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THE SUN, SUNDAY, JULY 26, 1914. Crown Prince Alexander of Servia. At left, M. Pashitch, Servia's able Prime Minister. THH assassination of Archduke Francs Ferdinand mid his wife tins bom the spark that has k.ndled lir.o llamo the long mouldering embers of Austrian and fcffv an I atr-sl. Shocking as that traeedy was It won nfter all hut one ini'lent in a long chapter of political reprisals, an Incident which Anuria fcas been quick to selz on as an op- i portunity to vent the hat ml of years Ati tha 1 !. njictilinKln.. .1 aRcrev..ns sho can no longer Ignore nd whns pretons.ons slio no longer dans t" i-corn. AtisT.as ultimatum did not come as ' i urpr:..- to any ono who has fol lowed her diplomatic mancuuvring of the past twenty-tlvo years. Austria fcu iever been nhlo to forgive, Servia for ex.st.ng at all. and Servia hns at wys tb r cly resented her big nelgh tor's p".i''hnrn opposition to her own :hptne.i f.ir development. For twenty fie years Jealousy and enmity have fed ca e.i. h other, for twonty-llvo years farh has irritated the other In nil the, tumherl'ss ways known to skilled poli ticians, for twenty-live years each has tMn held In check only by the prcssuro tf o-jf.s. lo Influences. Hut now the trac' diath of the heir apparent has , fJt in Austria's hands an excuse so powerful that sho dares to use It as weapm, whllo Servia. nssurcd of the. iWlute loyalty and unity of her people ir.1 confident of the backing of nil the louthern Slavs, Is only put In tho posi tion if having her hand forced. At the first thought It would seem Out. c n'-.dering tho differences In slzo ind rt-"jroes, any contest between thffe two countries must be unequal. Aus'r.a has enjoyed a lone period of teace and possesses a large and highly , trained army, servia. on the otner hand, if only beginning to recover from two costly wars, Although she trained thereby the territory In Macedonia that h hi'l Inns coveted, sho has not yet tfcad thy tune to profit by it. Servia li poor and her army comparatively imall, but she possesses an element ef strength, the value of which Is doubled to her by reason of tho fact that the same quality Is Austria's great weakness. Tho entire Servian peo r' are a unit on any question of na tional honor, tho disloyalty of any part f Its army is an Impossible supposition. On tho other hand, tho Austrian nnny, like the Austrian empire, is mado up ef many people of many minds, nnd It Is not possible, to bo quite certain how It would conduct itself In n war In which racial considerations would bo Involved, as In a war with Servia. In a war with Ptrvla practically all tho military opera tions would bo conducted In a territory J-opulated almost wholly by Sorbs, a pople tied by tho sympathy of com mon race anil tradition to tho peoplo they would l-o fighting; ties that are, to the southern Slavs, many times more Undine 'han the slender political threads that hold them to the Austrian em l!re. In proscculng u war against Ser via Austria has Ions known tltnt she would cxpo-w herself to tho danger of Grouping to open rebellion hor entire cithern Slav population. In tho present situation, as In every fareup in tho Balkans, tho Importnnco l'.es nt so much In the countries In Tolved a In the probability of the en tanglement of other nations, nnd tho I posolbl' tv therefrom of that dread boRey, a general Hurnpcnn war. Mon tencn has nlready nnnounced that her fortunes nro cast with Servia. servia hv reai in of the iinderstnndlngU the- has w.th Greeco and Itumanla, micht ti. ,,e f ,r support from them. Oer many and Italy havo declared their In tention of tand.ng by their ally Aus tria, 'i. . !!( no ono really believes thut their ntfnt'.-n ,s to do moro than tn keep e'ier na'iots off nnd so leave Aus tria a r ar field. Jin n while claiming to rema n neutral w u:l certnlnly be glad If sho could ur , h ,i,e chance to revenge her elf f ir f r defeat by Servia In the sec ttU n.i, ,ii u,lr (nt more Important than a ,y ,.f the. is tho attitude of Rus "a. t' , !. nnth.ng as yet has been M'd. V ii iiuisu Interfering as tho cV i' ,r f the Slav people Gcr tr.ar. . mIv cmiIiI hardly avoid bo IK inolved. Without this lT?ren r A'ls'.