Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-09-01
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this nation and a half.loyalty to some
Old World nation.
Peace With Mexico.
"Mr. Wilson says we have had
peace with Mexico. He says he did
not wage war with Mexico. If he
takes any comfort out of this denial,
let US not insist upon the proper term
inology, and admit that he merely
waged peace with Mexico. Well, as
one incident of his waging peace, we
took Vera Cruz. Some seventy-five
men wearing the American uniform
were killed and wounded, and three
or four times that number Of Mexi.
cans. In Mr.. McKinley's war, we
took Manila; and Dewey's fleet lost
fewer men in the operation than re.
suited in the fall of Manila than were
lost, in the taking of Vera Cruz. I'm
der these conditions, of what earthly
consequence is it to assert that the
taking of Vera Cruz was an act of
peace, and the taking of Manila an
act Of war? Only by misuse of term
inoIogy, only by the use of an incor-
rect nomenclature, can we distin-
guish one military operation from the
other. ... ,-.
Became Frightened.
1.-THE real difference. was that Mr..
Wilson became frightened and aban-
doned Vera Cruz, whereas Mr.. McKin-
ley did not abandon Manila. Mr.. Will
|son's operations were war just as
much as Mr.. McKinley's. -, But Mr..
Wilson was beaten in his war. 1t was
a war which was entered into point
lessly and bandoned ignobly; it was
ia, war which failed: war which did
damage both to the Mexicans and our
selves, and which in its outcome re-
flected infinite dishonor upon our ma.
ton. But it was a war, nevertheless.
Successful tnfany. &c..
:: again, in March last, Villa made a
raid into American territory. He was
la bandit whose career of successful
infamy had been greatly aided by Mr..
Wilson's favor and backing. He was
at the head of the Mexican soldiers,
whose arms and ammunition had been
supplied to them in consequence of
Mr.. Wilson's reversing Mr.. Taft's pol
icy and lifting the embargo against
arms and munitions into Mexico.
They attacked Columbus, New Mexi-
co, and killed number of civilians
and number of United States troops.
On the next day the president issued
an announcement that adequate fore
es would be- sent in pursuit of Villa
with the single object of capturing
him." On April 9Th, the announce
ment was made from the White
House that the troops would remain
in Mexico until Villa was captured.
It was furthermore announced in the
press dispatches from Washington
that he was to be taken dead or
alive Fine words! Only-they
meant nothing. He is not dead. He
has not been taken alive.
ION May 18th. the pursuit, of Villa
was formally abandoned. On June
list, the official figures of the dead
and wounded during this futile expe'
dition were published, and they show
ed that the killed and wounded includ-
ed one hundred and sixteen United
States soldiers and ninety-five Ameri'
can civilians. Since then the Next
cans have killed many more; notice,
for example, in the press, that at De-
catur, Alabama, there has just been
buried Claude Bates, an American
soldier, who died July oath Of wounds
received two days previously in a
fight with Mexican bandits. Every
week have seen press statements OF
the killing of American regular SOL
'diers Of American civilians on the
border. ! do not know the total num-
Der Of these killings since June LIST;
but they include the Carrizal massa-
ere. However, even before June LIST,
in this futile expedition against Villa,
more Americans had been killed and
wounded than in all the fights by land
and sea during the Spanish War;
save only the battle of Santiago itself.
In other words, during this murder