New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-28
The Presidents Mexican Policy l
the Nations Policy.

The provisional government of Mexico should reo'
ize to-day how mistaken has been Its vie" VI '"0
Presidents policy. 1t rejected his oeneVoieh' pi'
..o,s nort1v because 1t did not believe that tne
administration spoke for the people or the 0ni'e'
states, There may have been some excuse lor sun"
erroneous disbelief since at some depor"Oie '''"e
foreign relations have been made SUBJECTS Oh i"'
topal contention. But that excuse must vanish WIN
this mornings news For surely every puohc express
,s;on IN every part Of the country, must Win un'
qualified earnestness approve and support the uis'
nissd benevolent and resolute policy wnlch was
yesterday put forward In the Presidents message
Tho American nation is a unit IN disntereS'eu
lt-ordsh,n for Mexico, friendship which IL mas
more than once effectively manifested IN oeeuS 40
we'll ss words and IN earnest desire 10 see 'ne
blessings Of peace prosperity and CONSTRUCTORS %
dor restored to that distracted land 1t is un IL
feeling, acknowledging and seeking to discharge
.hosa .necisI obligations toward Mexico In whlcn II
,s Authenticated from other nations. but whlch 'he
Mexican government, through Mr.. Gamboa' strange
IL md somewhat scornfully affects not 10 uiuei-
stand. 1t is unit in regarding forcioe nterVen'ion
nc something not even to be thought Of, unless IN
circumstances radically more urgent than the pres
ept in both degree and kind; circumstances "nlch
we must deem to be too remote and improbable TOT
present considerations but 1t is no less unit IN IN
sistinc resolutely and nexorably, upon the fuleSt
oss,he renaration for all injury done to Americans
To ho
whatever responsible government may be FOUND III
that country.
The nation is also, we believe, unit in approval
Of the Presidents announcement that hereafter ne
Mill e1erdse strict neutrality toward the warning
factions being neither the partisan OF one nor the
umpire between the two and that TO that end he Will
forbid the expectation Of arms and munitions or
war to either party. 1t was pointed out in these
columns some time ago that such policy would be
logical Since our government does not recognize
General Huerta as the constitutional President of
Mexico, there is no reason why 1t should accord
belligerent rights and privileges 20 him any more
than to the rival faction From the American point
Of view the two are at par There will be general
hope that this policy will be influential for the ces
sation of hostilities Both factions have confessed
the importance if not the necessity of being able to
get military supplies from the United States. The
shutting off Of all such supplies should leave them
without the means of continuing their warfare
We should add an expression Of confidence in the
nations complete assent to Mr.. Wilson's policy of
patience and restraint, of readiness to renew our
tender of good offices whenever Mexico shall signify
a willingness to accept them and Of expectation
that In the near future the barriers Of pride preju
dice, misunderstanding, what not will yield to
moral force, and peace will be restored to Mexico