Semi-weekly herald., 1914-06-08
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Again, there is feeling that the
president, in his handling of the Mex
lean problem, could have taken the
public in his confidence to his own ad-
vantage and that of the country.
Mark Sullivan, in his comment to con-
gress in Golfers, voices this COM
plant:
From tn point of view of the pres
ent writer. the chief objection to his
course is this: Here in the United
States we are just in the middle of a
very intricate political situation re-
sulting from an intelligent attempt
to carry out experiments in idea!ism
which we have just attempted on od
own account. Whether we shall be
successful in this earnest attempt of
our own is not yet certain. 1t is
just the moment when we are in the
midst of delicate stage in this pro-
cess that President Wilson chooses
for implanting some idealism on Mex
leo, more or less against Mexico's
will. If this attempt of his should
result in our intervention i'm Mexico,
it would postpone indefinitely the
program of domestic legislation in
which we were engaged. Indeed that
postponement has already happened.
It might have been better to recog-
nize Huerta as a strong man capable
of maintaining in Mexico the sans
amount of law and order that has ex-
listed there for long time, leaving
us free to go forward with our own
affairs. Aside from conceding that
President Wilson took the first step
with the best intentions, 1t Is neces-
sary to say that the complications
which followed have not been handled
with the highest efficiency.
One clear responsibility is laid up
on President Wilson. If the efforts
at mediation fail, If we have to go
into Mexico with an armed force, the
president must take the whole coun-
try fully into his confidence with re-
spect to what he has done and has
sought to do in Mexico since his ad-
ministration began. There has been
no disposition to force his hand. Mr..
Wilson'S reticence on public affairs
has been one of the marked features
of his administration He has had
public confidence and public support
to a notable degree in his handling of
the Mexican problem. This confidence
has manifested itself in an extraordi-
nary patience The president has no
ground for the complaint he voiced
at the ceremonies in honor of the
blueJackets killed at Vera Cruz. That
plaintive, queruous note had no JUS
tification. The president, if he could
only realize it, has been much favored
by popular sentiment. His ways have
never been obstructed or criticized to
their hurt in congress or out of it.
In effect, he has had a free hand. If
anything in the whole business is
clear, it is that, whatever the out
eome' the whole responsibility, the
whole credit. or the whole discredit
attaches to the person of Woodrow
Wilson. 1t is proper that it should.
At the very beginning of the enter
Prise, when there were manifesta-
tions Of restlessnes In congress and
OF partisan debate, President Wilson
asked that discussion In both branches
OF congress be withheld. His request
was made to the whole membership,
regardless Of party, and was granted.
Congress refrained, virtually without
exception, from criticizing or ques-
tioning the acts Of the executive. But
If conflict comes, 1t is the right of the
country to know all the facts; wheth.
er the business has been managed well
or badly; whether the call to arms