| Show I Germans Score core Gerard GerardO O OUR UR ambassador at Berlin once more Is I being measured in a 3 peck of ot half halt bushels bushels bushels bush bush- els b by the tho press ot of Germany Whether or not nol it Is true as one paper charges cs that he heIs heIs heis is offensively ely active in looking after British Interests as ng being being- extremely characteristic of ot his general attitude it is manifest that thatto to do more mon than J perform tho the strict duties of or his ills office for this countI country country- ana give e attention to British interests referred to him In the regular diplomatic alc course courso while white the the- war lasts would be to exceed both his authority and th the trust reposed in him It was for for- pernicious activity that Austria Austria Aus Aus- tria was requested sted to Count and with International feelings at the thc highest highest high high- est tension It Is Incumbent on n I our ambassadors ambassadors dors dotS abroad whether in Germany or el elsewhere elsewhere else else- e- e where to keep private opinions from militating mili tating against t public service Mr Gerard may exculpate himself officially of of- t- t by sa saying he hc never made public utterances ut ut- of or the nature attributed to him but Ufo the proprieties Ina may thay be violated by talking talking- too loo much ranch in private He should remember that a. a as as- as our amb ambassador dor at Berlin ho he Is the exponent of or an administration known In Inthis InthIs inthis this country for th the peculiarities of or Its neutrality neutrality neutrality neu toward Germany I Border Too Narrow R REPEATED reports of oC shots being being- fired across the P o Grande Grando at our aco p peace pa patrol patrol another mother Instance of ot the kind being I noted this week t disclose the hazard of ot guarding that front against bandit raids An Iowa captain tells tens of ot being shot at twice while on oa outpost duty near Brownsville Browns Browns- vi yule ville lie and of or having shot at a fleeting form without apparent effect This Is irritating a. a and d should be remedied The Rio Grando Granda Is so 50 slender a a. thread that It is not a formidable barrier At El EI ElPaso P Paso Pao o the river ri Is about a hun hundred red yards yard wide at tho the international bridge having grown om but little in it its meanders from southern south south- ern era Colorado At the gulf a n rifle may send senda a deadly messenger from tram bank to bank It C unconscionable bandits continue to I ride up an and take pot shots at the tho army sent I d down wn there thero to protect the border it may become become be bo- come nece necessary ary to widen the river to keep ou OUE boys out of or tho range rang of or Mexican rifles rilles I L |
