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Show ... 1--L-.-1-. !L - "1 l.- . - -f , .'t J L.I. BLOOD THAT DOESN'T TELL. ' 'When Diayflrst Deearae president of Mexico he sunt for the banditti that infested the mountains and bad their strongholds in their fastnesses and told. them he had sent for them to tell them that he would give them good clothing, food and A salary if they would join the army, but if they preferred thty might return in safety to such homes as they had, but that then he would see that the last one of them should be run down nd shot. They joined the army arid ever sine it has iieen a custom in that country, when men are convicted of the lesser crimes, to sentence them, not to prison, but to service ser-vice in the army, i - ' ' Of course, that is not good material to. inaugurate inaugu-rate and build up a fighting force out of, but the impression has always been that only a trifling fraction of the Mexican army waa created out of the criminal element; that the bulk of the' army was of good material. But we fear that the men who volunteer there aa soldiers as a role will not do. Come to think of it, the war with the Taquis. extending over several years, waa an evidence of this, and since the present rebelliqn began there have been many additional proofs. In truth, quite 63 per cent of the Mexican people are peons and mi nfrrels, who cannot be relied upon ib peace, and it seems are just as unreliable in war. The knowledge knowl-edge of this is what caused Dial 'to invite the strong races of the world to come and help redeem Mexico, - |