Show mexico looking for trouble it begins to look as if nothing short of a sound thrashing would satisfy mexico uncle sam is is a patient old man and full of benevolence and good will president mckinley exhausted all of his patience and nearly all of the patience patient of the american people before he consented to un sheath the american sword against spain in president wilson has shown equal patience with mexico in the hope and endeavor to avoid a conflict between the two nations but the limit of patience has almost been reached however if the war with becomes inevitable it will simply be a question of exercise for us mexico has no factories nor can she obtain the implements of war from foreign countries because her navy can effectively blockade her coast thus preventing her importation of arms in our war with mexico in 1846 our armies defeated mexico in every battle and they had in every battle an average of four men to our one and in one of the biggest battles we had about soldiers and they had yet they were completely routed the implements for destruction st are much greater now than they were then andyes and yet mexico has made no progress in the arming and provisioning of her ragged soldiery |