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INDEX
America's Indifference ..... 3 LOWRY NELSON Patriotism ............................................. ................ ............... 5 MOSES F. COWLEY Mark's Party ..................................... ...... ............................ 8 DELLA MORRELL A Utah Boy ........ ................................. . . ....... 12 GEORGE D. CASTO Editorial ............. ............ ................... .... . ...... 14 Easter ...................... .............................. .. . ...... 15 Legislation ...................................................................... ..... 16 . J. S. QUINNEY The Ben_efit of the Educated Man to Society ................... 19 JAME3 A. MINER Oh Save Not the Rose .............. . ······21 D. A. SWENSON Why Dancing is Taught in College.............. . ..... 22 GLENNA BALLANTYNE The Clarion Colony .......................................................... 24 D. A. FREEDMAN Lest we be Sad .... ................ .
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From the College Tower ....... . A Portion of Our Campus ............ ............. . A Yiew of. the Clarion Colony .. . Typi cal Cliv.·ipn Hpme .; ·······28 2 ...... 11 . ....... 25 ....... 29
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America's Indifference
LO \VH Y NB I,SON
The situation in Mexico is still dark. The few rare rays of hope that have occasionally filtered through the ominous cloud of terror, have been as often shut off, and even now after four years of internal war and bloodshed, Mexico see:ns to be in a more hopeless state than at the beginning of the strife. These years of grue- some warfare have so disrupted the ent ire state, and incited in the inhabitants such an attitude of vengea nce, that at the present time a peaceful or any other sett lement seems impos- sible. If they are allowed to go on with out int erfe rence, it will plainly be a war to extinction. The situation reminds one of a crowd of boys playing, "I'm the Boss of Bunker Hill." One boy remains on top of the hay pile until one of the others can catch him by the leg and pull him down. The one that is on top is the "Boss c,f Bunk er Hill."
Provi sional president in Mexico has come to mean about as much. A man is provisional pre sident only until someone else "catches him by the leg" and dethron es him . The stra n
ge fact is that someone can al- ways get a following strong enough to upset the "government." The infidelity and treachery on the part of the soldier s is evidently responsible for this. Many of them vaciliate from one side to the other. They do not know what they are fighting for, except to satisfy their lust to kill.
Recent press dispatches indicate conditions now in Mexi- co. Zapata has entered the City of Mexico. His guer illa followers have killed John B. MacManus, an American citizen resid ing in Mexico, and are con- tinuing their work of looting the city . "A reign of te;,rror exists there which is eve'n" wbr--' se than when Obregon was in · charge." "Secretary Bryan is makini;- efforts to hav e Ameri- can citizens removed to Vera Cruz which is shut off from Mexico City." "Gen&a l Villa has executed for treason, Gen- era l Almanza and his entire staff." Almanza is said to have deserted Villa for Guiterrez, provisiona l president, and later Guitierrez for Carranza. "Villa is preparing a strong attack on Tampico." "Snipers at Vera
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Cruz have fired on sailors of the U. S. battleship Dela.ware, but without resulti ,fig injury." '",lloque Garza has again been nam- ed pro¥isiopal . -pfesj.d..ent and has proclaimed · martial law in Mexi- co City."
In addition to these events, an important act on the part of the Carranza forces, was the attempt to run a blockade of the port of Progreso in Yucatan. The United States government immediate)y made a vigorous protest because of the fact that the greater part of our sisal is exported from this harbor. The protest was made in strong definite terms and was immediately recognized by Carranza, who withdrew his boats from the port.
This incident shows the effectiveness of the word of this irovernment, yet to protect the lives and rpoperty of American citizens in Mexico, that "word" has not been employed . The numerous outrages of Ameri- can women. the cold-blooded murd-er 0f-the men, and the devastation of the property of our citizens . have either been met with indifference on the part of our irovernment, or by an order to "investigate" the affair, which has amounted to about the same thing as indifference. Mexico must not intercept in any way our commerce. but her bandits and robbers may murd- er our citizens and plunder their property with impunity. Ameri- can citizeship in Mexico has come to have very little significance. Do we esteem our commerce above our citiztms? Doubtless a waming to the leaders in Mexico, wriHen ·with · the force of the recl!llt ·;warning to ·.G:itarnza, from <dlif'>!ftiv~I'hment would be sufficient to insure protection of the lives of our citizens there, just as the protest was sufficient to insure protection of our comerce. It is a serious thing to send a protest because it might involve the nation in war, but the puzz. ling question is, why should the Administration run that risk to · protect our COMMERCE, and not to protect the LIVES OF OUR CITIZENS in the belligerent country? There is no necessity for longer regarding these atrocities with indiffer• ence. If we resent infringements upon our commerce, sure ly we must resent further infringements upon the rights of our citizens and above all DEMAND reparation for the killing and outraging of those citizens.
At the present time intense stress is being put upon our irovernment at Washington, and it is taxing the ingenuity of our leaders to the utmost, to keep clear of entanglements that would hazard the peace of this nation. This is the question to be answered : Is there any lim• it to the sacrifices this country shall make to maintain its peace? From the recent protest sent to Mexico regarding re- strictions upon our commerce, evidently there IS a limit. Is that limit then, restriction of trade, or the loss of human life?
