The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-07
WORSE AND WORSE IN MEXICO.

WORSE AND WORSE IN MEXICO.
This country has exhibited enduring
patience with respect to the turmoil'
in Mexico Tt has been the hope Of
| the administration that matters would
quiet down, and that the reign Of peace
/ and order would be resumed. This
! hope has had TO fight with An ever
increasing tumnltuousness in the Mexi-
can Republic. Madero seems to be
helpless not only against the insurrec-
tiops In general. but helpless to enforce
order right in the City of Mexico,
where daylight robberies of Americans
and other foreigners are reported, with
officialdom either indifferent or inef-
fective. It is known that large num-
bers of Americans have been driven
out of the country. and the Govern
ment has sent ship to the west coast
to take away such Americans as wish
to leave the country. Doubtless there
will be a shipload of them, and per
haps more than one.
A number of murders have been re-
ported, the latest being the murder Of
J. D. Harvey in the Mormon colony at
Colonia Diaz. and the robbing of the
store there. These outrages, as re-
ported, were committed by brigands,
and doubtless correctly so reported. But
the difficulty is that the turbulence
and violence accompanying the revo-
lutions in different parts of Mexico
directly foster brigapdage and rem
der it practically immune from punish
ment, And it is not to be expected that
this country can continue indefinitely
to remain quiet under these repeated
outrages upon Americans. IL is neces'
sary, in order TO esta ablish the candor
and good faith Of our good intentions
toward our southern neighbor, that
we should refrain from any interven-
tion in Mexico's affairs to the utmost
limit possible but If the outrages con
tinue there must come a limit beyond
which the doctrine of "hands off
will no longer apply; and it seems as
though the administration at Washing
ton is coming to feel that the time is
a bout at hand when some decisive step
must be taken. Our news service in
dicatee a disposition on the part OF
the State Department to give belliger-
ent rights TO the Orozco insurrection,
and its government headed by Gomez.
A Abundant precedents are cited for such
recognition, and ii would not be sur
prising to find almost any day that our
Government has given quasi recogni-
tion TO the northern Mexican govern.
ment at Juarez.
Maderos 8 presidency is evidently in
desperate case He announces a deter
to fight TO the last, but seems
unable to do any effective fighting.
He has not put down any band Of in
surrectos so far, and seems utterly un-
able TO cope with the situation His
own success rs rebel has emboldened
imitators; and indeed it was too much
for him to expect that others would
remain quiet when ne made such sig
nal success Of his insurrection
We have been disposed 10 agree with
the Government at Washington that
great patience should be exercised to-
wards the Madero government in Mex
leo, In order TO give that President an
opportunity TO establish solid admin
stration. But. In place of solidifying
he seems TO be letting the country 90
to pieces more and more every dav.
and is losing ground all the time, I'm
der these circumstances, the Govern
nent Of the United States would be
justified in recognizing any government
that seems to he supreme and that is
able to enforce the peace in any CON
siderable portion Of Mexico; and if
Mexico becomes broken up into a mum"
Der of smaller governments or nations,
that is something that the United
States cannot help. and has no function
TO guarantee against If the Mexican
people want TO split up into small
states, that is their own affair; but
what the United States wants and must
insist upon is that Americans shall be
secure in their persons and property in
Mexico, under whatever form Of gov
erpment. or under whatever number of
governments, may be established by the
Mcxicans.
ITS FINAL WORD