Atlanta Georgian., 1913-02-27

cloak rooms OF the United States SEN
ate there is going on day by DAY Sc
ries Of private conversations more rev.
olutionary than the revolt Of Diaz, or
the accession Of Huerta.
II it eliminates along the line of
the present discussion 1t would create
a greater revolution in American poll
tics and establish a greater menace to
American supremacy than the question
which is now holding the president
and his cabinet in midnight sessions
and the people of two republics in
suspense.
The actual abandonment Of the
Monroe Doctrine Is the theme of
serious and general discussion in the
senate cloak rooms and in the intervals
OF tranquility in the house Of repre-
sentatives.
Many Senators Are Involved.
There is no possible doubt of this.
I hear it from dozens Of sources. and
I have it confirmed from prominent
senators themselves.
/ am almost able to say upon au-
thority that in case the Mexican situa-
ton should reach the point where in
tervention seems positively necessary,
the abandonment of the Monroe Doc
trine would be seriously discussed.
1t is talked of day by day with a
frankness that is astonishing, and SEN
timents for such action are expressed
bv a few senator's with an emphasis
which would surprise the public, II the
public could know.
Those who lean toward the affirma-
tive of this monstrous proposition take
the ground that the recent comments
Of the English press and the almost
EXPRESSED demands of England and
Germany and other nations that the
American public should calm the situa-
ton in Mexico have caused our coun-
try to realize the enormous responsi-
biiity which the Monroe Doctrine en-
tails upon us at the present time and
is certain to entail in the future.
None viii Declare Himself
These rank materialists and blood
less Americans are shamelessly asking
the question whether America is to
the burden the Monroe Doctrine In
all its ramif1cations imposes upon our
country.
OF course no senator would pub
Uclv express himself upon this ques-
ton The day is gone by when public
men express their convictions with
fearless individuality. In these days
both senators and congressman are
willing 10 talk privately, but you can
scarcely xet man in either house to
speak about anything until he knows
the attitude of the incoming president
or of the majority of his party or the
sentiment of the country.
But how some of the American rep
resentatives feel was indicated In
some of the comments and suggestions
made today, which / could obtain only
under the usual understanding of
secrecy.
Private Opinions of Senators.
One senator declared IT might be a
very good idea TO allow England ana
Germany to Join the United States IN
restoring order in Mexico and In land
ing troops. He expressed not even an
anprehension Of the aftermath of such
an arrangement
Another senator declared that he
would be glad II Germany or any other
nation undertook the task of restoring
order in Mexico He added naively:
.srhs Germans are a good people.
What harm could 1t possibly be to us
~ they went In there and established
peace. even If they took over part Of
the Mexican territory to themselves?
We would then have nothing TO fear
from them, and It would be vast i'm
provement over the present situation. =,
OF course. this discussion grows ouS
Of the feeling. which Is becoming
stronger every day at the capitol. that
in spite OF governmental timidity and
apprehension, the United States is
being brought day by day nearer to
the absolute necessity Of intervention
in Mexico.
Revolution Is Habit Now.
Men on both sides Of tho house are
beginning to realize that no power ex-
listing in Mexico can establish order
and protect the lives and interests of
their own and foreign people
The strongest man that Mexico has
known in a century, or is likely to know
in another century, was Porfirio Diaz
For a long period Diaz did maintain
order and repressed the always smol-
dering revolutions and riots of the fac
tions by the maintenance Of a rule alb
solutely iron in its stern repression.
But in course Of time the irrepressi-
Bile revolutionists of Mexico overthreN
the elder Daz himself and exiled him
from the country.
Since they have done this, it will bC
impossible in a quarter of a century tc