Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-04
CONTINUE ATTACK
ON MEXICO POLICY
Economist Rowe Calls Wilson's
Advocacy of Sponsorship
Untenable.

PHILADELPHIA, April 4-The
discussion of the Mexican situation,
its problems and obligations, which
was taken up at last nights session
of the annual meeting Of the Amer
lean Academy of Political and Social
Science was continued today. A
paper prepared by Austen G. Fox,
delegate of the American Bar Asso-
citation, discussed the possibilities
that might follow in the event of
Intervention in Mexico. He declared
that ii would be easy enough to go
into Mexico, but 1t may, at least, be
impossible TO get out, except accom-
panied by the confession that the So
called Mexican problem remains un-
changed.
DIR. l.. s.. Rowe, president of the
American Academy of Political and
Social Science and nrofessor of no
litical science in the University of
Pennsylvania. said:
We cannot expect q solution of
the present difficulty as long rs the
President of the United States con-
tinues his policy of attempting to
subject the president of Mexico to
the scorn and. the condemnation of
the civilized world"
Limits of Our Obligations Toward
Mexico" These he defined roughly
as insistence upon order in the neigh
boring State and hepfulness to that
end.
The idea that the United States
should become sponsor and champion
of constitutional government in
Mexico. as set forth in President
Wilson's message of December 2,
1913. he termed inspiring" but "un-
tenable"
However unwilling we may be to
accept the situation, 1T Is, neVerthe-
less, fact that the present constitu-
tion of Mexico is unworkable, and
any attempt on the part of an out
side power to force her 10 operate 1t
is in reality condemning the country
to anarchial conditions" he declared
THE serious student of Mexico can
have no sympathy with view that
Mexico must have arbitrary, tyranni-
cal central government, ruthless in its
methods and unmindful of the per-
sonal rights of the inhabitants. There
is q wide difference between q strong,
centralized, unified government and a
tyrannical government. In fact, the
real situation in Mexico Is that the
weaker the central government. the
made to suffer from the tyranny, the
abuse and the corruption of local poll
teal leaders and subordinate admin
istrative officials.
In any estimate of Mexican politi-
cal conditions, II must always be
borne in mind that ives are dealing
with national essentially Indian in
it's ethnic makeup. and in which the
percentage of illiteracy is probably in
excess of 80 per cent.
THE sentiments expressed by Pres
ident Wilson in his message Are die
tated by a lofty idealism, but 1t is an
idealism which bears no direct or or
ganic relation to the present needs
and the present possibilities Of Mex
ico.'
Former United States Ambassa dor
TO Mexico Henry Lane Wilson deliv-
cred the principal address mere last
night. He devoted himself to a
scathing arraignment of President
Wilson'S policy in Mexico, which he
said would have the effect of launch
ing of our recognition of Huerta have
perialism," making the country. pay
a dear price for the diplomacy of a
scholastic chief magistrate"
Wilson said in part:
"The late President Madero was a
person of unsound intellect, of i'm
perfect vision and education; a
dreamer of dreams. He came into
Office as an apostle of liberty, and the
responsibilities of office shattered his
reason completely, and In the last
days of his government his mind de-
veleped all the characteristics OF that
dangerous form of lunacy of which
the best example In ancient times is
Nero. and In modern times Castro.
"The consequence of the withhold
ing of our recognition of Tuerta have
been most grave. Our attitude has
been interpreted and is now recog-
nized as supporting rebels In arms
againstaa regularly constituted gov
ernnent, and is responsible for the
destruction of millions of dollars
worth of property and thousands OF
human lives. IT has ruined thousands
Of Americans and afforded advan-
tages to European commercial and
manufacturing interests TO the loss
of those of the United States.
ut has excited suspicion and hos
tilty in every Latin American coun.
try and placed this nation in such
| imminent peril in its foreign relations
with three great governments that II
has found itself obliged to determine
it's course in q great interna tional
question by the pressing necessities
Of the difficult position which it has
! created rather than In response to
the call of high national obligations .
Hillside Park.
Roller skating every Sunday.---Adv