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Evening journal., 1916-04-18

The Globe among others. criti-
cised us at the time for asking those
questions. But they were proper
questions to ask and the Administra-
tiOn is now confronted with the
necessity OF answering them.
There can be no doubt that the
President embarked on the punitive
enterprise hastily, without proper
thought of the means with which to
carry it through or of the political
and military complications TO which
It might lead. The army on the bor-
der was not prepared for such task.
It is not prepared now to maintain IT,
self in Mexico in the face of native
hostility.
The expedition was one of those inn
provisations in which Mr.. Wilson de-
lights. He gambled on two things.
One was that Villa might be quickly
caught or betrayed. The other was
that Carranza would tolerate a situa-
tiOn very annoying to the hypersensi-
tive patriotism of his countrymen on
the theory that we should be doing
him a very valuable service in rid
ding him Of Villa.
DUN lHtot tAUtNldliOuo nave Uttn
frustrated. We have not captured
Villa. and we can no longer hope to
capture him il Carranza's tolerance
turns into opposition. The admins
tration's effort has broken down and
the President is at the end of his re-
sources so far as concerns maintain
ing the present expedition on the
lines on which he had hastily planned
1t.
II is not necessary to read between
the lines of General Carranza's pro-
test to Washington TO see that on
the diplomatic as well as on the mill
tary side the expedition was bun
gled. II seems to be admitted that a
very elastic and unwar-anted inter-
pretion was put on the protocol
submitted by Carranza. The latter
says that he was merely suggesting
a basis for future agreements as to
armed expeditions across the boun-
Diary line. The administration assum-
ed that he was giving it free hand
to 60 after villa, and now, according
TO Carranza, Washington admits that
that was a mistake. The expedition
lacked from the start, therefore, a
secure diplomatic status.
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Will HBe Vera Cruz Over Again?
lFrom the New York Tribune. }

General Carranza's request for the
withdrawal OF the United States
forces now in Mexico was hastened
by the clash between American troop
ers end a civilian mob in Parral. II
raises. however, an issue which could
not have been much longer postponed.
The status of the punitive eXpedi.
tion't undertaken by General Perish
ing has been very confused and pre-
carious General Carranza maintains
that American troops entered Mex
leo as the result OF a misunderstand-
ing. and says that Secretary Lansing
and Mr. Polk both admitted that our
government had miscOnst-ued the
terms of the protocol which he had
suggested as a basis for mutual
agreement permitting the armed
forces of each nation TO cross into the
territory OF the other in pursuit of
bandits and outlaws.
The continued presence OF Ameri-
can soldiers on Mexican soil is eX-
tremely irritating TO Mexican senti-
ment. The punitive expedition was
directed to go IN search on Villa on
March 10 and has not yet found him.
General Carranza's government and
Mexicans generally seem to take it
for granted that our forces will never
find villa. 1t would probably disap-
point nobody in Mexico If that notori-
Gus bandit leader and murderer sue
ceeded in escaping our clutches.
General Carranzza undoubtedly re-
fleets Mexican sentiment in wishing
to end our pursuit of Villa--a pur-
suit which has carried our expedition
far into the interior and which, il
prolonged, is certain to damage Car
ranzas prestige and to lead to seri-
GUS friction between our troops and
his followers.
The Administration is obliged,
therefore, to face the question OF con-
tinuing to hunt for Villa in spite OF
Mexican opposition. or with drawing
General Pershing's columns to the
border and admitting that the eXpedi-
ton has been failure. On March 10,
when the President ordered the
troops into Mexico. The Tribune said:
"The country awaits anXiously the
outcome of the Chihuahua expedition.
Is il to duplicate in fruitlessness the
expedition to Vera Cruz? VIII our
soldiers again come back empty
handed, their mission unfulfilledY
Evening journal., 1916-04-18
A oNE.MAN. coLORLEss AFrAIR.

