On the other hand, our country has always been very stiff over any insult to the Flag.

So what hope is there that war can be averted?
Reprisals between nations are always taken by the employment of force, and surely any force that we employ against Mexico can end in nothing less than war." As the officers left the table nothing was talked of among them except the news from Tampico.
The rumor spread rapidly forward.

Cheering was heard from the forecastle.
"The jackies have the word," chuckled Dan Dalzell.

"They're sure to be delighted over any prospect of a fight." "If we have a real fight," sighed Darrin, his mind on the night before, "a lot of our happy jackies will be sent home in boxes to their friends." "A small lot the jackies care about that," retorted Danny Grin.
"Show me, if you can, anywhere in the world, a body of men who care less about facing death than the enlisted men in the United States Navy!" "Of course we should have interfered in Mexico long ago," Dave went on.

"Serious as the Flag incident is, there have been outrages ten-fold worse than that.