South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-04-20
LOOKS LIKE WAR.

LOOKS LIKE WAR.
Dictator HUertas failure 10 COM
ply with the ultimatum Of President
Wilson speaks for itself There is
little left for the United States 20 do.
but take possession OF a few ports.
There is nothing else that it can do
and maintain the national dignity.
The government OF the United
states has been patient with Mexico;
perhaps too patient. Aside from our
failure 20 recognize Huerta as a legal
president. the so-called republic 10 the
south has had every consideration.
While endeavoring 10 exercise a
certain moral influence over the coun-
try and restore order, it has been the
policy OF the administration up TO
the present 10 exercise that influence
in such way that the contamination
would rebound TO the honor OF the
Mexicars themselves, rather than
some intervening power.
We assumed responsibility for the
protection Of foreigners in the land,
and the safety of their property in
terests. and said hands off" TO for
eign powers. securing TO the Next
cans that further chance TO prove
their self-governing capabilities
And neither has this effort been
in vain. 1t has served to definitely
establish MeNico's governing in
capability.
The last string was broken when,
returning insult for our efforts. really
i'm behalf Of the republic, we were
confronted by the Tampico incident
an incident Of similar import, though
less serious in magnitude. than the
destruction Of the Maine in Havana
harbor. which hurled us into that
brief unpleasantness of sixteen years
ago. so expensive for the kingdom Of
Spain.
What congress will do remains to
be seen, though there is but small
doubt The nation will know, no
doubt. beore another sunrise, and
know definitely. There is every pros
pect that it will uphold the hands Of
the president The patriotic citizen
ship Of the land owes TO him the same
compliment
The United States has never pa
raded before the world as a warning
nation. II is none. From the very
beginning we have measured our steps
carefully before plunging into con-
tests that call for bIoodshed
Read the declaration of indepen-
dence for the long list of abuses and
appeals for redress made to the king
OF Great BRIAN before the colonial
fathers could induce themselves TO
take up arms in violent revolution.
The wars OF 1912 and 1S4S came as
last resorts, and not from chesty
plunging. while it is still within the
memory of millions. how slow the
war clouds of 1861 were in gathering.
The program of "watchful waiting
is not new one in the military his
tory Of this government We have
broken no precedents in the case at
bar. AS a nation, fighting is not in
our line. but there is an end even TO
the American patience and evidently
President Wilson has reached IT,
McDermotts war song, popular in
Great Britain during the RuSsO-Turk-
ish war fits in here i'm this country
very nicely just at present. II laid
the foundation for the term lingo
ist-a term that has since taken on
a considerably different meaning
hut which in its original sense applies
10 pretty much all of us. 1t runs this
way.
I'VE don't want TO fight 10y by lingo:
II we do.
We've got the saips. we've got the
men, and we've got the money,
too"