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THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
(Founded January 20 1881.)
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JULY t IRC I LATION.
The total circulation of ibe saw Antonio lAgbt during
Ju y. 1913 was 595.321.
The total daily average circulation of the evening
edition was 19.204 copies and the Sunday edition was
81410 copies. Omitting all spoiled left over unsold j
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DOUBLE THE LOCAL CIRCLLATION
UF AM OIHLR PAPER
TUESDAY AUGUST 12. 1913.
DRAWING THE SWORD
W hoever craws the -word shall perish
by the sword. It is an old proverb i
which taken literally means that what-
ever person or nation attempts to gain
an object by the direct use of the sword
as a primary efiect shall in turn be i
served others had been served.
Gen. Anson Mills a retired general!
of the United States army is the latest)
exemplification of the truth of the an-
cient saying. It is true that he has not
been destroyed as yet but threats are
being made against him. and it may he!
that he will encounter the full force of
the proverb before all the returns are in.
General Mills is a man of wealth. Much
of his money was made through the in-
vention of the woven material used in
the United States for cartridge belts and
other things of that character. It was a
most excellent invention and the general
was fully entitled to all the profits that
he made.
In the course of time the general hav-
ing accumulated a surplus fund decided)
to invest it in the erection of a tall build-
ing in the energetic and thriving city of i
Ei Paso. It may afford some wonder as
to why the general decided to erect a
building in El Paso when he might have
built it in San Antonio but anyhow that
is what he did. El Paso was the gainer
as she deserved to be and it is greatly
to be hoped that the general will also
become more prosperous because of his
investment in that live and thriving me-
tropolis of W est Texas.
It so happens that the general's build-
ing when El Paso is gazed upon from
afar looms up like unto a lighthouse in
a fog. It is one of the most conspicuous
structures in the city. Nothing there-
fore is more likely that an enemy seek-
ing to injtire El Paso should take a few
shots at the general's building. In fact
this is just what the Mexican Federals
in Juarez have declared they intend to do
if the United States removes the embargo
on arms and allows the Constitutionalists
to purchase rifles and ammunition in this
country. General Castro the commander
of the Federal garrison is reported tc
have said that if any such action is taken
he will open fire on El Paso and will
make a specialty of trying to hit the gen-
eral’s tall building. It is not at all likely
that the valiant General Castro will fin
more than one or two shots at the Milb
building before somebody from El Past
will be over the international bridge in
tent upon asking him a few questions re
garding the matter. However Castn
might run up something of an expensi
account for General Mills before he wa:
stopped.
In the event that such a deplorable oc
currence takes place it will prove th
old proverb true once more. Genera
Mills made his money by manufacturing
military appliances and it would be a casi
of losing some of it through the agenc
of other military inventions. General!'
speaking the general made his money 1
the sword and if the Mexicans ever sue
cced in plunking his skyscraper with ;
few cannon balls he will have lost sont
of it through the same medium by whicl
he gained it.
PEACE IN THE BALKANS
A formal treaty of peace has been
signed between the Balkan states and
peace reigns once more in that region
* which has been so heavily soaked in
blood through so many centuries. Under
the conditions of the treaty that has just
TUESDAYS
• been signed. Bulgaria has been forced
to accept the conditions imposed by
। Greece. Servia and Rouniania. She has
) been completely crowded out of Mace-
j donia and the seacoast will be retained
11>v Greece. Rouniania obtains a large
j section of Bulgaria on the northeastern
| frontier. She is the country that has
' done the least fighting but her bill which
: was heavy has been due ever since the
Turko-Russian war of 1877 and her in-
terest charges had largely increased. Pos-
■ sibly she might not have obtained so
much had not Bulgaria been occupied
I with Greece and Servia when the Rou-
[ manian armies marched into her terri-
j tory. She was unable to oppose any
' force to the Roumanian army and it oc-
I cupied her territory without opposition.
