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Show ! MASK IS OFF. I Don Venustiano Carrauia is an ar-! ar-! dent German sympathizer after ail. We I knew that he was a musty old fogy, much given to long sentences that are incapable of interpretation, but we gave him credit for having enough sense to refrain from aligning himself on the side of the central powers, even though he is pro-German at heart. However, we are now positively . convinced that he is an old ninny. Otherwise he would not have congratulated Emperor William Wil-liam upon the occasion of his birthday and expressed his best wishes for the welfare of the imperial family and the German empire at a time when the j whole world is in arms against the Hohenzollerns and militarism. It may be all right for Mexico to remain neutral neu-tral when the United States is at war for the rights of humanity. But when the president of the republic which we have always protected against foreign! foes goes so far as to wish our enemies ; success we feel Inclined to bring him j up with a sharp turn. For the past! h've or six years we have suffered a great deal at the hands of the Mexi-1 cans, principally because the people : down there are not even half civilized and because we did not want to crush a small country. |