Representative Sabath — I hope it will not be necessary to intervene, but if we do and are forced to lose the lives of a number of men, we should annex the country either wholly or in part.

Should Do a Good Job.

Representative Rritten — If it becomes necessary to go into Mexico, we should make a complete job of it by annexing the northern tier of Mexican states.

Representative Denison— If it turns out that our troops were treated treacherously we should not hesitate to intervene. We should go southward, taking the border with us. We should either do this or receive a large indemnity.

On June 24, 1916, the Chicago American printed a cartoon that pictured in the most brazen way what the capitalist intended to do, and followed it later with an editorial from which the following extracts are taken:

"Nothing worth wHiile will be accomplished by occasional 'punitive expeditions.' "...

"The way to IMPRESS the Mexicans is to REPRESS the Mexicans. The way to hegin is to say to them : . . .

"We are no longer planning to catch this bandit or that. We are GOING INTO MEXICO. And as far as we GO, we'll stay." . . .

"When you see an American soldier one hundred feet inside of Mexico, you may take it to mean that ONE HUNDRED FEET ARE NO LONGER MEXICAN, BUT UNITED STATES.

"If you make it necessary for our soldiers to go in two hundred MILES, you can change your geographies and add two hundred miles to the United States.