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Show ONLY AN INCIDENT Tho murder of Charlie Prlnglo by Moxican soldier bandits has caused grlof and Indignation In Oakland, Berkeley and San Francisco. Ho was well nnd popularly known hero. Wo should not forgot, however, that tho murder of Charllo Prlnglo wnB merely a phaso of tho condition which hayo prevailed in Mexico for tho last two years. Tho list of crimes, or at least tho greater part of It, Is on filo with tho ntato dopartmont at Washington, but it has been suppressed. Tho murder of Americans has been dismissed by tho administration with tho nonchalant, nonchal-ant, indlfforont conclusion: "Americans "Ameri-cans woro warned to got out of Mox-Ico." Mox-Ico." So wo should not grlovo for ourselves our-selves alone, Just becauso Charllo Prlnglo died at tho hands of cutthroats, cut-throats, no matter how much wo liked him personally, or how much .wo admlro his courageous, Industrious Industri-ous kind We mu3t grlovo for tho wholo nation, that the men chosen to safeguard it havo abandoned its traditions tra-ditions nnd sacrificed Its honor nnd polsonod its virility and stolen away Its courago. Oakland Tribuno. |