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COTTON
NEW YORK, April 16. —The cot
ton market opened steady at un
, changed prices to an advance of 1-’
points today, most of the active
months being higher on buying pro
moted by steady Liverpool cables
and an unfavorable view of the,
weekly report of the /weather bn-1
reau.
May sold up to 30.25 and October '
to 25.14. but the demand was limited
and prices soon eased off under re
alizing, and local and southern sell
ing. Before the end of the first
half hour, however, May declined to
24.85 and October to 24.90 add the
selling again appeared to be en
couraged by unfavorable reports I
from the cotton goods trade. Busi
ness was only moderately active and
was partly attributed to evening up
of accounts for over the approach
ing three days adjournment.
The early decline was chucked by
a renewal of covering by near-month
shorts, houses with Liverpool con
nections being good buyers of May.
This started covering in later deliv
eries and the market became firmer
following the publication of the west
ern belt forecast for cold weather in
Texas and Oklahoma. May sold up
to 30.50 or 65 points from the early
low level and October advanced to
24.51, making a recovery of 51. points
with trading comparatively quiet but
• with prices steady at net advances of
about 22 to 35 points around midday.
Another spurt of covering sent
prices up to 30.68 for May during
the early afternoon or 55 points net
higher on bullish spot advices from
. she southwest. General business re
mained quiet, however, and around
2 o'clock the market showed reac
tions of 15 or 20 points from the
best.
NEW YORK COTTON
Th* following were the ruling price* 1*
the exchange today:
Tone, steady; middling, 30.80 c, quiet.
Last Prer.
Open. High. Low. Sale. Close. Clo*».
May 30.20 30.68 20.85 30.17 30.47 30.13
July .. 28.85 29.18 28.48 28.89 28.89 28.80
Oct. ~ 25.10 25.40 24.90 25.24 25.24 25.12
Pee. .. 24.52 24.75 24.40 24.61 24.59 24.53
Jan. ... 24.20 24.38 24.05 24.28 24.28 24.20
11:45 a. tn. bids, steady; May. 30.4!);
July, 29.9tt! October, 25.62; December,
24.70; January, 24.35.
NEW ORLEANS COTTO!*
NEW ORLEANS, April »16.—The
cotton market had a fairly good
opening with first trades 11 to 24
points above the previous close.
Sentiment was affected bullishly by
a favorable Liverpool and a threaten
ing weather map. Prices turned
easier right after rhe opening call on
a bearish construction of the weekly
weather report and May soon traded
down to 29.92, July to 28.34 and Oc
tober to 24.30, or 30 to 48 points
down from the opening, and 9 to 24
points down from th eprevious close.
At the end of the first half hour
the market showed a disposition to
rally some.
The market recovered rapidly in
the second hour of trading from the
Weifk spell which followed the good
opening and all months made new
highs. May trading up to 30.65, July
28.91 and October to 24.68, or 73, 57
and 38 points respectively up from
the earlier low, and 29 to 49 points
above, the previous close. The
weather forecast for snow and freez
ing in the western belt, with possi
ble damage to germination and cot
ton already up frightened shorts into
covering and was the main cause of
the rlaly. Stocks were steadier and
foreign news was distinctly good.
The advance was maintained at
noon.
After easing off moderately
it around noon, the market experi
enced another bulge in the early
afternoon which cayried May up to
30.75 and October to 21.70, or 10 and
2 points respectively above the
previous highs. July did not make
a new high. The advance was at
tributed to reports of active cover
ing by a big New York operator
and fears of bad weather in the
belt. Later in the afternoon the
market cased off on profit taking
in advance of the Easter holidays
and prices declined IS to 30 points
from the high levels of the day.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
T''e following were the ruling price* 1*
the excbHuge today:
Tone, steady; middling, .’!••.7-"»<-, steady.
Last I’rev
Open. High. Low Salo Close. Close
May .. 30.40 :a.75 2!t.t»2 30.50 30.46 30.16
July .. 28.70 28.111 2.8.34 2'.65 28.1J3 28.58
Oct. .. 21, til) 21.70 21.30 21.56 21.55 21.3!)