-ia ran almost cer I'in'' i'o for cte.nr nn, A i -- ult m,vvm to servia sets for'h ,5 ,rr pr -u-lpal grievances tho i"ai--1 a'.i.u ,,f the Archduko nnd his !' in. l t it ofirial sanction of nntl in pr..pai.Mnilti. It Is In fact, how ver ',. r ..flUial remonstrance against the ur 'h .T IMn-SlavIsm which tVr. .,, ,,i.eiato her South Slav op.c .r 1 i re. ite a powerful Serb T l..is been Austria's fear JHr .-.,! f s r a won her freedom from iTqtVv She h.is rightly gauged Ser ni b ti ,n to he tho nucleus free t'.ate w. ,.t, southern Slavs rJM a ,i ti i' , , jves nnd liei'ome ono fN'' al nnl ri il unit, nnd she claims tie ex, .nee of nn elaborate 1 irwnVi' m that 'ns, with official eon-1 ilvanrf . . olfli fnr 11,0 further-1 ot' n' . 1 ,. ,u. in hr IH'" .... , 1 , 1 , jfJjtjw than the comploto wiping out of the en tiro machinery. Apart from the deep sources of Ger manic and Slav rnclal antipathy the hatred of Austria and Servia had Its beginning as far back as 1S7S when by tho Berlin trenty Servia was given her Independence as a State, while Bosnia and Herzogovlnn, peopled by the very flower of tho Sorb race, whoso devoted patriotism had kindled tho revolution that humbled Turkey, were practically given over to Austria. Thus tho Sorbs, newly freed from Turkey, were arbi trarily divided, and part of them given over to a yoke Just as huteful ns that of tho Moslem had been. For llvo years they fought bitterly against It. while Servia gave them her entire sympathy nml miMi mnrprlnl Mi! ns hnr lm- H n d comnton would permit. Not even the powerful army of occupation that has always been maintained there has been strong enough to control tho sentiment of tho people. Tin; Sun cor respondent travelling through tho coun try a fow weeks ngo found tho bitterness In no degree abated during tho ten years since ho had previously observed conditions there. In securing her hold on Bosnia and Herzogovlnn and tho Dalmatian const Austria attained the highly Important advantage of a foothold on tho Adriatic, and at tho samo tlmo defeated Servia's equal necessity for such an outlet. Through nil tho thirty-llvo years be tween tho Berlin trenty and tho Balkan war Servia struggled for a seaport, and nt every turn was checkmated by Aus tria. To tho failure to gain this end Ser via attributes hor slow commercial de velopment and tho difficulty of realizing on her resources. The so-called "pig wars" and "poultry wars" were on outgrowth of this syste matic repression. ServU rulsed largo quantities of pigs and fowl of a high grmle, and If she could markot them readily would find them a valuable ex port. But Austria steadily maintained ruinous quarantine regulation that pre vents the stock being transported across her territory to mnrkot. Tho result was that the Servian market was glutted with these products and the farmers ru celvo no prices at all. Two cents ror n chicken and five cents for n ham would roupo the fighting blood of any farming community, During nil fills time Austria kept a liilnni nt.' h nil on tho nulltlnil life of'Gnv rnment failed utterly to prove u,, .iintrv Iter Influence was nppnr-1 Austria's and Servia's War Twenty-Five Years cnt In oil (lie elections and In Iho dls. turbid lelutlons with' Montenegro. when Russia also took a hand In Ser vlan affairs as a check to Austria the dburaut little kingdom could but won Parliament Building at Belgrade. der what freedom meant after nil. Only within tho past fow years has It been ablo to free itself from theso various elements, enjoy an Independent jollt Ical life, and create a friendly under standing with Montenegro. When Austria definitely annexed Bosnia and Herzgovlna. Srelva saw her hopes of their ultimate union with her entirely defeated. Sho protested bit terly, nnd carried her warlike prepara tions to such a point that her army practically confronted that of Austria on tho opposite side of tho Danube. The Interference of Germany which held back Russia's hand extended to aid the Serbs was all that provented u serious war. Here again Servia felt herself outraged nnd defeated by the united Germanlo influence, and nursing her hurts she once moro set herself to wait for her opportunity. It cams with tho outbreak of the Balkan wur, when by a series of brill iant campaigns tho Servians advanced straight through Albania to Durazzo, thus