Show i RD TASI ACES AMERICAN J MY IN MEXICO INTERVENTION I in Mexico if It decided on would be mado made by hy bys s at five or six x points One army starting at al Nogales 11 by the thO na navy at Pacific coast would traverse the reaching the of or Mexico 1 City c ast st ann 1 would start from Juarez to Quer ro b by way ay of or Tor Tor- d. d and San Luis P columns Aguas while be e sent ent nt in from tho tim border at and Laredo co al-co Jon with forces Corces landed at at Monterey and J 1 The Jun main ain military movement mO of ot tho the would be boon on onbY Tb landed b by transport at iL by 1 troops Vcra Yera iruz I iq publicly and very veryl e leaders 11 If c lI l P upon n the j Mexico to act ct tor to to- In I act promptly for J and nd to r of f and redemption f 1 prostrate te ir-te te country I feel It Iti to tell them that duty i hf cannot accommodate gy unite for fori differences and i purpose within a very will this government time Lime retrained to decide what hould d be employed by byU States In order to toi aed ud i- i U co save ave herself and nd ir r people d President Wilson mean menn para Sn in his issued statement from frome hOUSe last Wednesday tin tau e n that if IC Gen Venustiano wd sod Gen Gee Francisco Villa LID military leaders in Mex Mex- b reckoning with do not IJ 1111 r c compose their differ differ- e United States in an efre ef- ef tore re that fast starving stan coun coun- its Ha army armr and navy l of oC the vast ast ter tor- tb of tho the Rio Grande e 1 be he mean emean that thal a third move move- I WEary in fri character will I SI of oC this country Ina in into a to restore I It sai t to Mexico the United I b tie Ue meantime seeing to It combatants of oC tho the thoad led cd ad E tooth Uth do not get got further Ii i of and anel ammunition ft coun country or Europe KJ rt 1 ie few days now should rel re re- l lie tte American people Just dissident dent did mean by these ord Meantime the reade read read- e startling message of oC last fr IT those c conversant with tho the I 1 frame of oC mind and at the with the tho real con con- I b fa Mexico which the tho state stateN N t has hi been at lot such trou trou- faCt ceal for tor months Is that J waiting has been aban aban- joel and that a militant I I S. S tp has taken talen its place fata aico a 3 militant aggressive L 1 mean one thin thin- ill a Fight I that the tho United States committed at least half hail t tj of ot war against Mex rex t pr precipitating a general fr II at the people against In In- iM not be taken to mean will sit quietly by i country sticks to a pro pro- iO 1 lI Ute the dispatch of ot armed armeda a their country from half lerent erent pain points ts 1 14 bound to be a fight and andI I and Ute the operations to leaby ebi br United States States' 1 b on ona a a very large Ica scale 4 li J If the te vast cast territory In fn I we way in which the tho t Scattered lettered over it Mill Mill- ire are agreed that Inter Inter- eIco must bo be as thor thor- e a though the Uio country a first class power UT sT halt baled program with ith disaster I red that In the event o 0 flYe armies will ha have I t and El six at tI n Im I'm ae of or these ese armies IP I l la from the Arizona ni 11 r re one from Tamp 11 ma Yer Ver Cruz Crux Within Co If time three a would to of m l b Central Mexico but Lice i t t their fields ot of op In widely ra separated I t crisIs tt nothing r e hare happened than to have for L. L Scott rig ns ot of staff of the tho arm army In Inthe the trin trying p jori period rl d dof dot or ot 1314 1914 when intervention In Mexico W was S near moro mora than once Gen Cen Stott was in command com corn mand of ot tho the troops long tho the border bonier Ho He made such a sl dy of or the tho situation situation situation situa situa- tion as would be e expected from an officer of at his lils wide wIda experience both hoth as a n soldier of oC peace and a soldier of war Ho lie knows knows the Mexican character as thoroughly as an any white while man can know it and there is not an Inch of or the country in fn the northern or revolutionary zono zone that he doesn't know and hasn't figuratively figuratively figura figura- speaking campaigned over oyer at t hand General Scott In 1914 was wa ready to strike suddenly and effectIvely effectively effect effect- ively ely had the orders come and tho the fact that ho is now In tho the hl highest hIghet het rank of ot tho the arm army Is assurance poI tive tI that if It tho the United States do e- e cido on armed intervention Inter work the work will be Intelligently directed b by m r man who knows the task before I President Still Hopes for That Pr President l Wilson hns hes I hope that the Mexican people will adjust their differences arid and com come 1 r to some somo sort Eort of or an agreement that will r make the establishment of ot government possibly is la clearly indicated b by his bin message J ow Jev men familiar with tho the l an character I and amI especially with lh th th characters of ot tho the men who at th present I present time Hmo di direct direct di- di the destinies o 0 of the countr country will I share the 1 or of tho the president There dro only wo men in tho the en entire en- en tire tiro country toda f WOrth reckoning with Ono One is C Ci Cl the other villa Carran