The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1913-12-05

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We are mostly tired to death O.
Mexico but that doesn't settle the
trouble. F. Hopkinson Smith, the
author, artist and traveller know;
something of Mexico; John Hays
Hammond, the business man knows
something of Mexico and so do the
returning missionaries and mostly
they agree in the main with Mr.
Smith in his remarks that the Will
son policy has been a mistake. He
says that Huerta is a strong man
and the only one who can bring
order out of chaos; that if Carranza
should overthrow him we ought to
recognize him even as we ought to
have recognized Huerta; and should
Carranza be overthrow. we ought
to recognize the next man until we
get stable government. The fact
there is blood on the hands Of
Huerta, he does not think enters
into the matter any more than it
did when we recognized Servia.
Speaking Of the outcome he says:
"Some day soon a drunken Mexican
rebel soldier will invade a hacienda, its
inhabitants will flee to the coast and be
taken on board an American warship. A
landing party of American soldiers will go
ashore, an American will be shot and then
the fat will be in the fire."
Speaking of the attitude abroad,
he goes on
d" | have been ashamed, as l sat in the
clubs of London, to hear America dis
cussed and ridiculed because of the Wilson
Mexican policy. Wilson and Bryan have
made this country the laughing stock of
all Europe"
Let us hope that the war predic-
ton of this delightful teller of tales
may not prove to be prophetic.
Here is an apple story which
comes from Massachusetts, not
from the far West. Eighty-thou-
sand barrels of apples have been
shipped from Shelburn Falls, Mass,
and the surrounding towns this
season. A man who paid fourteen
hundred dollars for his farm ten
years ago, received for his apples
alone, this year, twenty-one hum
dred dollars. If sthese things can
be done in Massachusetts, they can
be done in Vermont. Here is no
glamour of different climate and
distance, it is work, knowledge
and good judgment which makes
these crops possible, and Vermont
soil and climate is as good as the
next one if mixed with these ferti-
lizers.
Lord Haldene of England evil
IDENTIFY voices official England when
he spoke of the Monroe doctrine,
which he seems to think is still in
force. He interpreted it to mean
that we are ready to accept the re-
sponsibility of insuring government
ourself in the countries on the
American continents and that we
are not in it to increase our territory
or our treasury Much has been
read into this speech and something
in the nature of a warning, but
since the larger portion of this
country does not want war with
Mexico and much less any of her
territory the warning, if it were
there, seems to have been unneces-
sary.
The Jelley family down near
Rutland seem to have been shaken
out of their calm. They are pre-
dieting the end of the world and so
they are closing up their house and
preparing to move into Rutland to
await the closing up of mundane
affairs. There is a bit of prudence
or common sense left in their heads |
as they are planning to return to |
their farm next spring and work it |
in order to have funds to carry out |
the messages they have received, |
provided the end doesn't come /
this winter.
President Wilson has beaten one
record already and that is the spe-
cial session, which has outlasted ev-
cry other special session since the
government began. We are doing
business under the regular session
now. J.