Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-03-29
THE MEXICAN SITUATION.


10000 q. S. soldiers upon the Mexi
can border, equipped and prepared for
real war, is becoming apparent
1t appears that the shadow of
Japan has been lurking in the back
ground sufficiently distinct to call for
a condition of preparedness, in order
to put check upon operations that
later might cause US serious appre-
hension.
The insurTectO movement in Mexico
has become so strong that the Diaz
government is in danger of being un-
able to control the situation. In case
Diaz should be forced to resign the
condition in Mexico might for time
become one of carnage and anarchy.
Not only are there vast sums Of
American capital invested in Mexican
enterprises but there are also thou
sands of American citizens residing
there, whose lives and property would
be in jeopardy and which our govern
ment is under obligation to safeguard. |
There has been no intervention and |
there probably will be none, but the
fact that we have a large force of |
armed soldiers on the border, ready for
action, has already had a steadylng
effect upon the situation. The resigna-
ton Of President Diaz cabinet with
in the past week, and the disposition
evinCed by the Mexican government |
to listen to the insurrectos' com.
plants, as we'll as an expressed will !
ingness to abandon some of the abuses
responsible for the rebellion, shows
the effect President Taft's prompt
action in the mobilization of troops
has already had.
Two hundred thousand lives we're
sacrificed and millions of dollars
worth of property destroyed IN Cuba
before we interviewed there in the in
terest Of humanity, and should it be-
come necessary to intervene in the
Mexican trouble we should not wait I
until similar slaughter has taken
place. The calamity should be avert
to lock the stable door is before the
horse has been stolen. For the present,
however, no unfrlendly act has been
committed and no unfriendly senti-
emant has been expressed by the Taft
ADMINISTRATION, either against the
Mexican government or the insur-
1rectos. The president has only showed
"a determination to be prepared to pro-
rtect our own if necessary ana for that
all hight thinking men will commend
Lin, The petifogging politics dis
played in the insinuation that Big
Business and wall Street. had in
stigated the presidents action, is as
unfair as it is silly
There is much in the situation. as
was stated in this column last week,
which we ordinary citizens cannot be
expected to know about, but which
the president. with his hundreds of
sources for secret information, is fully
informed upon. Developments in the
past few day have shown that in spite
of denials the Japanese and Mexican
governments actually had a secret
treaty which was framed in April
last year, when special agent of the
Mikado visited Mexico. as result of
which it is claimed the Japanese |
practically controlled the isthmus of
Tehuantepec and many of the ports on
the western coast of Mexico, while the |
conditions of the treaty were such as
to form the basis of much stronger
alliance against us in case of future
trouble between Japan and the United
States
It is reported upon authority guar
anted authentic by the great news
gathering agency, The United Press.
that at a conference which took place
between President Taft and Baron
Uchida the Japanese ambassador, the
latter gave the most sweeping assur-
ance that his government would with
draw at once from the conditions of
the treaty with Mexico
1t is claimed that there are at pre-
sent in California, Oregon and Wash
ington about sixty thousand Japanese
most Of whom are veteran soldiers,
engaged in the labor of that country,
but each one possessing rifle and
ammunition. What that would mean
in case Of trouble between this coun
try and Japan may be easily conjec-
tured 1t will be recalled that in
the Russian Japanese war the latter
country had for years been making
complete preparations for trouble and
that the Russian fleet was attacked
and destroyed even before war was
actually declared. The little brown
man is willy devil and the know
ledge that this country is awake to his