THE Democratic state Convention is in session to-
n day
II is one-man, coorless affair
Senator Willard Salisbury has been or viii be- Sc
iected for National Committeeman; tho admnistra-
ton Of Woodrow Wilson will be endorsed; plat
form ypicaly Democratic will be adopted and men
agreeable TO the junior Senator will be named for
1eiegates to the Democratic National Convention
displays OF made-to-order enthusiasm also will be
noted in the pOst-convention stories
As everyone at the convention expects the renomina
ton OF Wilson and the national convention opbt
less will be a one-man affair, one in Delaware
seemed TO particularly attend it as delegate
The organization finally succeeded however in finding
acceptable men who were willing to donate their
time and money to such partisan pilgrimage
When it to National Committeeman, however.
the situation different. Several Democrats had
hinted recently that they would like to serve on
that committee They we're informed very quickly,
that Senator Salisbury had reserved that place for
himself and that if they desired it they must tight
him 10 get H. None OF the aspirants felt strong
enough to contend against the Democratic machine.
Evening journal., 1916-04-18

by conspiring international capital
lists anxious to augment their for
tunes by the profits of bloodshed,
seize upon the incident as a vehicle
OF their propaganda. Under the title
OF 'Kruppism" the campaign spread
throughout the civilized world. In
brief, II taught that the way to stop
war was to take the profit out OF
war" This was to be accomplished
by internationalizing the working
classes by socializing industry. and
by abating the manufacture of am
munition. It was all so simple. In
telligent socialists we're convinced
that fundamentally wars sprang from
economic causes. and in a large de-
gree their theory was correct. The
German socialist had preached the
materialistic conception of history
until he was black in the face, and
the press bureau incident. twisted
and distorted, seemed to clincb his
arguments. The mass of socialists
who could not follow the nice reason
ing OF the material philosopher, could
throw a stone at the manufacturer
when he was pointed to as the cause
OF their distressfully high taxes. So
the leaders of the European social
istic movement attributed to him
who manufactured the instruments
OF conflict the cause OF conflict. Dis
regarding Fundamental economic
laws, they seized upon a superficial
incident. and thereafter preached the
existence of a gigantic arms trust
which subsisted on the blood Of work
men slain in battle.
The present administration OF the
navy department under Josephus DAN
iels favored the scheme of govern
ment manufacture of armor plate. The
secretary has never been particularly
favorable to American manufactures
and has gone out of his way 10 pur-
chase naval supplies when possible
from British manufacturers in order
to reduce the competitive price. re-
gardless Of the effect on the produc-
Evening journal., 1916-04-18

The passage of the Tillman bill by
the United States Senate authorizing
the establishment of government
armor plate plant at a cost of SILL.
OOO,000 establishes at once the high
mark Of pork legislation. and the
consummation of a systematic propa.
ganda begun by socialists several
years ago to harass manufacturers OF
munitions of war.
That the United States Senate
should pass such measure illus.
trates again the faulty of hoping TO
obtain an intelligent direction of the
military policy of the republic under
the present system Of appropriating
government funds, and of legislative
control OF the two branches of the
service Taking advantage of the agi-
tation for military preparation under
the pretense of reducing the cost of
armor plate, the bill was passed. but
in essence It is blow at private
manufacture contrary to the spirit of
American institutions, and sound mill
tary policy, and is a result of the sys-
tematic campaign which has been
waged to villify manufacturers of
munitions of war by attributing to
Ihen Tue lOmentlng OF International
conflicts.
Several years prior to the outbreak
OF the present European conflict there
was an international scandal on the
continent which gave rise to this
propaganda. II was alleged to have
beer discovered that the Krupps and
several firms Of French manufactur.
ers maintained an international press
bureau TO manufacture war scares." )"
hrst in France and then in Germany.
with the object of selling their respec-
tive governments large quantities of
ammunition while the scare" was at
It's height. The purchase by Germany,
1t was said, was used as an induce
ment in France to sell that country
more cannon and more shells.
The European socialists, who had
long preached that war was caused
Evening journal., 1916-04-18

