Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-04
SPEAKER DECLARES PRESIDENT
OF U. :. SUBJECTS MEXICAN
PRESIDENT TO SCORN AND con
DEMNATION OF WORLD.
MUST CHANGE POLICY
ANARCHICAL CONDITIONS MUST
PREVAIL. HE DECLARES. III OUT
SIDE POWER ATTEMPTS To OPE.
RATE MENICO'S CONSTITUTION.

Philadelphia. Pa. April i.-AddrcSs
ing the American Academy of Political
and Social Science here today. Dr. T.. :.
Rowe, president Of that organization and
professor Of political science in the Uni
ver>ity Of Pennsylvania. said:
I'VE can not expect solution Of the
present difficulty as long as the PrcSi
dent Of the United States continues his
policy Of attempting io subpcct the
President Of Mexico to the scorn aud con
dcmnatinn Of the civilized world N
His topic was The Scope and Limits
If Our Obligations Toward Mexico ="
These he defined roughly as inSistcncc
upon order in the ncighboring state and
hclpfulncss To that end
The idea that the United States should
bccome sponsor and champion II consti-
tutional government in Mexico a. set
forth i'm President Wilson'S message of
December =. 1913, nc termed inspiring
but "untcnablc"
However unwilling we may be Ia ac
cept the situation. il il nevertheless a
fact that the present constitution of
Mexico j. unworkablc. and any attempt
on the part of an outside power to force
her Ia operate il il in reality cOndcmning
the country to anarchal conditions h.
declared,
The serious student of Mexico can
have no sympathy with the view that
Mexico must have an arbitrary. tryannical
entral government. ruthless i'm It's
methods and unmindful Of the personal
rights Of the inhabitants. There H. n
wide difference between strong. cen
tralizcd, unified government and a tyran-
meal government. In fact, the real sitna-
tion in Mexico l. that the weaker the
central government. the more the poor.
unprotected Indian j. made 10 suffer
from the tyranny. the abuSc and the cor
ruption of local political leaders and
subordinate administrative officials
I'm any estimate Of Mexican political
conditions. il must always bc borne IN
mind that We are dealing with n nation
essentially Indian in it, cthnic make up
and in which the percentage of illitcracy
is probably in excess of ninety per cent
The sentiments expressed hy Prcsi
dent Wilson IN hi> message are dictated
by lofty idealism. but il il an idealisn
which bears on direct or organic rcla
tion 10 the present needs and the present
possibilities Of Mexico. The intent. no
doubt, was To formulate policy helpful
10 Mexico. but when tested by the actual
conditions Of political life. the applica
ton of the constitutional standards con
tanned i'm this message can have hut ON,
result namely. to condemn the country
to "A prolonged period of anarchy. IN,
loutcome of which must bc either the com
pletc disappearance Of every yc>tigc %
ciyilization or the armed intervention VI
the United States to preserve the rem
nants which still exist.
While il l. utterly futile and cntircl,
beyond our natinal or International oh
Iligation to insist upon any particular
type of constitutional government II
Mexico, il l. our manifest duty "a inSis
on the re-cstablishment of order. and q
do everything consistent with rrSpcc
for Mexican dignity and sovereignty I,
contribute toward that end
There is but one course which il IL
harmony with the national interests .
the United States. and which AL the sam
time il consistent with the honor. IA
dignity and the integrity Of Mexico. Thi
policy does not involve the necessity y
the formal recognition Of the IIucrta gol
ernmeni. but il does mean immesliat
removal of the international borrot
which We have declared against the cor
+ stituted government Of Mexico CITY.
The events of the last few month
have shown that the government ~ Mri
leo City il the only one that ppSSeSss
. any Of the elemenats Of national and i
= lternational responsibility. and IA "
: comes, therefore. our solemn duty ~ y
6 frain from policy calculated 10 cripp
: the only authority worthy of the nam
Unless We are prepared 10 take this pos
iion. we must assume the responsible
: for the condition af anarchy 10 which v
I condemn the country. We must fnrthc
more rc-cstablish the embargo on the .
Portation Of arms and ammunition.
The lifting of the embargo has serve
I 10 strengthen the insurgrnt movcmcll
= and has practically mare our souihei
[. frontier a base of operations against ii
! constituted government ~ Mexico "
8 are thus contributing not only ~ the H.
3 pctnation Of condition of anarchy. H.
y Ia the arfnal liSruntinn af the ,.,.ur,t -.