Bisbee daily review., 1914-03-21
SENATOR ROBINSON
 HALLS BRYAN AS THE
 MOSES OF MEXICO

LINCOLN, Neb. March 20. Defend ing the administration Mexican pol. icy, declaring Secretary Bryan was the originator of "watchful waiting" and predicting that the people win some day rejoice over the warning against "woe and desolation" that would follow intervention fin Mexico, Sena,or Roe T. Robinson, democrat of Arkansas, addressed friends and neigh bors of Mr. Bryan at a dinner last night to celebrate the fifty-fourth an niversary of the secretary's birth.
 Senator Robinson recited the his- tory of "ill-fated' Mexico from the days of Maximilian, asserting that con that Mexico has continually declined through upheavals until today the country Is divided. with Huerta at the head of one assumed government and Carransa and Villa attempting to- reign supreme in another
 "Maximillian was benevolent. Ma dero was generous Huerta is malig- nant and revengeful. Maximilian was selfsacrifcing. Madero was patriotic. Huerta is cruel and avaricious. His character is ememplilled in his dec laration: Tt costs but thirty-five cents to buy enough rope to hang rebel
 "The vital dominating leader of the rebel armies is Villa, not Carranza. Carranza is like Madero. Villa is like Huerta. His sagacity and aggressive ness have made him the master and terror of northern Mexico. Villa rec ognizes neither law nor custom. His most striking characteristic is vim dictiveness, coupled with a marked capacity for military leadership. It is illustrated by his now familiar toast;
 CT hope to live to eat the beet that will fatten on the grass which will grow on the graves of all my enemies.'
 The slaughter of Benton and the murder of Bauer, respectively British and American subjects, by this 'hu- man tiger has alienated the sympa' thy of the administration and con signed the cause of the consututional- ists to doubt, if not doom. in the minds and conscienses of all our people
 With Villa in command in the north and Huerta in power in the south. what hope has Mexico? If the constitutionalist cause should triumph the fate of Madero may become the lot of Carranza. Villa will probably dominate or destroy him. The dark ages, with all their horrors, tyrany' torture and unsurpation cannot produce names more hideous in all that implies oppression and outrage that the names of Huerta and Villa. Huerta stands for the old regime. Villa fights for its destruction"
 Senator Robinson predicted that the cause of the constitutionalists would be re arded, if not defeated, by the 'lawless leadership which seems to recognize no limitation upon its own wrath"
 "The policy of our government Is justified" Senator Robinson continues. "The spirit of impatience which has prompted some to advocate armed in tervention must be restrained. Our | experience in the Philippines and the whole history of Mexico warn us against hasty or inconsiderate action. Intervention means a long period of | occupation. It makes certain sacri- flee of thousands of lives. It would array all Mexico against the United States and unite all factions there against our armies.
 Let those who criticise the policy | of "watchful waiting" anticipate the results of armed interventionT Let them realize the many turbulent years of strife that must follow; the blood that must inevitably flow; the homes that must be made desolate; the al- most hopelessness of the problem of bringing order out of chaos and es- tablishing a stable government in Mexico on principles unfamiliar to her people.
 "The character. habits and tradi- tions of the Mexican people underlie their present struggle and confirm the administrators policy to leave Mex 
 leo work out her own salvation!
 "Huerta and Villa must, however, be made to realize the sacredness which other nations attach to human life and property They must be in structed to look for a day when every wrong perpetrated upon a foreigner in Mexico must have restitution.
 We now celebrate the birthday of one who is. in many respects, the most remarkable man of our time. During the past 20 years MT. Bryan has been the leader of political reforms in the United States. Many doctrines of his pen have been written into law. He has stood for peace, peace at home peace with all the world. He has sought to raise the standards of dip lomacy "Grapejuice diplomacy" and the battleship friendship have been the slogan of those who would mock him. Modest sobriety and universal peace have been his aim.
 "Who Is foremost in promoting worldwide peace? God grant that in time our 'watchful waiting may be rewarded; that peace and liberty may come to Mexico. If no other way can | s.. sl. .t..