The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-03-13
[ARTFORD, OHIO COUNTY KY, FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1914

tary of State whose lecture engage
ments leave him little time to reat
his dispatches Is permitted fre'
hand In sacrificing the world s con
fidence In American diplomacy. 4
policy with no plan but to waltfol
something to happen paralyzes all ef
fort to bring about resemblance o
peace. Two concrete moves have beer
made by the Administrator in tht
Mexican matter: one the sending
there of futile Lind, the other tn,
lifting of the arms embargo, that the
rebels might be aided to overthrow
the only existing Government, with
Mexico's admittedly strongest man al
its head.
The one overshadowing myste ~ dr
the Mexican policy" still remains
unsolved. The President, demanding
Huertas retirement, has been un-
abb toe explain even to the men he
would honor with his confidence whai
better conditions would follow Huer-
tas withdrawal. North and south in
Mexico are unalterably opposed to
each other. and Americans who have
spent years there agree that only
anarchy could follow Huerta's down
. fall. This was true when Mr.. Wilson
assumed office; 1t appears doubly
true today. when the inability Of
either faction to bring about. peace
has been demonstrated by year of
conflict. II is not characteristic of the
masterful Wilson to pur.ue a drifting
policy In any other department OF
his Administration. His resourceful-
ness is as quick as a flash In domes-
tic affairs. But in his foreign policy
apparently he has yielded to dream
ing Secretary of State, whose habit
Is not to think things through.
Time alone will prove whether the
Presidents Mexican policy must re-
suit in anarchy for Mexico and in
Prevention for US. If they follow, the
President cannot justly. declare that
he has resortad to arms only because
forced to do SO by public Sentiment.
The publk has believed and appar-
emily still believes that had anyone
but Mr.. Bryan dictated the Mexican
policy and cutthroats been told that
murder and outrage would be punish
cd instantly. the rebel fear Of Am
erican Intervention would have made
Intervention unnecessary. II inter-
vention comes, can it be undertaken
otherwise than as a direct result of
the President policy? The country
has been impatient with watchful
waiting not because 1t wanted inter
ventiOn but because it feared such a
policy would make intervention I'M
peritive. The Presidents recent at
tempt to shift the burden can hardly
be regarded as ingenious.
From the time the President broke
century-old precedent ard stood
before an assembled Congress to urge
the enactment Of a low tariff, close
cooperation has reigned between the
Chief Executive and the leaders of
the dominant party in Congress. The
enactment Of tariff law on Oct. 3.
1913, making vital changes in the
duties on imports. was followed by
the signing of a banking and cur
rency act on Dec. 20. 1918. These
two laws and the recent ratification
Of the arbitration treaties are the
friends were pointing as the direct
things to which the Presidents
frieiD ls were pointing as the direct
result Of the intimate contact estab-
lished between the executive and leg
islative departments OF the Govern
ment.
Washington residents of many
years to whom the ways and man
ners OF President have been a mat
ter of intimate observation have
watched President Wilson with in
terest. He has broken many prece-
dents-his ways have been quite in
formal, but the most conspicuous
characteristic Of all is his dlsinclina-
ton to making public speeches. He
has declined hundreds of invitations
to functions In all parts of the coun-
try. He has attended but one public
banquet-the ceremony OF the Ma
tional Goosraphic Society when Col
onel Cocktails was presented with
a gold medal by MIR. Wilson no be-
half OF the society. His onG other
speeches We're made TO the American
Red Cross last December and one to
the Daughters OF the American Revo-
luton. His trips out OF Washington
have been few. While Congress has
been In session. the President has
made Ii a point 70 be at his desk con-
Mr. VilsAn aupAarxS with