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Show EXODUS FROM MEXICO. It would havo been the part of wis-! wis-! dom had tho Americans in Mexico loft that battle-torn country when Presi-dent Presi-dent Wilson made the request many months ago. As it is, with war in the. near futuro in prospect, they are trying Hj to make their way to places of safety, harassed and hampered at every step -nid subjected to manv indignities. At thin time it is even feared that some of them ' may not reach the border alive. The Mexicans arc not civilized to the extent that would render I ho lives of j Americans safo in case of hostilities between the two countries. About tho only pleasing incidents in connection with the present exodus is the consideration shown by the British and Gorman commanders of warships in the harbor at Tampico, who havo gono out of their way to rescue tho refugees. The other fcaturos of the stampede aro most distressing. |