The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-02-28
A EUROPEAN PARALLEL

excuse TO the financially inter-
ested to cry for Intervention,
and offering mouthpieces of
monarchies in Europe oppor-
tunity to magnify disturbances
in republic and to jeer at this
country for not maintaining or
der in another country, might
almost be imagined a conspiracy
of the Fates to drag us into the
flames of war-easily kindled
and difficult to quench. For the
honor of American statesman
ship as we'll as for the wisdom
, of our policy it is we'll that both
this week and the next men of
sober thought are to occupy the
White House. The time may
come when there will be need
and justification for interven-
tion, but now there is none yet
President afraid to be right or
one who was a swashbuckler or
an hysterical firebrand would
easily go wrong. Sometimes
those having such responsible
ties as Mr.. Taft's and Mr.. Will
sons must appreciate that Kip.
ling definition of the part of "a
man." beginning:
"If you can keep your head when
all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on
you;
If you can trust yourself when all
men doubt you,
But make allowance for their
doubling too
At this writing there is no
evidence that Huerta, the pro-
visional President, or any men,
bers of his cabinet were impli-
Gated in the shocking murder of
/, Madero and Suarez. On the
/, contrary, the action taken by
the cabinet, and the communi-
cation to the diplomatic corps
by Senor de la Barra, minister
of foreign relations, and the
statement by the President, are
evidences that the violent
deaths of the deposed officials
were regarded as causing a
dangerous crisis in the affairs
of the new administration
Huerta naturally breads inter
vention by the United States
and he and his advisers knew
that the murder of Madero
would increase the agitation for
Intervention.
But with no evidence of the
completely of the Huerta admin
\ istration hear the British cries
for Intervention! Parentheti-
cally, there are many millions
of British money invested in
Mexico, and Mexico is repub-
lie. The London Standard de-
clares intervention by this coun-
try "can hardly longer be de-
layed," and promises British
sympathy in our action. The
Daily Graphic calls on the big
Stick" to do its duty" The
Daily Express urges President
Taft to act, but says 5000
American troops are but "a pill
for an earthquake" and that
such venture would need 100,-
900 men. The Daily Chronicle
says mo one can envy the Uni
ted States her task" and that
"an enormous army will be
needed to conquer Mexico" The
Daily News declares the United
States "is experiencing the
worlds indignation at the
treachery which brought the
Huerta administration into
Office" The Daily Mail urges the
United States to go forward and
use it's power.
The British people, there
fore, are shocked at the murder
of Madero and consider it am
pie ground for the United
States to intervene, despite the
absence of evidence that any
government official was impli-
Gated. Let us examine a recent
parallel but much worse case in
Europe, where a monarchy in
tead of a republic was concern
ed. In 1900, Alexander, King
of Servia, then "a years old, op-
posed the officers of his king
dom and married a former lady
in-waiting at his court, a wo-
man nine years his senior
Three years later the leading
statesmen and chief officials of