Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-25
pRE 0fpENT AND ADVISERS FAIL
70 REALIZE GRAVITY OF
WAR SITUATION.
PUBLIC MEN REGARD
LONG WAR INEVITABLE
Wilson Now Convinced He Erred in
Removing Embargo on Arrs-car-
ranza's Threatening Nots Upsets Ex-
peetations That Rshels Will Aid
United States.
Especial Correspondence.1

washington, April 25-That the
United States is enbarking upon a wal
that will take two years at least IN
actual conflict and probably much
longer for military occupation ana
pacihcation is the best opinion here IN
military and official circles. The gray
ity of the situation 10 not underest-
mated in congress or BY the president
The collateral results that may fo!-
low are the disquieung features to
public men regardless OF party and 70
the presidents own official household.
First of all it is certain that the war
must not only be directed against
Huerta and his followers but against
the constitutionalists as Well What-
ever the president and his onlclal az
visers may have thought ABOUT Ile
matter in the recent past they nave
been suddenly and startlingly dis
illusioned by the note from Carranza-
President Now Cenvinced.
The president now realizes "hal
army officers told him months ago
that if he raised the embargo on snip
ments of arms into northern Mexico he
would furnish weapons and anlmuH+-
ton that would later be turned on
American soldiers. The president re-
fused to heed this advice from men
trained in the art of war. He preferred
to listen to the lay strateeists VINO al
lowed their hatred of Huerta to oo-
scure all other interests OF the gov
eminent. OF course the embargo can
no LONGER be withheld. 1t must be re
stored in the interest OF preserving the
lives and limbs Of our soldiers and navy
fighting men. There should not De
moment of delay in the opinion of mil
itary men here but as late as yeseef :
day the president was standing out
against the advice Of officers in the
army who warned him that the matter
was all important and should not be
DELAYED for arms and ammunition are
he5ng rushed across the border daily
into Mexico by ordnance vendors who
have less regard for their country
interests than they have for the al
mighty dollar. One step the president
was urged to take early this week was
TO give public notice along with the
embargo that any citizen of the United
States found in an attempt OF supply
ing or actually supplying arms or mu-
nitions of war would be regarded as q
traitor to his country and treated as
such.
Central America involved.
Following the restoration Of the EN-
hareo on arms for the northern pro-
yinces of Mexico it is expected that an
attempt Will be made to bring IN the
supplies from the south OF Mexico.
This is a menacing outlook. 1t will in
volve the United States at the outset
in more or less trouble with the Cen
trail American republics. 1t may IN
yolve US, Also in trouble with conn-
tries like Germany, Belgium anu
France which will probably send mos'
of such supplies.
Aside from these unpleasant pros
poets there Is the japanese SITUATION
and the European jealousy on account
of the Monroe doctrine. 1t looks no"
as If the ambition 10 volunteers Tor
service manifested by go many Ameri-
cans will sooner or later be gratined.
at viii! be a long and costly war.
said an army officer this morning. IN
many respects it will resemble the
fRoer war. There are many Thousand
trained and disciplined soldiers ~
Mexico. They will not yield readily
They have become seasoned in war.
They will have the sympathy and many
recruits of the Latin American re-
publics to the south.