The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-01
CAUSTIC COMMENT
OF LONDON PAPERS

LONDON, Nov. LIN an editorial
today the Nation, following au outline
of recent Mexican history, sharply
criticises tho policy of Great Britain in
Mexico. After asserting to the propo-
sitions that Great Britain cannot inter
vene in the affairs of a half civilized
nation because its morals are bad and
its politics iliberal and that the first
concern Of British diplomacy is with
British interests, the editorial says.
"Our complaint is not that British
diplomacy has declined 10 intervene
against President Huerta. 1t is rather
that in peculiarly cynical way it has
given him countenapce and at moment
when the United States was using it's
influence to restore some approach to
constitutional rule. IF all the world
had recognized Huerta in a matter of
routine our action would have had little
significance; but it was taken at a
dramatic moment when it could be in.
terpreted only as rebuff and a coun-
terpoise TO the efforts of President
Wilson. The term British interests in
this connection requires some definition.
Cheap labor. for one thing is not a
British interest -
Battle of Oil Interests.
After stating that Lord Cowdray
and other British capitalists are friend
" to Huerta as they were friendly to
President Diaz and expressing the be,
lief that American oil interests are be.
hind the Mexican constitutionalists,
the article declares that even in the
narrowest views of British interests
the success of revolution which aims
nj turning serfs into free wage earn
ers may. in the end, do more to benefit
British trade than all the fayors a die
tator might shower on n few conces-
sionaries
The editorial concludes with a denun-
citation OF the policy of the British for
eign Office az not being in accord with
liberal principles. It saws this leaves
Great Britain standing alone among
the liberal powers and exposes the
country 20 suspicion at moment
when the government more than ever
deserves British good will.
Outlook Is Suspicious.
The Outlook declares that President
Wilson's Mobile speech means policy
of ''ideaIistic grab, by which all
other nations except the United States
will be shut out of the trade Of the
western hemisphere.
Spain from 1900 20 lS00,r the
Outlook says. "forbade all other ma
tions to trade with South America,
which was strictly reserved to the com.
mercial enterprises OF Spaniards alone.
In the year 1913 President Wilson
wants to impose a practically identical
yoke OF domination on the commercial
relations of the great independent
communities which have grown up be-
tween the Rio Grande and the antarctic
extremity OF the continent. The fur
ther assurance that the effect of the
opening OF the Panama canal would be
10 abolish foreign concession hunters
in favor of the investments Of the
United States, completes the exposition
OF this astounding scheme for the
barefaeed appropriation of the hemi-
sphere. It is barefsced, indeed, but
wildly absurd. What everybody sus.
poets is that behind the conscious or
Unconscious president there is in en-
hattled array The New York trusts
Villa Begins Fight.
Ell PASO. Texas, Oct s1.-SklrmIsh-
Ing between federalE and General Fran
cisco Villas rebel armies is reported to-
night IN the outskirts OF chihuahua Dur
ing the day Villas west flank occupied