Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-03-18

out oncroaohing upon sovereign rights
Of the other American countries. No
American country must become a
monarchy or a subject to any Euro
peon country. Beyond that we cannot
fairly 90.
But the Monroe doctrine involves
duties as we'll as privileges: We must
protect small American republics, not
only against foreign aggression, but
against our own. our record in this
behalf Is not good. General Grant tru-
ly said tho Mexican war of 1S47 WIS
"the most unholy war ever waged.
by Il, we wrested from Mexico one-
third of her territory, by force or
arms or course, We paid" for It,
about one-tenth Of what we got from
one Of the thousands Of rich mines 1t
included. The president who accepted
tho money Santa Ana lies IN a neg
lectcd grave, where very few Next
cans do him honor Others regard him
as a renegade who made s0rdid
bargain with as
Criminal Indifference.
But what we did to Mexico then is
q bagatolle to what we are doing to
her now, by a wholly nnwarranted In
terference with her soverelgnty-
interference thaf future historians,
who write fair history, win character
lie as criminal,
How Mexico changes her rulers is
not our business. Their rights TO their
territory are exactly as good as ours
to our thirteen original states. II Is
their right to have just such a way o.
changing presidents as they wish, just
as II Is our right TO change ours as
We please They have an original right
20 De a monarchy II they SO desire.
But you may say the refusal to
recoenlze them IS fully within our
rights Not so. Under ordinary con-
ditione that right would fully belong
20 as. Russia can refuse recognition
to Portugal as long as she chooses,
and Portugal cannot Justly complain
Russia has no Monroe doctrine re-
lation 10 Portugal, or anything ana
Joyous 20 Il. The refusal OF Russia
to recognize does not carry with IL
tho financial starvation which our re-
fusal imposes upon Mexico 10y reason
of the extensions, more or less eN-
cusablt. we have tackled on TO the
Monroe doctrine
Result Of Non-Recognillon.
When President Wilson refused to
recognize President Huorta he pre-
vented the civilized faction from Dor
rowing money This a because lcu-
ropenn countries arc willing to let us
manage this continent about as we
please, provided we give n fair deal
to their citizens This not only prac-
ticully prevents Huerta borrowing
money in Europe, but no patriotic
citizen ~ Mexico can lend money "a
his own country. except at his own
personal risk, because he knows that
at any time President Wilson can de-
stroy utterly amy Hucrta bonds by
recognizing VIVA. for which astound-
ing action President Wilson seems To
be fully prepared. Tho same applies
10 Nenustlano Carran2a, If there IS
such a man
Neither OF these worthless needs roc
egnltlon TO get money They do not
havo 10 borrow. Looting banks stores.
houses and holding eaptives for ram
som cover their needs
But President Wilson has gone far
beyond the rights OF mere non-recog-
milton. lie has made an aggressive
covert campaign 20 prevent civilized
Mexico from borrowing any money
anywhere, and has tried 10 hamstring
that government in every possible
WAY
This Is utterly beyond the rights Of
che head Of any nation, no matter
whit methods were used IN the last
change OF LEADERS, OF a noighhor with
whom we are not al war
The niag Regime of Peace.
The Ignorant savaRes Of Mexico
out-numher the civilized people four
10 one. What we have done Is 90
stir up q fight from which some of
our citizens are now suffering a little
Of the dnmage, and We are preparing.
therefore to make an armed invasion
--t wholly immoral proceeding.
Inder the Diaz desnotic rule, which
was accepted By Mexico and, there
fore none of our business, a woman
could trnHel alone from ono end OF
the country 90 the other in perfect
safety, and every man had fair justice
Ia the courts The native indian
poems l2.000. zoe IN number. were
very poor ignorant and landless But
they llNcd Just as their ancestors had
lived fQr hundreds Of wears. both be-
fore and since tho advent Of the
spuniards They were better off than
The 100000 Indians we robbed OF
their land whom We came, since all
hat ESQ 600 Of these are dead. and
only q very few Of the remnant own
any laud Those of the grade Of Pam
eho Villa are on reservations. not
owning a foot Of land
We aided and abetted the overthrow
OF the Dlaz government Of Mexico.
American money financed Madero and
American guns armed his bandits, We
are the onty country on the globe that
allows itselI DO DO used to orEanlke