Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-08-06
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 be effective, in the face of the stub- born attitude of President Huerta and General Carranza, the leader Of l the revolutionists. By sending JOGE Ii,id, the former governor of M.hne- sota, into Mexico as his personal representative, President Wilson hopss to reconcile the opposing forces and bring about peace-but peace in Mexico will never be . reality until the United States takes d naud and steps the fighting.
 1he Washington Post, whose editcr | is as close to President Wilson and other department heads ill the na- tional capital as any other man, says the people of the United States may as well be prepared for the worst in Mexico. The decision of President Wilson not to recognize Huerta, he says, means that intervention is con- ing and there is certainly no alter native.
 Trance has made direct demands upon the United states that the French interests be protected. Great Britain has made similar demand ill behalf of British subjects and property, through Ambassador Page. Italy has advised. France and. Great Britain of her intention to support them 1n the demand that the obligations of the Monroe doctrine shall be met. 2.
 The United States has been served with notice, in effect, that if it does not put stop to the anarchy in Mexico, Europe will. .t:.
 There is only one course to take ih such a juncture. The United States must act. It will never permit Europe to meddle in, Pan-American affairs.
 President Wilson is right in refus- ing to recognize Huerta The man is so hated, by his countrymen that he dare ,.ot leave the City of Mexico. A large portion of the republic is ill arms, against him. He asks for 'recog- milton in order that he may borrow money, and crush this opposition. In his public statement Monday he de- clared that the revolution would be crushed within a few weeks, and in the next breath he states that unless the United States should extend recog- milton chaos would follow.
 A special dispatch from San Fran cisco discloses the fact that the mill. :. tary authorities of the United States are wide awake and preparing for eventualities. Part of the battleship fleet is to go to Pacific waters. It will be ready to blockade the Pacific ports of Mexico, and at the same time will serve as a warning to Japan to keep hands off in Central Ameri- ca.
 Secretary Garrison and Secretary Daniels have been along the Mexican border and on the Pacific coast. They have personal knowledge of the situ- ation, and appreciate the magnitude of the task that confronts them. Ambassador Wilson has driven home the facts regarding the situa- tion in Mexico. He has spoken brave ly and periodically, as an American should. He deserves the thanks of the country for waking it up to the situation. His plan for withdrawing Americans from Mexico and estab- fishing an effective blockade of Mex ican ports is the plan that must be adopted if Huerta is not to be recog- nized. Inasmuch as the recognition of Huerta would be a reward for as- sassination and perpetuation of tyranny, President Wilson chooses the honorable alternative It is only a question of time when American guns will settle the Mexican question. President Wilson does not relish the undertaking, and his countrymen share in his distaste; but not man in the United States, ill Congress or out of it, will fail to rally to Presi- dent Wilson's call when he deter mines that war is inevitable.
 Congress. in the meantime, should be alive to it's duty. It should drop the criminal policy of restricting the building of sufficient battleships to do the nations duty. It should see that the Panama Canal is strongly fortified on both oceans It should build up Guantanamo. It should rat ify the treaty with Nicaragua, and thus acquire an impregnable naval base on Fonseca Bay. It should make appropriations for shipbuildins plant on the Pacific coast capable of