The citizen., 1911-03-17
II WILL TELL JUDGE DOUG
LASS FRANKLY 1 AN NOT IN
FAVOR OF NEGRO CITIZEN
SHIP.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
THE DANGER OF WAR WITH
MEXICO.


MEXICO.
The order of twenty thousand soldiers
of the United States Army to the bor-
ders of Mexico, gave the country very
great surprise. 1t was so utterly unex-
pected. and so far as any known facts are
concerned utterly unnecessary, that the
public was startled. The President was,
again, most unfortunate in the reason he
saw fit to assign for this action. He told
the public that it was only for the purpose
of manouvers. He had far better Civ en-
no reason at all for the reason he gave
was not only trifling with the public but
was so absurd that nobody believed it.
The fact is that twenty thousand soldiers
have been ordered to the Mexican border.
and twenty thousand more have been
ordered as a reserve to reinforce them.
This is strange and significant condition
and is full of danger to the peace and
friendship Of this country with our neigh
bors to the south of us. The President
has unfortunately made another great
blunder
There is nothing in the conditions be-
tween this country and Mexico TO justify
sending an army on the Mexican border
and part of the fleet on the Gulf of
Mexico.
Nor do the conditions in Mexico Justify
this movement of troops to Mexico. and
armored cruisers in Mexican waters.
If there is revolution in Mexico that
is no business of ours We are simply
meddling in the affairs of one Of our
neighbors as we have been doing with
several others of our southern neighborS.
1t is either spirit of meddlinc in the
affairs of other people with which we
have nothing to do, or there is a deeper
motive
We have been on the most friendly
terms with Mexico for years, and it has
been very prosperous country and has
made great progress in the last ten years,
Why not attend to our business and let
the business of other people alone.
But the worst thing about il all was the
paltry reason assigned to so important
an event. Why did not the President
deal openly and frankly with the people
and tell them the real reason why this
great movement Of troops was ordered.
What contrast between the action Of
President Taft and Mr. Cleveland.
Mr.. Cleveland never left the people in
any doubt as to either his reasons or the
objects he had in view. and he always had
the absolute confidence of the people
He never left the people anything to
guess about or in suspense.
Mr.. TAFT is constantly doing both.
The real trouble is that we have too
large an army and too large navy and
we have to make some pretext to Justify
their existence.
1t IS one of the curses of Rooseveltism
and jlngoism that we are suffering from
A standing army of eighty thousand
men when we do not need an army of
forty thousand, requires something TO be
done to employ such a large body of idle
men.
lhe President under the Constitution
is invested with great power over the
army in time Of war especially, but his
power is BY no means unlimited. and
what he does is always open to review
and investigation by Congress. and it is
TO be hoped that Congress will at the
extra session exercise its full power in this
matter. and turn on the light so that the
people may know the real reason, and all
reason for this movement of troops so
close to the Mexican border. If we have
sent our soldiers there to help rush the
revolution let US know. and if we have
sent them to help the revolutionists to
overturn the government let US know
that. II the army was sent there so as to
be on hand in case of the death of Presi-
dent Diaz, of Mexico, and take posses
zion of the country in the interest of
Morgan and the special monetary inter
ests which have made large investments
in railroads and other Mexican interests,
The people want to know it and have the
right to know and they will know il
soonor or later.
The Republican party has been con-
stantly increasing the army, and espec- !
ally during the term of the lingo Presi- /,
dent Roosevelt This has been true of
he increase Of the navy as well.
In addition in the immense sums APP
by the Congress which ad-
burned on the fourth day of March, we
will probably have heavy deficiency
appropriation to make to pay for the ex-
pedition of the army and navy in Mexico.
1t has been long suspected that the in
crease of the army and navy was not a