Carranza I m ii i f In I I I I tho the United Stat Slat in a I s. s Villa on many occasions has I hown a A. spirit of ot I friendliness t If te tho United States I lie la Is one the few cw men of oC his hla highly I suspicious rac i who ha live ve seemed to toI grasp the ide Ilk that this thle I country Is isI I not se seeking Mexican territory and amI andI has hns no other I motive motivo in interfering InI in I the tho country than the establishment est I of or peace C is h hard rd held headed I al tn Ho lie is an adroIt adroit dl I and subtle I p obstinate to tho the I last degree c. but with the tho fatal defect detect of or short sip sig es Those close clos to 1 I him U tl say eay at tat he does not honestly believe belie G th United States will dare dareo to II does belles belle o 0 in Mexico and that lc c that tho the armies of t himself him hini- self and llla rma combined would be sufficient t u I upu wan LII any invasion I Villa ilia h ha lias hM i 3 no such illusions lieI He lie devoid ped in tho the last h tic two years earM I as has no t other revolutionary re J eader der I i tn n dispatches In indicate 3 that some ad I officials have ha I I hope that gram gran tha Villa will agree to an any program pro- pro for the the the- United States suggests 1 etl co establishment of or peace In InThis bo o born p This Tutis vcr very naturally would would of ot the knowledge that Villa thIs like to come corne to terms with c fe cowl Coun of oC experience In the northern mm p ry however say siy that If It the ad- ad is nourishing an any idea Villa VIlJa will willi consent to American of ps O occupying Mexican territory eel cn i for tor the purpose of or feeding theople theople the ople the they are arc proceeding on a n lal fal false e eI I rr I it U is 18 doubtful they say if Ir Villa himself survive such a position ft Ninety in t per cent of or th the tho men lighting fighting with Villa and Carranza arc are ignorant Is I peons who ho can re read d nor nOlO norI write Thoy are however a n temperamental temperamental temper temper- and emotional people They can be bc sent sont into frenzies of ot enthusiasm by br the smallest thing The They have havo very cry little real cal patriotism yet curiously enough an appeal to their patriotism will send them into Inlo cc- cc They will viva n a man one week yeek and antI shoot him tho the next Whoever Whoever Who Who- ever happens to be leading thorn thom ia is their hero for tor tho the time being beinS' When hen some one Dna else ehe takes hla hlll place the they cheer the new man and forget the old one olle The Tho Mexican peon never reasons an anything Anything that will excite him is welcome Military glory and splendor Is 18 his hit weakness which accounts ac- ac counts countR for the th tact fact that th the Biz of ot Mexican armies Is anI only limited by the tho amount of oC equipment which the tho commanding com corn mantling manding general has to distribute A sh Jle u agitator tor knowing his hiM people peo peo- pIe could ruin Villa Tilla in a week by planting in his his- armies tho the see seed sted l of ot suspicion that their general wa waa about to welcome th the hated on their beloved soil oll Villa could COUIl no more moro deliver his army armr to such a n. program than he could fly in the tho opinion of those thoo who know the Mexican Mex Mex- lean ican peon It will surprise Burp nobody who knows him if It Villas Villa's answer to the tho presidents president's presidents president's dents dent's message e Is Js an assent to the principles Involved that I is that tho the people should bo be fed red and that law lawan lawand an and order be restored But It will willbe he be a fL staggering surprise It If Villa gives Ives consent to American troops en entering entering en- en on on Mexican soil soli armed for forthe i tho the purpose of ot distributing t d to II tho people As for tOl or a fL thIrd mo em movement nt of or a n. nonmilitary nonmilitary non- non I military I character In Mexico such a athing athing thing is deemed impossible To surrender surrender surrender sur sur- render the tho country countr and arid It Its destiny to toa toa ton a n group of ot civilian peacemakers after alter lighting constantly for tor four years for these vel very things s Is something that neither Carranza nor Villa would Villa would think of ot in the tho opinion of who know them thorn So if It students of tho the situation are right tho the United States will in a avery avery avery very short time be bo face faco to face fac with the problem of ot lighting to enforce Its demands or abandoning those de domandE do- do mands mandE In no public utterance on Mexico that ho he has lias mado made since he became president has lias Woodrow Wilson Wilson Wil VII son gone gono so far tal as ho did in his message of last Wednesday That ho will retire one inch from tho the position position post post- tion ta taken en in that utterance Is inconceivable inconceivable incon Incon- abc say 63 the friends of or tho the adin ad ad- in ministration I n ration If wo we are e about to enter Into armed conflict with Mexico l anything bearIng bear- bear III lug Ing on the tho fighting ability of or tho the Mexican soldier Is not only only- Interesting Interesting interesting Inter Inter- esting but Important