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FW! T THE DAY BOOK - N. J). COCHRAN EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. 500 S. PEOIMA ST. CHICAGO, ILU Tolonhnntxt Editorial, Monroe 333 seiepnones Crenlation. Monroe asse SUBSCRIPTION By Carrier rtn Chi cago, 30 cents a Month. By Mali, United States and Canada, $3.00 a Tear Entered as second-class matter April 21. 1914, at the postolflce at Chicago. 111., under the Act of March 3. 1ST?. tions which Should exist between the two countries is all right, but to.vio-a lently protest-r-as , is being urged upon the, administration upon the, theory that the decree is unlawful, unprecedented and confiscatory would be folly.. We would not be left a leg upon which to stand when1 the firing ceased. . a THE MAN WHO SQUEALED, I Here ia a case where the blind god-1 ness shifted the scales, which are popularly supposed to shade her eyes,t and peered out from under. A Mexican caballero, guest of a -prominent San Diego, CaL, hosterly, appeared before the district attorney v and demanded a warrant for the ar rest of a pretty waitress on a charge of robbery. He was accompanied by the Mexican consul. "Did Miss Gorham rob you?" quer ied the district attorney. "She did," was .the reply. , ,i "Where?" ' "l "In h,eiroom." "Were' your relations improper?" was the next question. The irate guest admitted thatvthey were con siderably so. "Just wait a minute," said the D. A., leaving the room. ' When he returned he lield in his hand a warrant for the'complainant't arrest on the charge of contributing to the delinquency of a woman, which in California is a' rather inore serious offense than in- some other states. The senor was shocked. .JBut he went to jajl, and we trust that when he leaves there he will have a truer -conception of California two-handed justice. The world hates a squealer. , " IN THE CITY A Wisconsin man cought a sucker that had a diamond ring in its stom ach. Here it works' differently. The sucker usually has a diamond ring, on its finger .until the shark deftly removes it in a- quiet little ganuv " Bartlesville', Okla., Examiner. - CARRANZA HAS A PRECEDENT. j-That the recently promulgated de cree of Gen. Carranza, requiring that all foreigners who own or would own agricultural or timber lands, , or mines, or -city lots,- or any kind of real property within the republic of Mexico must jnake declaration ' of their intentions to become citizens of Mexico and renounce allegiance to their own countries js uqjust, may be true, but surely it is not unprecedent ed. Ample precedent for Carranza's action may be foundin the laws of several of the United" States. In Vir ginia, Illinois, Tennessee, Iowa and South Carolina, as ' well ,as other States, non-resident aliens can hold land only by becoming residents. The right of any sovereignty to prescribe conditions under which it will permit aliens to acquire and hold "su!h properties as are specifically listed in Carranza's decree is undis puted under the laws of nations and , the common law. The Mexican de cree "may differ, in spiriffrom the . laws of our own states in that its purpose-is to raise revenue for the bank rupt Mexican government, but it dif fers not one. whit in the letter. Carranza is" clearly within his legal rights and our department of state must be cognizant of" that fact. To remonstrate against, the action of the Mexican de facto government on the grounds that it is,an act not cal culated to foster the friendly rela-,