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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30
By Roland 81. Usher.
Author of "Pan-Germanism" and Pan
Americanism."


~ BSERVERS are more and more coming
TO an agreement that permanent peace
~ and order can be insured in Mexico
only by coercion from the United States. All
sorts Of alternatives have been attempted by
President Wilson. and up to the present time
they have all failed. The administration Is
hopeful that Carranza may at last bring order
out of chaos: and there are probably few in the
United States who do not hope that the ad-
.ninistration is right
Apparently such blame as is attached TO
President Wilson for not having taken diner
emf measures censures him less for not having
attempted coercion three years ago or, indeed
for not ordering it now. than for having made
no provision 70 intervene with force should cir
cumstances make it necessary. In other words,
the Presidents policy has been based on the
assumption that persuasion would be successful
Peaceful alternatives he had in some variety
which he proposed 20 try in succession, but he
obviously made no preparation for the failure
of all Of them and did not contemplate the
necessity Of actual coercion by the United
States Army. In other words, he made no
provision for the defeat Of diplomacy.
Indeed, the seriousness of the situation does
not lie so much in the disorder. nor IN the re-
cent brutal death Of sixteen Americans. 1t lies
in the fact that the United States is not now
able 20 90 anything more than accept the STU
alton. because the administration did not pre-
pare in the last three years for this emergency
Preparedness for such task cannot be ex-
temporized The fact was pointed out three
= Co. =, al al atiOr
and the necessary scope OF measures to accom-
panv 1t described. Before we blame any ind
vidual for not having ordered it, we must re
member how difficult it is for the executive
department. to achieve anything without the
hearty cooperation of a good many people
The Constitution of the United States was
framed by body OF men whose chief fear was
that the Executive would be too active and
powerful and they devoted much attention,
with conspicuous success, to tying the hands
of everybody in every direction. except when
they were all agreed.
No doubt something must be written off
against our recent Secretary OF State, who has
boasted that the Mexican policy was his alono
which will account for many Of its PECULIAR
ties. Then we have the War Department TO
remember, and Congress, and the party lead
ers, and good many more to take into ac-
count before we see how many were involved
in the decision not to undertake preparedness
three years ago 70 deal with Mexico In case all
other measures failed
This blaming and praising is poor business
compared TO the realization Of what It now
means that the nation did not do something
three years ago. 1t is a practical lesson in pre-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30

IF YOU'RE tnid it is we'll for you to know
that this is the time OF year when artists
balls run wild They hide in corners and
spring out at you unexpectedly. some in aspect
weird enough TO brighten an innocent bystand
or half 70 death This may be because they
are costume affairs. covering periods some
times more Imaginative than historical, or be
cause an artist loves TO be grotesque when he
doesn't have 70 be straight up and down or
dull black and white. Impersonating a grippe
germ or the centre pole of a circus tent is no
trick at all for a man who has made up his
mind to be funny once year, though he has
TO stay up till breakfast time 10 do it.
In limited sense of the word Irwin Cobb
isn't an artist though it has often been said
and not widely disputed that he illustrates his
stories with word pictures. 1t was not aston
ishing. therefore. TO find him at the first real
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30

for years at disheartening cost OF money and
lives If we send down an army big enough 70
beat the Mexicans in the field. we shall mere
" JOIN enc party Of Mexicans. or unite all
parties against us and proiong indefinitely
the present bloodshed. That will be foolish
and futile.
We must occupy Mexico with an army so
large and so thoroughly equipped that every
thing approaching resistance will be futile to
so great degree that even the Mexicans Will
understand it, Resistance must be more than
futile II must be so clearly hopeless as to be
slaughter and suicide Only by such an oocu-
patton of the territory can we thoroughly
pacify the country and put an end to bandits
and revolutionaries. We shall need not one
expedition, but in all probability ten simulta-
ncous invasons but if need twenty we
must send them without hesitation, If any
thing like peace is to be preserved south OF
the Rio Grandc.
LARGE TERRITORY TO COVER.
How large force OF men this means and
what their equipment must be the general
public does not seem to understand at all The
area OF Mexico is one-hfth that OF the whole
United States. 1t is three times as large as
Texas, fifteen times large as the State OF
New York This is no backwoods county that
we are attempting to police 1t is land OF
almost continental dimensions
1t entirely lacks what are called in Europe
strategic points" which insure by their pos
session the military control OF large stretches
OF country. The City OF Mexico or Vera Cruz
mean nothing There arc no places whose
possession by our army would even defeat the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30

