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Show DAVID STARR JORDAN MAKES GRAVE CHARGE Says Plans for Columbus and Other Raids Were Well Known. KEW YORK, July 7. The danpor of war with Mexico is not half sso great as tho danger American peace and prosperity pros-perity has to fear from "war vultures," vul-tures," said David Starr Jordan, chancellor chan-cellor emeritus of Leland Stanford university, uni-versity, in an address today before several sev-eral hundred delegates to the annual meeting of the American School Peace league, held in connection with the National Na-tional Educational association's annual convention. "This graver peril,''" said Dr. Jordan, Jor-dan, "is brought about by those who would like to hurl the United States into war. Wherever there is carrion there you will find the vultures. America Amer-ica must help clear Mexico of its carrion. car-rion. This dono, then tho vulture will seek clsewrhere for its prey." Dr. Jordan declared "it would be the crime of all ages" for the United States to intervene in Mexico, lie attacked the "war propagandists" and insintfld that the most recent trouble from bordnr raids was instigated solely by " tools of American and English capitalists, engaged in a "nefarious and despicable plot to embroil the two countries." Dr. Jordan made the direct charge that the plans for the Columbus, K. M., raid and other raids were known in I J J Paso, Tex., and Douglas, Ariz., two days before their actual occurence, and had it not been for the propagandists being partly successful in their " murderous work, Now York state troops would not now be suffering on the sun-baked plaint of Texas." "Mexico has within hersc the pow cr of regeneration," continued Dr. Jor dan. "No interference wi1 h force of arms will aid her in her dirticulty. The real issue is a rising of the M ex jean people against privilege, and it is to protect 'privilege' that the vultures of our financial world would force int er vention of wnr" Dr. Jordan termed Villa a "wild, nn-tainpfl nn-tainpfl I ndi an, the prize tool of the American 'war vultures.' " Corranzn, h' said, if left a on in the pre-.cn t crisis, gives every promise of becoming the 'savior of his people." |