El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-30

I doubled their activities to secure con-
I ceSslonS OF the Huerta government
Pail Mall Gazette's Comment.
In commenting on the Mexican stu
alton the Pail Mall Gazette says:
we fully understand that president
Wilson'S message is born of the ira
vail Of his soul He is a good and
I devout man, earnestly DESTROYS of fur
thering the ideals of peace and Justice.
protecting not only the interests of
the United States in Mexico but the
lives of some thousands of American
citizens who have settled there.
The application of moral force con-
slsts in urging all the citizens of the
United states In Mexico, to abandon
their occupations and clear out of the
country and IN proposing measures
which must rest on physical force for
preventing the entry of arms and mu-
nluOnS Of war into the country either
for provisional president Huerta or for
the rebels. We shall watch the result
of steady pressure of moral force but
Lack of Physical Force.
We have preached many times dur
ing the past troubled months that
physical force not backed by moral
force is brutal and futile, but we are
compelled to accept the converse idea
that moral force not backed by
in consequence is likely to become even
more brutal.
The golden dreamers Of The Hague
and Of the capital Shrink from recOg-
niZing a fact so fatal to their theories.
We shall see what Mexico has to teach
them"
Amateur Diplomats.
The Evening Standard says:
The United States as we have all
learned lately, distrusts amateurish-
ness in sports. It knows if you must
win you must rely on the expert 1t
Is therefore rather surprising that the
United States does not apply the same
admirable principle to the conduct Of
its public affairs"
Deploring that in America diplomacy
is now left to group of politicians,
who in foreign affairs are the most
amateurish of amateurs, with a secre-
tary OF state at the head Of them who
is too much occupied in delivering
popular lectures to devote all his time
to his official duties" the Standard
continues by a reference to the 'Singu-
lar inconclusfveness' Of president VIII
sons policy and says that provisional
president Huerta is the only power
capable Of restoring order. President
Wilson's only specific" the newspaper
urges all American citizens in Mexico
to leave their railways, their mines,
be confiscated or to be occupied by the
such is diplomacy, when it falls IN
der the control of distinguished ANA
into an impasse from which there is
no escape"
France Praises Wilson.
Paris, France, Aug. 30.-The attitude
u the Il ACACn 5Ofe4 HAuS1L OL the Stu
alton between the United States and
Mexico, says lie Matin, is inspired by
the traditional friendship toward the
United States and a keen desire that
all American questions be arranged in
agreement with the Washington gov
eminent
French representatives Of the United
States and Mexico LIE Matin continues
have been instructed to aid as much
as possible in bringing about an un-
derstanding between Mexico and the
United States. The foreign office IS
convinced that the United States has
no other aim than to establish peace in
Mexico, for which country the United
States sincerely wishes prosperity and
peace. Official circles praise the mod
Grafton and calmness exhibited in the
attitude of president Wilson and the
American people"