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Discusses developments in United States politics and world politics in the midst of the First World War. Crisis in the U.S. relations with Mexico; Armed intervention in Mexico; Ethical aspect of neutral America's sale of arms to a belligerent country; Unfounded accusations against Sing Sing Prison Warden Osborne; Gradual but inexorable disintegration of the Progressive organization since the election of 1912; Doubt over the possibility that a national party will be created that can compete with the Democratic and Republican parties as a responsible organ of government.