D<(- .. 24.25 24.37 24.13 24.24 24.24 24.15
Jan 23.94
Noon bid*, steady: 'lay. 30.10;! July,
Js.tU; October, 24.54; December, 24.21; Jan
ttary, 24.02.
SPOT COTTON
Atlanta, steady, 30.50 c.
New York, sternly. 30.80,-.
Now Orleans, steady, 30.75 c.
Galveston, steady, 31.40 y ■
Mobile, steady, 30.25 c.
Savannah, steady. 30.411 c. '
Wilmington, steady. 30.3(>c.
Norfolk, steady. 30.75 c.
Augusta, steady. 30.45 c.
Boston, nominal.
Dallas, steady. 30.15 c,
St. Louis, nominal.
Montgomery, steady, 30.25 c.
Houston, steady, 31e.
Memphis, steady. 31c.
X Little Rock, steady. 30.75 c.
ATLANTA SPOT COTTON
Atlanta spot cotton 30.50 c
Receipts 246
Shipments 5.',s
Stock* 15,918
LIVERPOOL COTTON
LIVERPOOL, Apiil 16. Cotton, s|s>t. fair
‘demand; prices sternly; good middling,
19.14 d; fulyl middling, 18.69(1; middling,
1X19(1; low middling. 17.310; good ordinary.
16.34(1; ordinary, 15.84,1. Sales, 7.000 bales,
including 4.800 American. Receipts, 5.090
bales, including 1.300 American.
Futures closed barely steady, net 3 to 27
points lower titan previous close.
Tone, barely steady; sales, 7.000 bales:
good middling, 19. lid.
Open. Close. »’!■ s» ,
April 17.•• o is.ls [
May 17.88 17. c.tl 17.91 |
lune 17.01 17.1 i» 17.73:
July 17.22 17.07 17.25
Allgust 16.29 16.43
September 15. tt 15.57 1
Oetolrer 14.-0 14.80 11.-5.
November 11.17 14.52
December 14.34 14.38
January 14.13 11.17 14.21
Fobrua ry 14.10 14.14
March 14.04 14.07
COTTONSEED OIL MARKET
Open. Close.
Spot* 9.90(<i 10.7.5 .
April 10. lOSt 10.50 10.306110.1,0 ,
May 10.2061 10.28 10.296110.30
June 10.30(0 10.50 10.45(6 10.60 i
.Inly 10.60(010.65 10.66(010.H7
Augp s t 10.7 t Ito 10. 7 5 10.77 MIO.SI ‘
Sept 10 -o>,> 10.-.5 io, 5761 10, ss
October lO.’llt’olo .’>o 10.300 10. .’>o ‘
Nor U. 11.; 9.50 9.1041 9.6(1 '
Tone, steady: sales, !>,500.
ATLANTA COTTONSEED PRODUCTS
(Corrected by Atlant* Commetci.il Kx- j
change. I
Rid Atked. ,
Crrxie oil. basis prim# tan’s $ -.-3
C. S. me»l I per c»i,l am-
monia, car lots 38.00 39.001
C. S. meat, at common rate
4 point-, ear lots 3'1.00 37.00 |
C. S. hulls, loose, car lots ... 20.00 21.0b'
C. S. hulls, sacked, <ar lots . 23.00 21.C0
Linters, first cut. lO’-.'.t 11,.
Linter*. »econd ett» (oottnnseed nu'l* fiber or ,
, savings. 3’, h 4c.
Linters, elean, mill tun. 506 c.
TOLEDO QUOTATIONS'
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THE ALLAMA IKI-tth
GRAIN
j CHICAGO (Wednesday), April 16.
j The wheat market today was pulled
tout of a. rut by the bulge in corn.
The market was steady al. the start
but a dip followed on selling by north
west houses. .Later corn showed sky
rocket tendencies and this started
ishort covering after the northwest
thought a little wheat. The bulge
I was rather sharp as selling pressure
I was absent and active local traders
'saw an opportunity to make a little
profit on the long side..
