The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-23
UNCLE SAM FIVE TIMES IN MEXICO
 WITH HIS ARMY
When Stars and Stripes Enter ed Southern Neighbours
 Territory Before.

O%c~@No eebrated Flag day Old Glory waved on foreign soil. Down in Mexico the Stars and Stripes are flying over camps of American troops.
 For the fifth time in history the American nation is engaged in a dis pute with her obstreperous southern neighbor. No other nation on the face of the globe has harassed our feelings as provokingly and as persistent1y as Mexico. And the end is not yet.
 Tracing the beginning of the trouble takes us back to the early days of Texas. In 1920 Texas was Mexican province. The territory was original Iy included in the Louisiana purchase, but had been ceded to Spain in 1919 in the treaty which gave Florida to the United States:
 Among the emigrants who hocked | to Texas in response to land induce ments was a band of Connecticut Yam kees under the leadership of Moses Austin, who rode into San Antonio in the fall of 1920 and coo1ly requested a grant of land for 8 colony of Ameri- cans. His request was granted. Slowly the colony grew. By 1885 l15,OOO Americans had drifted into it | across the border. By virtue of their industry they Accumulated power and incidentally aroused the jealousy of Mexican officials. This jealousy cen 1 tered in Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. 1 One of his first acts was to send an army into Texas to overawe the set | tiers.
 1 The Alamo Massacre l The Alamo is a name that has be- come a watchword of lovers of liberty the world over. Here in the strong hold of San Antonio 180 Texans took their stand against 4, 900 Mexfcans and fought till they died, and died to a man.
 Remember the A1amoS' became l the slogan, of the Texans. Under the leadership of Sam Houston they met | the Mexicans a few days later on the l immortal field of San Jacinto and gave them the worst thrashing that any l army ever received on a battlefield. The next time Americans carried a khag into this region was in 1846, when the Mexican war began. This was | over the Texas boundary. Our flag l was flown in the Mexican breeze for two years, and during the entire time our troops won every pitched battle in which they engaged. General Win field Scott marched into the enemy tcountry and wrested stronghold after Istronghold from the hands of greatly l superior forces. Scott then went to Vera, Cruz. capturing that city an6 ] working his way to they cry capita l itself, where he raised the American flag to the breeze.
 I Meanwhile General Taylor was sweeping into Mexico. Matamoros was taken. Monterey followed; ther fcame Buena Vista with it's overw helm ing victory.
 Soon after the beginning of our Civ. 1dl war France sent troops into Mexi co to overthrow the government an6 establish an empire. Archdul&e Maxi
 milan, brother of Franz Joseph, the present emperor of Austria, was il reign at it's head. President Juarez the full b1ooded Indian patriot, wa'
 ordered treated as a bandit.
 Maximilian Deserted
 Oar government refused to recog
 nize the empire so long as it was sup ported by France. In July, 1865. i 1 emphasized its disapproval by Inassin,
 troops on the border in Texas. Ma poIeon III. withdrew his troops iron
 Vera Cruz, leaving Maximilian to hi
 fate.
 From that date until 1914-com Iparative recent history-all went wei
 between the United States and Mex ]. ico.
 After Diaz came Madero. Made
 ros power was soon weakened Vic Etorfano Huerta came upon the scene
 His career as president of Mexico wa
 marked by the murder of his pre-
 decessor, NMadero.
 , Now comes the memorable inciden ? of April g, 1914, an insult to this ma ] tion's flag.
 8 The United States government upo s Ebeing informed of the Tampico incl e dent demanded an apology of Huert : in the shape of a salute to the flag tha fSl had been so unjust1y insu1ted. But tn s salute-was not forthcoming. The
 away went the batt1eships to Yer Cruz.
 Following the occupation of Yer Cruz active preparations for mobilizs 2 ton were begun, General Frederic '' Funston was sent with a portion ( X the army for a march to the City ( q Mexico. But the stream of event ? were turned in their course. A prope = sition came from the A. B. c. power n of South America. composed prime h paI1y of the countries of Argentin; ., Brazil and Chile, to allow them f @ mediate and settle the difficulty. Tn e was agreed upon. The troops wer II withdrawn from Mexican territor @ and the battIeships from Mexican WE Iters. This brings history well nigh U Ito the recent raids on Texan town