The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-04
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AMERICANS IN MEXICO,


The proclamation of President Taft
warning Americans in Mexico 90 be or
their guard against doing anything tha,
| would be q cause Of trouble is both
! kindly and needed It really means
''come home. There is no doub,
but very bitter feeling exists among
certain classes and in certain localities
in Mexico against Americans. This l.
/ primarily due 10 the enterprise and
! push Of American investors, engineers
and workers. IL is feeling brought on
in tho contrast between energy aud
push and laZiness and iDdiffcrcncc. The
MoXicsns have been upwards of 400
years iuditlcrentlv viewing the great
! riches in miues and general resources
at hand. but have done nothing except
TO explore and exhaust the richest OF
the ore deposits that were found. With
out troubling themselves to introduce
any better methods oil mining or more
efficient processes Of handling the ore.
Americans conc in with energetic use
of the hest improved appliances in both
directions, and make money This
srouses the Jealousy aud hate of the
law Mcxicaus. who seem to think that
whatever is In their country is their
own. whether they can mske use of it
or not.
The ferment in Mexico is very large.
" 90 account Of hatred of Americans
and jealousy at the great progress that
Americans have brought TO certain re-
2ious Of that country. Another thing
that displeaSes the Mexicsns is that
Americans, in prosecuting their great
work. want the Mexicans TO work But
anything like steady, hard work is so
foreign TO Mexican ideas and prac tices.
that the requirement Of steady work,
even at wages uudreamed Of among
themselves. Is distastcful. the Mex.
cans want to work only when they need
a little money. Their idea is to work
two or three DAYS 4 week and loaf the
rest of the iimc. Americans want them
20 work regularly and efficiently when
they pay tbcm TO do it. And so the
anita gonsm is natural, and the Me1i.
eau hate Of the American grows day
bv day. Undoubtedly the hope of the
lower class Of MeXicans was that
Americans would be driven out of the.
country with the success of tho Madero
revolution. When they see thai this
is not done, then they revolt again and
many places.
President Taft in issuing this procla
nation. docs so undoubtedly in view Of
the facts as detailed aud all Americans
Mexico. But undoubtedly good many
will feel obliged to stay to protect their
interests even if this is at the risk of
their lives.
There is further complication in
view in this matter. which involves
Europeans, and especially Englishmcu
and Germans. The same hatred that is
exhibited towards successful Americans
is exhibited, in lesser degree, it is true.
against Euglishmcn and Germans. The
dispatches indicate that these also are
in danger, and intimate possibility
that Great Britain and Germany may
take measures to protect their citizens
IN Mexico, But TO have German and
English troops invade Mexico for the
protection of their citizens would he
almost as distasteful TO Americans as
to MeXicsns; and so the probability is
that the pressure for American inter
vcptiou will be even greater from Ger
mapr and Great Britain than from our
own citizens. 1t is critical situation
that is developing in Mexico, and the
administration will have TO handle it
carefully in order TO come of with
credit. But, If Intervention is seen to
be the ultimate probability, then the
sooner wc intervene the better. and tho
less damage aud loss there will be.