MeXicans. 10 say nothing OF retaining control
them. They have merely 70 retire before
US into the woods and mountains. We shall
have no difficulty in taking possession OF any
square mile OF territory we want but unless
we occupy the whole country n a pretty Ell
fective manner the American army will hold
the land it stands on and no more. SO noun
famous and broken are most OF the surfaces
that it furnishes natural advantages to the de
tenders which enable few men 70 hold many
at bay.
The difficulty o: communication in and TO
Mexico is stupendous. Roads are practically
non-existent; railroads connect only the most
important centres and have been practically
demolished in the last three years. Moreover,
the most important fields OF military occupa
ton for us are located far from the United
States, and can be reached only after travers-
ing great distances. To move troops, there
fore into these districts and maintain them
there Is an operation OF magnitude, not only
because OF the lack OF facilities in Mexico it
self and of the difficulty OF creating any which
approach adequacy, but because Mexico is tar
from the natural centres of population and sup
plies in the United States. Texas, Arizona and
New Mexico are the least developed sections
OF our own country and the least well pro-
vidcd with railroads. Our navy, moreover,
lacks transports and freighters in sufficient
numbers to transport any considerable army
by sea. Our own railroad communications
with the North are mostly single track roads,
not intended for anything approaching the
heavy and continuous traffic which an army
requires. The European railroads, built with
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30

which American soldiers can suosiSI IN
,-,o,I dict If the natives, in which beans lg-
IRE LARGELY. can never suffice for our soldiers
Everything else, from cooking utensils 70 SAM
tarv supplies. is literally non-eXistent
Moreover. between the plateau and the Sea
stretches a long belt Of hot tropical country
which must be crossed and which Cred'e'
physical obstacles in the way OF maintaining
an army on Mexican soil with when nothHs
short OF elaborate sanitary measures Cd" 00P''
When we remember how very large an army
will be necessary, the extent OF sanitary PFC
cautions to keep the men well and the pfoO-
able death list from disease will show some
thing OF the magnitude of the preparedness
which must be undertaken in the United States
70 make the coercing OF Mexico possible.
The administrative machine which supplies
the army will be formidably large; the SUI
gica and hospital staff may be conceWaDly
larger, because the soldiers will not De ac0h-
mated and will be subject to that great variety
Of malarias and fevers which intest the coas'
of Mexico. The men who hght VIII De ohiy
a 1.-THE of the army The organization must
include also the men who feed them, located
in Mexico. on the transports between the
Southern states and Mexico, at the ports on
the railroads in the United States and IN the
supply centres in this country, and must also
number the surgeons and physicians IN the
field and the nurses and doctors in the hos
pitfalls at home All this will be involved by
merely sending the army into Mexico. NO
one in the least informed will wonder that the
President has hesitated to order coercion
All Of these natural obstacles, which will
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30

Present ARMY Inadequate for Such
Task i'm Face of Existing
1~.,> Natural Obstacles.

