The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-05-29
SUBSCRIPTIONS RATES:
SELF GOVERNMENT IN MEXICO.

The remarkable interview with
President Wilson in the last issue OF
the Saturday Evening Post makes
plain what all who have followed care
fully the presidents course with rel
gard to Mexico have come TO UNDER
stand, that that course has been based
upon fundamental principles, says the
Baltimore sun.
The president has not been oppos-
ing Huerta simply because the latter
is murderer. nor because Huerta is
antaeonizlng the growth OF democracy
in his country. The march of democ-
racy is irressytabIe, II cannot be stay
ed, permanently. The man who gets
in the way Of Il is. therefore STUN
bling block, an obstruction, If he Is
big enough an obstruction he can delay
the march for some time, but in TIE
end he will be borne down. To recog-
nize Huerta, therefore, meant simply
storing up further trouble for Mexico
The only way to secure permanent
peace and order in Mexico is through
the establishment Of some government
there that will assist and not oFpose
the march Of democracy. This is what
President Wilson has been working to
bring about
1t is beginning to be clear that the
presidents much-criticised Mexican
policy may have results SO tremen
dous for good, may SO advance pro
gress and civilization in the country
such Of us, that the whole world Will
have to recognize and applaud. There
is always plentiful scorn Of idealism,
but in domestic affairs at least, the
president has made Of his idealism a
practical working force. Perhaps he
can do it in foreign affairs also.
He will have the advantage, in his
attempt, OF the fact that the world
forces are working with him. People
are still talking and writing of the
experiment of democracy, but democ'
racy is no experiment; it is the nor
NAL system Of government the world
over today. Monarchies, autocracies
tyrannies are but names today De
mocracy is a fact No king in the civ
ilized world today holds the power o.
life and death over his subjects. None
holds the power to torture England
Germany. Italy, Belgium, Holland, Nor
way, Sweden, all the countries OF Eu
rope, kingdoms in name, are republics
in fact. All are making their way Will
great strides toward the goal of a per
feet democracy. Asia has felt the i'm
pulse. Japan has awakened, China II
awakening, even India is stirring Th'
cheap newspaper and the publi'
schools have done the work. Democ
racy, as we nave said. is the norma
scheme of government. The hurdel
of proof is now upon those who oppos
not upon those who favor II.
Is all this mere rhetoric nothing bu
words, the rawlings of dreamer
Some viii say SO. To our minds, how
ever, this fine passage OF the pres
dents interview answers all his critic
and answers them completely.
They say the Mexicans are nc
fitted for self-government, ana to thi
reply that when properly directe'
there is no people 50 fitted for sci
government The very fact that tn
extension of the school system by Dia
brought about certain degree Of III
derstanding among some Of the peopt
which caused them to awaken 10 the
wrongs and to strive intelligently <
their rights makes that contention a
surd. / do not hold that the Mexiea
poems are as Capable Of self-gover
ment as other people-ours, for exar
pie: but do hold that the widesprei
sentiment that they never will be an
never can be made capable OF selfgo
ernment is as wickedly false as It
palpably absurd.
Nobody wants to give the Mexicai
the kind OF self-goyernment which q
United States possesses, but those vi
stand with the president want to 81
them as large measure Of self-gc
eminent as they are capable of nsii
properly and the assurance Of a GO
annually increasing measure in the
ture II President Wilson car secu
that for the Mexican nation he "
deserve to be and Will be number
among the worlds greatest benef;
tors.
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