Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, December 21, 1914, Page 4

The Evening Telegram Publisked every afternoon from the Telegram Building, Lakeland, F.4. Entered in the postofice at Lake- land, Florida, as mail matter of the second class. M. F. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR. — SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Jdne Jear teseeseasse.$6.00 81X moatns ................ 2.50 ~Jhree monu.ns 1.26 Delivered anywhere within the limits of the City of Lakeland for 10 bents a week, ———————————— From the same office is issued THE LAKELAND NEWS, a weekly newspaper giving a resume M local matters 3D conditioms, wunty affairs, etc. Sent anywhege ir $1.00 per year. A POLICY WITH HONOR WITHOUT VACILLATION Our very able and always inter- esting contemporary, the Miami Herald, vigorously resents an inti- mation in a recent number of the Telegram that the Herald seems to want war between the United States and Mexico because of the accident- al killing of four or five American citizens on the Arizona border by the shots of Mexicans firing at each other in a row on their own soil. The following quotation is from the Herald: “For the first time in memory, the Tglegram has guessed wrong. That Paper usually has such a clear vision of things that it is a disappointment to find that it draws the wrong con- clusion, even once. The Herald is not in favor of declaring war against anybody. What the Herald has crit- icised in the handling of the Mexi- can affairs is that it tends to bring on the necessity for war, whether Wwe declare it or not. Wihat this pa- per regards with extreme disfavor is the vacillating policy of the admin- istration towarq the Mexican people, especially that part of them that is in arms. It is that policy that has permitted the lives of Americans to be taken without protest from this country. It is that policy that has made it impossible for Americans to live and do business in Mexico. It is that policy that has permitted the factions of Mexico to treat all things American with the utmost con- tempt.” This shifts the 1ssue from the Arizona or Naco incident and ar- raigns the whole policy of the ad- Sl L MW W29 e v, e aiam M AT T e — ministration toward our turbulent' of the -country or remain there at neighbor across the Rio Grande. It their own risk. is a “vacillating” policy, says thef It would have been a monstrous Herald. policy, conforming itself of neces- | well as helpless Mexico, to sity to the incessantly changing con- ! forced a state of war because of this ditions of the strife, without at any |handful of Americans who chose to time compromising the rights and |remain in the midst of the trouble. | dignity of this government, it would As for the Naco affair, It is prob- THE EVENING TALEGRAM, LAKELAND, FLA., DEC. 21, 1914 It it had sald an elastic ioutrage on the American people, as | | have ! B fgsigied to one ang all. We feel a deep and P | just pride in the Florida press ngd its constantly expanding usefulness. Prepare For Safi; Xmas Post Cards, Stickers,], o The Gainesville Sun has the fol- lowing to say that will be of inter- et IU- al] concerned, for if toy pis- tols are under legal ban in Gaines- ville, they probably are all over the Ergrgrgrd $03 EHENEHE B B B BB B B B e ¥ . have been nearer the trutn; it would 'ably a closeq incident. A few Amer- State: A :;:, Bells, HOHY Boxes And )‘ have stated the exact truth. icans were killed by accidental "Bla)'t'l‘h-‘“lh:‘:’[‘l‘a:“‘:hi"wt‘. olstals & : ’ We are in no sense the keepers or ishots. The Mexican leaders have tion to the tac et e g W P nne i guardians of Mexico. We exercise no |fully disclaimed any purpose to hurt which are being soid ‘m uaxuas\{lle :;2 rapplng aper the protectorate, actual or Implied over |our people and have taken steps to by some of the merchauts at fcusl 2‘3' is &t that country, but as civilized neigh_!prevent similar accidents in the fu- come under the ban of law. They ?m .i,:g W M bor nation we are chargea with the|ture. In addition, our troops are dangerous, and as sucu those selling g:g Edo F t @ ays. duty of doing what we can to coun-'there by command of the president them and those on whose persous!'g.e. lson Oun aln Pe"—'—‘ sel and pacificate, and without com-!to do what is right In the premizes, these toy pistols are found are sub-ll \ore: mitting ourselves to any faction,|and a frontier incident without se- ject to arrest and fine. A hint to the 3 W 242 Laki help to establish a decent, stable |rious significance is thus disposed of. '\],vise shoulq be sufficient, and the un- Makes rltlng aS Easy to g1 ol toundef_l_ e aa'mg,\_ Uiy Saee dushy al! o ,Me'\wan';ia\\-iui arms taken off the market at . re t bg on right and justice. Such é'troubies has serious offence been of- once before some boy or girl loses As Talklng f duty President Wilson has difl-‘fered our government and that was "' o o life, s charged with high conscience and !gp promptly and effectually resented £ R S gx:. rare fidelity, and so obviously un- ang the indi nity so fully paid for ‘ 3 e n selfish and well meaning have been |that it tamyg shines as a fine his,| The Ocala Banner was e ‘") l.l:: ¥ orn his motives that all factions in Mex-!torical incident bringing high credit Post this time in tue annual repro- 1stin ico respect us and court our moral to thig adminstration, We refer to duction of Dana's letter to the little s Phdne 136 — Bu-port. the Tampico affair and the girl informing her that thcrlc] was H 3r‘C°| So far from this policy tending to|prompt occupation of Vera Cruz by indeed and in truth a Santa Claus. @i N w bring on the supreme calamity of ' the American troops, which fol- It is good literature and always will 23 General Office Supply Compamh“' war, as the