The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-28
If Forced to Invade Mexico it
Will be to Bring About
Peace and Not for
Gain.
UNITY OF ALL INTEREST
President Wilson's utterancss That
the Monroe Doctrine Is
to be Adhered
To.
rBy John Edwin Nevin, Staff CORES.

[By John Edwin Nevin, Staff Cores
pondent of the United Press.1
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2s.-Unity of
interest for all nations for the western
hemisphere Is planned by President
Wilson and Secretary of State Bryan.
BY that means they hope to avoid In
the future the frequent uprisings and
revolutions which for nearly century
have kept Central and South America
In a turmoil. To bring 1t about every
vestige of dollar diplomacy" is to be
wiped out
The Monroe doctrine is to be ad-
hered to to the very letter and Uncle
Sam and not any power which feels it
self aggrieved Is to constitute the po-
lice power on this side of the world.
That is the Interpretation placed to-
day on President Wilson's significant
utterances in Philadelphia, at Swarth-
more and again at Mobile. The presi
dent. also. 1t is admitted, has cleared
the way for any action he may desire
to take in restoring order In Mexico.
The United States will never again
seek to obtain one additional foot OF
territory by conquest. Morality and
not expediency are the motives Of this
government and its desire Is to help
the Latin republics to an emancipation
from their subordination which have
been inevitable to foregn enterprises
Az thus epitomized by the president.
that is the real policy OF the present
administration. Ever since he took
the oath OF Office the president mas
been bending his efforts to promote a
spirit OF accord In Latin America. The
big brotherly attitude" wasf1rst made
evident in the Nicaraguan loan nego
tations. Little yexing questions with
Brazil were cleared. Columbia and
Panama are being brought nearer, but
Mexico remains obdurate. The presi,
dent opposed armed Intervention. He
has and is taking every possible step
to avoid it. Only the active interfer-
ence by some European power or an
outrage on Americans will force his
hand But he realizes the situation Ia
tense and diplomats here believe that
1t is by such realization, that he has
openly asserted that there will never
again be a war of conquest by this
country IL he can prevent 1t. The
declaration makes plain to the world
where the United States stands. II 1t
is compelled to use its army and navy
to restore peace In Mexico-and the
belief seems growing here that this will
be the final solution-there can be no
interference by any of the so-called
world powers.
Intervention In Mexico will follow
the lines adhered to when interven-
tion took place In Cuba-restoration
of order for the Mexican people them
selves-and the money powers OF
France, of Germany and of Eng
land, with their billions of dollars In
vested. cannot force objection which
will be upheld by the mass of people
OF these nations.
Having exhausted every possible
means OF bringing the warning factions
in Mexico together and having openly
proclaimed that under no circum-
stances will this government seize any
Mexican territory, 1t is admitted that
President Wilson is today In such posi-
tion that IL he must use force he will
have the support of all parties in the
senate and the house. He has insisted
time and again that any problem