The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-11-19
Are Against lntercession
In Mexico.
GOOD REASONS FOR OPINIONS
Think Uncle Sam Should Arm
Rebels and Let the
Fight Proceed.
FIGHT NEEDS INVESTIGATION

side in Mexico are now in New
York. Commenting on their pres
ence, the New York World quotes as
follows
For the ultimate good of both
the United States and Mexico, arm
ed intervention should not be con-
sidered until Mexico shall have been
given a chance to solve her own
problems. The United States has no
moral right to send an armed force
into Mexico so long as majority
of the people Of Mexico can estab-
lish and maintain a stable govern
ment. This they can do quickly if
the embargo on arms be lifted. The
Constitutionalists should be allowed
an opportunity to demonstrate their
power before intervention is consid-
cred"
This is the view of the Mexican
situation expressed yesterday by AL
fonso Madero, the eldest surviving
brother of the late President of Mex
leo. Neither Alfonso nor any of his
kinsmen now in New York would
concede the possibility that Gen.
Carranza, with arms at his disposal,
could not bring order out of Mexi-
cos present chaos.
I'VE still have faith in our coun-
try and its capacity for self-govern-
ment," is the sentiment of all of the
Madero family.
81 will leave it to any fair-minded
citizen of the United States" contin-
ued Don Alfonso, ito say what his
own attitude would be toward for
eign invasion of his country, and
let him apply his conclusion to us
before he criticises any patriotic Mex
lean for saying that his first duty
would be to resist armed interven-
ton. Suppose the preponderant Eu-
ropean power had said to you, in the
midst of your civil strife. that you
must cease fighting or it would send
an army to establish peace and or
der; and suppose you had been COM
PEELED by this superior force to yield
both your national sovereignty and
the principles for which you were
fighting-would you have forgiven
the invader?
How. then. do you expect us in
To vi int in
while a majority of the people lack
nothing but arms for the overthrow
of Dictator Huerta?
81 wish that | could impress on
every citizen of the United States
the seriousness of this situation, if
1t be really true that intervention is
a possibility at this stage. MeXicans
never can have any feeling other
than resentment against the United
States If their country be invaded
without their having been granted a
chance to work out their own saliva
ton.
II wish you could comprehend the
situation in Mexico and obtain a
fairer view of the causes of exist
ing conditions. You fail to appre-
ciate that the Mexican people have
been. progressing. The trouble was
that the Government did not keep
pace with this evolution. That was
the cause of the Madero revolution,
and IL is because the people of Mex
leo have progressed beyond submit
ting to the yoke of distator that
Mexico is in arms and is opposed to
the Huerta regime.
THE Constitutionalist forces are
morally entitled to a fair opportuni-
ty to obtain arms. and this the Unit
cd States has prevented, through its
too scrupulous regard for what 1t
has deemed its duty. 1t has. unfor-
tunately. neutralized the good effect
of refusing to recognize the assassin
Huerta by the bad effect of discrim-
ination against the arming OF HUI
erta's opponents.
ut should not require prolonged
Investigation TO establish the claims
of the Constitutionalists. That they
have fought SO long and so success
fully against the odds imposed on
them by the so-called neutrality laws
is proof that their cause is backed
by the people of Mexico. Orozco had
more money and more facilities than