The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-06-29
NO REMEDY BUT WAR.
Nashville Banner.)

Mexicans. They have had their
choice of peace or war, of our friend
ship or our wrath, and they have
been persistent in doing everything
possible to force us to hostility.
The clash at Carrizal turns out to
have been another massacre, charac-
terized by that cruel treachery that
has always marked the Mexican
methods. 1t was not the work of the
irresponsible Villistas who made the
night attack on Columbus and whom
the Mexican government called ban
ditti, but of the regularly organized
troops of the de facto government,
acting under the general order given
by CarranZa.
There is no theory on which such
a dastardly outrage can be explain
ed away or apologized for; it must
be expiated in blood. Not that this
great civilized nation cries for ven
geance, but such wrongs are past
endurance. and it becomes our duty
to administer to a people who can
be guilty of such deeds that manner
of correction that is given to the in
corrigible criminal who persists in
making himself a nuisance, danger
and a menace to organized society.
We are a peace-loving people in the
United States, and we have gone to
extremes and suffered outrage and
humiliation. We have given those
people our protection against for
eign interference; we have bullt
them railroads and developed their
resources with our money; we have
done everything possible to encour-
age them in commerce, purchased
their exports and patronzied their
Industries; we have given them ev-
erv possible manifestation of our de-
sire for their well-being and every
assurance that could be made that
we harbored no designs of conquest
or spoliation in respect to their ter
ritory
Further than all this, we have
been patient and long-suffering WIN
their continued disorders. They have
DESTROYED the property and have ia.
ken the lives of our citizens, and we
hardly made an audible protest. They
have kent us in danger Of European
complications by their continu9u
strife. their injury to foreigners ana
depredations on foreign property
and we have permitted it all to con
Time without forcible interference
More than all this, the government
at Washington has been especlal'F
Friendly to Carranza and the cause
of constitutional government that TIC
claimed to represent, and mas useo
every possible influence OUTSIDE Vi
direct intervention to estabhsh nm
in power.
Put the Mexicans return us only
OWL for the good we have done thei''
and manifest towards us implacapio
dislike.
Carranza. instead of gratitude lor
the good offices of our government
eeems so TO fear that any acKno"i
edgement of friendly feeling towards
ms would prejudice his unreasonlns
countrymen toward him that ne mas
virtually assumed responsibility loi
the border depredations OF the al
legged vallista banditti, and by hAS
command our soldiers in Mexico III
search of the banditti have peeh
made the victims of treacherous as
sault.
There is nothing further possible
in our dealings with Mexicans DuV
the scourge laid on with strong
arm. They must be made to feel the
weight of offended might and the ret
ribution of justice for their folly ana
their crimes.
More than that, since Mexico mas
forced us to war, that war must DC
=, .de more than temporarily ERECT
i've. 1t must give assurance against
future annoyance, depreciation ana
danger Mexico must be put in or
dor with an assurance that in the
future it will preserve the peace.
The United States has stern duly
10 perform both towards Mexico ana
in its own behalf. 1t is duty, not
vanpeance. that calls for Mexican
chastisement. 1t is i'm possible that
This country should longer tamely
submit to the insults and wrongs
that have been inflicted upon it, ana
their continuance must be made inn
possible.
This country abhors bloodshed ana
desires peace. Everything possible
has been done to prevent the one
one and preserve the other, but to
again quote Patrick Henry, us nt@
50 dear or peace so sweet as to be
at the price" of such hu-
initiation and wrong as these treach-
erous and incorrigible Mexicans
would put upon us?
We can't tolerate the Mexicans any