The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-07-22
"PEACE" IN MEXICO.

Henry Watterson in the Louisville
| Courier-Journal: The exit OF Huerta
lets Wilson out of a hole. 1t will en-
| able him to revise his Mexican policy.
For the moment it RECEIVERS for him so
much of his prestige as lay in abey-
ance, and rather costly and aimless
watching and waiting
But those leap at conclusions, and
| leap in the dark, who fancy that all
will now be well in Mexico.
The situation remains unchanged.
| 1t is precisely what it was when, re-
fusing to recognize the de facto gov
eminent of Huerta, the president re-
duced an international affair to the
dimensions of a personal quarrel and
sat down to play a game of freeze out
with that bloodthirsty but sportive old
cutthroat. From the first the end was
certain. The cards were all in Will
sons hand. Soon, or late, Huerta must
| go to the wall. That he held his own
so long, that he carried himself so
warily, attests a certain genius Tor
rulership. He is to all appearances
the stuff DiaZ was made OF. None
other will ever be equal to domino
ton In Mexico.
Meanwhile, every evil, every men
ace which existed at the beginning
remains upon the scene. There Is as
s,lrancc nowhere of anything either
encouraging or definite. The United
States being already on the stage of
action, with an army at Vera Graz and
a fleet at Tampico, may exercise
enough influence to secure the occu-
patton OF the City of MeXicO-even the
substitution OF Carranza for Huerta-
without the firing OF another gun. Then
having show of preteXt, we can make
a virtue OF necessity and withdraw
from a position tenable only by force
of arms, leaving the MeXicans to set
tie their internal affairs in their own
way. This, as we know and in strict
accordance with usage, will be more
wars between rival interests, between
lcutthroat leaders and cutthroat corpor-
atoms; between professional fighters
and ravenous cOnceSsiOnarieS, until
one of two things happens: either the
rise of another Diaz, or the interven.
ton of the United States, the field
complicated and the elements harder
to handle.
TO that consumation it is devoutly to
be wished, Mr.. Wilson, his fingers
burnt by his experience, may look
with equanimity, happy to have made
lucky escape and to contemplate the
future after the manner of the French
king who observed: After me the del.
. uge."
Great stress is laid upon the cir
cumstance that we have had no war.
Surely no riehtful or patriotic Ameri-
can wanted war. But are we quite
sure that all danger of war is, along
with Huerta eliminated? Are we
quite sure that we may not yet have
to intervene? And in that event may
not our temporizing policy have made
intervention more difficult and expen-
sive? We have had at Vera Cruz a
touch of war, at TampicO show OF
it, AS consequence, not consider
ing the lives lost, we are considerably
out OF pocket TO what end? Why
were the bills incurred and who will
pay them? The original insult to the
flag seems to be quite forgotten
Touching the immediate situation it
is all in the air. Even the administra-
ton will not be out OF the woods until
it has seated Carranza and induced
Zapata and Villa to be good. Then in
deed may Present Wilson lift his
hands in pleased and pions benediction
saying. BLESS you, my children" with
a strong intonation upon 81 told you
otph mr. tho nnyt
uprising. But are we to have all our
fuss and feathers for nothing, and to
pay the piper besides?