The Washington herald., 1913-11-10
THE OPEN FORUM
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To the Editor: Unless there Is speedy
change In the Mexican situation In
tervention Is inevitable. But Intervention
Is the last thing desired. II might be
spared by lifting the embargo on COM
mercial freedom to arms and munitions
Of war The neutrality laws Of the
United States do not prohibit commercial
freedom in arms and munitions Of war
with a foreign nation Omitted States VS..
Pena: 90 Federal Reports, $3.50. Nor
does international law prohibit subjects
of neutral States selling arms and muni-
tions Of war to insurgents Then
why not lift the Taft embargo? The
ccwardly cry is that II would arm
Mexico against the United States, as II
IL were ordained that the great United
States was to war on little Mexico.
Fresumptiousness, indeed And the
cowardly side of such q feeling is pitt
able. Mexico and the United States
are not at war and may never be. II
there is likelihood Of war 1t would be
without the pale Of all law, and a very
poor policy, indeed, and contemplate
arrogance to destroy commercial freedom
until declaration Of war.
Madero overthrew Porhrio Diaz. It
Is generally understood that the big in
terests'' silently allied with the Clericals,
financed Madero. Madero was q man
Of expediency of concessionaries- Presi-
dent Wilson ma have had him. as one,
in mind in his epochal utterance at Mo-
bile.
Arozo. jr., threatened Madero. The
big interests" were alarmed. The Con-
gress of the United States then placed
1t within the power Of the President to
put an embargo on expectation Of arms
and munitions OF war into Mexico. Presi-
dent Taft lost no time to act upon It An
embargo was declared. Why7 To up
hold Madero and constituted authority
backed by the big interests" and to
eliminate Arozo, Jr., regarded as a
guerrilla II was nasty work, II not in
tervention.
Huerta then soon appeared upon the
scene, assassinated Madero, usurped the
reins Of government, overthrow consti-
tuted authority. proclaimed a dictator
ship, himself dictator, backed openly by
the Clericals, silently aided by the big
interests" and even helped by the
United States authorities, It is believed.
As a result Mexico is without constituted
authority and dwells in anarchy and
confusion.
In its midst a ray of hope is seen in
Carranza, and his 5000 followers con-
trolling the flower Of Mexican territory.
to bring order out of chaos, with the
aid of commercial freedom in arms and
munitions of war. In overthrowing HUI
erta. establishing constituted authority,
with peace and liberty prevailing. And
therein intervention may be offset and
the United States saved from the sus-
picion OF all Latin-America for aggran-
dizement.
II is not worth while. then. to try Il
as the last resort to Intervention? If
then Intervention must come so be Il.
but God in his wisdom forbid II, for in
Intervention is seen the beginning OF
that decay OF the nation and its end that
befell mighty Rome reaching out in her
greatness and avariciousness.
Mongrel Mexico about our necks will |
carry US on and on TO control and then |
10 possess all the lands OF the Caribbean; |
aye, and on and on to Terra del Fuego, |
to destroy US OF the weight |
1f internal dissention.
Mexico is a land OF half-breeds. In /
Iced, half-breeds and the descendants OF |
lalf-breeds govern all Latin-America-a |
condition that Anglo-Saxondom holds in
Utmost contempt There can never be
assimilation between Anglo-Saxon and |
--atin-America, and without assimilation
he body polite will become cancerous,J
Tither, decay. and die. Assimilation is
Intagonized by fundamental differences
II origin. OF language with difference OF
pirit, OF religion, Of free institutions, of
of liberty-of everything
gainst peace and general welfare.
As last resort against IL, and inter-
'ention in Mexico leading to it, let the
United States lift its embargo against
ommercial freedom in arms and NUM-
ions of war. sanctioned by the law OF
he land and the law OF nations. that
iexico might settle her internal dissen-
ions. In the meanwhile let US mark
lme and look on in the patient hope
hat another man Of the hour may arise,
ven as Juarez and Diaz arose in their
ay and generation in bold and beneh-
ent leadership for human rights and
berty.
1t is 4 grave condition that confronts
S. Upon its solution our mighty re-
ublic will live or die. May our great
nd good President, whose administra-
on has been most admirable. be guided
the best interests of a common people.
nd OF humanity and liberty I'm general
ANDREW JORDAN GREEN.