seizing tho coveted seaport. It Is not hard to recall the manreuvrlngs by which Austrian diplomacy defeated this end hy setting up tho 111 fated little kingdom of Albania as a buffer. At the same time sho was ablo to prevent Mon tenegro, also a Serb State, from main taining her hold on tho hardly won city of Scutari. Not even the highly desirable portions of Macedonia that fell to Servia's lot at tho end of the war were able to compensate her for her rogo and disappointment in the loss of tho footing on tho sea. Austria's Irritation ncalnst Servia, which hn.s expressed Itself In tho sharp phrasing of the ultimatum, Is based on her belief In Servia's Intention to ag grandize herself nt tho expense of Aus tria, and her belief In olllcial connivance In plots and schemes to alienate her subjects and so further her ends. Aus tria fees ns the most powerful enemy to her Influence) "ho Nnrodna Odbrana, or I'an-Scrb Union. This organization, ns Its name implies, has ns Its aim the union of tho entire Serb race, This society has resorted to many mentis of carrying on nnd spreading Its propa ganda, nnd hn.s moro than once figured in court proceedings resulting from Its activities. Tho Agrnm treason trials In Croatia several yenrs ngo, when the Austrian t contention of plots fomented In I Gigantic Struggle Between Slav and Teuton Likely to Fol lowDeath of Heir Apparent Gave Austria Opportunity of Forcing Servia to Show Her Hand Countries Have Irritated Each Other for Quarter of Century grade against Its authority, were prob ably the most prominent of theso pro ceedings, though there havo been end lews rlotlngs nnd arrests and minor trials for which the union may have been directly responsible. The sec retary of the society, Major Milan I'rlbrtchevitch, formerly nn Austrian army officer, was mentlontd In the con fetidon of tho youth who threw the bomb at tho Archduke. This naturally has given Austria BUlIlclent ground on which to demand the entire wiping out of this Inllammatory society, tho sup pression of all ha literature and the punishment of Its leaders. Austria further claims that tho pub lic schools of Servia have been used as an instrument for the instilling of anti Austrian prejudice, and asserts tliat every branch of the Servian official eervlco Is honeycombed with plots aimed against Austrian tranquillity. Until she seized on the murder of tho Archduke Austria was not ablo to put her finger on nny tanglblo evidence of Servia's malfeasance. Hut Servia's reprisals for Austria's highhandedness I wero not less Irritating for being In tangible. Austria has felt for years that ull of Servia was a hotbed of In trigue and conspiracy against her, and sho lias recognized tho slow encroach ment of the disturbing influence cen tred there in her own territory. The fact that nothing has been sufficiently well defined to bo open to olllcial resent ment has not rendered tho aggregate less exasperating. Nor havo tho rc ixa'tcd denials of the Servian authori ties that the plots wero sporadic and without the slightest official connlvanco served to satisfy her. Servian officials do not deny tho ex istence of 11 strong anti-Austrian senti ment In Servia, nor do they deny tho existenco of plotting ugalnst Austria. But they refuse to give to these plots moro Importance than they would to the rioting of turbulent students, and they point out tho fact that In tho present condition of Servia trouble In any gulso whatever Is tho last thing she wants. "Servia must have peace," said M. I'ashltch, tho Servian I'rimo Minister, to The Sun correspondent. "Peace Is the only thing that can make Servia the strong and vigorous State that she has the right to bo. It Is useless to deny what past history plainly proves, that our relations with Austria are some what delicate, but as for tho exlstenco of official plots against her It Is utterly Impossible. These things' may exist among the people, but It Is n case of I..llli1t,l.lu on.l nn, (1tnln, 1 whe U,e7 can" , , go't'.en' at by nrnres of Inw th.v l.nv. B.niIllV ,. suppressed nnd their perpetrators per ished." Should the present tense situation end In nctunl warfare between Austria and Servia tho prophet who forecasts results on tho basis of figures will hnvo an easy time of it, for with Servia's war