Herald asserts, it has Jowed. The reparation was com-)pe, but it is sad to think of a sophis- :% " had precisely the opposite effect and ; plete anq the show of effective force ticated race of children nowadays, 2 e oo BB B BB . our relations with that country ana|so instant and impressive that Mex- precious few of whom are Not Well | g st g it it Bt S et BB it G dbigs: “Mrs. its rival leaders are now such that icans will never forget 1t. Tt was a informed of the true nature of Santa irday the dreaded contingency of armed|gharp, stern lesson thoroughly Clails. cine at home at one-ffth the cost. th intervention has disappeared, and taught and thoroughly learned. ALY = {Merely go to Henley & Henley's our attitude has been to vindicatea| There has been at no time any de- Straub of the St. Petersburg Drug Store and ask for ‘2' ounces i ‘:!' by events and is so firmly settled cen pretext for war with Mxico, Times seems to doubt if Willis Pow- | (30c worth) of Schiffmann’s Con- s ydle eis s e bbon, |l AtIonE, wieaty Land of) o ell got in "Ah‘lil?nvv distance” of that centrated Expectorant. Mix this country—barring the jingoes, Who |wise and fearless pilot has guided il i with one pint of granulated sugar are always for war and whose clam- or is no longer taken seriously— that wants strife with Mexico for the paltry reasons that have been urged. No American lives have been tak- | without protest from this country that we are aware of. The State department has investigated every case, and while it has not been guil- ty of the unthinkable folly of bring- ing the two nations into collision because of the occasional death of an American at the hands of irre- sponsible bands of marauders, it has done what it could in every instance to secure reparation and there has been only jingo criticism at the re- sults. As for it being “impossible for Americans to live and do busi- ness in Mexico” that is the fault of the Americans themselves. They knew the conditions there; knew that we couldn’t suppress the dis- sensions, which were purely internal and in which we had no right to in_ erfere, and they were duly warned by our State department to get out e e oo oed Boefocfnty St BE Befodfocoagecdooefosdoadoado S oo ooy - ed o e T e e pEd oot dododo s 7% 0 0 0 our government through the shoals and breakerg and sunken rocks of our Mexican relations with such consummate skill that all the world has applauded, save our own hand- ful of home jingoes. The American people ought to thank God for a Jpresident of the Wilson type who has preserved the honor and dignity of our government and saved the Nation from the immeasurable crime of a needless and wicked war with a weak people already bleed- ing at every pore and whose unhap- py condition has aroused the com- miseration of the world. e (i h\ro[ms\-d office of State manager of migration board for which Hm' s migration [ wistels and one-half pint of boiling water, makes a full pint (16 ounces). This new, simple, pleasant remedy is guaranteed to rclieve the i\\'orst cough or cold. Also excellent for bronchial asthma, bronchitis, croup, hoarseness and whooping knowledze of acoustics than we have cough. One hottle will make enough space to set down here. Anyway, it |yome-made cough medicine to prob- | varies with the individual and the ;ahly last the whole family the entire state of his auditory nerve. In this!winter. Children like it, it is so instance Willis hearq it and turned |pleasant to take and it positively it down, and that's enough to know [contains no chloroform, opium, nror- without measuring the distance. phine or other narcotics as do most e et cough mixtures. Keep it on hand in STOP BUYING EXPENSIVE case of emergency and stop each COUGH REMEDIES |cough before it gets a firm hold. [he above druggist has been authorized tan im :' elegram and Orlavdo Reporter-Star ! suggested him, and wants to know What is hailing distance of a public oflice. The question is technical and immaterial and involves more It looks like every newspaper in Florida was getting out a Christmas edition, and our exchange table 1s vivid with the coloring of their gor- geous overcoats. We would like to give separate recognition to each one, but it would fill up this page to do so, and leave no room for diversi- fication, as important in journalism as in agriculture. Congratulations FHEHEHIHEHEN] IRea Martin as ‘‘Pe Make the Best at Home to return the money in every single Money spent for the old style, case where it does not give perfect ready-made cough syrups in bottles satisfaction or is not found the best ‘holding only 2 to 21-2 ounces is Temedy ever used. Absolutely no very largely wasted, because most of |risk is run in buying this remedy them are composed principally of [under this positive guarantea, sugar ang water. Yet you have to 3556 pay the same price as if it was all medicine. Stop wasting this money, You can make a better cough medi- inee and Night. and the Aspen C(utl was $15,000,000, [ remarkably fren f 'although it crosses the Rocky Mountalns, ¢ S0 gentle that one bauls a 12-car pa ———— The cost of constructing the Union Pacific’'s Lane Cutoff in Nebraska 61 S DRI 20 T 05 05 5 0 0200 529 2 v 70 205290 29 Raagad s st L st T T ey FoR0 Hundreds Have Taken Advantage of Qur CHRISTMAS SAVINGS CLUB This Year, and now have money to spend on themselves and their friends The Club will be opened again December 26th, and our representative will call on you and explain the plan, and solicit your membership. Join this Club and next Christmas you will not be wishin Gifts or for other Christmas purposs. A Really Happy Christmas without which it g for a little money to buy You will have some money, is hard to have Your Checking Account is Cordially Invited MERICAN STATE BAN ‘Heart,” Auditorium, 8