Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-08
REPUBLIC too GOOD FOR
MEXICO, CREELMAN SAYS
Historian Believes Overwhelming Proportion
of Voters Too Ignorant to Respect Anything
But Iron Hand of Some Dictator.
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assistance Of Huertas empty treas
ury
when Huerta first seized the Pres
idency he had nine-tenths Of all the
property owners and business men OF
the country behind him. 1t can not
be truthfully said that they admired
or loved him, becaute they knew lit
tie about hum but that he was a
strong and determined man, They
saw in him a force OF character ana
the ability to command that promised
peace.
Since then the open encourage
ment given to the murderous and
plundering hordes in the north by the
United States Government has
strengthened them. not enough for
victories that would bring peace TO
Mexico, but for a continuation OF the
work OF destruction.
They shudder at Bandits.
~ the Coastituti0ndlists on rebels
step into po'oer, ioW Merico>be better
of than she is under Huertdr'
There is not an intelligent Mexi-
can alive who does not shudder at
the thought OF what would happen TO
Mexico If the cutthroats and robbers
who surround and follow them should
get control OF the country.
"Huerta Is a drunken, grating die
tator. surrounded by weak. lewd and
dishonest men. but It is only fair to
say that, except when he has dealt
with offenses against his own power.
his government has been marked by
an unmistakahle effort to preserve or
der TO protect life and property and
TO encourage industry and commerce.
He has no policy, except TO hold on to
what he has got and to get as much
more as possible.
rs there q possibility Of am solH
ton Of the MegicdH situation tCithOut
Intervention IN the United Stdtes?"
Il can see none. And, more than
that, none of the men ! talked to in
Mexico, native or foreign-and / con-
suited with some Of the ablest and
clearest headed persons in the repub-
lic-has the slightest hope of peace
with American armed Intervention.
81 am satisfied that Huerta, as well
as Carranza and villa, knows that the
wrecking of Mexico will GO on until
1t is ended by force from the outside.
They are simply getting as rich as
they can until that event happens"
Would Welcome intervention.
Would armed Intervention on the
United States mean a great sacrifice
of Iife@
mot as great sacrifice as some
people imagine. A large part Of the
Mexican people who would have
a little while ago united to repel
any foreign invasion. would now
welcome, or at least would not ac-
lively resist, Intervention by the
United States. 1t has been made plain
that under no circumstances would
our Government attempt to perma-
nently possess itself Of a foot of Mex
lean soil"
"VoWld The campaign be long
oncF
81 should say not; probably less
than six months"
"Hoio large an army loouid il take
for prompt pGcidcdttonS"
THAT depends upon what you mean
by pacification. An army Of 100000
American soldiers, assuming half of
that force to be made up of our reg
ular army, could easily occupy the
cities and the principal towns and
ports. But TO actually police such an
extensive and mountainous country
as Mexico so that we could say that
order was restored and life and
property reasonably safe would take
perhaps 100000 men or more"
Needs a Masters Hand.
"After the DdcifcatiOn of HeTicO On
the United States, lChdt kind Of gOU-
e,pmont do you think ioouW be best
for that coantryT"
"As a loyal American citizen, that
question embarrasses me, for, OF
course, / would like TO see constitu-
tiona democratic government estab-
iished everywhere in the world: but
Mexico has never made any progress
and has never had any peace save
under the more or less iron rule OF n
master.
After years of study or the Mex
lean people and their history, end
after direct contact with present con-
ditions | can say honestly as a friend
and we'll wisher OF the Mexicans,
whom like but can not respect that
they need a highly centralized and
more or less personal government,
hacked by a strong, armed force"
rs Mericdn independence and SELF
government possible on feasible along
me line Of Cuban independence and
selt-0oUernment cith the protection
Of The United States under the so
called Piatt dmendmeHtw
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