strength estimated nt 300,000 men and Austria's nt 2,000,000 thero would seem to be llttlo doubt of tho outcome. But there nro so many moro elements In volved thnn figures that they can scarcely he relied on. Austria has an army common to both kingdoms, whllo at the same tlmo Austria nnd Hungary each supports n second lino army fully organized nnd distinct from the com mon nrmy nnd from each other. Behind theso nro the reserves of the older men, Tho common nrmy included about ono nnd a qunrtcr million mon nnd ench of tho second lino armies nliottt a quarter million. The politics of tho va rious nationalities of the emptro havo hnd their effect on tho nrmy and It hns ''ceil only by skilful manngetnent that It has been kept at the standard that so Important a I'owcr must require. The Servian army was until the Bal kan war on untried quantity, with tho presumption against its efficiency. Tho dramatic events of that war gave It, however, a new rating, for the Servian proved himself a splendid soldier and the organization of the army proved surprisingly effective. It had great power of expansion, while tho wonder ful esprit de corps nnd tho galvanizing effect of dovoted enthusiasm more than overcame formal defects. As has been said, tho chief anxiety in Europe In tho present situation Is less for tho aggressors In the difficulty than for the poaslblo entanglements It may produce. Russia Is tho disturbing factor, and until sho comes out and makes her position clear everything cl.w must bo moro or less a matter of speculation. Russia aspires to bo tho protector of the Slav people nnd while she has hitherto foiled to play that role with any great degree of glory she still clings to It. It was to her that Servia looked for assistance when sho saw Hosnla and Herzogovlnn slip finally through her fingers. Hussla was eager and willing to respond, but was In no condition to do so. She was still prostrated from the Japanese war and nt tho first hint that her Interference In behalf of Servia would bo mea by Germany coming to the aid of Austria she could do nothing ubt maintain a neutral attitude. But Russia now is In a different posi tion nnd Is eager for nn opportunity to rehabilitate her military reputation. Sho has a new army, newly organized, nnd would not be averse to engaging In a war that would have a stronger appeal to tho spirit of her people than did her llirated adventure In tho Kast. Cer tainly to her nnd to hor Influence Ser via will look for funds, even though she might be deterred from actual partlclpa tlon In warfnre. Austria's principal allies, bound to her ry the terms of the Triple Alliance, have already come forward nnd announced their Intention t stand by her, but brave as their assertion stems on Its face the well known underlying motives give to It a certain degree of lukewarmness, Germany's entire foreign policy looks to commercial expansion, nnd In Servia she has already seen nn Immense op portunity which sho has not been slow to seize. Sho has refused to nccept I'an Serblsm as a question of International political Importance and hns proceeded without regard to It, a stand which has won her a very friendly feeling In Ser via, and not a few commercial advan tages. Italy, whllo bound by the Triple Alli ance, Is none the less frlondly to Servia, probably It must bo admitted becnuse of Austria's opposition, Italy Is with the rest of tho Balkans Just ns sho la with Albania, she does not caro who profits by them so Austria has no sharo of the spoils. In tho event of a general war Italy Is technically bound to Austria, but the bonds would chafe, and Just how strong they would prove cannot bo said. Tho nttltudo of the other Balkan states toward their erstwhile ally, Sor vla, is also somewhat problematical. Montenegro only Is ussured. She hns grievances against Austria quite ns much as Servia has and would bo glad of the chance to send her gallant little nrmy of 23,000 men Into tho field. With Greeco nnd with Rumania Servia has a strong understanding, hut It Is doubtful If this would extend to going to her assistance In a war In which their own Interests were In no way Involved. Since tn the event of hostilities Ser via's position would be entirely defen sive, that war harried land finds Itself once more about