New-York tribune., 1916-05-04
ARMY TO MOVE
NORTH SLOWLY
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fairly for what he has taken and treat
ed the Mexican Ike the white mS2 he
claims 10 he. This is the greatest
argument in favor Of his staying. And
ono points il out not alone 20 the IN
triguing CAPITALIST as well, but 10 the
nothouse idealist, who deludes both
himself and the peon, that halfbreed
peorle, which has not yet learned TO
wash, can ever work out destiny
politically as a nation, because II has
gentle manners and a nice taste for
music Our soldiers example down IN
Chihuahua put, the above two civilizlng
ayatars in exactly the same class. The
one brutalizes, degrades; the other
drugs and fat'ers with his chromos Of
liberty and economic brotherhood.
in more than one way is the present
situation in Chihuahua duplicated by
The former one az Vera Cruz. The
wholesome leaven OF the soldier was
lust being made felt in both places
when he was ousted And in the in
avtable day of Intervention ne Will be
The first and dominant factor 10 brnE
order and sanity, prosperity ana JUS
ice. out Of the present chaos. lie Is
the hope and mainstay Of that time, FOR
ne il disinterested as to his pocket and
his mind harbors no illusions.
Gringo Hatred Magnified.
And the traditional Gringo hating Of
the Mexican is a thing that along the
border, together with the numbers and
efficiency Of Mexican troops, Is taken
far too seriously. Presidentes in thai
hotbed Of Nillistas. the Guerrero DIS
trict, as have written, appealed TO tn
leaders Of the 7th Cavalry that our
troops stay in the country. II was thr
same in Vera Cruz There, too the
people that most from the heart re
GREETED our going were not the trad
ers. who would profit materially by our
stay, but the lOwly.
Yet YOU cannot make men here along
The border believe this. where the con
cessionaire and the eXiled "cientifco
are dominant, and where even the
newspapers have from time TO time
been i'm their pay, even in that OF the
generals who variously have had the
downstage following across the river.
Fl Paso, all through this Mexican bust
ness. has been the great factory Or
wild umor and intrigue, like Shanghai
in the Russo-Japanese war and The
Hague in the first bloody days OF the
European war.
Even assuming that something was
aid about the use Of Chihuahua rail
tays iu the tentative understanding
of last night, a little remains 10 be
explained about the minor way in
which they are being now employed
10 supply our troops. And that little
/ PUTS In an odd, but typical. light the
shifty. if not hypocritlcal, aspect Of
our professed policy Of honest Mex
can dealings. but incurred by our
/ State. not War, department.
An Exalted Moral Attitude"
The quartermaster corps at Fort
/ Bliss buvs, say, trainload Of baled
/ hsv 10 be delivered at San Antonio.
/ Officially. the Northwestern Railroad
cannot be used to transport it there.
What happens? II IS sold 10 an
! American or a Mexican merchant in
Iusrez or Chihuahua City, for ship
/ rept. under his name and responsible
.tv He knows. the Mexican govern
rnert knows, and We know, its status.
When the merchant comes 10 get il
/ on car. or hauled by an engine. the
/ Carranza officer with whom he has 10
/ deal says:
81 can give no transportation for
your goods. All rolling stock is be-
/ ing used for carrying our own troops
and munitions
But be says i with a wink. Drink
money is passed. The Mexican patriot
remembers suddenly that few
cmptv cars are leaving, anyhow, on
the next train south. The hay is de-
: liyered at its distinction, the bill pre-