There was some unfavorable crop
news from Ohio and Illinois, and this
stimulated buying. Export demand
was broader over night with sales of
500,000 bushels reported, all Manito
|bas. Seaboard told of an increasing
I number of bids being received for
hard winters. Local cash handlers
said mills were inquiring after red
winter wheat but. there was little or
no demand for hard winter or spring
wheat.
Primary shipments continue to ex
ceed receipts.
Wheat closed 3-4e to 1c higher.
May, $1.02 1-4 to $1.02 3-8; July,
$1.04 1.-4(d)sLo4 3-8 to $1.04 1-4; Sep
tember. $1.05 1-4: December, SI.OB.
The bulge in corn was due almost
entirely to pit conditions. The mar
ket was rather quiet at the start.
Attempts by Tuesday’s sellers to take
pry tits caused a bulge shortly after
because of the paucity of offerings,
and later the buying suggested cov
ering of short corn by some of the
heavy shorts. Cash corn failed to
follow fully the advance in. futures
and discounts were half cent wider.
Receipts were light.
Corn closed 1 l-4c to 15-8 c higher.
May, 78 l-4c to 78 3-8 c: July, 79 3-8 c
to 79 l-2c; September, 78 3-4 c to 78c.
Oats also were up sharply on short
covering and light offerings. A South
ern dealer was reported to have pur
chased 100,000 bushels of May for
the. purpose of accepting delivery.
Duluth reported the sale of a, cargo
of oats to Buffalo at 11-2 cent over
Chicago May. Shipping demand was
light.
Oats were l-4c to 7-8 c higher. May,
47 3-8e; July, 44 1-Sc to 44 l-4c; Sep
tember, 40c to 40 l-Bc.
Provisions were firm. Packers
bought, bellies and there was eastern
buying of lard.
Lard and ribs closed 2 1-2e to 5c
higher, and bellies 5c higher.
CHICAGO QUOTATIONS
The fallowing wets the ruling price* l»
the exchange today:
Pre v,
Open. High. Low. Close. Close.
WHEAT—
May .... 1.01% 1.02% 1.01% 1.02% 1.01'5
July .... 1.03% 1.04% 1.03% 1.04',.1 1.03%
Sept 1.04% 1.05% l.Ot'i 1.05', 4 1.01%
CORN
May .... 76% 78% 76% .78% 76%
July .... 77% 79% 79% 79% 78
Sept. 77 : , l 479 ‘7’Xs • • */n
OATS—
May .... 46% 47% 46', 47% 46'..
July .... 43% 41% 43'.. 44% 43%
Sept 40 40% 39% 40% 39%
LARD—
May 11.10 11.37 10.95 10.90
July .... 11.15 11.17 11.15
Sept l’.lO 11.39
RIBS -
May .... 9.82 9.92 9.87
July 10.15 10.17 10.15
I.A RD— '
May ....10.97 10.97 10.95 10.95 10.90
July ....11.15 11.20 11.15 11.lt 11.15
RIBS— /
May 9.87 9.92 9.87 9.92 9.87
July 10.22 10.22 10.17 10.17 10.15
BELLIES—
May 10.40 10.35
July 10.72 10.67
RECEIPTS IN CHICAGO
Today.
Wheat ..... 18 cars
Com 85 cars
Oats ....'. 21 car,
Rys 1 'car
Barley 12 ears
Ilogs 19,0110 head
Cattle 8,000 head
Sheep 12.000 bead
CHICAGO CASH QUOTATIONS
CHICAGO, April 16. -Wheat, No. 1. hard,
$1.07%.
Corn, No. 3 mixed, 77((t 77 *,■_.(■: No. 3
yeihiw, 77(tt 80c.
<Ats. No. 2 white, 501t'5t)%c; No. 3 white,
48 : ’’4 (</ 50c.
Rye, No. 3. f>s%e.
Harley, 7lfol>oc.
Timothy seed. ss.oo<(i 7.60.
Clover seed. $16.50(6 22.50.
lard. $10.35.
Rihs SIO.OO.
Bella's. $10.37.
KANSAS CITY QUOTATIONS
KANSAS CITY, April 16.—" heat. No. 2
hard. 98v(o $1.22; No. 2 red. $1.07(6 1.10.