American ex experts experts ex- ex have had ample opportunity to stu study thIs at close range e for scarce scarcely an ann army In tho country countr but has had its Americans for tor artillery and machine machine machine ma ma- chine gun Jun won work worl It was so In the Madero revolution of oC 1910 and 1911 which unseated Diaz Dias it was wasCo 80 fiO in tho the Salazar-Orozco Salazar revolution of oC 1912 it was true of or the many sporadic outbreaks of or 1913 and up to a comparatively short time timo ago alO both Carranza and Villa had American Ameri Amen can experts in their ranks Mexicans Aro Are Brave Tho Tim consensus of or these observers is that the Iho Mexican soldier is a brave but a poor one lie lIo is n. n poor rifleman but a magnificent ammunItion ammunition tion waster He lie will be begin ln firing tIring when still miles mlles out of ot range and once he Ito starts shooting jie Ie e cannot bo be slopped stopped until all nit of or his ammunition ammunition tion Is gone llo Cloea not lIko like close I range fighting or continuous ous fighting lint and is 18 like drawing teeth to get et a Mexican officer to take lake hI his forces moro more than titan a mile away from a rail rail- road Even I in tho the time of ot Diaz the persistence e of ot Mexican federal feder l troops in sticking to railroads was lar largely eh responsible for tho failure of oC thirty years yearn of ot constant warfare to exterminate exterminate exter exter- minate the Yaqui Indians in Sonora And Incidentally It if there Is American intervention In Mexico this question of or tho the Yaqui Indians la is going to bo be boa bea a serious ono one une unless s the traditional hatred haired of the Yaqui for the Mexican soldier Her op operates to bring tho the tribes tribe to terms with the ho United Stat States Nc c white whit man has lias ever p penetrated tho the of tho and somo experts say that no white whito force torce ever eer will Neither Mexican officers nor sol sd- soldiers diers diore know much of ot modern military tactics They tr try flanking movements move move- m ments hut thc they arc are rarely successful Unless they aro are in overwhelming c numbers the they rarely charge chargo an enemy ene ene- my In Juarez in 1911 and In Gomez Gomez Go Go- mez Palacio the chief suburb of or Torreon last year there was hand to hand band fighting but in both ca cases s 's it was waB en engaged in b by remnants of ot defenders de defenders de- de fenders who had been left lert behind for Cor somo omo reason reaBon or other and w were ro compelled compelled com coin to fight Invaders in overwhelming helm overwhelm Ing numbers for tor their lives s. s Tho Mexicans have havo little faith in artillery for tor the simple reason that they havo have n never ncr cr had an any success with it but aro are strong for tor machine guns gum which the they rare rarely got close enough to an enemy to use effectively rh handicap however I that the Mexican soldier r would have in an encounter with trained troops like Hka those of or th the United States Statts army and nav navy is his Inability to fight con con- This is tho the sort ort of ot thing ho he does not understand When nightfall nightfall nightfall night night- fall comes Mexican armies stop fight fight- Ing Sometimes they resume the tho ne next day but moro more often they rest for Cor a Co afew afew few days Such a thing as following up an advantage IH is practically unknown unknown unknown un un- un- un known to them If It it necessitates following following fol following fol- fol lowing a a. days day's fl fighting with a u. night of hostilities Fighting a against an a enem enemy who holds precisely similar views on ho how warfare should be conducted conducted conducted con con- ducted the Mexican ma makes es a good showing But tackling an enemy who will keep on his heels da day and night week in and week out who can use much despised artillery effectively and anil who can shoot and shoot straight will be something new for tor the tho Mexican Mexican can soldiery I er Those familiar with the military customs of or Mexico have no fears tears for forthe tho the result sult If Ir Mexican soldiers and American soldiers meet taco face to face Guerrilla warfare such Buch as there has baa been much talk of ot is another thing tiling hut In northern Mexico today it IsI is I difficult to see how the Mexican could wag wago guerrilla warfare with much success fI Ho He must livo off oct tho the land I and tho the country has been devastated To leave the railroad more than a n I dozen miles in most of ot the states Is Isto Isto isto IsI to starve to death and guerillas must I eat at and nd drink Just like 0 any anyone one elso Not Equals of Americans AmerIcana On the whole in tactics strategy equipment knowledge or effectiveness th the tho Mexican 1 soldier is not comparable to tho the American soldier soldier soldier-a a fact say Bay that will wUI be ba amply demonstrated demonstrated dem dern- tho the ox exports ports the first time they clash The courage of ot tho the Mexican when ho hoin in Ii roused IB la not questioned but his I method of ot fighting is ono thaI c I stand up against trained troops And when tho the statement Is 15 repeatedly mado that Carranza Carran and Villa havo have between them vet veterans |