Bulgaria should long ago have ren-
-1 dered unto Rouniania what she has now
been compelled to give up at the can-
non's mouth. She would never have been
an independent nation had it not been for
the aid given by the Roumanians in the
war of 1877. Promises made while Rou-
mania was fighting the Turk in behalf।
ot the other Christian nations in the Bal-
kan peninsula were violated in the most
open and shameless manner. She pro-
tested but she was not strong enough to
make her protest effectual. I'or forty
years she waited and then her time ar-
rived. She pushed her armies across the
Bulgarian line and took what had been
promised to her four decades before. I n-
der the circumstances. Rouniania acted in
a considerate and temperate manner.
The outline of the terms of peace as
thev have been given to the world set-
tles. for a time the fact that there will
be no dominant power among the Bal-
kan states. Had conditions continued as
they existed at the conclusion of the war
with Turkey Bulgaria wotdd have been
too strong for the others and could have;
imposed her will upon them. The last
war between the former allies has left
her on more of an equality with Rou-
mania and Servia.
It is doubtful if in the history of the
world have victors so quickly fallen out
over the spoils of combat as did the three
powers which defeated Turkey with the
aid of Montenegro. The instant peace
was signed with Turkey they marched
against each other. The war was not
long but it was fierce and cost all three
parties to it a staggering price in money
and human life.
It is almost inconceivable that the bad
blood • that has been created between
Greece and Servia on one hand and Bul-
garia on the other can subside without
another war in the future. There is still
left the small portion of Turkey as a
bone of contention together with the city
of Constantinople which is of enormous
strategic importance. This territory is
sufficiently large to overthrow the bal-
ance of power in the Balkans and when-
ever the final war against the Turk be-
gins. it may confidently be expected that
rhe telegraph wires will once more carry
the hackneyed message:
"There is trouble in the Balkans.”
oo
JOHN LIND’S MISSION
The mystery of why President Wilson
and Secretary Bryan sent John Lind to
Mexico is deepening. More than that
nothing seems to throw so much dark-
ness on the subject as the statements
that have come from the sanctum of the
State Department and from the White
House.
It was officially declared by the presi-
dent that as soon as Lind reached the
City of Mexico a declaration would be
made at Washington explicitly defining
the objects of his visit. It was declared
that the full nature of his mission would
be defined in this country and in Mexico
at the same time. Mr. Lind has been for
two days in the City of Mexico and no
declaration has been made by the presi-
dent or by the secretary of state re-
garding his errand.
On Saturday night the president held
a conference with the member- of the
Senate committee on foreign affairs. A
lull report of the conference was given
out. and it is evident from that report
that the administration has no fixed and
definite policy regarding Mexico. Accord-
ing to tlie president Lind has been sent
ito Mexico for the purpose of suggesting
Ito Huerta that an ejection be called. The
inference is. although the president did
। not say so. that the man elected at such
an election provided it is conducted in a
manner according to the provisions of the
Mexican constitution will be recognized
as representing the government of Mexico.
It will be difficult for the people of
the United States to believe that Lind
was sent to Mexico for no other purpose
| than that of suggesting to Huerta that
he issue an election call. The charge
d'affaires in the American legation in the
City of Mexico could have delivered the
suggestion as easily and as properly a-
John Lind could do it. If that was all
Lind was deputed to perform after reach-
ing Mexico his little trip was not worth
the cost of the coal burned by the battle
I ship that took him there.
It is said the president desires to oh
tain information at first hand regarding
conditions in Mexico and that he expect:
to receive it from Lind. The Ligih
knows that before he was inaugurated
President Wilson was in correspondent
with personal friends of his in the Citj
’of Mexico asking them for full informa
' tion regarding conditions there. He and the
। secretary of state have sent special mes-
{ singers before Lind was sent the president
lias had his friend Bayard Hale on the
ground for several months—all the time
{seeking information regarding the situa-
j tion in Mexico. He should have received
{ all possible information long before now.
As to the proposition of an election —
' nothing tangible can come of it. The
1 Constitutionalists will not take part in
| anv election called by Huerta because
they regard him as an usurper and nat-
urally take the ground that no act of a
1 magistrate illegally inducted into office
lean be legal. If the magistrate has no
right to tiic office no official act per-
formed by him can be legal and no con-
sequences of that illegal act can be legal.
