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JULY 1, 1915 “Whale there tsb Publish there's Hope”* a by LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY A. Mura, See’, yefirst Street, New York Mitenrtt, Pres’t. 17 West Thi English Office, Rolls House, HERE are no very promis ing visible results as yet to the efforts of the National Security League and other like organizations to rouse us to the importance of provision for se Young men invited to go to camp and learn soldier- ing agree that it may be advisable, but si the use? It takes valuable time, and there would only landiul of us, after all, and would probably be wasted.” There is willingness enough to volun- teer for war, but reluctance to make es against a mere possibility of It is doubted, apparently, that we are in much immediate danger. We are a long way off from Europe and have a navy, such as it is, and the defense. be a our bors, sacrifi war, Germans are very busy, and no one else over there has hostile dispositions towards us just now. So we do not seem to be in acute peril from Europe. And as for Mexico, the problem there, if we get entangled, will be not de- fense, but to get together an expedi- tionary force, and for that we could take what time was n War seems to us foolish that in spite of all object les- believe that we are going to get into Consequently we are not getting ready on our individual initiative, and we are not likely to make any preparations worth consi¢ result of action by ssary. Americans so sons we can't cring except as If war actually comes we ms as Congress. shall spring, of course, to stich we can find to spring to. If Congress takes action and appropriates money Breams Dldgs., London, E. € to provide for a citizen soldiery, there will be proceedings on a large scale that will amount to something; but, judging by present signs, private enter- prise is not going to help us much in war preparation, The government will ave to move the matter before much will be done. That is a reason why a harsh answer from Germany to the last Lusitania note would be likely to do us a lot of good. It will take a sharp prod of some kind to get us moving. Consid- ering what manner of proceedings are going on in the world, we are taking life much too easily. drink, oe ye! HE pinch of yeast which our President lately contributed to the large and formidable pan of Mexican dough seems to be having some good effects, Nobody not a licensed sooth- sayer can speak with any certainty yout Mexican affairs, but there are signs of a kind of fermentation across cur southern border that looks hopeful. The President's warning seems to have abated a littke the bumptiousness of the contending military chiefs and to have encouraged a little some of the more responsible Mexicans to get to- gether and try to do something. One reads the names of Mexicans of vai cus factions who seem to have con in the altruistic intentions of President Wilson and averse to head-on collision with the United Villa, and Obregon Iately dence are States. fought each other so hard that both seem to be partially subdued; Car- ranza is at outs with some of his sociates and is said to have taken refuge in the old castle at Vera Cruz. One reads that General Angeles has gone to Boston to see his family, and there have been various conjectures about the other possible purposes of his journey; but nothing that one reads about these distracted leaders carries complete conviction. It does seem to be true that Villa has had fighting enough for the pres- ent and wants peace, and these reports that General Angeles has made a long journey to the vicinity of President Wilson may bear an interesting rela- tion to that circumstance, There often comes a point in political progress where the champion, after indispen- sable services, becomes an embarrass- ment to his cause, and the Ise Joes the better for the loss of him. If Carranza, through Obregon, has dis- posed of Villa and Villa of Carranza, both of these statesmen may have accomplished the parts assigned them and cleared the stage for actors less impossible. The trick in Mexico is to restore orderly government without turning back the country into the maw of the Cientificos; to protect religion, but to keep the powers of the church within bounds; to protect the peons and provide for teaching them aml giving them a chance at the land, but without exposing the country to the recurring ravages of revolution. Noth- ing but steady pressure from the out- side seems likely to bring these desirables to pass, HERE is more room in the mind for conjectures and moans about Mexico, 1 June is going out without supplying us with any very happy thoughts about Europe. The ing on Use lamentable ding-dong that is there is more persistent than 1 sive. The Germans in licia to be having things very much their ngres- seem Comicbooks.com