Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-14
Mexican Intervention in Our
Affairs
Affairs

While the Administration not stirred by any out
RACES Mexican soil to the point Of intervening still
anarchy in that country might least check Mexican inter
ventiOn In affairs
Mexican bandits raid Texas ranoh steal herd OF horses
and when the ranchman follows seeking his property torture
and murder him His neghbors his body and all
work Of the State Department ubordnated the task of
discovering whether they invaded Mexico not In this
matter the Department like the agent of Mexico rather
than of the American people.
California to stop Japanese immigration to conduct
hsr schools her way guard native farming
communities from being crowded out by the yellow horde She
appeals to Congress for needed legislation Swift the Capitol
speeds Bryan I'VE must do nothing he whispers Matters
with Mexico are In delicate stage Anything which
might offend the Japanese might most serious situation
For the present California must be patient
More obvious than this the which
the unrecogned despsed Huera has interviewed
the matter of Panama tolls.
The President refained from explicitly naming the mat
tsrs Of greater decacy and which
ped him to ask Congress repeal granting pas
sage Of the Canal American ships Perhaps Sena
tor Pondexers resolution of inquiry may elicit precise
meaning of the Presidents cryptic meanwhile
the belief and reasonable that his reference
the Mexican situation.
BY purely negative and vaclatlng policy dealing with
the anarchy in Mexico the President nation
complications with which neither he his extraordinary
rotary Of State know how to cope Betwxt them they
accomplished the feat of reducing the authority and dignity
the United States degree impossible for us to
protect citizens foreign without summonn to our
aid foreign Power.
Assistance Of that sort high be paid in
concessions The United States hitherto been the
business Of buying foreign favor with concessions
We left that to puny republics like Venezuela Ecuador
old and motheaen civilizations like of China impoten
Of defense against foreign exaCons Indeed
protested loudly against the methods adopted by European
nations IN wrestling these concessions from weaker
But that before suffered from an Admin
aon weak enough its foreign policy feel the necessity
Of offering concessions of American property and sovereignty
to foreign exchange for their aid in getting of
holes in Mexico and Japan.
Thus far only right laws for the government
Of coastwise shipping has been this
international game But that given up England some
other valuable concession will be by some other
acqnve nation The United many valuable rights
and privileges which may be sacrificed the Wilson
policy of inaction in Mexico
Day after day matters purely domestic policy arising in
Congress aside postponed up lest they offend
foreign power and tempt to aid Mexico controversy
with the United States We may Mexico but
Mexico has most emphacay nterfered domestic affairs
Our compliments to Huerta He may not be the embodi-
light may have been worthy the
recognition of the United States but has compelled the
United States to defer to him.