to become a battle ground. Invasion would undoubtedly be made from tho north, where along both " valley of th Ubo eVery Polnt of VttlltUKO has be o Dan- been for tified both by tho Austrinns and the Servians, The capital. Belgrade, lying us It does directly opposite Austrian ter rltory, would seem to be especially vul nerable, nnd for this reason thoro has been n great deal of tnlk from tlmo to tlas of moving tho seat of Government further Into the Interior, to Nish, or perhaps to Uskub, tho largest nnd best city of the nowly gained territory. It Is at Nish that nil the Servian bankers nt tho first alarm of war with Austria rush all their money to lock It up In tho llt tlo old tower burled deop In the old fortress. But Belgrade, the Servians say, Is not so vulnerable as Its position on tho river bank would Indicate. Its fortifications nto n military secret, but It Is asserted that they nre of Uie highest developed bodern type nnd ontlrely capable of of fering a long nnd stubborn resistance to any force that Austria might send against them. At Temesvar It Is raid Austria has assembled n large body of troops ready to throw them toward the Servian fron- Excuse After of Jealous Hatred tier by tho various railroad lines that converge there. At Metrovltza also near the western border a Inrgo gnrrlson hns been assembled that could be quickly moved to tho Servian borner. PEN PICTURES OF LIFE IN CITY OF MEXICO lntfTctlvng pen pictures o life m the city 0 Mexico are ffitrn tn o httir pxt rcccitcd in A c tr 1'orAr from an ,tmeriui irAo , in buincs in the. Mexican capital. It present a phase of the situation about irhich little has been printed Kxtracta from the letter arc uhen below. TUB National Bank has closed all tho branches It had In various cities of tho republic. The head office alone, which Is In this capital, Is open. What an Index to the condition of tho country! Tho National Bank has fifty-seven branches nnd agencies scattered through tho principal cities nnd towns of tho republic. It has a capital and reservo of J4S.000.000, hank notes In circula tion to tho amount of 90,000,000, cash in tho vaults of J36.000.000 nnd the total assets of JllilO.OOO.OOO. Its capital Is largely French. Rven more sorrowful Is the condition of tho State banks. On January 7 their notes were made legal tender and they wero nllowed to Issuo notes for threo times the vnlue of their cash In hand, and, as a consequence, thepe notes have become moro common than newspapers, and as for tho peed with which they circulate It Is matched onlv hv tho I speed with which money Is spent on I Broadway on a Saturday night. I asked 11 inenu n-s in 1110 vniue or isanco fle Durango bills. He replied: "rive minutes Is plenty long enough to keep them." Consider thnt formerly a Mexican 1 dollar bought B0 cents I'tiltcd States ' money nnd that for the past six I months the nverace rate has been about 32 cents. A poor Chinese laundryman who hns to send homo money to his . family used to bo able to buy about . Jl Hongkong for Jl Mexican. Now I ho has been paying from Jl.r,0 to $1.00 for Jl of Hongkong money. I Gold coins nro bought nnd sold at 3." and 40 percent, premium. Silver pesos command ID or IS per cent, premium nnd small change has becomo so scarce that It Is a scandal. Street car con ductors sell It nt 10 per cent, premium and If ono offers a conductor a dollar WU ho looks at you keenly, asks If you haven't change, and may forcn you to buy a sheet of tickets or perhaps let you have a freo ride. Kipling may lie paraphrased thus: "Tho north Is north nnd tho south Is south nnd never tho twain shall meet," for I believe It not more difficult to ac quire a Chinese or Filipino point of view thnn a Mexican point of view, l'rlces are sky high, factories are closed, taxes are doubled, relatives nnd friends are drafted Into the nrmy to be shot down In this fratricidal strife, yet the Mexican yields to It ns Inevitable and drinks his pulque ns before, Ono sees tho same old beggars In the Alameda or on their usual street cor ners nnd they take their usual toll of ono or two cents, rarely more, from passersby. Cripples on the sidewalks sell lottery tickets and there seems to be the usual confidence that tho Govern ment will distribute the prizes fairly. Tho first