The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1914-05-28
OUR BUSINESS IN MEXICO.

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noted political writer, Samuel G
Blythe, Published in The Saturday
Evening Post Of May %, his Feal
police regarding Mexico; showing
the same to be of a breadth and depth
beyond the grasp of many of the ma
tion's critics. and so unqualihdely
opposed to the greedy corporate in
teSSSta that would exploit Mexico for
nseS owl gain that they are oppos-
ing his policy in every conceivable
way.
Mr.. Wilson said:
SIT is curious thing that every
demand for the establishment of or
der in Mexico takes into considera-
ton, not order for the benefit of the
people of Mexico. the great mass of
the population, but order for the ben
eft of the old-time regime, for the
aristocrats, for the vested interests,
for the men who are responsible for
this very condition of disorder. No
one asks for order because order will
help the masses Of the people to get
a portion of their rights and their
land, but all demand it SO that the
great owners Of property, the over
lords. the hidalgos, the men who
have exploited that rich country for
their own selfish purposes, shall be
able TO continue their processes un-
disturbed by the protests of the peo-
pie from whom their wealth and pow
er have been obtained.
"They want order-the old order
but ! say to you that the old order is
dead. It is my part, as I see it, to
aid in composing those differences SO
far as may be able, that the new
order, which will have its foundation
on human liberty and human rights,
shall prevail.
EVERY phase of the Mexican
situation, Is based on the condition |
that those in de facto control Of the
Government must be relieved before
Mexico can realize her manifest des- I
tiny"
1.-The function Of being police
man in Mexico has not appealed to
me; nor does it appeal to cur people.
Our duty is higher than that. I'll
we are to 60 in there, restore order
and Immediately get out, and invite .
repetition of conflict similar to that
which is in progress now, we had bet
ter have remained out.
"What we must do and what we hope
to do are two fold. First, we hope
to show the world that our friendship
20 far as our own aggrandizment goes;
and, second, We hope to prove to the
world that the Monroe Doctrine is
not what the rest of the world, in
:luding some of the countries in this
hemisphere, contends merely an ex-
:use for the gaining of territory for
ourselves.
81 hold this to be a wonderful OPP r
'crtunity to prove to the world that i
he United States Of America is not 4
My human but humane that We are d
ctuated by no other motives than the
etterment Of the conditions of our un-
ortunate neighbor, and by the sim P
ere desire TO advance the cause of Z
uman liberty. It
81 have not permitted myself to q
link Of what will be the outcome of
iese plans for mediation. hope :,
ley may be successful. In any :
vent we shall deem II our duty to
clip the Mexican people, and we
nall continue until we have satisfac- 81
,ry knowledge that peace has been m
sstored, that a constitutional Gov r
rnment is reorganizsd, and that the
'ay is open for the peaceful reorgan-
;asion of that harassed country.
ssWe shall not demand foot of
'rritory nor cent Of money-exce !
course, the settlement of such T
aims as may justly be made by
merican citizens for damages to Al
Ieir property during these distur-
lnces--individual claims. There II
III be no money demand In a ma
,nal sense. Then we shall have
own the entire world that the Mon III
e Doctrine means an unselfsh
endship for our our neighbors-a
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