The daily sentinel., 1913-12-22
WILSON REAL REPRESENTATIVE
Of THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

indicated the position of congress on
this very important question. As |
have stated in previous letters, both
the senate and the house are giving
serious consideration to the report
of the commission which recently Wis
tied Europe to study the rural credit
systems which have been long and
successfully operated in the principal
countries of the old world A sub
committee of the house committee on
currency headed by Congressman
Bulkley of Ohio, is preparing a bill
embodying those features on the Eu-
ropean systems which seem best
adapted to American conditions. 1t
will reach the house soon after the
holiday recess and will undoubtedly
provoke most instructive debate.
It's passage in some form is fore
gone conclusion.
If | am any judge of the temper
of the house, it will be liberal meas
ure from the point of view of the
farmer, and will prove a tremendous
force in increasing the agricultural
prosperity of the nation. And when
the farmer is prosperous, we all have
a few dollars in our pockets.
Mexico's Troubles.
Some months ago l devoted one of
my letters to the Mexican situation.
At that time the jingoes We're very
active. Led by the Hearst papers.
they clamored for Intervention and
OF course every one knew that meant
war. | took occasion to venture the
prediction that the man in the white
that IL the country would loyalty
support him he would find means to
drive the assassin Huerta from the
City of Mexico without sacrificing
an American life.
When that letter was written
there was marked division of senti-
ment in this country on the Mexican
question. am afraid if it had been
submitted to a popular vote the pres
ident's position would not have been
sustained. A weaker man or n less
sane man would have plunged the en-
tire country into war But Wilson
held to his course and his wisdom is
now acknowledged and applauded by
all parties in this country and COM
rrands the admiration of the chancel-
lories of the civilized world.
The following editorial utterance
of the Washington Times, which is
regarded as the Washington organ of
the Roosevelt contingent is fairly
representative of the sentiments ex-
pressed by practically all.of the big
papers:
''It is not too early to say that, so
far as President Wilson has gone
with his Mexican policy, he has gone
with amazing ease. He has confound-
ed the jingoes, who were cocksure
that he could not be impolite to HUI
arfo te mi m CT
him. without driving us into war.
American, English, German and
French residents in Mexico suppose
to have the very best Judgment about
the national temper there he has left
speechless with surprise. The chan
cellories of Europe he has converted
/ from desenters and scoffers into rati-
fiers and admirers.
Nobody out of Mexico ever doubt
ed that President Wilson could force
/ Huerta to his will If he were resolv-
ed to do so. In the beginning pretty
nearly everybody did doubt that he
could ever do so without war.
But there has been no storm out
side of Mexico.- scarcely any excite
i ment. Mexico waits for Mr.. Wilson
to put Huerta out. 1t is now clear
to everybody that MIR. Wilson can put
Buerta out-if he wished to use Car
ranza-without sending single Am
criean soldier across the border.
No man can safely predict what
will come out of a tense Latin Amer
lean situation at any time. But 1t
Is not prophecy. 1t is a statement of
hard fact that from the day he went
! into the white house and took up his
i.olicy against Huerta. to this very
Hday, President Wilson has Travelled
every foot Of his Mexican road bril-
liantly.