New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-16

n1ucH Win the troops Sne nds- W
on the spot. and she cannot but BIO ha,o
pered In any operations against Huerta
by desire to do nothing 10 provoke tne
constitutionalists Huerta's one hope OF
strengthening himself with the Mexican
people.is by assuming with some plausi-
bility the part of n patriot, as the de-
fender of his country against foreign In
vasion. Americans may therefore be Sub
jected to q temptation 10 more active
and forceful intervention should the oc-
cupation Of Vera Cruz and Tampico not
bring Huerta to reason. Such tempta-
tlon IL yielded to, might easily lead 70 a
march on Mexico City and to the respo'-
sibility for the imposition of peace on the
country by armed force, which would be
very perilous undertaking on political
and military grounds. and President VIII
son has hitherto set his face against a.
His objection to such a policy 10 as
strong as ever. but IL will need all his
firmness and patience to save the United
States government from slipping into H."
Sees tho Hand Of Lind.
The Daily Chronicle" says:
President Wilson's Mexican policy Is
at last undergoing a change The brief
and bloodless arrest OF few United
States marines by Huertista commander
at Tampico has moved II far more than
the murders without torture Of American
and British citizens by Mexican rebels in
the north 1t is difficult to disconnect tho
Presidents action entirely from tho re-
cent return Of his personal envoy 70
Washington. Mr.. Lind went homo 10 urge
stronger measures and stronger measures
have followed forthwith. Situated ss
President Wilson is. he is. bound II his |
policy fails either to go forward or to
90 back. and the drawback TO every new
step forward is that IT makes Il more
difficult for him ever to go back"
Temporary Protectorste Possible.
THE Daily MALI says:
IF Huerta has the sense with which be
is generally credited In Europe he viii
lose no time in making tho arnente honor
able to the United States That be should
deliberately provoke war with 20 formula
BILE . power on the question of q salute
seems unthinkable Neither party 10 ths
quarrel is likely TO proceed 10 extremes.
War with the United States would In al
probability render Huerta's position des-
perate. On the other hand, the destruction
OF the Huerta regime would simply mean
the transference Of power in Mexico TO
such bloodthirsty ruf1ans as villa ana his
followers. President Wilson regards
Huerta as a man of blood, but he has osr-
tainly no reason for trusting villa, who
tortures prisoners before he kills them
and practises as brigand on q gigantic
scale. II the United States dislodges
Huerta from. ONCE q temporary protec-
torate of Mexico would seem inevitable
President Wilson is too wise and too hu-
name a ruler to consign this vast country,
so rich in every resource, TO the sheer
anarchy which must follow the collapse Of
even such government as at present
exists in Mexico
IdeaIism in Politics Fails.
THE Daily Graphic says:
with the profoundest sympathy fQ3,
President Wilson's high purposes we cal
not but acknowledge that they. have
landed the United States and the Presi-
dent himself IN a situation OF the gravest
difficulty and embarrassment. 1t is one
more proof that in this imperfect world
the idealist in politics is failure. The
war with Mexico on which the President
is now embarked Is the negation of aiI
his political hopes and professions. an1
the worst Of II is that IL could have bee
easily avoided had those professions bid
kept outside the field of practical Doliti1
From the first the attempt TO dictate
Mexico In the management OF her int
nal affairs was a dangerous expe
ment Mexico Will now have to be CO
Quered or left alone and to conquer
will. we think. prove an exceedingly +
midable task. Moreover, this war
still further ALLEVIATE the whole OF Lati
America from the United States and wi
also deliver over Mr.. Wilson and M
Bryan and the whole cause OF clean gov
eminent In the United States into tn
hands of limoges and concession hunter
In this way, too, It may easily make 70
combinations with European power
whose immense interests In Mexico W.
thereby be more than ever Jeopardized.
"The Star compares the situation WI
the South African war, saying th<
would have been no conflict then II IN
had been no goldfelds and there VI
be no conflict now In Mexico II there
no oil fields, adding:
Financial interests arc striving &c
the government Of the United Stats
America IS their instrument. Heretd
President Wilson and Secretary =
have bafied their intrigues. but nd
seems that the oil bugs arc growtnl
strong for the men OF peace"
The Globe says that the wat
waiting" policy was absurd, but
there is likely to be destruction
and property moro reckless than ev
fore. and a situation will be created
the nations whose interests lie in
must refuse to tolerate any longer