prize Is J10.000 nnd tho totnl nmount of prizes Is about J26.000, dis tributed every Tuesdny, tho larger amount being GO per cent, of the amount obtained in sale of tickets. Services In tho cathedral and churches nro attended as well as usual. Bands play In the parks nt the regulnr hours, gayly, giddily clad scnorltas stroll around. Society drives out to Chnpulto peo and nlong San Francisco street. I'os slbly a few faces nro missed, but there 1.4 n full quota of "lagartljos" (literally little lizards), young men about town who t.tand along tho shop fronts to look nt the girls with their fnt, liepow dcred datnas, as they are driven past, some In closed broughams, some in open coaches and somo In limousines. And quite slighted would tho girls bo If they were not stnrcd nt, smiled nt nnd bowed to. Who would guess that more than half the country was In rebel hands nnd the principal port of tho country held by gringos? Klection day conies nnd goes without even tho discussion nn up tow n murder or riot In Chinatown would create In New York. Is the Indifference due to climate, g norance, the Inevltableness of things or Indian blood? Indifference might bo said to be a characteristic of tho Indian In all fields In which mankind Is ordinarily Interested. From Nomo to Capo Horn tho race has never produced a man of International promlnenco nnd excepting President Juarez scarcoly one of na tional prominence. Considering tho In- numerablo wrongs the race has been subjected to how strange that there has never been an Indian Booker T. Wash ington! VM, raav nl.lnnt tlinf th MnTlcnn la not nn Indian, that tho true Mcxlonn ihould be Spanish-Indian of two or threo generations. That typo makes up only 20 per cent, of tho population of Mexico nnd It Is dllllcult to seo how It will In crease. It is a typo that seems dostined to remain superior to the nntrvo Indian and to Intermnrry or marry with foreigners, but not to marry moro with the Indian. In 05 per cent, of tho popu lation flows Indlnn blood as pure ns that of Montezuma. It Is said that an American once nsked a rebel In Madera's nrmy. I believe what they wero lighting for. Tho peon answered "Wo wero fighting for 'sufraglo libro y efeetivo"" (suffrngo free nnd ftfective) "hut we got the 'sufrnglo llbro' nnd now wo nro lighting for the 'efectlvo,' " They were mere words tn him. "IJfectlvo" nlso means ensh nnd therein lies nn unconscious Joke. Another Joke, which Illustrates the simple mlndedness of tho Indians Is told ns follows: A club of women nr- gjn'zed a woman's exchange wh In Bosnia on the west Servia would hope to find a certain degree of assist ance In that she expects that at the first alarm the Bosnians would rise In revolt and throw their fortunes with thoso of Servia. Hut Bosnia is well gar risoned, nnd not It may be nddel with Bosnian soldiers. Bosnian recruit are quickly sent to other parts of the em pire, while only Austrian soldiers are stationed at tho Bosnian fortresses. Sarajevo and Zvornlk have both large garrisons which could be readily moved to tho rough Servian frontier where the mountains would furnish natural de fenses for military operations. were for sale. The sign over the dour rend "Cnmbio do Mujeres." literally "ex change of women," tho nearest Spanish oqulvnlent. An old peon spied tho rlgn and went In saying ho wished to ex change his "vlej.i" (old woman). Tlie m, in of some white blood here, ns In nil other parts of tho world, con siders the darker races ns his legitimate prey. Throughout tho IUcflo Islands tho man of mixed blood preys on tho man from tho hills. If tho hill man brings down copra (dried coconnut) to trade for flour or cloth the const man cheats him. But whereas tho Mnlay. like the worm, Mimotlmes turns nnd burns out tho coast man, tho Indian hns always submitted to whnt he thought wni fate. With tho death of Montezuma the noblo redskin became n peon and ns n peon he has been bought nnd sold with tho land. Because, such nn lnflnltesimnl p.irt of production has gono to labor tho hnlfbreed hn.s prospered. It In the halfbreod who supports the bullfights nnd the opera nnd who captnlns the nrmy. while tho peon dues the lighting. A parade of troops f,hows almost the snme contrast In complexion between tho pale, hotiso plant fnces cf the