Corn, No. 2 yellow, 78%(b 7l)e: No, 2
mixed, 7 I'u 71 '._,c.
Oats, No. 2 white, 50%.(051e.
Sugar Market
NEW YORK, April IG. A 1 y firm-
er tone <h*veh>pt-d in Un* local raw sugar
marker, early, due to a better inquiry from
local refiners and operators. Prices were \-
cent higher to the basis of 6.2 s duty paid
for Cubans. The sales included 30.000 bags
of Porto Ricans and 10,000 bags of Cubans
for April shipment.
Raw sugar futures opened strong at ad
vances of 21 tu 2-S points on active covering
and renewed buying for outside accounts,
promoted by the advance in the spot mar
ket. Realizing sales w(*re encountered on
the upturn, however, and midda.v quotations
were 4 io 7 points below the best.
I’he market for refined was firmer and un
changed to 23 point" higher with fine granu
lated quoted from 7.‘AU to 8.23. There was
a better withdrawal demand, but new
bu-dness was still ight.
Refined futures were nominal.
NEW YORK RAW SUGAR MARKET
Open. (lose.
Ma \ 4 .»a» 4 ..’.Nfo t .39
July 4. SO 4.59
Sept 4.7 N 4.59
l»r. 4.32 4.20
March 3.75 3.03
Naval Stores
SAVANNAH, G.1., April 16 -Turpentine,
nothing doing, last sale at 91'..e; shipments,
58; stock. 4,512.
Rosin, firm; sales, 493; receipts. 552; ship
ments. t.O'JS; stock. 52.582.
Quote: B, $4.45; D. $ I .)?.)((> 4.65; F.
$1.70: G, s i .70'0 1.75; 11. I. $4.75; K. M.
$4.75(6 4.80; N, 4.85; WG, $5.75; WW. X,
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET
NEW YORK, April 16. Coffee: Rio No.
7, 15%c; Santos Nv>. 4, 19%c.
Open. Close.
May 13.75 1.1.77
.Inly 12.90 12.90
September .. 12.25 12.20
October 12.10
December 11.85 11 ,ssr<> 11 .ss
i March 11.62 11.52
Money and Exchange
NEW YORK, Apiil 18. Foreign
change", irregular: quotations in cents.
threat Britain, demand, .$4.34: «-ables.
$1.35; »(i<!ay bills vn banks, $4.32 I . <i . Frame,
demand. 6.23; cables. 6.24. Italy, demand.
4.14; cables, 4.4 Belgium. demand.
5.2‘.0,; <abb‘s. 5.31 1 -. <i«u-many (per
lion i, demand, Holland. dcinan\
37.11. Norway, demand, .13.79. Sweden
demand. 26.37. I‘enmavk, demand, 16.59.
Switzerland, demand. 17..59. Spain, demand.
13.64. Oiet'e. demand, I>>. Poland, de
inand, JM tll J. C/.et ho Slovakia. demand.
2.95. .1 ugo-Slaviademand. 1.29\. Au<
tria. demand. J>ui4’.j, Rumania, demand.
52’... Argentine, deimtpd, ?»3.U<>. Br;iz I
demand, 11.29. I’okio. demand, 49 \. Mon
(all money »'a"ier; high. 4 1 *: low. *
ruling rate. -4 ’* : <-lo"iug hid. 4; <»ff>t»d
at 4*_*: l:i"t loan. 4. loans against ’
. epttim v" I. I‘ime loans "lead.'; mixed ■ d
l.urral Gf)-9(» da'". 4’.- ’6 mouth". I’. -4
I s prime commercial paper. 4 1 ; u 4 5 .
I OI.IA I’ll I" PREVENTED OP
ERATION
James Richardson, 1532 Freeman
Ave.. Cincinnati, Ohio, "rites: “I suf
fered with my kidneys and bladder
and was to go to the hospital to be
operated t.pon. I decided to try
l-'OI.F.'Y I’l LI.S. a diuretic stimulant
for the kidneys, and after three
doses I found relief.” Try them to
dtv! Sold everywhere.