to apprehend an uninterrupted in
crease in submarine activity.
The 1irst OF March was supposed to
mark the beginning Of a more ruth
less campaign than was ever attempt
ed before, yet in reality-if we are to
accept the figures quoted by Mr.. Rid
der-the British losses in that month
were less than in the three weeks Of
the corresponding month Of last year.
Tirpitz's submarine blockade began on
February is, 1916. The British losses
in the first three months, according
to the Frankfurter zeitung's compila-
ton from German data, amounted to
$4,000 tons. In the first three months
OF the present year the tonnage Of
vessels destroyed came to 100000. II
the number Of submarines has really
been more than trebled. as Mr.. Rid
der believes or imagines. their eff
cheney is not clearly demonstrated bv
his own figures. nor is it likely that
because Of these losses Britain viii.
as he hopes, 'concede the hopeless
ness OF an attempt TO defeat Ger
many"
Evening journal., 1916-04-18

tion OF a commodity which might only
be obtained in the United States in
time OF war. This then was the situ-
alton which made the passage OF the
Tillman bill in the Senate possible (;
propaganda emanating from social
ist sources which subtly affected the
mind OF American legislators, a vigOr-
Gus trade union campaign and a
threatening labor lobby. together with
a great deal OF legislative ignorance
OF manufacturing. a craving for pork.
an American tradition to waste navy
funds for useless establishments. and
a Secretary OF the Navy anxious to
baste American manufacturers of mu-
nitions whose criticism Of his admin
istration had not been exactly compli-
mentary.
Aside from the political aspects OF
so radical a departure from the logiti-
mate fields OF governmental activity,
the question arises whether the navy
department will be able to effect an
actual reduction in the cost of armor
plate to the government. This is the
avowed purpose of the measure; will
it fail or succeed?
The reduction in price is promised
upon the assumption that the profit Of
the private manufacture VIII be elm
mated and that the cost Of operation
and production will be cheaper. OF
coure, it has been widely advertised
that the private firms who have in the
past supplied the navy have made
enormous profits, but this is not true.
Consider thet experience of the Beth
lehem Steel Company.
n the bill is passed it will of course
operate to scrap $2O,0OO,0O0 worth OF
private armor plants now in existence
in the United States, and prevent them
being placed at the disposal Of the
country in time. Of need. Sound mill
tary policy in this day of prepared
ness" would seem to dictate a con
.rary policy.
Evening journal., 1916-04-18
Germany's Submarine War
lion the New York Tribune.l

The losses inflicted Of late by German
submarine vessels and mines are far too
serious 10 be made light Of, but the pos
sihility of oveITating them is shown m
the comments of some German writers.
Mr.. Bernard Ridder. remarlSing that
Germany was reputcd TO have twenty
seven boats I'm commission when the
war broke out undertakes 10 review the
progress made since then for benefit Of
the Staats-Zeitung's readers. He sup
poses that there are probably one hun
dred seagoing U-boats at the command
of the German navy" and assuming
that the war is TO last two or three
years longer, the increase of the facili-
ties for the building of submarines
might result in turning loose four or
five hundred U.boats against British
commerce
This is obviously guesswork. We
have no means of knowing how many
Evening journal., 1916-04-18
STATE CONVENTION

