The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-07-23
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Eleven months ago the United States
demanded that Nictoriano Huerta re-
sign az provisional president of Mex
leo We had previously refused to rec
ognize him. Now he has resigned.
But the moving cause has not been any
fireless ultimatum from President Will
son or Secretary Bryan. He has yield
ed only to the increasing pressure of
domestic revolution. He flees before
the victorious rebels. He has lost his
long fight against foes within who have
been aided and abetted by foes with
out. Now Carfanza and villa and the
other rebel chieftains are to be re-
sponsible for Mexico. The future is
not promising.
1t is to be presumed that American
troops and American ships VIII soon
be Withdrawn from Vera Cruz. We
shall then have emerged without glory
from a futile war which we began.
We have not conquered nor pacified
Mexico We have done nothing through
mediation except to retreat from a po-
stion of belligetency which we brave
ly assumed and weakly abandoned
We demand an apology and a
Lutte from Mexico and we get no
lutte, and we appeal to arms because
the apology is not enough.
We incur large expense In moving
our forces to Vera Cruz and we tell
the world that we shall seek no
prisals and shah demand no repara-
ton for the heavy damage done Amer
lean interests.
We view without concern the murder
of Americans I'm Mexico and the ex-
pulsion of other Americans from Mex
leo and we calmly notify the surviv-
ing Americans that we can and will do
nothing for Them and that their best
course Is to leave their homes to the
despoilers, and run.
We put an embargo on arms to
Mexico: then we take 1t off; then we
put 1t on again: and we wink at every
evasion that promises to involve us in
trouble about its enforcement, or that
appears to be OF service to the rebels.
We assure the nations in on breath
that we are not at war with Mexico,
but with Huerta, and In another breath
we say that we are engaged In a war
of service for Mexico; yet we appeal
to three South American republics to
help us out of the consequences of
war into which we have inevitably
drifted through our spinetess diplomacy
We sacrifice seventeen lives Of brave
young Americans at Vera Cruz and
then are utterly at loss to know why
we did It, or what to do with a victory
thus dearly won.
We loudly demand an accounting for
the murder Of single Englishman,
Benton, and insist on the delivery of
his body, and we promptly forget 1t
when neither is forthcoming; but we
can find nothing I'd stir our resentment
or insure our protection when an Amer
lean Is slain by Mexican soldiers or
Mexican bandits. All we can do Is to
deny vainly that anyone has been hurt.
We are rebuked and scorned In turn
by every prominent Mexican from Huer-
ia to Carranza, except Villa, hero OF
a thousand murders. Yet we permit
our entire Mexican policy to be con-
trolled by the single fact that we be-
Iieve--we do not know--that Huerta
committed one murder.
Now, because someone else has ap-
parently ended the conflict with Huer-
Ia which we provoked we shall strike
our flag and abandon Mexico. But what
next? 1t cannot be Imagined, of course.
that there is to be stable government
In Mexico under Carranza and his quar-
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