The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-12-10
~NOATiON OF
VERA CRUZ

Is settinB his snare or CRITICISM for
his attitude in Withdrawing the
troops from Vera Cruz, and it is not
all confined to opposition papers eth
err, as for instance the views of the
New York Tribune, Republican, and
the New York World, Democratic.
The Tribune calls the administra
tons Mexican policy IA program of
Eaehng and filling" and then goes
on to say:
Nov, it must be obvious to any
body but statesman intoxicated by
his own phrases that such famboy-
ant, theatrical humanitarianism has
no place IT, the conduct OF the for
eign relations of tho United States.
1t may be our mo.al mission to en-
courage he mass of men, women,
and children of other nations to seek
a greater measure of political free
dom and economic equality. But our
government has no diplomatic or
military mission to go into other
countries and reconstruct their insti
tutions for the benefit of submerged
elements.
The only legal warrant Mr.. Will
son ever had for Selling Vera Cruz
was that given him by Congress on
April %, after he had already seized
it. Congress authorized him to EN-.
ploy the Army and Navy for the pur.
pose of obtaining reparation from the
Iuerta government for indignities to
the flag and sovereignty of the Unit
ed States. 1t never sanctioned any
other program, and the one thing II
empowered the President to get, he
never got, since through his repre-
sentatiyes in the Niagara Falls Peace
Conference he abandoned the demand
for salute and pledged himself not
to ask the government of Mexico for
any other sort of decentralization.
There were sound reasons for in
Lervention in Mexico, but these the
President has never accepted as
ments duty to do its best to protect
the lives and property of its own ma
tionals in Mexico and the lives and
property of European nations there,
since we should be averse to allow.
ing any European nation to intervene
on its own behalf. We would also
be JUSTIFIED in intervening in order to
prevent a general relapse into an
archy. We have done that In other
atin-American countries. But we
had never dreamed before of inter
vening anywhere with the protest !
aim of compelling the 10 per cent OF
the ms to share their property with .
ne So per cent of the outs.
The Mexican poems are just as
submerged as ever so far as assist
ance from President Wilson goes.
He has simply kept American troops
under General Funston, doing local
police and sanitation duty IN Vera
-. RUIZ.
Nevertheless, the country will re-
main convinced that the evacuation
was blunder. Possession of Vera
Cruz would at least have served as
n warning to the forces of anarchy in
Mexico not to cut loose. When they
do cut loose we shall have to go back
to Vera Cruz"
The New York World. which has
frequently championed the Presi-
dents Mexican policy, can see no eX-
cuse for the evacuation of Vera Cruz
and says:
Setting out to establish constitu-
tional government in Mexico, We are
leaving Mexico to its own resources
At time when its internal affairs
are more chaotic than they were
wuen we interfered with them. Have
we served the Mexicans? Have we
served ourselves? Have we served
Still another paper, the Phlladel-
phia Bulletin says the Army never
was needed at Vera Cruz, and its dis
patch there has proved without re-
suit save in the cost of American
ives and money"
But such criticism will have their
Triends as well as foes, and the
as to whether or not the
President was right will not be de-
lined until that distracted and re-
bellious nation is much nearer the
haven of peace than at the present
time. About all that can be definitely
and charged of to loss
and gain at the present time Is the
The policy of the admin
istration has cost the lives of score
Of our marines. 1t has cost the lives
OF more than one hundred MeHicans'