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Show I WHAT THE MESSAGE MEANS. President Wilson says he does not want war and that hlB message does not mean war, but simply an act of ; . reprisal, and yet, term It what you may, the beginning of a blockade ot the Mexican coasts and the landing ot armed forces at Vera Cruz and Tam-plcc, Tam-plcc, are nothing less than war. ( If Huerta continues to exhibit the same spirit of defiance with which I he received the American demand for an apology, he will order the forts at Vera Cruz to reply to our warships and he will command his generals to ' resist every advance of the American I marines on land, and the fighting i which will ensue will continue uutil even President Wilson will be forced to recognize a condition nothing less than war. Once the federal forces and those of the United States clash, the fighting fight-ing will proceed until the United States finds itself in possession of the City of Mexico, and then one of two things will occur. Either the great body of the people of Mexico will bo openly and aggressively hostile to the American invasion, or the Constltu tionalists will dominate, holding to a neutral position, In which event the American government will Invite Car-ranza'and Car-ranza'and Villa to proceed to the capital capi-tal to take possession and form a new government while the army of the United States prepares to withdraw. The last would be a happy ending of the war. But should the Mexicans unite under Huerta, because of national na-tional pride, and resent the American Ameri-can advance, the conflict would not end short of an American Invasion of the entire republic and a long period of fighting, principally with guerrilla bands. ' . rtv . |