The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-02-03

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Practically the only definite utter
ance regarding the Mexican situation
that has come from Washington was.
given out some weeks ago when the
administration called upon all Amer
leans in that country to leave and
como home. In reply to this our cor
respondent asks, What are they going
to do for living when they, get to.
the Statesf II is not easy TO throw.
up 5000 job or carry of In your
pocket q railway, mine, a plantation
or any other possession worth holding.
on to n not TO mention paying COM
mercial business q 81
The Mexican property, held by Amer
leans runs into the hundreds Of mil
lions. American money invested in
rubber plantations and the guayule IN.
dustry would alone amount TO $SO,-
900, 900. No one doubts for a moment
the lofty motives that actuate the
President, or the conservative states
manship of his methods in his treat
ment Of the Mexican situation, but II
is quite natural that the American
residents in that country-harassed
by the Federals and harried by the re-
bels--should look upon their lot As n
most unhappy one"
The writer, whose letter in the India
Rubber World is printed herewith, has
resided in Mexico for the past twenty.
FIVE years.
al am not afraid Of the future Of
rulber growing in Mexico. As to prices
lat low figures the Amazons cannot
compete. Also when the British grow,
ers, with their capacity for organizl;
ton and the capital back Of them, get
through dumping their present large
surplus into the market, prices will take
on a different aspect--perhaps not very
high prices, but profitable ones, We
can afford to wait a while. If there IS
no market for Castilloa--well and good;
then il e Para, and so much the better,
'fNow about Mexico. If there Is
any one, thing the average decent
Anglo-Saxon likes, il is fair playa
good sporting sense Of a square deal
all around and no grudge IL knocked
out. Ism t that soi Now, then, what
do we sect Those of us foreigners who
have lived in Mexico for anywhere
from ten to twenty-five years are keen;
" alive to what we consider defects Of
character In the individual, and also
in society and in the Mexican govern.
ment. There are certain elements
pretty general all over Spanish America
which we are far from sympathizing
with, yet there Is so much TO be said
ON the other hand that life has been
pleasant in these countries. They are
an impulsiyc, generous, kind.hearted
people-passionate il is true, but just
as passionate in their demonstrations
of friendship as of the reverse; not al
we'll balanced as we Of colder blood,
hut who is TO judge of these racial
differences and be sure that it is .
just judgmenti
Looked for Different Policy.
~ return to my query-now what
| do we sect Three years Of revolution
-cruel interneeine troubles because OF
which foreigners have in many cases
suffered much in their possessions. And
few lives have been lost---not many
among foreigners-leas of all among
Americans; nevertheless some, During
all this time what did the government
Of the United States dof Nothing
worthy of the name--either in behalf
VI lts OMh cltlArns VI lOI thVso " Vt"Vs
nationalities, whom, under the Monroe
Doetrine-an infamous doctrine in the
light of modern eonditions--it was NOR.
ally bound TO protect. We did not ex'
actly want intervention, |. g. an armed
invasion; but we did look for a far
different policy from the United States
than that carried out during the three
wears in question. We at many times
during this period-when suffering loss,
anxiety and actual attack or assault
| by bandits or bands of Tevolutionista
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