(Ads ertisenwnt.'
ibKLI JOLHNAt*
ARMOUR OFFICIiI
SEES HO DROP IN
PORK PRODUCTION
BV J. (’. ROYLE
(Special Leased Wire to The Journal.)
(Copyright, 1921.)
■ NEW YORK, April 14.—The farm
er of this country is not going to
| turn his back on the hog, in spite
|of the fact t hat more hogs have
I been sent to market in the last
[twelve, months than in any similar
I period. That is the conclusion of
many of the live stock men and pack
ers who are in close touch with the
situation. Accurate figures on spring
farrowings are not yet available, but
Frank W. Waddell, vice president
of Armour Co., in charge of pork
operations, in outlining hog pros
pects for the next six months, fore
casts no shortage.
‘•The accurate data which has been
kept by my department on the quan
tity of hogs that have been reship
ped from the public markets to the
farms for further feeding,” he said,
‘‘gives every assurance that there
will be no shortage despite the
heavy marketing of brood animals.
“The hog has been the money
maker for the farmer all through
the time of depression and vet is the
money-maker. TJJie farmer knows
this and is not going to abandon
the commodity which has meant so
much to him .financially in the past.
Wherever in this country you find
a corn farm, there you find a hog
producer. Corn and hogs go hand in
hand and are part of the economic
system of our agriculture. I see no
reason to anticipate an unusual con
dition of the hog market within the
next year.”
Business Healthy
‘‘Epiployment has been sc wide
spread and steady throughout the
L’nited States,” he declared, “that it
has been possible to keep the huge
supplies of pork moving’ into con
sumers’ hands and mouths and pre
vent disasi rous piling up of the
product. Business conditions in gen
eral have been healthy aid when
such conditions exist with labor gain
fully employed, there is always a
strong demand for meat. Naturally
the great supply has made it neces
sary to broaden that demanc. as
much as possible. The natural way
to strengthen and broaden the de
mand and make it more nearly com
mensurate with the supply was to
offer as little resistance as possible
to the downward trend of selling
prices.
‘‘Some months ago. pork became
the bargain food on the meat coun
ter and was sold at wholesale on a
basis comparable with that of 1913.
'l’he cheapness of the product made
it attractive and it has moved into
consumption with remarkable fresh
ness. The same is true of cured
products. The latter are heavy but
by no means cumbersome.”
Similar opinions were expressed
by L. F. Swift, president of the Swift
& Co. “Hog receipts in the
past year,” he said, “have been 21
per cent greater than (luring 1918,
the previous record period. No less
important than these huge receipts
has been the ability of the country
to conswme all the meat offered.”
All Stocks Absorbed
“The heavy consumption of meat
products at hojne,” said Thomas E.
Wilson, of Wilson & Co., “which,
according to government statistics,
increased by 18 pounds per inhabi
tant in the last year, is a fair in
dication of what our home markets
can absorb if general conditions are
normal and reasonable prices pre
vail. Jt seemed at times in the last
year we were facing the possibility
of having to carry over into the next
season a large stock of our products.
However, all our surplus stocks were
readily absorbed.”
The heavy marketing of pork un
doubtedly had an influence on the
beef situation in the. last year, ac
cording to President F. Edsoi*
White, of Armour/& Co. “Beef cat
tle were marketed in normal quanti
ties.” he sad, “but the surplus pork
products pressed upon the market
constituted unusual competition with
beef and in consequence beef prices
have not been wholly satisfactory
either to packers or producers.”
Girls Better as Wives
Despite Short Skirts
And Bobs, Says Doctor
CHICAGO, April 14.—Despite the
shortening of skirts, the abandon
ment of corsets and the bobbing of
hair, girls are becoming better
wives, Dr, Herman N. Bundesen,
Chicago commissioner of health, con
tends in,a bulletin issued in recogni
tion of a “Girls' Betterment” cam
paign being conducted here this
wee k.
“The women of today,” says Dr.
Bundesen, “have broken away from
the old standards of girlhood train
ing and the marked sex repression
which characterized earlier genera
tions.”
