The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1911-04-28
A PRESIDENT WHO
DOESN'T ADVERTISE"

of his possession of that unos-
tentatious capacity for managing
large affairs in a quiet and eff
Gent way which distinguished
his tenure of office as Cover
nor of the Philippines and his
handling of the railroad situa-
ton when the roads had decided
to increase freight rates before
the Commerce Court could take
cognizance of the matter.
In the dispatch from our New
York correspondent, published in
The Times yesterday, the events
leading up to the mobilization of
our troops on the Mexican frontier
were revealed. According to that
story, Mr.. II. l.. Wilson, the
United States Ambassador to
Mexico, obtained temporary pos
session last February of what
was virtually an offensive and
defensive treaty of alliance be-
tween Japan and Mexico. The
treaty had been ratified by Diaz
and his cabinet. Mr.. Wilson pho
tographed the essential clauses
of the document and took the
photographs at once to Wash
ington. They were presented to
President Taft. A conference
with the War Department fol-
lowed on the same day, and that
night the order to mobilize on
the Mexican frontier was given.
President Diaz was also notified
that, unless the treaty was can
celed within six days, it would be
regarded as an indication of I'M
friendliness to the United States
on the part of the Mexican Gov
eminent. And Diaz forthwith re
nounced the treaty.
The thing was all done so
adroitIy, it was accomplished with
such a complete absence of any
thing approaching to war talk,
the desired ends were attained by
the exercise of such alert and
sound judgment, that only half
dozen people knew the actual
cause of the maneuvers, and those
people kept their own counsels.
A different kind of President !;
President with an itch for pub
licity; would have done the work
far otherwise. The existence of
tho secret treaty would, in all
probability, have been revealed.
That revelation would have
aroused public anger. Those iu-
mors, which refuse to die, of an
impending war with Japan, would
have increased in volume and in
tensity Hot temper would have
been followed by Incorporate
speech; the fever would have
spread from the United States
to Mexico and Japan; and, in
stead of an experiment in the
mobilization of our troops, they
might have been called upon to
face the actualities of war.
But there has been no war
Japan has been beaten in that
diplomatic game which all Ma
tions play necessarily by a temper
as deliberate as her own; being
diplomatic she has accepted the
defeat with good grace; and Pres
iuont Taft, who would make a
Su!QlGuB 10 IsSeueu IeIeueS poo5
has proved himself a good manag-
err of large, international affairs.
We suspect that the President
is not much of a politician. We
know that he has no aptitude at
all for the gentle art Of being
his own press agent. He stood by
Mr.. Ballinger when a more sub
servient man would have dis
carded that gentleman at the in
fception Of his trouble But he is
making good" as President in
all the larger things that con-
front him, and his standing with
the public is rapidly assuming
that substantial character which
he actually deserved from the be-
ginning.-Denver Times.