Gunnison news-champion., 1914-03-13
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'-Jsneo- ha~ started god many wsss.
bot hsntory a<ses not reeord thot ~ ogoo-
ally participated m any Of the reel soAt-
ing
In that particular he reminds 80 of
the osd story of Arsemus wsrd. vhsa
Lincoln called for volunteers. Art~mss
announced that he would not enlist bus
declared thai he was prepared 10 secrs-
nee all his wrfe's reistives. Cssrsnzs
and Villa are responsible for the rehsb-
ilItation OF the lingo. He WAS dis
credited until the leaders Of the Coasti-
tutlonslists committed great tactical
blsnder and thus gave him an eppsrtu-
nity 10 agsin secure the pubic esr
This bhsnder might have proven fatal
and an American army might noe he
across the Rio Grande If we did not
have Woodrow Wilson in the Uhite
House But. as have stated number
of times in these letters. the Presi<bsut
rs guaranteed to be- ''non-stsmpedeble. "
CARRANZA' nISPLAY
when Csrrsnzs refused to persit
Secretary Bryan to conduct m inQuiry
into the death of Benton. the EnGhsA
rsnchmsn executed by General Villa,
he did just what the ''jingos" wanted
him to do, Hnd they began working The
press bureau overtime in IN effort TO in
flame the public mind in this country
and England to . point where armed in
tervention could not be avoided.
benton is m English subject. II
England wants to know why we ordsr-
ed his execution. let England propouad
the question to the leaders of the Coa-
stitutionalists That was in substanee
Csrrsnzs' response to Bryan's REQUEST
He knew that England could not eom-
ply with his suggestion without reeag
nizing the belligerency of the Constits-
tionaiists and such action would sweep
the last prop from under the Huerta
regime.
Carranza was playing shrewd game
but he had not counted on the efficiency
of the ''jingo's" press bureau and did
not appreciate how his rebuff of Eng
land could be twisted so that the Ameri-
can people would consider it a deliber-
ate insult to the United States.
ACLEvER CAMPAIGN
All the hullaballo that followed, both
in and out of Congress had for its pur-
pose the deafening of the American
people so that they could not hear the
voice of reason. The campaign was
skillfully planned and carefully execut-
ed by the men who represent certain
great interests which wish to exploit
Mexico. have frequently referred to
these interests. They constitute ''the
niger in the wood pile" in the Mexican
situation.
Americans have not been butchered
in Mexico. The ''jingos" talk glibly of
hundreds of our people who have been
done to death. That statement is
cold blooded fake and the men RESPONSE
BILE for it have never dared print the
names of more than few of the alleg-
ed victims. Both factions in Mexico
have shown a disposition to protect the
people in Mexico and they have succeed
ed in most remarkable fashion. of
course. there has been considerable loss
of property that could not be avoided
and when peace is restored steps will be
taken to secure indemnification. Men
who deliberately leave their native land
and invest their capital in foreign coun-
tries must take the risk with the game
ATTITUDE OF EUROPE
We have it on the word of Secretary
Bryan that the ''jingos" state an un-
truth when they say that foreign coun-
tries are attempting to dictate this ma
tons course in Mexico. The United
States is to have free hand so far as
Europe is concerned
1t is more than probable that Euro-
pean countries do not approve of our
way of handling the Mexican situation.
but what of that?
The same countries did not approve
our course in adopting the Declaration
of Independence, and the Constitution
Of the United States and many other
government innovations which we have
seen fit to secure for ourselves during
the last century. We have not bother
ed our heads about their opinion regard
ing those things, so why should We give
any more thought to their views on r,,r