One Killed, Several Hurt
In Miami Accidents
MIAMI. Fkl.. April 15. —Hans
Frosolien. a sailor, is dead, Newton
Hinson, an old settler, is dying, and
several persons are from
injuries suffered in automobile acci
dents in the Miami district over the
week-end Frosolien died Mondav
morning at a hospital from injuries
suffered Friday night, when he was
run down by a car. Mr. Hinson was
knocked down Sunday afternoon
while walking along the highwax
near his home at Larkin.
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Cotton Consumed During March
483,928 vs. 624,264 Last Year
WASHINGTON, April 14.—Cotton consumed during March
amounted to 483.928 bales of lint, and 41,030 of linters, compared
with 507,876 or lint and 41,698 of linters in February this year, and
624,264 of lint and 54,509 of linters in March last year, the census
bureau announced today.
Cotton on hand March 31 was hold as follows:
In consuming establishments, 1,498,266 bales of lint and 126,149
of linters, compared with 1,578,272 of lint and 123,999 of linters on
February 29 this year, and 2,033,837 of lint and 172,600 of linters
on March 31 last year.
In public storage and at compresses, 1,983,644 bales of lint and
89,032 of linters, compared with 2.195,009 of lint and 87,087 of
linters on February 29 this year, and 2,379,697 of lint and 49,258
of linters on March 31 this year.
Imports during March totaled 49.832 bales, compared with 48,-
601 in February this year, and 53,279 in March last year.
Exports during March totaled 332,146 bales, ncluding 17,091
bales of linters, compared with 482,216, including 12.275 of linters
during February this year, and 318,210, including 8,347 of linters in
March last year.
Cotton spindles active during March totaled 32.392,171. compared
with 32,683,786 in February this year, and 35,498,234 in March last
year.
Statistics for cotton growing states follow:
Consumed during March, 332,109 bales, compared with 349,759
in February this year, and 392,169 in March last year.
Cotton on hand March 31 was as follows:
In consuming establishments, 856,633 bales, compared with 944,-
007 on February 29 this year, and 1,221,310 on March. 31 last year,
In public storage and at compresses, 1,725,228 bales, compared
with 2.197,578 on February 29 this year, and 2,057,306 on March
31 last. year.
Cotton spindles active during March, totalled 16,184.814 com
pared with. 16,269,204 in February this year, and 16,067,578 in
March last year.
MEXICAN INVASION POLICY,
DICTATED BY NECESSITIES,
DISTASTEFUL TO WILSON
German Factor Played Large
Part in War-Time Presi
dent’s Recognition of Re
gime of Carranza
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
(Copyright, 1924, by the George 11. Boran
company in ili» United States, Canada, South
AinericS. World publication rights reserved
by Current News Features, Ineor(lbrated.)
CHAPTER XXI
THE Mexican question was in
cidental to larger phases of
world diplomacy, and circum
stances beyond the control of the
Washington government often dic
tated a course of actiop distasteful
to Woodrow Wilson himself.
For instance, when a boatload of
American sailors were arrested on
the streets in Tampico and Rear Ad
miral Mayo demanded a salute as
(veil as an apology, Mr. Wilson would
have preferred to ignore the affair
and accept the written apology
which was extended by the local
Mexican commander at Tampico.
When the news became public, how
ever, that a demand for a salute had
been made, the president could not
turn back. Much against his will, he
supported the action of Mayo. I re
member how irritated he was "hen
he received the news of the Tampico
incident. We were al White Sulphut
Springs, W. Va., where President
Wilson had taken Mrs. Wilson in the
hope that her health would improve.
He returned to Washington at once
and in the next few days a crisis in
Mexican relations developed, the cli
max coming in the sudden seizure of
Vera Cruz as a reprisal for the in
sult to American bluejackets.
Bloodshed Not Expected
Mr. Wilson did not the order
for the seizure of Vera Cruz with
the idea bloodshed would follow. He
had been given the idea in the re
ports from John Lind, his envoy,
that the customs house at \ era Cruz
could be seized without the loss of
life. Resistance from the Mexicans
was not expected, but the whole
maneuver with its consequent loss of
Mexican and American lives macte
noon Mr. Wilson's mind a profound
impression, of tragedy. He could not
lid himself of the thought that Mex
ico was a weak country, and that
Hie l’nited States might have found
seme other way of satisfying pride.
