Show 4 Let US ns have faith that right makes might and andin in that faith let ns us to the end dare to do our duty I I as we it it Lincoln the benighted benight minds of the bandits that the American soldier is not afraid of the greasers as thc they have frequently fre fre- asserted In recent months There will will come a feeling of relief relief relief-on on this side of the border also that no loss of life resulted to our troops Yet this an and other mere mer expeditions having haying for their object the thc hunting of ot wild Mexican cdan game gome arc are only desultory desultory desultory de de- de- de bursts of American energy and vengeance and arc perfectly futile so far as the larger Jarger business is concerned con con- settling the difficulty pacifying poor old Mexico Mexico Mex Mex- i ico o and making it a l safe place to live in A plain duty confronts us now If for one reason or another we have han shirked our responsibilities in the he past if jf we have hn hesitated to strike with that characteristic character character- courage antI and determination which have ha always brought success to American arms anns and vindicated her cause we wc can hesitate no longer longcr It is not only a duty uty I we owe to ourselves but a duty to other nations having haying interests in t that ha t distressful country Having in insisted on the perpetuation of the Monroe doctrine by ly the le league e of nations and having obtained s of it we are morally bound to uphold its responsibilities re re- rc- rc as completely as ns we have ha contended for our rights rig Out of or deference to the United States Slates other nations whose citizens arc are arc interested in Mexico who have been subjected to all sorts of outrages have refrained from intervention They h have he e stood idly by e expecting us to redress their grievances The Monroe doctrine is a heres heresy unless we live Jive up to it It tics ties the thc hands of other nations across the seas It makes make us the guardian of the western hemisphere and we have ha no right b by failure or neglect to use the power it vests in inus inus us to permit crimes and outrages to be visited upon the persons and pro property pert of the citizens of other nations Recent appointment of a committee by Congress Cong to to I accumulate evidence of Me Mexican ican depredations is perhaps perhaps' necessary to lay the foundation for demands upon the Carran Carranza government go but it is re regrettable that Oll our state department in the past si six years lia has not been tak- tak ip ing as well as writing notes The world is awake now no The jhc big war ir has its opened eyes It looks upon us as shielding Mexico from punishment and anti pacification long overdue Y We c will rill suffer shame and anti ignominy if we vC fail to strike forcibly and decisively and make an anond l end ond nd of l fc Mexican atrocities es Let L t us have done with plain play pla in Rig ing six sL six sticks Let us act as becomes a great nation |