The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-07-22
WILSON'S MEXICAN POLICY.

Ambassador Wilson is on his way
home from Mexico to talk things
over with the President. Perhaps
the President will learn something.
Perhaps not. Anyhow, the order
given to the Ambassador to come
home serves to delay anything in the
way of positive action on the part of
the administration.
1t may be that the President has a
Mexican policy. If so, he has not
taken the public into his confidence.
Apparently, however, he has been
waiting for some positive change in
Mexico. We can we'll understand
that to recognize an assassin and
murderer as the so-called President
of Mexico is anything but a cheerful
outlook, but what else is there to
do? If President Wilson has been
eXacting that there shall first be held
national election before he accords
recognition to a Mexican Govern
ment, what is there to be gained?
Certainly an election of the mani
pulated sort that they hold in Mex
leo, and which is under the absolute
control of the executive, who is also
the dictator, means nothing. Can
President Wilson expect that peace
and good order would follow such an
election?
Things have been going from bad
to worse for so long a time in Mexico
that positive nuisance has been al
lowed to grow up at our very door,
Not one open step has been taken by
the present administration at Wash
ington to put an end to violence. 1t
may not be necessary to regard as
serious the suggestion of some for
eign power that this government
should do something. What should
be regarded as serious is the protest
that is constantly arising from our
own people who have invested
countless millions in Mexico and
whose property is destroyed, endan-
gered or rendered unproductive be-
cause there is not sufficient author
ity in the Mexican Government to
set it's house in order. That sort of
thing cannot go on forever.
We realize that the task of Presi-
dent Wilson is difficult one. 1t is
easy to say that our remedy lies in
adopting the same policy that we did
in Cuba and intervene with force.
That is easier said than done. We
should need great many more men
than we have. Every State in the
Union would have to be called upon
to furnish it's national guardsmen.
The moment that our troops should
cross the border, it would be to fight
a united Mexico. Every Mexican,
federalist, revolutionist or just plain
bandit, would battle shoulder to
shoulder to repel the invader. At
ter that they would resume fighting
each other. Probably 100000 men
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and it could not be done in a few
months campaigning either. Hence
the invasion of Mexico is a con-
tingency to be thought of, of course,
even prepared for, but not to be in
dulged in unless all other efforts
fail.
We may or may not like Huerta.
We may actually detest him, but the
fact is that he represents the only
government in Mexico with which
our own government can deal. l.-There-
fore, let us deal with him. If by
recognizing him as MeXico's head the
Mexican authorities can sooner put
down the uprisings that have infiict-
ed such serious losses upon Ameri-
can interests, that would seem to be
the proper thing to do. Recognize
him and thus help him to strengthen
his position and then hold him re-
sponsible. If he cannot protect
American and foreign interests with
that recognition, it will be time to
consider the next move. We are not
going to cut any ice by letting things
drift.-Philadelphia Inquirer.