From the Dover Republican.
The Republican State Convention /
a thing OF the past And with its exi
went the broad. elaborate. radiant
self-satisfying smile that prcviousll
adorned the physiognomy of practicalIt
every Democratic in Delaware. for tn
anticipated fight, which was to tear tn
Republican Organization into a thousan,
and one pieces and make glad tn
Democratic heart, failed to materialize
ana, while there was d little wranrlin.
at tunes, the peace which seemed n
pervade the very atmosphere of th
convention hall was, with a very few
exceptions. in the heart and mind d
every delegate when the days worI
was concluded.
There may be, and perhaps are,
lew kepubhcans who are not satishe,
with the result of the convention'
work, but numerically they are bv MI
means legion. And the dissatisfied Re
publlcans. if there are any remaining
are principally of New Castle COUNT n
as the Kent and Sussex delegates n
the convention stood practically as on
man for the Party Organization of tn
state, and by SO doing conclusvel.
proved their praiscworthy LOYALTY.
The Republican sincerely rejoice
over the fact that all Kent Republican
stand as one man for the RepubTca.
Organization OF the State, and tina
they will present a solid front to TN
enemy in the coming campaign !
united Republican organization in Ken
county means but one thing victory
sweeping victory, at the Noyembe
election.
The ratification by the Convontio
of the Kent county caucus nominees 10
delegates to the National Republica
Convention should, and will. pleas
every true Republican in our country
Alden r. Benson. of Dover. and Toh
w. Herring. of Milford. are truly worth
of the trust that has been committe
to them and of the honor that has bee
conferred upon them.
The State Convention has met an
has adjourned. Its work is finished
Kent Republicans can entertain nj
legitimate kick. for it treated ther
well indeed. Il is now time for thcr
to get solidly together in order (,
thoroughly prepare for the fight thai
is before them-thc fight to reclai
Kent county for the Republican Party
Let every Republican perform his FIJI
duty. that he may rejoice in the victor
that will be won.
Evening journal., 1916-04-18
SUCCESS WITHIN SIGHT.

n HE amount Of money needed for the new Public
Library building is $325OOO
More than $225oOO of that amount already has been
subscribed.
The seyen-day campaign still has two and one
quarter days to run.
The above things being true, it is safe now to as
ser in view OF the favor with which the public looks
upon the enterprise and the berality with which it is
responding to tho appeals for subscriptions that the
full amount asked for will be received and that the
campaign will be the unqualified success that it de-
serves to be.
Evening journal., 1916-04-18

submarines there are at work; it is inn
possible even to tell how many have
been lost. On the question Of losses
caused by submarines the information
published is fuller and more trustwor
thy. and bv wav of showing how the
menace increases Mr.. Ridder writes:
During the month of January 10000
tons of shipping were destroyed by Ger
man submarines. In February an in
crease of 100 per cent. brought the total
for that month to 10000 tons. In
March it had advanced to $4,000, and in
the first twelve days OF this month it
has reached the extraordinary total of
5000 tons.
II the losses we're to progress at
this rate il would he possible to de-
termine pretty accurately when the
people OF Great Britain and Ireland
would be starved into submission. but
for the moment there is little reason
Evening journal., 1916-04-18
With The Paragraphers

The public schools ought 10 have a course in carry
ing out ashes.-Indana Times
There are some vain people who are not natural
even when they are asloep.-Daas News
Troubles never come singy. The queen OF Sweden
is suffering with bronchitis-Waterbury Comm RE-
publican.
It is rumored that certain Houstonia boy is en-
gagged, says the Specuator. and TO confirm the rumor
whispers that he has three joints of stove pine and
rocking chair in his hope box.-Kansas City Times
Evening journal., 1916-04-18
THE SENATORIAL SITUATION.

From the Snow Hill Messenger.
The Democratic Senatorial situaI
tion is considerably mixed at thiI
time. The candidates are SenatoI
Blair Lee. william Cabell Bruce and
David j. Lewis.
The Democratic Messenger has no
very much feeling in the matter, buI
it remembers that Senator Lee doeI
not care very much for the Senatorial
toga, as he tried very hard to SHED
il last fall. Mr.. Lewis wants 1t verI
badly. and he has a great mani
friends who want him to have It. Mr.
Bruce is looming up as strong man
and the Baltimore Sun came out FOL
him in a leader the other day, tha
had little sting in it for the Lee
men and the Smith men. This wa'
no kindness TO Mr.. Bruce.
Evening journal., 1916-04-18
DOVER AND MOSQUITOES.

