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Show MEXICANS TALKING WAR. Big Demonstration in Mexico City to Show Patriotism. Mexico City. The streets and pub- lie squares of the capital were thronged all Monday afternoon with patriotic paraders, who marched to - the various public offices, led by - bands and carrying the national em-I em-I blems, as evidence of their willing- ness to defend the country's honor and dignity in case of a foreign war. ' More than 10,000 persons gathered in the great square bounded by the t cathedral and municipal palaces, where they were addressed by General Gen-eral Carranza, War Minister Obre-gon Obre-gon and other members of the government. gov-ernment. General Carranza told the - throngs that Mexico was not seeking war, but would not avoid it at the - cost of national dignity. r "Mexico," said General Carranza i "will not declare war on the Unitec - j States, but will know how to do hei , I duty if hostilities are forced upor 1 j her." |