require such an effort on our oar, n 49,,
come. affect the Mcxicans bu, listl. Tho,
already acclm9'ad. They can live on v,,.
nature provides and maintain their nbv,;,,'
condition OF equipment they possess r,..
and therefore end the railroads and roads e,.
venent rather than necessary Having 90 +,
lie 70 carry. they vii be more nobl. Va.
OR troops. val STRIFE a blow and b. Oh, >.
The way before our more deliberately equine,
regiments can really strike them.
DEFEAT5 MEAN NOTHING
They will be defeated innumerso. tine,
unless NC send % great an army that they vii
lay down their arms in despair becaus. ,h.,
can easily afford 20 be driven from one no.,
ton and occupy another a mile dstan, equal,
favorable, While costing US lives and en.rcy
all out o. proportion 70 what re achieve. Th,y
20 not need money 70 fight Us, they need FOOD
and arms. The one the country provides; Ii.
other we have kindly permitted them to pur.
chase. And. although they have shot OF !.
GOOD deal OF powder in the last three year,
they have on hand, no doubt, plentiful SUP
r'y with which TO make trouble.
We must not count on merely defeating
their armies With civilized nations the los,
OF an army is often equivalent to dsies, IN
war. because that type Of an army canno. ).
extemporized; but the Mexicans have, in o.,
sense OF the word, no army at all, and !. v.
break up one they can recruit another. Ian.
much as their troops have little discipline, OK.
side Of a very few regiments, one man il a
GOOD as another. Tactics are too rudinena,y
70 make training O. any importance, whish
means that they can continue TO provid. a.
most Indefinitely new armies almost as good
as those they now have.
For fighting over rough ground, dsciplir.
and formation are OF no great value, and L
their leaders will avoid pitched battles III.
superior mobility Of their troops will go sr
TO OFFSET the superior discipline OF ours, as
their rapidity Of movement will tend TO bal.
ance their lack Of equipment Our artillery
will he ;nvincible if we can get them to stay
in one place long enough to be hit by IL Il
they will keep moving, the artillery will not
be a great asset for US.
The gist Of it is this: Invade Mexico with
our present army we can. Beating the Mex
cans from sea to sea will be easy bu, Will
take as long as they are willing 70 keep NOV
ing and cost no one can tell what. Il will a..
be futile. Nothing short OF coercion will %
effective. and that means a force OF United
States troops in every part OF Mexico large
enough to intimdate all Mexican forces o.
gained or not. and able without warfare 70
hang every rascal in the country The present
army is utterly inadequate for any such opera
ton. Several hundred thousand men IN Tx
field. supported by an administrative and nos
pital organization o. a couple OF hundred 'Aou
sand more. IS needed That sort OF prepared
ness means time, and the sooner we get so0'
It the better.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30

II there had been any public demand TOP pre-
paredness three years ago the administration
would not have been backward. Politicians
Of all shades of opinion always fall over them
selves TO do what they think will please the
people We are ourselves at least much 70
blame as the President because nothing has
been done. Something is now going to be
done because the public has at last walked up
TO its value.
The next thing for the public TO learn is the
scope OF the measures involved in prepared
ness 20 accomplish such little JOB coercing
Mexico. Until they get some idea OF what ade
quacy means. nothing adequate will be done.
The majority Of the people look upon the
United States as a great country. and upon
Mexico as Door. disorganized and small. The
ultimate ability OF the United States TO do
what it will with Mexico is so striking that
most people assume we are able at any mo-
ment 10 do il. The fact is that we are en-
tirely unprepared TO cocrce Mexico. An army
we do possess-probaby not quite good as
its defenders think, nor as incapable as its
critics believe. The navy unfortunately. is OF
no great value, except as method OF trans
portation. No doubt the present army can in
wade Mexico and beat in pitched battle any
organized force OF Mexicans now in exist
ence or likely to be in the next ten years No
doubt, after considerable loss Of life and great
expense, we can capture the City of Mexico
and other important locations.
That, however, is not what coercion means
We do not want to fight the Mexicans. We
cannot accomplish anything by invading Mex
leo That means guerilla warfare carried on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30

military ends in view and
intended 20 be permanent
have barely been able T.
stand the strain which toe
war is imposing upon
them. Our own ran con
nec,ions 20 Galveston ana
New Orleans are certain
" not ready to bear any
such strain. Still less cap
able are the railroads a.
Mexico Of any such opera
ton. Culverts. bridges
trestles, tunnels, heavy
grades. interpose the max
imum difficulties OF en-
gineering in creating a
railroad at all, and neither
they nor the roadbed was
calculated 10 bear the
strain Of such heavy trai-
hc.
Yet the American army
which goes to Mexico
must carry with it every
thing it proposes to use
and transportation will be
vital TO its maintenance.
The country supplies
neither naturally nor by
cultivation any food upon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30
Body of Troops Large Enough TO
Intimidate ALI Forces Necessary
Says Roland G.. Usher.

