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Show MEXICANS JIBE UTAH SENATOR One Paper Dares King to Take Gun Himself and Prove His Courage MEXICO CITY. April 2.r.. fBy tho Associated Press.) After withholding editorial comment for two days on Senntor King's declarations in the i nited Stat i Senate, relative to Mexico, Mexi-co, in which ho favored the blockading nf Mexican ports and the admlnistrn- j tlon of Mexican customs if other means of settling the controversies failed, the Mexican newspapers Monday Mon-day followed President ibregon's cue of calling the speech "s Jeke ' and trent. with levity tho remarks of th'.-Utah th'.-Utah son.'itor OMF, PAPER SERIOUS. ITIs reqUSSi for a Mexican blockade is described as being too modest, ki MundOV remarking th:it he Is asking for "almost nothing." El Universal says thai Senator King is "a trifle impatient." im-patient." and should allow Russian affairs af-fairs to be settled before starting in on Mexli o, B Mundo also remarks. "Senator King's appearance In the senate is a novelty of tho spring senson," and concludes lis editorial in English- "God save the king'" After commenting lightly on the senator's declarations, Bl Democrats cautions that it must not be believed his speech was or "small significance." and urges "continued evidences of our ability to give guarantees of life and property." I concludes: "Mexico's fight is not one of cannon or armor, but of civic virtues." Itli ER1 Ol ESTIONKD. The Post challenges senator King to prove his sincerity by "shouldering a gun and with his son and other male members of bis Immediate family be part of the first landing squad." It continues: "Why spill innocent blood for blood already spilt? why employ tne pud- ( lie's money to reimburse a few Ameri- cans because they took a chance with j thousands of others in a foreign country? Senator King should not stop With Mexico; he BflOUld lead an expedition Into Russia and should be willing to be one of the first to enlist in a defensive war against Italy, Japan and China, whose nationals have all suffered grievom losses In the United States without redress, on account Of arbitarary l -Kl.-la t ton and clashes .Into .In-to race prejudice." |