Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-04-17
THE PRESIDENT and MEXICO

ca0 pHlDfOpl1O Dy eNtfIHS HIS power DI pdlltl'0
mp to the last day or two.
The open insoIence of Mr.. HHerta Of the Next
can republic finally created situation which
called for the big stick And the President has
had no hesitation in making use of the big stick
when in his judgment it is required.
just what the inside of the Mexican situation
is, no one seems to know. The insult offered the
Flag and the speedy assembling of the Atlantic
fleet are concrete facts which the public easily
understands and with general uanimity applauds
and approves.
But of the exact condition of international pol
flies previous to this event and at the present
moment the American people have been very
greatly in the dark. Even such a staunch sup
porter of the Wilson administration as the New
York World has been forced to offer word of
protest against the continued refusal of Score
tary Bryan to enlighten the public. Senator
James Hamilton Lewis the other day intimated
that il the United States were to interfere in
Mexico, Japan would immediately make war
upon this country. Apparently this danger has
not stirred any great fear in the heart Of the
President Judging from the very prompt action
taken when Huerta forced what the President
considers an issue of national honor.
The New York World in commenting a short
time ago on our Secretary Of State said edi-
torially:
"From the first he has questioned denied the
right Of the press TO discuss matters which he has
not cared to publish For more than year debate
In Congress has been stined his request Instead
Of complaining as he recently did. of the hostility
the Legislative branch, he has be CRATE
fn for the patriotic fOrbearance that i has shown
owe are not governed in this country by star
chamber. We have Congress representative Of peo
pie and charged with responsibilities
weighty as any that pertain to the executive de-
partment II that body be misinformed. having
knowledge be restrained from discussing it publicly
how i popular opinion 70 make itself felt and how
"The fact is that conceament and mystery are
doing much to breed trouble. Operating most of the
time in the dark, being trained to the belief
that awful perfis confront u.s. and instead of COM
counsel, which has served well in the past,
we are entreated to trust to luck or to Mr. Bryan
to events to deliver $500 a
1T is a mistaken policy Members of Congress
no likely to speak rashly than other people 4
n they do, they certain to be called to account
Members Of Congress represent the American peo-
Meanwhile newspapers Of the Hearst brand
Of Americanism have turned on President Will
SON and are using every possible incident to dis
credit his administrations
In the estimation Of this paper, President Will
son by his magnificent exercise of the power of
patience is in very much the same position as
President Mckinley previous to the Spanish
American war. He is using every possible power
Of his office and of his personality to avert war
He knows that the American people are not
afraid He also knows that the American people
are not a warlike nation i'm the sense of seeking
excuses for a fight He knows that should our
army 60 into Mexico the country will have to
take the responsibility of Mexican administra-
ton on its hands And the United States of all
things is averse to a war which would probably
be Interpreted by other peoples of the earth as a
war of conquest
So the President 'tsts tight refusing to rec
afl,R fSf1s
ton but giving the Mexican people full opportu-
nifty to, work out their own salvation without
Interference from any other power
Many of our fellow citizens call this weak
and vascillating policy
We can all recall how bitterly President Nc
kinley was assailed under somewhat similar con-
ditions 1t was kindness and the power of pa.
thence which brought upon President Lincoln
criticism which was especially hard to bear
Since our country first established it's indie
pendence the American way has been ''diffcrcnt"i
from the old style International programs
To say that we5have made mistakes is to remind
us that our mistakes have been on the side of in
ternational justice and right and a square deal
And we are willing to place our mistakes along
side those of amy other nation on earth and stand
before the world unafraid and nnaslampd
Though we may hear the sncrr that our coun-
try is afraid of Mexico or of ions on the A.
lantic or of nations of the Pacific, We know bpt.
ter. Prepared or unprepar9l. the American no-
pie and the President of the T'nitr4 St.trL mn,