The Independent . s sending a large part of thefederal army to northern Mexico towatch conditions on the American bor- der and several recent attempts havebeen made to smuggle arms to someport on the western coast. But shouldthe Mexican Government take an anti-American stand it will be due less toits own initiative or the machinationsof German residents than to the actionof rebel leaders. _,,,., A coalition convention Bull Moose - r, . .,, A of Progressives with rad-Resuscitated icals from otner parties opened at St. Louis on April 13. Thefundamental purpose of the meetingwas to organize the l
The Independent . s sending a large part of thefederal army to northern Mexico towatch conditions on the American bor- der and several recent attempts havebeen made to smuggle arms to someport on the western coast. But shouldthe Mexican Government take an anti-American stand it will be due less toits own initiative or the machinationsof German residents than to the actionof rebel leaders. _,,,., A coalition convention Bull Moose - r, . .,, A of Progressives with rad-Resuscitated icals from otner parties opened at St. Louis on April 13. Thefundamental purpose of the meetingwas to organize the liberal forces ofthe nation into a common League ofLiberals which would carry on thework of reform outlined in the famous1912 platform of the National Progres-sive Party. Altho the call for the con-vention long preceded the break withGermany, the delegates thought it ad-visable to announce a war programfor liberals meeting the issues of theday. This platform declares for uni-versal military service, taxation gradu-. ated according to ability to pay, free-dom of political discussion during thewar,no retrenchment of expendituresfor education and research, nationalregulation of the food supply and oflabor conditions in industry. , . , G The speech of the ._. , ^ . Premier of GreatWelcomes America Britain before the American Luncheon Club at the SavoyHotel, on April 12, is recognized asranking with the most important utter-ances of the war. The report says thatprobably no unofficial event celebratedin England in the present generationbrought together more men of promi-nence than this luncheon. Premier Lloyd George delivered anaddress of considerable length fromwhich we quote as liberally as possible: The United States of America, of a nobletradition, never broken, never have engagedin a war except of liberty. This is thegreatest struggle for liberty that they haveever embarked upon. The road to victory, the guarantee ofvictory, the absolute assurance of victory,has to be found in on
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