There is no way in which such logic can
be confuted. There is then no way of
holding an election in Mexico that the
strong party of the Constitutionalists will
regard as legal until Huerta has resigned
his office and Huerta will not resign.
Therefore unless the administration has
something more to offer it might as well
conclude that the mission of John Lind
will result in nothing and that John Lind
should never have gone to Mexico but.
having gone John Lind might as well
come home.
THE POINT OF VIEW
Gladstone described all politicians out
of office as radicals; though when once
safely installed in office as conservatives.
The responsibilities of high office calms
the spirit of the most radical. He is
likely in turn to sing much more softly
when confronted with the settlement of
a big public question than the calm-
minded man who never had laid claim to
a desire to reform the entire universe if
elected to a position of public trust. No
more vigorous voice was ever heard on;
the stump than Mr. Bryan's when he
was an outsider. He did not stop at this
but was a steady contributer to the news-
papers. and what is more strange his
views always appeared in the most sensa-
tional of the newspapers described in
some quarters as the ‘‘yellow press.’’
Within the week Secretary Bryan has
found occasion to warn the Huerta gov-
ernment against the "sensational press.”
This is all akin to the sending of Mr.
Lind as the president's personal repre-
sentative to Mexico. The acting foreign
minister for Mexico -ent through the
regular diplomatic channels to the gov-
ernment at Washington what could with-
out exaggeration be described as sensa-
tional and as coldly insulting as any mes-
sage ever received by the American gov-
ernment. The Huerta message came on
the heels of the departure of Mr. Lind
from Washington and before the Amer-
ican newspapers could have had any op-
portunity to express any views upon the
subject whatever. Notwithstanding this
.Mr. Bryan was evidently prepared to lay
any possible failure of the Lind mission
or of his efforts to invoke peace in Mex-
ico to the “sensational press" with which
Mr. Bryan is so well acquainted. As
against this view it must be said that
the press of this country has discussed the
journey of Mr. T.ind in the calmest pos-
sible way. While some have doubted the
expediency of the move granting as it
does an opening for General Huerta to
insult the president’s envoy which he has
already done the comment of the press
including the “sensational press” has
been extraordinarily quiet and subdued.
'l'he Nicaraguan policy enunciated by
Mr. Bryan was killed and interred in the
United States Senate without any sign
from the press. The Mexican policy of
Mr. Bryan is his alone save that it has
the approval of the president. Even the
cabinet and the under secretaries of state
appeared to scent danger in the outcome.
Whatever the result therefore it can-
not be attributed to the press. It be-
longs wholly to Mr. Brvan. The press
has had nothing to do with it.
Ihe baffled statesman is prone to lay
all his troubles to the press. If he suc-
ceeds through the endorsement of the
newspapers that fact is usually forgotten
and overlooked. He belongs to the type
of talkative gentlemen who repudiates an
interview if the thing turns out wrong.
He is described by the late O. Henry
with some accuracy:
••You can tel! your naper.” the sreat man
“I HuM an Interview.
"I havo nothing to May on the question sir;
••Nothing to pay to ynu.”
And then he talk'd until the run went down
And the < hiuk» n« wont tn roost;
And ho f- : • 1 the collar nf tho poor youn< man.
And never his hold ho loosed.
And the tun went down and tho moon cam® up
And h« talked till the dawn of day.
Honed by you.
1 have nothing whatever to Fay.”
OO — -
Hi:urta’> Attitude \niiojing.
President Hm rta of AL xico has announced
। that h»- has no intention whatever of resigning
IMs iMmldiess S» < r< tary Bryan finds Huer-
i la’s attitude most annoying. Huerta’s resigna-
itlon would give Mexieo the recognition of the
i United States hut whether it Would solve the
plex ran probhm is doubtful. President Diaz
. had the recognition of the United States and
Madero. <po ntlx. also had the recognition
i<d the United States. but it se« ms to have saved
neither of them Galveston Tribune.
OO
Don’t Like White Duck.
President Wilson has struck a blow for frec-
idom from fashion by appearing in white duck at
functions wh« re the dress suit has heretofore
I prevailed. Wo would not desire to seem un-
grateful. hut anyone can get a white duck suit
! t I) rush OUF
dreams of the splash we will make when our ship
comes in with an >B5 dres> suit on board.—Gal-
/eston News.
