The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-23

internal development may be expected | It is certain that the leaderst will keen | their hands across the mouths of those | who would by thoughtless action inn press Germany with the false idea that | the American people are not welded to- | gether.
 DEMAND FOR VILLA Congress, as stated, will stand by the President in the near-break with Ger many. But Congress, it is clearly indi- cated, would not calmly receive news to the effect that the President has de- termined to withdraw troops from Mexico. The American army has accomplished nothing across the border. Villa is still at large and the impression is that he [ is not only alive, but unWounded. The forces of the bandits have not been ex- terminated have not even been scat tered. The impression prevails that the United States, having after great ex- penditure of money ignominiously failed in it's purpose in crossing the border, must now beat shameful retreat before the glowering countenance of Carranza, or by rushing all available forces to the aid of Pershing, prepare really to pro- ceed in a purposeful march.
 President Wilson has indicated a de- sire to withdraw the troops, although his unofficial and unexpressed position
  pose of gaining delay in his correspon- dence with the first chief of the de facto government. Congress is very calmly awaiting developments, chiefly the re- port of General Scott, who has been rushed to the border But it is cer tainty that it would emit a furious and mighty y-mouthed howl were Wilson to withdraw without having struck single telling blow.
 
 Washington, April 22-( (Special.)-In an unofficial sense, at any rate, this has been Alabama week in the national cap- ital.
 Exclusive of 10 ladies who attended the convention of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the following Ala bamians were registered in Washington:
 Bibb Graves of Montgomery, chairman of the state democratic executive com mittee; George H. Estes of Birmingham, secretary of that committee; Walter Moore of Birmingham. coal operator; R. B. Smyer of Birmingham, postmaster; Walter McAdory of Birmingham, former sheriff of Jefferson county; o. F. Ford of McFall, president of the Alabama Farmers union; J. A. Wade of Dadevile, state commissioner of agriculture; Thom- as L.. Long of Jasper, statesman; w. l.. Martin of Montgomery, state attor- ney general; William Crawford of De- catur, postmaster; Borden Burr of Bir- mingham, candidate for national commit teeman, in his present capacity repre- senting the Alabama Power company; J. w. Mcqueen of Birmingham, vice pres ident of the Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron company; R. M. Brook of Birming- ham, a sales agent of that company; Carson Adams of Birmingham, secretary of the Birmingham Fuel and Iron com pany, and K. A. Conville of Birming- ham, representing the Pratt Consolidated Coal company.
 MT. Graves and MT. Estes came east for the purpose of comforting with chair men of democratic committees represent ing other states of the union; MT. Smyer on departmental business; MT. McAdory. MT. Long >and MT. Moore, on personal business; Mir. Ford, for the purpose of testifying regarding the mail-carrying bill before the Senate committee on post offices; MT. Wade, on a short vacation; MT. Martin, on state business before the supreme court; MT. Burr, to take cer- tain dispositions for the defense of the Alabema Power company in pending damage suits; the four representatives of industrial companies, to submit bids for supplying the Seaboard Air Line rail- road with coal;. and MT. Crawford, to put in the reform school of the govern ment 13 youngsters convicted of certain minor offenses.
 For publication, nothing respecting the chaotic political condition in Alabama