Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-12-06

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Resentment Is Stirred by
Subtle Campaign for Inter-
vention in Mexico !
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/ SAN FRANCISCO William Ran.
dolph Hearst in his Examiner
makes full-page plea in big type
| for the United States to intervene in
Mexico. Hearst DISCUSSES his real
motives behind semblance OF logic,
making the cry that our citizens in
Mexico must be protected.
The process which Hearst recon-
mends for. protecting these American
citizens is TO send many other Amer
fcan citizens into Mexico to get kill
ed He also wishes TO subject nine
ty million American citizens who stay
atlhome to all the terrible demoraliz-
ing effects of war.
Hearst,s open plea for Intervention
comes as the climax to news cam.
paign carried on by his papers in
various parts of the country 1t has
been especially noticeable of late that
the Hearst news service has carried
reports on the Mexican situation
which have been in the truest sense
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Day after day the Examiner has
printed tales of developments" in
Mexico and at Washington which
were not even mentioned by other
news services, including the most re-
liable In the world. r.
Replies to Hearst's subtle campaign
for Intervention have been uttered by
many men in this city and state even
before the Hearst blast Of today. ~
Kent Replies. t !
Congressman William Kent, speak.
ing on Saturday night before the
Young Mems Progressive Club, said:
AS to Mexico and our relations to
II, the president has acted wisely. We
are all fond of talking about peace
lsand its glories; but there are still a
lot of people who think they can
spread peace abroad by shooting it
into other people. r..
IF we had gone to Mexico and
shot up lot of Mexicans whose
locks, we didn't happen to like, don't
think the Mexicans would have real
lied readily that we were there on a
peaceful mission.
Besides when the United States
has gone abroad on peaceful missions
| in the past we have had way OF
acquiring land. And our reputation
has become such that other nations
might have found ground in this case
60 question our sincerity. The presi-
dent realized that If we went but
ting in there We would have all the
nations of the world solidly against
4 us.
Instead, the president has put a
steady, strong moral pressure on
Mexico. resulting today practically in
a financial boycott upon the Mexican
| government. AS a result, our young
i men are not going to be killed for
the benefit of William Randolph
Hearst and Harrison Grey Otis.
And when the whole thing is over
we are going to have the respect OF
4 the world, and poor, tortured, shat
ii tered Mexico is going to realize that
We have been cool, kind, sane-not
out to rob or exploit them.
They will be better neighbors aft
4 or this, and there will be a better
atmosphere all over the world - an
atmosphere Of peace and justice -
| almost entirely because one man al
Washington knows thoroughly what
he believes in, has a cool mind, is
sympathetic with the troubles Of oul
neighbors, and is not going to be
shaken off his mental balance by any
sort of jingoism."
DR.. David Barrows' argument il
favor Of intervention inspired Will
liam c. Allen of San Jose recently L
write to The Bulletin a letter which
showed eloquently the attitude of tn,
people at large toward the possibil
ity Of foreign war D:
This letter has made a deep i'm
rressiCn, as is shown by the numbe
OF concentrations received by Thu
Bulletin since it was printed. Mr.
Allen said in part:
There are plenty Of instances Il
prove that whist We are properly an
mated by the spirit of humanity, vi
must recognize that Intervention viii
very likely intensity and infinitely OK
tend The area OF tnhttmanity.
~ What about tile cost of interyep
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