
neighboring country your own meddling
had thrown .r.c anarchy anarchy so:
by American bullets-dumdum bullets
that you allowed to go to Mexico for the
only purpose for which they are made,
to take human life. You admit the loss
Of American lives there Was %irreparable.
You smugly state that such losses must
be met by direct challenge and resist
ance.' Four minutes later you say We
could not act directly In that matter.
Won knnu, air thai urbtIo Ng.~t,. 49,.
numbering American rs the stream OF soft
nosed bullets continued To flow to Mex
leo. That your weak protests against
inhumanities were nullited by the con-
%tinuancc Of that stream for why should
villa and Carransa suspect your notes
were anything but empty when YOU al.
lowed the means for killing more Of
your fellow citizens to continue to come,
'Powerless to prevent? The factions Of
Mexican anarchy were powerless TO pre-
vent American murder and rape when
their bandit soldiers were supplied with
American bullets by you.
My friends. these other Shadows, were
brought to their feet by your denial OF
duplicity. II Is your admission OF failure
to keep me that brings me forward.
You could not act directly in that mat.
ten. You did act directly. and with the
army and navy Of the United States. to
put out one Mexican ruler TO make wav
for another who had defed YOU and
beaten you In war. Your promise was
to pr1tcct American lives and property.
Why. then. could you not have used Your
punitive instruments to keep your sacred
promise to perform the duty
Of government as described by your own
Premier? You worded the Vera cruz
anti-Huerta war out Of the war classia-
cation. Why could YOU NOT. why should
you not, have used your forces I'm the
same manner 10 keep your promise-nnd
do your duty? II didn't mean war when
Pershing entered Mexico to protect
American lives. II did not mean war
when Rangers violated Mexican sol, 20
recover the corpse OF Versara American
citizen. Your own Democratic Senator
Smith. had shown you at the beginning
Of your term that such use OF American
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