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
The Light's Daily Story
THE LAND OF LIBERTY.
The train rumbled comfortably on
j over the steppes; warm lights from
i the carriages glowed in passing re-
। flection in the snow and into that
frozen land numbed to desolation
beneath the tyrannous thrall of win-
ter the train seemed to be a strange
intruder from other lands bearing
with it the cause of splendid liberty.
"And yet” said Peter Ivanovitch
seated in the restaurant car "I feel
I am coming home to a land of free-
dom.”
“How so?” demanded the English-
man.
“It is the feeling I have” replied
his companion.
“Freedom!” exclaimed the Eng-
lishman. “Russia a land of freedom!
Why man it is absurd. Look at
the trouble we had crossing the fron-
tier —the endless searchings and for-
malities that awful wait in the cus-
t< ms while they examined our pass-
ports and those poor Poles herded
together in that pen like beasts —oh
it all sickened me at the very start
Then the hotels had to see our
passes and do you remember that
gang of poor folk being swung along
between those soldiers? Did you
ever see such poor lack-luster crea-
tures hurried along without know-
ing why except because they had
been stung to some useless protest?
1’1! never forget the look on their '
faces —of utter dull hopelessness.:
And yet you call it a land of liberty. |
Why in the name of reason why?" .
“It is not my reason that feels it”
said the Russian. “And yet—”
“No" said his fellow traveler; "to
you perhaps Russia may seem free :
because you are coming home and .
you know all the conventions and i
are looking forward to a familiar in- i
timacy with your own people. That
no doubt is a freedom —a personal
freedom; but it is by no means a
trait of Russia as a country.”
The Russian smiled reflectively
ar d tapped on the table with his fin-
gers.
"< >f course I speak without
knowledge except from what I’ve
read” continued the Englishman
"and there must bo a great deal in
the land that makes all my friends
c< me back so continually to Russia
but what I am afraid will drive me
furious is the lack of freedom here.
A friend of mine was kept in Mos-
cow for a whole week once for no
earthly reason while they worried
over his pass out from the country.
The police are kept informed of
♦ very step we take —isn’t it so?- —
and they do no good with it all. Look
at the political refugees. We think
in Englund that they must be all
frantic Nihilists and nbt merely law-
abiding citizen? who merely offer a
theoretical opposition to the govern-
ment. It is all unheard of with us—-
this tyranny of spying and super-
IN THE MOVIES
spying. No whatever it is. Russia
is not free.”
The train after miles on miles of
barren snow crusted land was pass-
|’ng through a little straggling vil-
| lage. The moon had risen over the
[white steppes and In the clear light
[ the lines of homesteads all alike
with the big gateway leading into
the yard beside the house the tim-
ber walls the low thatch and the
ali-pervading unutterable filth of
dirt and trodden snow showed up
'Strongly against the white surround-
ings. At intervals on rising ground
rose pure white churches with now
golden now blue domes seeming
most callously aloof among those
mean surroundings.
But the Russian still drummed on
the table and smiled at some inner
thought he could not yet express.
Two men entering the car asked
if they might sit at their table and
fell to chatting with them. The
Russians talked freely of their af-
fairs of their destinations and their
i home life. One was going to serve
his time in the army.
“But you” he said turning to the
Englishman “you have no conscrip-
tion have you?”
“No" was the answer ”we say
that a willing soldier is better than
three pressed men. Another point”
he- added to his companion; and he
nt on to tell of the freedom of
English lives until the train at last
stowed up in a station.
The passengers rose to stretch
their legs and breathe the chill fresh
air.
A lady in rich furs was being
helped into the carriage by a man-
servant who followed with her bags
and wraps.
"Good by Afanasie” she said;
"keep well and see that all goes al-
right.”
“Goodby Marie a pleasant jour-
ney” he replied “and remember the
stoves for the outhouses.”
“All right goodby.” and the train
started at the third bell.
The Russian was chuckling hap-
pily as he wont back to his com-
partment with the Englishman.
