The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-05-19

pressed %, To- believed Co. hove
mined tll th, public buIl'lnEs boz the
capitol and tp have stored arms and
food fut tho tVu regiments that arc
c2rr t,I tu rcmbiu faithful to him
O.. DO, end Ho be- as Rriml, preparing
o. sp,On,., ts Ncro prepared Go burn
Rome DO BE- said that he has oven
cot down his daii, allowance Of
liquor. so mouumauia,s. has he be
rpmo ",or hia latest plan The three
ruNuy- ho appointed Goo represent him
iu IN, court ut mediation were un
foisu,dli rltd O., set out Of the emp
itoI and brought thor families and
household goods with Thorn a. II pre-
pairing for q Ions exile from Mexico
What th, part ~ the United states
VIII hc iu the conditions folloWins
the final catastrophe II be- rot cas, To-
s1y. % is altogether possible that We
may Dee called upon tu save the roun.
try from anarchy and Co assist lon the
r'-estallishment of order but what
over MAY appear Co bc our dut, there.
the people uf the United Suites are
better prepared for o. than they wor,
% few months ur even weeks ago.
The Mexican question haa been Chart
He'd for out pcopl" as thoy have
studied o. through the restrained and
pacific attitude ui M, president II
force is required uf us shortly. the
nation viii Use it with a better self
respect than would have been posi-
DIE q little while ago o., waiting.
We ave cn,isagcd the problem ~ it
deserved. aud We have cleaned our
selves from an base passions Of re-
Ncngc or ACKNOWLEDGMENT We look
more s"hcrly upon tho prospect than
We did a fcw weeks < We have
come To- see that whatever the out
come, the presidents policy was the
one &" pursue at the time
There H. now only one class Of
people opposing President Wilson
Criticism of him has been narrowed
down To- one point And that is. his
n"n-rccognition of Huertn He
should have recognized Hucrta" is the
ont, criticism heard Of him now, and
that is not IL position that appeals 10
very many To have recognized
Huerta would have taken tho core
out OF the morality OF the nations
policy towards Mexico. But. that
aside. it is now clearly seen that the
policy adopted bv the president won
and that "watchful waiting" has
won. No alternate policy has been
proposed with any weight or
seriousness. and uo one has had tho
tcmcrity 90 claim that any other poll
icy would have cveutuatcd differently
Another policy might have been more
costly IN blood ana treasure We
might. Dc r. true. have embarked ia
war a ear ago. war against the very
people we are trying to help, but the
net result 81 that would be that We
would still he at war. our dead by
this time would have numbered thou
sands our cities would have been
recruiting camps. Funeral dirgcs
would be- sounding all over this broad
land. We might have had that in
stead of "vatchful waiting But now
that the whole problem has had time
To unfold before us. IL rs very clear
that We would not have wanted that.
We would have much preferred
'watchful waiting, FOR that policy
has been us potent In Weakening the
strength of Hucrta as our guns
against his ~stroneholds would HAY,
been And a costs vastly fewer lives
and dollars
We have come through q most crit
heal situation with remarkable safety.
II may be that the mediation efforts
will fail q may Doe that before they
reach "a conclusion HuertJ Will be- po
longer IN power, mo- longer in a posi-.
tiou 60 repair the insult he Offered
our flag. II may bc hat ere tn,
commissioners conclude their sittings
i]iucrta may Dee 90 refugee aboard au
American wurship the victorious rrb-
els ruling the CITY ct Mcxtco. But
whether the outcome b. that or some.
thing else, we have come through
safely and without spending Amcri-
can youth without pouring "a IN,
nations blood like water.
When Hucrtu falls. it viii hav,
been "watrhful waiting that pullc,
him down.