The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-11-28
TRYING THE IMPOSSIBLE.

Even though their governments are
giving support to the policy of the
United States in dealing with Mexico,
the people of England and Germany,
If the newspapers of the countries re-
fleet public sentiment, are anything
but in sympathy with the course this
government is pursuing. The leading
journals of England and Germany are
freely charging that America is not
playing disinterested part, but that
we are in fact being used, Willingly or
unwittingly, as the tool of great finan-
cial interests, particularly of Stand
ard Oil, in fomenting and keeping
alive the revolutionary spirit in Mex
leo until we can gain settlement that
will be to the advantage of such in
terests. Americans will Indignantly
resent such charges because they have
every confidence in the integrity of
the presidents purpose and the purity
of his motives, even though many may
not approve of his course.
Granting that there may be keen
rivalry between the British Aguila oil
company and the Standard Oil COM
pany for concessions and advantages
in Mexico, there are no grounds what
ever upon which to base charges of
the nature now appearing in the
European press regarding the in
fluences back of the Washington ad-
ministration in it's handling of the
Mexican question. 1t does appear that
the situation has been badly bungled
and most amateurishly dealt with, but
this arises not out of a sinister pur-
pose, but out of an impracticable at
tempt to apply lofty and unattainable
ideals to sordid and mean condition.
The government is proceeding on the
theory that the Mexican people are
fully equipped for self-government
and all that is necessary to right the
wrongs that benighted country is now
suffering is a free election.
Huerta gained the presidency of
Mexico and made himself dictator by
foul and repugnant means, as has
practically every ruler of that poor
country throughout it's bloody history.
| The Washington government disap-
proved of his course and sought to
force his elimination. While there is
nothing admirable or respectable about
Huerta, he has the force of character
requisite for strong arm methods, and
the stubbornness that goes with such
character. He refuses to be eliminat-
ed. The United States then began
negotiations with Huerta's chief ad-
versary, Carranza, apparently in the
hopes of advancing true constitutional
government in the neighboring repub-
lie, as Carranza pretends, or rather
pretended, to desire such reform
These negotiations We're apparently
prospecting, when series of victories
gained by the Carranzistas gave that
leader some assurance of immediate
success in his revolutionary program
and his real character immediately
developed. 1t proved to be so similar
to that of the man he is trying to
overthrow, that President Wilson and
his advisers received a distinct shock
which appears to upset their plans
most lamentably. Carranza now dis
plays as much luminosity towards the
United States as Huerta himself. and
is even less disposed to treat with this
country on terms that would involve
him in any obligations to give to Mexi-
co true representative and constitu-
tional government.
Events are rapidly giving force to
the bald assertion of Huerta that Mex
leo never had experienced ANYTHING
approaching true representative gov
eminent, and under present conditions
cannot hope to do so. It becomes
more and more apparent that the neo-
pie OF that country are not far enoupb
advanced in the scale of civilization n