The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-05-07

luton presented TO the senate.
"Resolved, That the state of unre
strained violence and anarchy which
exists In Mexico, the number of un-
checked and unpublished murders of
American citizens and the spoiation Of
their property in that country. the i'm
/ possibility OF securing protection or re-
dress by diplomatic methods In the alb
sence of lawful and effective authority
the inability OF Mexico to discharge its
international obligations. the unprovoked
indignties inflicted upon the flag and
the uniform of the United States by
the armed forces In occupation OF large
parts of Mexican territory. have become
intolerable.
THAT the self-respect and dignity OF
the United States, and the duties to
protect it's citizens and its international
rights, require that such a course be
followed In Mexico by our government
as to compel respect and observance of
its rights"
The Outlook thinks the presidents
view wholly Inadequate. 1t IL Impossible
for Huerta and his adherents adequate
! ly to recognize our rights and duties to
the state of Mexico. His faction Is
master only In one-half OF the state.
His mastery there Is by no means I'M
disputed II he were to make all
amends in his power, his delayed apol-
ogy would not remove the cause for
our action. If he were to surrender to
the United States authorities, were
to flee the country, our duty would not
be fulfilled We should still have to do
whatever may be necessary to put
stop to the violence and anarchy which
exists in Mexico, to prevent contin-
uance OF the murders of American and
| foreign residents and the spolation of
| their property, and to secure a govern
ment under which order would be pre-
served and the fundamental rights of
peaceable, industrial citizens. whether
| foreign or native. would be reasonably
safe guarded.
| There Is no reason to fear that we
shall bring upon ourselves a repetition
of Englands problem In Ireland, or
Germany's problem In Alsace- Lorraine.
or Russia's problem In Finland. We
are not undertaking to conquer Mex
leo as the English conquered Ireland,
or to annex Mexico as the Germans an
nexed Alsace Lorraine, or to American
ize Mexico as the Russians are attempt
ing to Russianize Finland Nor are we
under the Illusion that as soon as we
over to the people self government and
then withdraw. The president himself
has well said that "self- government is
not a thing that can be given to any
people, because 1t is form of char
acter and not form of constitution
No people can be given the self-con-
troll of maturity"
We do not underestimate the difficult
ties of the undertaking laid upon the
American people. 1t would be difficult
to overestimate those difficulties. 1t is
true that the military campaign may
be brief With energy In the command
err n-chief 1t cannot take long to over
throw such vestige of government as
Huerta now possesses. But this will
not be the end. Our relation to Mexico
will not be In the future what 1t has
been In the past We cannot enter
that state for the purpose of protect
the lives and property of American and
foreign residents and of peaceable Mex
leans and leave our relation to Mexico
unchanged Our fulfillment of present
duties will inevitably create new duties.
Whether our relation TO Mexico be-
comes like that of England to Egypt,
or like that of the United States to
Cuba, or relation somewhere between
those two having undertaken to secure
the rights of humanity, we cannot lay
down our task until those rights are
secured, until there has been established
In that land self-government which, to
quote the president again, follows up
on the long discipline which gives a
people self possession, self-mastery, the
habit of order and peace, and common
counsel and reverence for law which
will not fail when they themselves be-
come the makers of law
Has America as a democracy suffi-
Client moral character and sufficient eff
ficiency to administer justly and sue
cessfully military protectorate? For
that is what the Mexican Intervention
portends. In Egypt British occupation
has meant justice, prosperity. and So
cial welfare for the Egyptians. and
peace and welfare for the civilized
world. In the Philippines. American &C.
cupatim has meant that and more; 1t
has meant real and hopeful progress
in the education OF people for self
government To do this in some form
or to aid the Mexicans In doing this
under our protection, is the duty which
lies before us. !. We shall not lay aside
our domestic problems in order to full
fin this duty. The maintenance of So
cial justice In Mexico will inspire us
to maintain social justice i'm Colorado.
The preservation of law and order in
Mexico will help us to preserve law and
order In New York We have been
inspired In building our Catskill water
works by our success in building the
Panama canal. Nevertheless, In add
ing to our domestic problems this prob
lem of the pacification of Mexico de-
mocracy is entering upon it's most SER
ious task since the Civil War closed
fifty years ago. The Outlook believes
that the history of the American peo-
pie in the past justifies the faith that
they have both the courage and the
character to fulfill the duty which this
new emergency in the national life
lays upon them-Outlook.
EUROPE INVITED TO NEEDLE.
Oregonian: If the South American