Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 112, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1914 — MEXICAN SITUATION GRADUALLY DEVELOPS [ARTICLE]

MEXICAN SITUATION GRADUALLY DEVELOPS

Each Day Brings Forth Conditions That Argno For American Occupation of That Country. The Mexican situation gradually develops and every day’s dispatches seem to bring nearer the time when the United States must ad a measure of humanity enter that country and start a program of reconstruction. It may mean some fighting in order to conquer the ambitious bandits who are despoiling ttoe country, but it will eventually mean a civilized country instead of one run by grafters and cutthroats. Every person in the United States realizes that it is coming and yet are seeking to avert the final crash. The continued imprisonment of Consul Stillman at San Luis Potosi is one of the latest serious arguments for American occupation. The fighting at Tamplieo has been intense for two days and the constitutionalists are presumed to be gaining advantage. Millions in property are being destroyed. Zapata continues to threaten Mexico City and foreign countries are expected to ask the United States to protect their interests there. This will mean a large army and the United States is in a very good way to hasten it to the scene of trouble.