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William Bayand Hale. President
Wilson's unofficial investigator q a.
fairs In Mexico. has contributed %
the forthcoming number OF The
Worlds WORK an article unfolding
the Presidents Mexican policy ana
pointing out an important develop
ment Ia the character OF American
diplomacy. This. he explains. is an
Interpretation ui the Monroe Doc
trine thar establishes the suIerainiy
Of the United States only as an enec-
tive source Of moral inspiration over
the nations Of Central America and
the West Indies
The press aud the people OF Amer
lea" be says. have not yet awaken
I'd 10 the fact that the first year @.
The Wilson Administration has given
the United States a new character
among the powers OF the world. Be
fore Mr.. Wilson had been in oiice a
week. he had given the Monroe Doc
trine an Interpretation the implicA
items OF which go FAR beyond any
thing voiced b. jefferson. Madison.
Monroe. Quincy Adams. Polk. Web
s;er. Grant. or Olney Before Mr..
Wilson had been in Office a year the
powers OF other continents had yield
ed 10 the. principle CT cur domination
In the Western Hemisphere. II Is
not fantas,ical. therefore. 10 speak
OF our moral empire in America
~Our Moral Empire In America" is
the tide OF the article. The maya
zine editors point out that Dr. Hale
desires 70 make IL clear that he
writes simply as a private student OF
anairs. Nevertheless. they assert
that no one except the President him
self. is entitled to speak with greater
authority upon the problems Of
Ia Or America.
Discussing the possibility Of inter
yention in Mexico, (the article was
written before the ileet was ordered
10 Tampico.) Dr. Hale says An
American army would have no physi-
cal difficulty in getting back out OF
Mexico: nobody would use {. up be
fore II got away; the difficulty would
be that greed and false sense of ma
tional honor would do their utmost
TO keep Us there permanently in oc-
cupation."
The United States does not want
Mexico. he declares. especially II
does not want her because II does
want the goodwill CT the rest OF
Latin America. 1T would be a FOOLS
ret. indeed. to barter the confidence
OF hemisphere for al We could
gain by annexing Mexico"
II armed intervention should be
forced upon the Government. he con
tinuos. u predict that our forces vii
be ordered home just as soon as con
! stitutional order has been restored
ard that. SO far as the power and in
fuence CT President Wilson can
bring /. to pass. nothing in the IA
ture OF an Indemnity. either IN
money or land. viii be asked or will
be accepted. But nobody can pre-
dict how far the influence Of the vas
American investments in Mexico
which would be multiplied in valu,
by being brought under the Ameri
can flag. might SO toward rendering
Withdrawal impossible. What We d,
want in Mexico and throughout Cen
trail America is-ordcr."
Speaking OF Huerta's coup detat
Or. Hale says
Tho chief actor, Huerta, an ape
like Indian, aged. one-eyed. subsist
ing or brandy. when the moment o
his triumph was fully come, ros'
from breakfasting with the Prosi
dents brother. heckoned q ale 0
soldiers. arrested him. had him car
rled away to be shot to death anC
his body thrown into a hole; wen
to the Palace, embraced the Presi
dent, whose chief commander he ha'
become through protestaticns o
faithfuness to death. and signaled L
guards to arrest him BY PROMISE
Of safe conduct GU, Of the country
the treacherous General secured thu
signatures Of President Madero an'
Vive President Pine Susrez TO deed
of resignation, hastily gathered les
than a quorum of Congressman in
chamber filed with soldiers ant
commanded by artillery; had him
self acknowledged as PresidCn.; car
rled Madero and Pine Suarez out in
tc the night, and had them shot Z
death behind the prison.
Perhaps this 10 enough to sugges
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