oHl curs nnd the wonthorlwiten, hiked po tato colored faces of the men that thorf is between tho fnces of tho whlto offi cers of a negro troop and those of the men. A Spaniard In Mexleo Is more than a Scotchmnn or Swiss In other parts of the world. !! Is nut only n money saver but nlso n money getter. Ho brings his qualities of ecnnomv nnd thrift from a country naturally ponr to a country imturnlly rich nnd n race In tellectually Inferior. It Is no wonder thnt ho gather hay nnd no wonder thnt tho lender of men such ns Villa's should declaro an open season on "g.ipu' hme-, ' (Mexican word for Spaniards). A friend of mine, n Canadian; recently spent two days In the "eomlserln " or pollco station. While listening to tho band n secret Kervico man sat down beside him, engaged him In conversation about tho music, went down streec with him nnd took him Into tho comi.-ter a where ho was kept incommunicado, that Is without communication. He hlwwcd his British passport (o no avail. Ho Ilnully sent ou: n noto In the I1.1t brim of n fellow prisoner, who took It to mends, who In turn went to tho Brit! h Legntlon. It seems they thought him to be one Dentitson. nn American, who Is S'ipi osed to bo enlisting troops In Mexico city for the reikis; at lonst such was the conclusion to be drawn from the q;ies. tlons put by tho prison oIllelnK Such occurrences nro not uncommon. Whllo tnlking with a group of flvo Amerl.-nns nd Kngll-h. all very ordlnnrv people. It came out 'lint I was the only ono who hnd not nt some time, or other been tnken to the eomlserln or put In Beiein prison. It's n s.iylng thnt you dn not become n citizen until you have b.en in Helem. Hero is a Mexican comment on he American nrmy in Vera Cruz. An Amer ican had cause to send one of his nntlvo staff down to Vera Cruz. On his return ho said: "Thoso American troops can't tight because they sleep on beds." The study of tin- Mexican army is in teresting, for no nrmy In the world os hlbits greater contrasts. The p,Ii-o Icncers from white plume to white trousers nro sp,vless. Officers of tho Twenty-ninth and other regiments r do in automobiles. Hut the guards fur nlshed to refugeo trains nnd troops sent out to keep tho Zapatistas bm-k em braco boys of ir, and 1C years of age whoso Mausers are longer than they I heard of a soldier who was drafted wfc.lo listening to tho baud in Tampleo. At Torreon ho gave his Colonel $30 and the Colonel reported lum as lost nnd he walked all tho way back to M. Mi l city. A few days after li.s arrival two men claiming to be .ecrot servh o men took him in a carriag.i ostensibly for tho Comiserla. They drove out tn ih edge of the town, robbed him nnd lef linn. There Is nn ntnusmg story tuld about thnt ammunition from tho Yp rnl.hu You will recnll that It wns larded at Puerto Mexico nnd sent by rail to Mex Ico city, Tho s-ory, which you may not have heard, gees that the trnin. con- slsting of about six freight enrs, was stopped by the rebels, who had placed a bomb on tho track. Tho rebel chief nsked the conductor If ho hnd nny ammunition aboard. The conductor replied "Not a cartridge, bu 1 navo four carlo ids of beer, whic h you may havo If you wish." Tim rebel re- . I,,U;'1 V'Rl. ho .'"'J w '"r "' for h hnd plenty of champagne and cognarv. In camp. Conductor nnd rebel had a few drinks together, tho rehol ordered tho bomb taken iff the trnck nnd told the conductor ho might proceed, TOO MANY GROUND H0G3, Inilliinii Conntj (IITereil Itiinntr nnd 4I( Senlp Were Itetnrnrd, Wii.t.MMHi'Oiir, Ind , Jul v ?s Wirren eoimty Is overrun with gi ouiitlliogs nnd Mm fnniiers' bns have been making pm'.-i 1 money tills year killing the nnlmn s for the bounty eff.i'd by th Board of County Coinmihsiunei s. Tho county has been ofTertng S6 em for eacli scalp tlirnnl In Hi tho court house. At the Jul session coinmlssfo ier.'i' bills wero allowed amounting to JtOfi (! the 1.M0 groiimlhoKH killed during Jurw Tills proved Kirh 11 heirvy drain on t ie treasmy that tho board made an irder re dtici'ig tho bounty and linn . foiih w I p.v onlv 10 cents eae1 f. r I'tm. F ghty-n'-i r. 1 Unts (' ie e -iniy (I'M clam s 'or tv ' niiv ' nn M 's h- d- ' ' ' t'. 1 w " "Sn ti'n nt I Frnnlt ng f- und wl Ii -uS to ii s crlt cakes and other products of the kltc'un 1 'in , t. r