A.though there were interests desir
ous of intervention and Mr. Wilson
was criticised tor not ordering the
Amoiican expeditionary force to pro
ceed to Mexico City, no such plan
e\<r received his lie he
lieved there was such a thing as a
nation too proud to light a neighbor
as weak and helpless as Mexico, how
ever irritating the causL Woodrow
Wilson's forbearance with respect to
Mexico in latter days was to no small
extent prompted by his regret over
the Ve--a Cruz tragedy.
The author attended the confer
ence at Niagara Falls in the early
part of 1914 in which the diplomatic
representatives of Argentine. Brazil
and Chile endeavored to mediate as
between the Huerta administration
and the United States government.
The elimination of Huerta was a fore
gone conclusion. Mr. Wilson did
contribute toward that end and to
some extent was of assistance to the
Carranza faction in achieving mili
tary supremacy when the Huerta
regime care to an end.
War Upsets Plans
What might have happened if the
European war had not broken out
in July, 1914, can not be conjectured
because the entire policy of the
United States toward Mexico from
that time forward was influenced
again by the relation of the Mexican
problem to world events. It i.s true
the pressure from the European
powers for a settlement of pending
problems with Mexico eased up con
siderably with their minds concen
trated on the large developments of
World war. Hardly had Carranza,
with his lieutenant. General Obre
gon. reached Mexico City and began
to establish a government when the
disaffection of Pancho Villa in the
north frustrated hopes of internal
peace below the Rio Grande. It was
not until the summer of 1915 that
the Carranza faction was able to
achieve dominance and mastery
from a military viewpoint.
Hoping again to enlist the co-op
eration of the Latin-American gov
ernments, Air. Wilson, through Sec
retary Lansing, laid before the dip
lomatic representatives of the Pan-
American countries a proposal
whereby elections might be held in
Mexico and a compromise affected
between the Carranza and Villa
forces. It was at this point that the
author, by reason of his close friend
ship with some members of the dip
lomatic corps and his familiarity
with the Mexican viewpoint, was in
a position to bring together one of
ihe Carranza envoys and some of
the Eatin-American diplomats, most
of them took the stand that until all
factions in Mexico invited outside
mediation it would be futile to at
tempt to supervise an election or ne
gotiate a settlement. Finally the
author was assigned by the Associ
ated Press to visit Vera Cruz and
discuss with General Carranza the
proposal that had been made by the
United States government for a
peace eon sere nee in which all the
chieftains in Mexico would partici
pate. Both President Wilson and
Secretary Lansing were apprized of
the author’s mission, in fact they
were instrumental in having (he
journey brought about, their idea be
ing that one who had the confidence
of the Mexican authorities and who
was in no way connected with the
United States government might be
able to present impartially a view
of the situation that would appeal to
General Carranza.
Several days conference at Ver<v
Cruz developed some interesting in
formation, the principal item of
which was that General Carranza
with 'he typical adroitness of his
Spanish mind, sensed the importance
of German aid. particularly as it ap
peared to him likely that Mexico
could play the United States against
Germany and the Allies agai :st Ger
many and thus obtain the support
desired and ultimately recognition.
