The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-25
AMERICAN INTERVENTION :.
NECESSARY IN MEXICO
Old Time Newspaper Man Does Not
Believe Troubles Of That Country
Will Ever Be Settled Until Uncle
Sam Takes q Hand.

Will Ever Be Settled Until Uncle
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Theodore w. Becker, an .old-time
newspaperman, now with the circula-
tion department of Golfers Weekly
who has just returned from several
months spent in Texas along the
border of Old Mexico, is in the city
accompanied by his little son Teddy
for visit with friends. Mr.. Becker
is much interested in developments
in Mexico and it is his opinion that
peace will never be restored in that
country until the United States inter-
venes.
"The situation in Mexico is quite
generally misunderstood in the
north," said Mr.. Becker, yesterday,
''The people Of Mexico will not long
endure the Huerta regime. At the
same time it is true that there is
not a man patriot or revolutionist
on either side of the present contro-
versy in whom the masses have con-
fidence. The present condition is the
direct result of years of misrule un-
der the Diaz administration which
has left the people of Mexico in a
bad way. Many of the revolution
lists are of the most ignorant type Of
poems. The Diaz regime which in
some states permitted favored few
to acquire title to large tracts Of
land which was worked with peon
labor, and under which the poems
were but slightly removed from q
condition Of serfdom has in large
measure destroyed in Mexico the
spirit of patriotism. The poems are
the true, patriots of Mexico. In the
ranks of the revolutionists they are
lighting for their national life, for a
better republic and for Mexico tina,
shall be a better Mexico than was
The old or is the present for the
common people. The poems fighting
as revolutionists have been organ.
ized and trained by better type OF
their countrymen, educated men. who
have felt the iron heel of oppression
These men, often in disfavor with
the administration, for some insig-
:lificant political offense, induce the
sspeoat;sst organize and fight, but tbs
best of them seem to be unable to
reconcile them to peace at any price
Mexico, so far as its peon class is
concerned, wherever they can Sc
cure arms, is a nation of banditti
The revolutionists fight for no fixed
principle. Today their vivas are for
Huerta, yesterday they were for Ma
dero, tomorrow they will be for Diaz
The states in northern Mexico are in
deplorable condition. Industrial de-
velopment is at standstill. Cities
and towns are expending no money
for public improvements and have
spent none for some years. In my
opinion, until some strong hand is in
terposed in Mexico to establish for
the Mexican people protectorate
against themselves, in justice to give
the lower clases of the people what
is rightfully theirs in the way of
property concessions under govern
ment supervision, that they may turn
from warfare to pastoral pursuits
there will be no peace in Mexico
Mexico is rich. Much of it's vast ag-
ricultural and mineral resources now
developed has been financed by
American capital. Too often Amer.
lean capital has been characteristic.
ally too thrifty in it's ambitions and
prejudices have been created which
IN the end have operated to the dis.
advantage Of all Americans living ir
Mexico. The trouble in Mexico is
world old. 1t is that the greed of the
| few does not comprehend the want
Of the many. The time is believed by
many close students of conditions ir
Mexico to have passed when ordin
ary measures would have secured thu
pacifcation of the people. l admir-,
President Wilson's course, but I be
lieve before the end of his admins
tration that he will advocate inter
vention in the interests of humanity
and justice to all the people of ou1
sister nation. Peace at any price i.
the crying need of Mexico at thu
present time"
Mr. Becker was in Brownsville
Texas, last winter when a battle was
on acros the Rio Grande in Mexico
Stray bullets at that time killed twt
residents of Brownsville and despit.
the efforts of the police and fedora
authorities hundreds stood on tn.
American side to view the battle. HI
viii spend several weeks on thu
range.
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