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Show LACK OF LEADERS. General Salvador Mcrcado. who was unable to cheek the advance of the victorious rebels in Chihuahua, has boon dubbed ''The Hvnetiator" by the parlor soldiers at Mexico City and his court martial ordered by General Blnnquoi, the war secretary. "Being safely interned at F'ort Bliss and sure of three stpinre meals a day. General Mercado is probnbly not worrying oor the court martial or his immediate future. fu-ture. Ever sinco tho outbreak of tho Ma-dero Ma-dero rovolution wc have boon informed from timo to timo of tho fino soldiorly qualities of Huorta, Blanquot and a fow other adherents of the old regime. Not one of thorn has shown any stomach stom-ach for lighting. Colonel Diaz,, son of tho ox-dictator, took the field for a short time, discovered that the rebels meant business, went back to Mexico City and fled to Europo with "his father. Felix Dinz has dropped from sight after having bcon branded as a cownrd by both sides. Ktierta and Blanquot. remain as the two great, Mexicnn gcnorals. Villa, tho former bandit, is probably worth both of them as a leader of men and in due course of timo wo shall probably read of their flight across tho water. That, first woman diplomat has been assigned by Norway to a posL in Mexico Mexi-co City. Sho will be an offset to Si--lent John Liud. That Moxiean federal army in Texas is tho first foreign army that has invaded in-vaded our country in a century. The goat is suggested as a remedy for tho high cost of living. It is tho goat that is kicking. General Villa says he learned to read and write in jail, lie should be sent back to school. This is tho day when our chief cook will show us how to "unscramble eggs. ' ' -: Winter has come back just to show that its back isn't broken. |