New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-07
JOINT ACTION WITH BRITAIN
Such Intervention Is Declared To b
the Only Logical Course.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: That dreadful drifting in pls,
of "watchful waiting has now becow
our real attitude toward Mexican affair
would seem 10 be a conviction daily
gaining ground
If Intervention he finally forced upon
us the query AT once arises as 10 whether
we shall undertake this repellent task
alone or with foreign assistance. IN.
mately public opinion can alone co'n~
tently decide this momentous ouestio
but IL the latter alternative IS 10 ne 70
sorted 70 II would seem that Grea'
Britain. TO the exclusion OF all olhe
powers in both the Eastern and West
ern hemisDheres. would he, II willing ~
act. our only efficient and logical ally
especially since the Benton traged'
In 1923 the United States alone wiz
its thousands OF miles Of undefends
sea coast, not to speak Of the simln
condition then prevailing throughoV
the whole seaboard Of North and so1s
America. was in no position TO nH
throw down the gauntlet TO prse0
callv united reactionary ContnenldE
rope. at that time contemplating there
toration of Spanish abs0lutism IN Mei"
and Central and South America V-'
the prospective backing OF the btlu'
fleet. which had Just then emerged w
torious from the Nspoleonic vars sa'"
the PRONUNCIATION Of the Monroe ~
trine from being. on our part an ae'~
the rankest hardihood.
Great Britain is to-day, as she w
in 1898, only second to ourselves q
greatest power in North America, no'
speak of her possessions in Cenuai ~
South America and the Caribbean 90
Her material interests In Mexico az wv.
as the duty of protection no" o"e'
her to the lives OF her own suoiecn
that unhappy country. are for sh p's'.
cal purposes Of Intervention ECU"
our cvn. Neither Great Britain nor ~
United States covets Mexican te''''"a
With this statement brought nome
the Mexican people. as was accomphsS
in the case Of Cuba by the Teller resV.
ton at the time of our late war W.
Spain. il might well he that a larses
important contingent in Mexico w.
would welcome such Joint interviews"
bringing, as II would. order and peae'
their distracted country.
Back OF the suggestion OF Joint l'~
vention with the Argentine. Bran
Chilli, there would seem 10 he no'n
but rather vague North aine'
sentiment which is hardly llkeiy
any substantial response from "s
distant and comparatively unlh'e' ~,
countries. None OF them mas
sufficient material Interests II"
Zens In sufficient number IN 'eA
make Intervention u popular
among either their responsive M.
men or their people al large -,
Great Britain, on the other manu- =.
need for some sort Of intervenuon
suddenly become a powerful sehu" !,
among both rulers and PEOPLE. non'
less acute because admirably ies"s "a.
In view OF the constantly ihV' =,
delicacy of our relations VITA a" ~
world powers. both East ana mr.
rhortsightednes and folly OF
Senatorial clique I'm Washington ~
py an equally pernicious one .osr.
House Of Representatives III wy .uc,
the repeal Of the coastwise en-, a.
clause Of the Panama Cana ~ -o,ar
become more and more paintully,
emit SAMl III J." Mad
No 25 Broad street New YORK. ~
5. 1914.