From the Dover State Sentinel.
The mosquito will soon be here
viii the Town Council take the lead
in means of lessening, this pest? Mer
chants and property owners are inter
ested, for a mosquitoless town is a
great attraction. On the other hanC
people have moved out Of Dover be-
cause they could not stand the mos
quito bites.
Evening journal., 1916-04-18
GEMS OF THOUGHT

prefer silent prudence to loquacious folly c,icoro
--:-.-:
Scarlet tufts are glowing in the green like flakes OF
hre.-Bryant. ~ VI
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La Rochefoucauld 7
.-.-.-.
Early pansies. one by one opening the violet eve
Sarah Helen Whitman.
Evening journal., 1916-04-18

One by one they dropped and left the field clear
to the junior Senator
The result is that. while today's convention is COL
oress' several prominent Democrats who aspired to
place on the National Committee will go home to
nurse their resentment against the one-man organiza-
ton
Evening journal., 1916-04-18

the government on the government
own terms.
Evening journal., 1916-04-18
Governmenf-Made Armor Plate and "Pork"

(From American Industrles.)
Evening journal., 1916-04-18
SUPERINTENDENT CROss APPRECIATION.

DROFEssoR e. l.. CROSS, superintendent Of Free
Schools, for New Castle county, to us yeser-
day the following letter Of appreciation bearing upon
the silver trophies for oratory that have been do
mated by prominent Deawareans:
Evening journal., 1916-04-18

I'm The Associations Of Amer
fsIkle lean Advertisers has ex-
/, Nav aminsd and certified to
the oirculation Of this pub
heatien- The Figures Of eireulstien
oontAinsd in the Assseiation's -
port only are guaranteed.
Association Of American Advertisers
Ma is whitshsll Bldg. r. Z. c,b
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-04
EVIDENCE is
PILING UP
Sportsmens Clubs Of Which Mayor
Was Member, 10 Under Strong
Suspicion.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service1
CHICAGO, Oct. 4--States Attorney
Hoyne continued to pile up evidence
today which he alleges involves city
hall and police officials in the affairs
of Mayor Thompson's Sportsmen's
club which was raided by Hoyne here
this week. Hoyne will present the
evidence to grand fury this after
noon.
Among the charges he is expected
to make against the Sportsmen's club
members are: Conspiracy to perform
an unlawful act, embezzlement, lar
ceny by bailee, obtaining money un-
der false pretenses-
According to Hoyne, grating took
the form Of rakeoffs on slot machines,
high-priced memberships; buying I'M
munity for handbook making and
gambling pools OF various kinds and
freedom for saloonkeepers and vice
dives.
The police yesterday raided a pool
room and arrested twenty-seven men
on charges Of gambling.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-04
Huohes Woman's Special.

limited Press Leased Wire Serv1ce.l
CHICAGO, Oct 4.-Chicago was the
mecca for women interested in poll
tics today and every train brought
some who plan to join the Hughes
woman's special due here tomorrow
Mrs. Thurston Ballard OF Louisville,
Mrs. Raymond Robinson OF Chicago,
Mrs. Noble Prentiss of Topeka, Kan,
DIR. Hazeltine Stephen-Walker and
Miss Harriet Vittum of Chicago, will
ioin the campaign special here.
The train will leave Chicago early
Friday morning Rock Island, Ill.,
will be visited during the forenoon
and in the afternoon Cedar Rapids
and Waterloo, Iowa, Minneapolis and
ST. Paul will be visited Saturday.
From there the women will go to the
coast through Montana and the Da-
kotas.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-04
M,,st Answer Question.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.-The inter
state commerce commission is. en-
powered to inquire into the political
activities of railroads, Justice Stat
ford, of the district supreme court
today decided in issuing an order
compelling Milton II. Smith, presi-
dent of the Louisville and Nashville
railroad, to answer questions Of
Counsellor Folk
President Smith and Addison R.
Smith and George w. Jones, officers
OF the Louisville and Nashville, re-
fused to answer questions alleging it
was beyond the scope of the commits
sion to inquire into private transac-
tions. Justice Stafford ruled that the
officials must answer, mot because
the questions involve political activ-
ity Of carriers, but because they in
yofve expenditure Of funds and so
affect the question Of the reasonable
ness Of it's rates and also involved its
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-04
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