TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1916-08-11

90 Dcltef. OOulu anyone AueptCt
that Don Venustiano Caranza
is ready to send his people, in
famed with the belief that their
country is being foully attack
ed, into battle at the right
moment, and, when the game is
up, depart for Spain or that
gay Paree," with a trunkful Of
money and the halo of martyr?
Well, il seems that the inva-
sion must really come. After all,
the Mexican people are polite
ally incompetent If they were
not, none of these strange do
ings could be done. We can at
least justly our actions on the
score Of racial superiority; we
acted on that basis in 1916. On
ly for decency's sake, let us
from this moment stop con-
demning Austria for her firm
course Of chastisement against
Serbia. Let us try to make this
bloody adventure purge us, at
least, Of some hypocrisy! Ca
lifornia, Texas and other west
ern states were once part Of
Mexico Looking at them now,
with all their faults, we know
that they are better, being in
our hands, than they would be
had they remained part Of Me-
xico. Racial superiority-let us
act courageously on that right
Certain it is that the present
situation is never going to end
with all of Sonora and Chihua-
hua still Mexican.
Meanwhile, there are dangers
in the mobilization of the mill
tia and in the talk of a call for
volunteers. The Regular Army
of the United States, aided by
the Navy and the Marines, eff
feiently and vigorously used,
are amply sufficient to reduce
! all Mexico, at least down to the
City of Mexico and Vera Cruz.
A part Of the Militia should be
used to patrol the border
which would need far less pa
trolling if the army were vigor-
ously going about its main job.
What then is the secret Of the
strange course that has been
followed? Why has the army
been held inactive, while the
| Carranza forces have had time
to gather; while the bandits,
because of the reduced border
patrol, have had plenty of OPP
portunity to commit their murd-
ers and rouse ever more and
fercer passions; while NUM-
tons makers have had time to
sell and ship millions Of rounds
of ammunition to the prospect
i've enemies Of the soldiers OF
tt Fir country? Is it merely do
prolong the excitement? Is it
merely to drag out the process
of striking the blow under a
veil Of sanctity? Or is it hoped,
by taking so many thousand
men out Of the States, to make
it difficult or impossible for
them to vote on election day?
Or is it supposed that, being in
the army, they would almost all
vote to uphold the incumbent
Administration, the head of
which would then be their Com
mander-in- Chief? Is the pro-
spective war based on the idea
that a War President always
wins? Or is the army being
swollen under the Mexican pre-
text to be used against Ger
many if another quarrel can be
picked?
Or is there something in the
| CHASTITY suggestion made not
long since in the New York
Times, that a way has been
found to disfranchise all Amer
lean citizens of German birth,
on the ground that in taking
the oath Of allegiance they re-
nounced the German Emperor,
when as a matter of technical
fact, they should have renoun-
ced German sovereign, such as
the King of Saxony, the Grand
Duke OF Baden, ETC., to whom
their allegiance was really dueS
If such an attempt were made,
would not a vast army, sworn
to implicit obedience to Wood
row Wilson, concentrated in
strategic points throughout the
country, be most seryiceable !
Stranger things have happened
to free peoples. 1t will hardly
do to scout such an idea or wax
indignant over it, for the sug-
gestion Of such widespread dis
reimbursement has already been
made, publicly and seriouslyl
1t is all a bloody, dark and