paredncss and a practical
demonstration of the ne
cessity Of getting ready IN
advance for eXigcnCicS
which are not at the mo-
ment in sight. Ii is also
a lesson in the need for
public realization OF wha,
preparedness makes posi-
bic ard what unprepared
ness forces us 10 accept.
Adequate preparedness
and what that means |
will describe presently
would permit the Presi-
dent now to stop the kill
ing OF men. women and
children in Mexico with
out war and without any
con siderable bloodshed.
Because we are not ready
TO act the slaughter and
brutality must 90 on.
The American people
themselves are in the last
analysis 10 blame, because
they have not seen how
necessary it is that our
government should have
hands and arms 10 use
when emergencies arise.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-11-26
OWNERS OF DETROITS
 PROUD OF THEIR CARS
Motor >ale>men Declare They've FoUnd Posses sor> 0i Detroit Elec-
 trie> Eager t1 Name Make.

There's q pride n tae ownership 0! . good looking automobile.
 Ask any motor car salesman and ae will tell rou that tae car which at- tracts the eye $ easier sold than than me ugly car allEough both maY De as perfect necaanica.i-. Tn the new Detroit Electric there is 2 happy com 5!nafion ot 5eauty and mecAanica. TEorta. Handsome body lines to- setler with finish which is made ID cf twentF-thEae coasts of paint an FaEnisA. eiTes saepQy appearance 70 the car upon first sight. Inside ne deep tufled uphols-ering and inc l--1le refinements which are most ap- preciated Dy women. serTe to make the Detroit Electric Inc most comfort able car to ride .n
 Detroit Electric dealers all over the country state that Detroit Flee tric car owners seem to take an un- usual delight in .the ownership Of their cars. B. careful inquiry theT have found mat Detroit Electric own CTS are ever eager D name the make Of their electric automobile when asked about 1T. The owners delight 10 tell of it's beauty and utility and this genuine pride Is considered 5v Detroit Electric officials the finest tribute that can be given 10 an auto- mobile.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-11-26

Another attractive tuoring suit is made of green and blue tweed mixture. The skirt is pleated at the sides, has an inverted box pleat at the back and a plain Norfolk model with collar and cuffs Of marten. The coat is lined with heavy green and blue changeable silk. The hat is a stitched alpine made of the cloth with game bird pompon on one side.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-11-26
NEGLECT IF STORAGE BATTERY iNEXCUSABLE
One 0f Easiest 1hings About Auto 10 Care For. and One of the Most
 ImDOrtant

i Tn discussing the care Of m9-o' cars and inc things that owners lear. 1ndone. g. z. Vel. local Dorc dis ,ributo7 says:
 One of ne easiest things 10 ta:. . care ot an automobile and one o
 the things mos neglected is he stor. age battery. Nine--entns Of all start
 ing and lighting troubles date righ
 back to the storage battery azd nine
 fentas ot re time t IS not the taulr
 e me Jarterg a. all.
 Your starting battery must hava
 its drink Of distilled water every ter days CT r iz going 10 get sick on your hands. sure as shooting, and it will usUallE do this a. the most critic Il
 t.me-right in -ne dead Of winte.
 Eaen Inc oil in your cTankcase is so stiff you can barely turn her oyer or when Eou haze an important engage.
 nent and must get somewhere in .
 big hurry.
 "Only one fooi is necessary for the care ot your rattery. That IS hydro meter. and it will pay you 10 get Q good ore for tne cheap ones are
 worse than none al all. This instru- ment is used 10 read the condition Of your battery and also 10 fill the bat tery when distilled water $ needed Incidentally only distilled water. or rain water that has not come in con- tact with metal. should be used. Rain water collected through metal gu.- ters CT pipes is not safe. as 1t is lia ole 10 contain iron which will ruin any battery in 2 short time. Test your battery every ten days with the hydrometer. removing the hard rub Der caps on tht toD of the battery D do this. If possible take your read ing without removing the hydromete- from the battery In this way yol will avoid anv chance Of spilling the battery liquid After reading dis titled water should be added to take the place Of what has evaporated since the last reading. Battery acid does not eyaporate and acid should never be added by the owner. This Is a delicate operation and should be left to the service station man. Your hydrometer should read between 1300 and 1250 for g fully charged battery Ii the float rises higher than this out of the liquid giving a reading of 1900 or 11j0. your battery is weak and needs recharging Always read the condition of your battery before ad- ding distilled water Many owners % astray on this point and get unneces- sarily alarmed about their batteries, for the addition of water first will give an inaccurate reading. It is 10 be remembered that weak battery is very likely 10 freeze in winter. This always cracks the hard rubber jars ard ruins the battery. IL cannot hap Len to 2 fully charged battery Con sequentlv owners should always look 10 their batteries very carefully Fl the cold months.''
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-11-26
TAPES DIAPEPSlN FOR INDIGESTION
 0R BAD STOMACH
Relieves sOurness, gas. Heartburn
 Dyspepsia in five minutes.

