Show r a 1 Our Next Duty Ditty Wilson made a serious mistake several sev sev- 1 T President THAT TIIA chose to recognize President ent oral eral rears cars asro azo o when he ho ran Car of Mexico Ic ico and lend hint him moral and material teri 1 support is now quite generally recognized It is s b members of President Vi Wilson Ilson sons son's s 5 sown ai ex even cnn en by O of them arc are nc active i in in own ire lart part in arty in Congress and some sonic set king to remedy the mistake It Jt would be poetic justice jus jus- tice if it n President President W Wilson himself since he lie has finished I Ithe to tn h h mado l to tf o C e ethe othe hi his task of r Europe the error of his wan ways and compelled by Ins his own party the iniquities tha adherents to pay tardy attention to American citizens m iu have been perpetrated upon upun Mexico I exico We y note Dote that a resolution has hns been introduced by Senator Kin Kin- of Utah calling for fur a report from the secretary of state as to whether claims for darn damages es to property and loss of li lives cs have hu ever er he been en presented to number of citizens citizens citizens citi citi- citi- citi the Mexican government o to report the zens of the United States and of other countries that have been hicen killed in Mexico since the Diaz Dioz administration tion nl also o any information as to the confiscation of property y of citizens of the United States and as ns to dama damages s suffered by United States citizens in in Mexico furnished sh d to-forra to The information should be speedily a basis for of official f net action ion Senator King suggests that Carranza be he notified that unless he protects Am American lives Ii and property the United States will intervene inter and und if he fails the senator would have havo this country go nv in inand inand anI and II clean up tip Mexico licence of state to tell us Of course it needs no secretary that Americans in Mexico have been and are bein being murdered and n 1 th that t American property C h Y has been heen andis and andis is bein being destroyed and confiscated but bat the information must be presented through the proper channels before the a actual existing l and widely known facts can be recognized and acted upon It needs no secretary of state stale to tell us that Mexico under tattler Carran has no government gov gov- eminent at all that his called so-called presidency only extends extends extends ex ex- tends to tho City of Mexico and the rest of the country country coun coun- try tn is ism in wretched chaos that hint he lie has neither the ability n riot nor r.- r. the character to d do dominate urinate minate the situation and that tha t except for the support he receives receives from the tho United States his own country would 1 quickly oust him from s office and dr drive c him out of Mexico as it did IUd Huerta If the thc secretary o of state w wants some sonic first hand in information information information in- in formation in regard to Carr Carranza's intentions let him read the new constitution of the republic of Mexico which amon among other things provides pro a n No foreign corporation or individual indi can cnn legally acquire or 01 hold any mines oil wells land landor or other real property in Mexico l unless he lac renounces renounces renounces re re- his citizenship b No Xo corporation either domestic or foreign can own agricultural graz grazing gratin n or other rural lands in in Mexico and if if title to such property is already y vested ested in in a l corporation provision pro is made for its acquisition by the respective state governments go in exchange e for state slate bonds No Xo mine oil well factory factory fac fac- I c corporation owning owning- a tory or other industrial enterprise e can cnn hold or acquire acquire ac ac- quire Juire land in excess of its actual immediate requirements requirements require require- ments the area to be det determined by the federal or state executive S Sd d No 1 foreign corporation or or individual indi can under an any condition hold or acquire ownership to o lands s or waters waters within sixty miles of its frontiers or orr thirty miles from the tho seacoast seacoast c e The Tho own ownership to all minerals solid liquid or gaseous g is declared to be vested rested to the nation nahon re regardless of e. e existing r rights based upon the old con con- sti f All contracts relating to the acquisition of natural resources made since the year 18 iG are subject subject subject sub sub- to revision b by the present g government and the executive e is authorized to declare them null Dull and void When hen these facts and others easily accessible accessible are arc laid before the secretary of state and by bv him laid raid be beg before fore for Congress Cong the Ue American people will have a right to toe e expect some action a little more precipitate tate than watchful watch ful waiting Availing To say BAY nothing of the American property already d destroyed there or the tIle killing ng of more than three hundred American citizens here is an attempt to con coir confiscate or destroy American property estimated to ba be worth more than a n billion dollars That That would mean perhaps the destruction of many more American lives as Americans are not given g to surrendering their lawful lawful law law- ful ri rights without a struggle There was a time tinie when the li- li lives lies es anti ami property of American citizens in to foreign lands were protected andall and ill all the tho world knew it upon our rights at t their peril It is a paramount duty of any self respect in ing government We have endured Mexico's transgressions transgressions trans trans- too lon long Now No that the President is at home borne where as he puts it t the the great dynamo of national energy is situated there is no excuse for further de de- lelay le- le lay As they say at the ball game t Lets t s 's go gol I One paper pcr facetiously remarks that all that will wm be necessary will be to send Alvin in York Fork down there But whether it shall require a little or a bj big army it is is s our job and said we wc must attend to it No use saying anything n to the tho league about it Perhaps even eyen the league the league expects all its presidents to do their duty ta J ca J Pa PaA A United States colonel net met Newton D. D Baker in France and did not know he was secretary of war The Tho secretary must have had hall his bis early war record with him I ta Jn a n hi l lIf If Congress follows tho the wishes of the minority of the tho I judiciary judicinI committee official tasters may b be added to the payroll of the United United- States J Ts r Ea nt t tAs Pa 1 As AF President Wilson comes home the tile American P pub pub- ubo lie lic 1 is s bound to feel more or less like the man whose wife has bas been out of town a There appears appear to be a need for another division insignia in in II the American expeditionary force ta I l tea 2 bs But why worry 1 Colonel House h has not been re re- called I ta i te tes r |