Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-11-30
Official Washington All Up- set Over Situation on
 the Border.
PRESENT MANY IDEAS
Alfalfa Bill Murray Would Seize All Customs Houses and Collect
 Revenues.
(By JONATHAN WINFIELD)

ANON. AD'-l lC DuDllC discussion of the Mexican situation has been so heated during the past few weeks, that the temperature in Washington ahs risen to the. farmth of an incubator and as result many ideas have been matched. Pre- sident Wilson and Secretary of State Bryan have been busy formulating policies but Senators, Representatives Cabinet members, Diplomats from foreign countries, government clerks, street car conductors, bootblacks and newsboys-all have been busy. too On every street corner the Mexican situation is discussed and almost every man has his idea of how the difficulty ought to be smothered out. . Some of these plans are given eX- pression upon the floor of the House or Senate; some are discssued in- formally at Congressional Committee meetings and still more of them are made the bone of contention at social gatherings of men in Washington, who, as officers of the government, have first hand interest in the case.
 Rep. William Murray, of Oklahoma, familiarly known in this city and in his home state as Alfalfa Bill' Mur- ray, is one of the most prolific pro- ducers of schemes for getting us out of the present diff1eulties-or into more of them. Even the sage Sena tor Lodge, of Massachusetts, has ex- pended the effort necessary to the promulgation of a plan for solution of the Mexican problem and members of the House unnumbered have fixed up every thing to their hearts con- tent.
 Rep. Murray in his opinion has the proper thing to do, all sketched on paper. The main idea, he conceives is for the United States to seize all Mexican custom houses along the border and coast and collect there. from all revenues. He proposes the adequate policeing of the republic and she especially emphasizes the need of cancelliag all aJpanese land concessions.
 The Oklahoma Representative re- gards Mexico as a bad child which should be spanked and kept under strict surveillance. His plan seems to contemplate the final annexation of Mexico.
 The difficulty which the opponents to this scheme find is that to annex a nation peopled by men not directly Caucasian nor Engllsh-spealKhg could never be successful. It IS argued that the Americans coming Ill contact with the Mexicans would lose their racial integrity as would the Mexicans shoud they mingle too much with Americans. The ideals and race traditions of the two peo- pie are so greatly at variance accord ing to these contenders that no bene- fit would accure from such union.
 President Wilson's demand that Victoriano Huerta resign the Pre- sidency of Mexico forthwith is blt- terly criticized in Washington 'by many students of the MeNican-Amer- ican problem. At first the American President provided in his program sent to Mexico, specific means TOT the elevation of some successor to l Heurta to the Presidency
 His later notes simply represent to Ahe Mexican President, that 1t IS de-. sired he resign and permit the people to elect a. head of the nation. Stlli later, President Wilson announced that he does not recognize the Mexl- can Congress elected October 70. Ac- cordingly President Wilson finds ho authority in Mexico which he deems it possible at this time to recognize.
 Now this is what the knights oi the round table, the informal prlvy councilmen at Washington think ol this last stand of the Administrations What would be the difference pe- twen Paris, when Louis was beheao- ed and Mexico City with Huerta out! And the answer appears to be, not any. Paris was without govern