Sour, gassy, upset stomach, indiges- tion, heartburn, dyspepsia; when the food you eat ferments into gases and stubborn Jumps; your head aches end you feel sick and miserable. that $ when you realize the magic in Pape's D.apepsin IF makes all stomach mis cry vanish in five minutes.
 If your stomach is in a continuous revolt-if You can't get it regulated, please. for your sake, try 'Pape's Dia- pepsir. It's so needless to have a bad stomach-make your next meal a favorite food meal, then take a little DiaDepsin. There will not be any dis tress-eat without fear. It's because Pape's Diapepsin really does" regu- late weak, out-of-order stomachs that gives it it's millions Of sales annual iy.
 Get large fiftycent case of Pape' 3 Diapepsin from any drug store. It IS the quickest. surest stomach relief and cure known. It acts almost like magic-it is scientific, harmless and pleasant stomacn preparation which truly belongs in every home.
 (AdvtD
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-11-26
Beyond Scripturai Number.

The clergyman of country village, experimenting one of his parishioners for quarreiing with his wife so loudly and frequently as to be source ot perpetual disturbance in the neighbor. hood in the course of his exhortation remarked that the Scriptures declared that man and wife were one. Aye, that may be. sir," answered Hodge, but if you were to go by when me and my wife are at it you'd think there were twenty of us.'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-11-26

fortable to wear and can be washed and dried quickly.
 New harem veils are of silver gauge across the upper part of the face ana gray chiffon below, edged with wlae ae silver lace. The silver gives the velis quite an Oriental appearance.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-11-26
Discouraqina.

After mother has taught her son not to keep his hands in his pockets, to turn his toes out and not to sniff his nose or smack his lips when he eats, it must be discouraging to hear people remark a month after his marriage that his wife made him. Wichita Eagle.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-11-26

They are to be had in all grades and colorings. The fibre silk scarfs are pretty but they do not launder. The wide, heavy ones of pure silk in the neutral colors are most practical, though they are bit more expensive. They dry clean we'll and may also be
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-11-26
Execution in This Case,

Gibbs--"So you went after the job? thought you believed that the office should seek the man." Dibbs-'1 do, but this Is fat job, and l thought 1t might get winded before it reached me. ."-Boston Transcript.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-11-26
Worth While Quotation

That man is great who rises to the emergencies of the occasion, and be. comes master O. the situation."-Se. iected.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-11-26

White washable kid gloves with
 loose flexible wristbands are the most practical for the woman who drives her own car. They are easy and com
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-11-26

hands. 'S- -1'e' ."
New Britain herald., 1916-03-21
YALE AND HARVARD
 TO CONTEST JUNE 23
Crews Will Row Upstream on the Thames River Again This
 Year.

New Haven, March 21.-The liar vard-Yale varsity four-1nile race will be rowed on Friday, June 23, on the Thames river. at New London, ac- cording to the tentative program, made public here last night. On ac- count of tidal conditions the race will be rowed upstream for the third sue cessive year, starting at the railroad bridge and finishing at Bartletts s Cove.
 There will be five events cn the program, a graduate eight-oar race Thursday afternoon, June 22, first and second freshman eight-oar races Fri day morning, to be followed by the second varsity eight-oar race, and then the final event between the first varsity crews.
 The race between the second fresh man eights is an innovation, and it is understood that final plans for this have not yet been accepted. The row ing officials or the two universities will meet soon to draft final plans.