Imperial Valley press., 1912-04-24
A NECESSITY

i Whenever there is any great gov
ernmental obligation developed there
are those who have spasm ana De
mand inaction. with the result that
those who favor the performance OF
duty prove a rallying point TO their
great benefit by all who believe IN the
performance of duty.
This journal is not a supporter OF
President Taft, it is not believer IN
Rand monopoly in great holdings, II IS
NOT disposed to fly to the rescue OF
General H. G. Otis and his associates
IN the big land enterprise IN Mexico.
Rllt when certain newspapers under
take TO prevent the protection ol
American lives in Mexico because
abev dislike President Taft or Cen
eraJ Otis they are making serious
mistake and are promoting the inter
asts of the very men they seek to op-
pose. -,
The fact is that the president has
spDroached the impending issue with
8 timidity that almost calls for d
stronger term. and the American peo-
,Ie feel keenly the modification OF
the injury to their fellow citizens VINO
have gone TO a friendly nation ana
v,ou see their property and their lives
menaced.
u ie one thing TO resort to BULLDOG
f,g tactics and wars of conquest and
5acidedlv different thing to protect
4bn lives and property of the people
of the nation, wherever theE may oe'
Intervention in Mexico has now pc
come a crying necessity, allke Ior 1Ie
welfare of Americans and of MeXlcans'
and to resist that necessary lhtefN eH,
ton will tend to make a nero out "
the president, even though no W
good raw material is provided lof lHs
purpose. ..---.-,e,.. d..
The old doctrine Of manifest aes-
tirv.- implying the eventual consoi.aa-
tfop of the continent into one n3lloAs
might fail of consummauon Id"
and order could prevail without :.
nut the chaos and anarchy OF Mexico
makes il inevitable that law ana OF
der shall be reestablished there by 1hF
oDIy force able to perform the iu1le-
ton. -.;.,- an
the American people the Riverside "a
terprise and other papers are Neiiih7
lnndlv. In the agony of italic type the'
Enterprise prints the following:
s,The owners of huge land conces-
x,,ns IN Mexico want war. GUS oi
Sc los Angeles Times wants Wal.
He and his crowd have great strelches
~ land in Mexico. They got 1helh
for comparatively nothing 1rohl tne
hatcher. Diaz, who was ousted o! :hd-
sar, the present president OF Mexico.
They want to keep them and 'heH
want to work them with virtual siaNe
niaz forced his subjects TO Worh loi
has American kings. Madero re-
f,,Sec to do so. So Otis and MS KIND
Inciuding John Hays Hammond lalI ;
rIosest friend. seek TO bring aoou'
var.
~The sellers of guns, uniforms, an
ryanition. etc, want war.
-sWar with Mexico would mean II
nafIy the loss OF fifty to one huhar eq
sbousand American youths. II wouIu
mean an expenditure OF hundreds oi
millions of dollars. 1t would pe lhe
philippines over again on scale nNe
times as large. We are still hghtlhg
sba Eilipinos and still losing Ameri-
can soldiers by the hundreds IN bal-
t,a and bv disease Today the Phlllp-
pines are being occupied by the Amer
ran trusts. The tobacco trust, sugar
rrust rubber trust, money trust, ran
road trust, practically govern lhe
country
asIf we war with Mexico it will mean
a prolonged guerilladom OF decade'
The Associated Press telegram ap-
oended tells the truth. The other as
patch, from Pasadena, shows no"
Hammond anl his gang seek TO pro
woke war. They want 10 have the
nortbern district of Mexico annexed
~ the United States. Their land, nov
worth a few millions, would be Wort
hundreds OF millions if our flag new
aver it, II is a question OF money
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