The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-09-01
UNCLE SAM
ISPOPULAR
In MEXICO
People Approve Plan Followed by
the United States = Carranza
Profits by the Mistakes
Of Madero
BY United Press.


iano Huerta finally out and Venus
tiano Carranza and the cream of his
revolutionary army filling the palace,
cafes and streets of Mexico City the
recent chapter in Mexican history, SO
far as the United States is Immediately
concerned. approaches an end
Carranzas determination to enter
the capital with his army simplified
matters greatly for the United States.
for Carranza's flat-footed decision not
to lay down his arms for diplomacy,
and to march to the capital instead OF
to barter with the remnants of the
Huerta regimme avoided an endless
amount of negotiations which would
only have deferred the settlement Of
matters In which the United States
held great interest.
Carranza is no wable to say. II
won every inch OF ground by bullets.
went clear to the palace doors with
guns. 1t was not by compromise that
] took the Mexican capital, bat with
an army. And it Is with an army and
not by diplomacy or compromise that
| will hold what have gained"
In this way Carranza profits by the
mistakes of Madero who gained the
presidency by compromise and who
reached makebelieve peace by sign
Ing papers instead of by shooting Ma
dero's other mistakes Of dispensing
his own army ard pnning his own
faith to the army of the government
also has been avoided by Carranza-
Carranza intends to dispense the fed
eral army, in which he knows there
are no lluerta-like traitors. And with
his trustworthy army behind him, with
its trusted representatives in every
corner OF the land, Cararnza wants to
begin to put Mexico to rights.
The biggest problem that faced Car
rama three weeks ago was What
shall do with my army?" He has
solved 1t by taking the army to the
capital with him and making it the
standing federal army of Mexico And
what viii become OF the old federal
army? It will go back home It's
heart has been aching for home for
many, many days. 1t is made up of
sad-faced Mexican men who never did
want to fight and who were dragged
from their homes and families in far
away corners of the land and put into
the field. The old federal army will
fade away at Carranzas word.
Among Mexicans, today, America
stands higher than ever before; high
er than do people of any other foreign
The truth is out, now
that Huerta has gone One finds, at
every turn, that Mexicans approve
of the plan which the United States
has followed in Mexico. When Huerta
killed Madero the common people of
Mexico were unutterably shocked, but
Huerta silenced them. II was with
secret joy that millions OF Mexicans
learned that Huerta would not be re
cognized by the United States
The coming of John Lind to Mexico
raised hope in the hearts of Mexicans;
they believed that Huera's end would
come soon AS the months went by
with Huerta still in office, something
of despair seized upon Mexico. The
ony sign of hope-and that was a sad
and painful one was the fall in the
value of Mexican money The arrest
of the Mexican deputies was another
shock to Mexico; it seemed to show
hat Huerta's power was unlimited
The first ray of hope came when
Wilson raised the embargo on rebel
arms. The Mexcans secretly praised |
he United States for the action. and |
hen came the fall of Torreon, made |
possible by the flood of arms and am
that came to the rebels over
he American border Mexicans began
o see the turning in the long, bloody
1uerta line; the Huerta dynasty was
offering.
Just a week to a day, followed the
1ampico incident Huerta seized upon
his to get American soldiers into
Mexican soil. He wanted interven-
ion; he wanted the protection Of the
and marines How soon
he rebels would be upon him, he
Iidn't know The Mexican people
waited with their hearts in their !
mouths. The landing at Vera Cruz
stounded them; for three days they |
Fere stampeded, And then tiny
ircular secretly printed and secretly
set them right.
Don't let Huerta fool YOU" said the
ircnlar The Americans are not
ghtifg tile Mexican people. They are
ere 0 take Huerta off the neck Of the
IexicSn nation" !,