“And therein” he said “lies Rus-
sia’s freedom. In England would
you see one so free so easy with
one’s servant? No you are afraid
cf them. It is no joke. ‘Before the
servants’ is a phrase I have often
heard. It is the great caution of
your lives. And it is not only the
servants you fear but your neigh-
bor your acquaintance and your
friend."
“What do you mean?”
“I mean you ha» no freedom in
your homes and in your daily life.
You are always thinking ‘What will
they say?’ Would men come to your
table and speak as those men spoke
to us? They t«»ld us of their lives.
It was a confidence they h .d in us
because we are also men. We Rus-
clans have our police it is true; but
\ou have them also in another form
—or one form rather—the conven-
ti< n. <>h. the things I have seen in
Daily Fashion Hint
AN EXCELLENT BLOUSE FOR A
SLENDER L U).
The longer the skirt of (he Rus-
sian tunic and the shorter tho little
[knickers under It. tho smarter is the
|effect. This good looking Russian suit
{for a small boy of five is of dark blue
|Sicillenne collar cuffs and belt being
of red faille silk with narrow lines of
white silk braid. Tl>o do ply V’d col-
lar may be worn without a shield be-
neath on uurin days and buttoned
>trap slippers with c«k»1. half hose
v ill finish the costume smartly.
Ft.gland the silly little rules even in
the family. You must sit so; you
must eat so; you must speak so; you
must walk so; you must think so;
you must lead all your life just so.
And if you do not ‘people will talk.’
But we in Russia can do as we like
we are free. One day perhaps we
will govern ourselves and our po-
life will he our helpers and not our
tyrants and we will become civil-
ized—just so. But I will be dead
then thank God! Toll me Is it bet-
tor to be free in one’s polities or in
on-ys home among one’s iriends?
Answer me that—not now. but when
you go home again and find yourself
a slave.”
‘AUGUST 12 1913.
Letters To The Light
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tended for publication must be signed by
the writer. The name of the writer will
not be published unless it is desired. The
paper must know however from whom
the letter comes. No attention will be
paid to anonymous communications. Type-
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a stamp are classed as anonymous. The
| publication of a letter does not necessarily
mean that the policy or opinion outlined
therein is endorsed by the publishers of
The Light
To the Editor:
As a visitor who is interested in
the progress of your city I should
like to know why the members of
the police department are so woe-
fully lacking in the knowledge of
the location of strets and the differ-
ent places of interest. In finding
my way about the city I have had
occasion to inquire of officers time
and again and I have yet to find one
that knew anything about anything.
It seems they are acquainted with
only two places viz: the Alamo and
the city hall. I am told that Mr.
Lancaster is an up-to-date and wide-
awake official and I respectfully of-
fer the suggestion that his patrol-
men (the majority of whom should
be picking cotton) be made to learn
tho location of the different streets
of their city for the guidance of vis-
itors. This is an ironclad rule in the
Northern cities and a candidate for
the force cannot be appointed un-
less he passes a rigid examination
along these lines.
I might also add that the street
car conductors are as ignorant as
the police and the Traction Company
should take the steps as outlined
above. If you think the writer is
exaggerating please have one of
your reporters make a trip about
town quizzing some of those m r n and
he will find out how much they
don’t know.
SHOW-ME STATE.
YELLOW PINE SCARE.
From the New York Times.
The consumption of yellow pine
lumber has increased to such an ex-
tent that while the public is familiar
with its value for construction build-
ing operations and packing cases
very little is known as to the amount
of timber left standing. In a few
years the supply will be exhausted.
Short-leaf yellow pine known in
the trade as “North Carolina pine”
has taken the plt.ee of white pine to
such an extent that the latter has
almost disappeared from the market
in 1300 90 per cent of the packing
cases manufactured were made of
white pine. This wood became so
nard to procure and increased In
price so rapidly that North Carolina
pine came Into use. At the present
date 90 per cent of the packing boxes
are made from this wood.
When general business is good
throughout the country the demand
1 e xceeds the supply. When crops are
ab indsnt and the Middle West is
’ prosperous so much of this wood
goes to that part of the country that
[ the mills on the Atlantic seaboard
find it difficult to manufacture
enough lumber to supply the wants
of dealers in eastern states.
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