Mex-German I ntirnacy
The author discovered on that trip
to Vera Cruz in 1915 an intimacy
altogether too close between the
German minister to Mexico, who had
all but recognized the existing gov
ernment, and General Carranza him
self. It was*a symptom of wljat de
veloped in 1917 when the famous
HAMBONE’S MEDITATIONS
By J- P. Alley
ole Toms 84G6ES'
PON£ Bin MA'iep FUH pe
LON6ES' EM DEY AIN' NO-
BopY Know it; HUH’ I
DON 1 BLAME DE OAL FUH
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| Zimmerman note was intercepted
and the plot of the German foreign
.office to link Mexico with Japan
against the United States was eX-
; posed, •
Returning to Washington in the
[autumn of 1917 with a full report of
i bis investigation in Mexico the au
thor recommended that the most ef
fective way to counteract German
influence and prevent Mexico being
used as a base for hostilities'especial
ly in the event the United States en
tered the war, was to recognize the
Carranza administration and for
malize the relations between the
| United States and Mexico, insisting
i upon the proper assurance for the
; protection of life and of property of
I American citizens. These assurances
were given in writing and recogni
tion was extended by the United
States after consultation with the
diplomatic representatives of the
Latin American countries. The Unit
ed States hoped that the extension
of recognition would make Carranza
more friendly and would checkmate
German influence. Unfortunately the
bandit depredations of Pancho Villa
in the north upset all plans and
with the outlawed bandit, actually
crossing the American boundary line
and raiding Columbus, New Mexico,
it seemed as if the provocation for
war which the Germans had been
hoping would develop had come at
last. The United States during the
first two years of her neutrality had
become the arsenal for the allies,
supplying munitions and guns. The
German plan was to divert the sup
ply of war material from Europe to
an American army engaged in a war
below the Bio Grande. Mr. Wilson's
decision to .send a punitive expedi
tion after Pancho Villa was criticized
I in Mexico as hostile but public opin
ion in the United States in 1916
would have countenanced no other
Action, because Mr. Wil
son was being accused of
vacillation and weakness in his for
eign policy in dealing Ycith Germany
as a consequence of the sinking of
the Lusitania and other American
vessels by German subn arines.
Admired Fighters
j Air. Wilson occasionally exhibited
ia sardonic humor. He issued the
' order to General Pershing to organ
: ize' an expedition and. for several
i days declined to interfere iti the ab-
I tual plans of the- expedition, believ
ing that the men in the war depart
i ment who had been clamoring for
I an opportunity to show their mettle
would now lO've plenty of chance to
show what they could do in getting
an expedition under way in quick
time. Mr. Wilson gave the war de
partment a free hand and watched
with an amusement understandable
only by those who heard his com
ment from time to time the efforts
' of thousands of American troops to
: catch a. single bandit. Somewhere
| in the Wilsonian makeup there was
; a. streak of admiration for his op
[ ponents, and he could not help but
[ express himself once about the dar
ing of Pancho Villa. Something of
the same humor in Mr. Wilson cante
out as he observed Huerta wriggling
cleverly in his effort to outwit the
American government. The truth
[ is, Mr. Wilson liked the fighting
‘ man.
As things developed, it was for
[ tunate that, the war department was
' given a chance To better itself ir.
i the Alexican expedition, for there
j were even greater demands not
i many months later when the United
[ States finally entered the war. From
i this time on, of course, the policy
; of the United States toward Alexico
| was one of tolerance. Although the
' neutrality of the Carranza govern
ment was often questioned by the
j authorities in Washington and there
I were rumors galore of wireless sta-
I tions in Mexico through which spies
were believed to be operating and
■ plans were being made to foment
trouble with the United States, there
is little likelihood that the United
States would ha ve been diverted very
seriously from its huge task over-
I seas by anything that happened be
j the Rio Grande.
j y When the European war was ove.’
[the Alexican policy continued to be
I one of opportunism, while friction
I between Washington and Alexico
I City did not cease, the danger of
I hostilities between the two countries
i suddenly began to disappear.
[ Whether the existence of a large
American army ready for any emer
gency made any change in the situa
tion below the Rio Grande and de
veloped a mote practical spirit or
whether public opinion in the I nit-
I ed States had had its fill of blood-
I shed or whether the returning
troops were indifferent about fur
ther service, none of these views
lean be deemed-T'onclusive because
' of the overshadowing importance of
j the European peace negotiations in
l the mind of the American people
and in the attention of President
Wilson himself.
(Saturday’s chapter tells of the
two shocks that almost unnerved
I Mr. Wilson—the outbreak of the
European war and the death of his
wife.) ,
Bishop to Consecrate
Two Dozen Missionaries
TAMPA. Fla. April 14. —Short
| talks by missionaries from all over
' the world featured the sixth day’s
1 session today of the Women’s Mis
sionary Council of the Methodist
Ep seopal church, south, meeting in
i annual conference here. The ses
sions close Wednesday. Twenty-four
s home and foreign missionaries will
Ibe consecrated by Bishop Beau-
I champs this evening.
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