The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-07-11

makes ones blood run cold ever
to read of the carnival Of crime
and brutal RIGHTEOUSNESS which
follows in the wake of Villa I
army. Churches looted anC
burned; priests robbed, impris
oned, exiled or put to death; nuns
subjected to brutal treatment
helpless women and girls ravisheC
and made the sport of carnal
bestial men, these are ordinary
occurrences among the followers
of the brutal Villa who is held UP
to us as the savior Of his country
| Ii the people Of this country only
realized what is taking place in
Mexico with the knowledge of the
American government, they would
rise up in revolt and demand that
we put a stop to this demon s
career Of bloodshed and lust at
any cost. Imagine the following
scene narrated in the current
issue Of America -: "They (the
rebels) raid a hacienda, tie the
men in the patio, ravish the women
before the very eyes of their hus-
bands, fathers and brothers, then
disembowel the poor victims, af-
forwards Stay the men and SO
abuse the corpses that narration
Of their deeds would disgust even
a brute, did it but understand. y
And this in the name of civilized
warfare for the purpose of elevat-
ing and refining people!
Is it any wonder that the people
of Mexico are beginning to look
to Huerta as the only one who can
bring even semblance of peace and
order to their distracted country.
Huerta has been painted as vile
wretch by his enemies, but in COM
parison with Villa he wears an
aureole. He enjoys the esteem and
confidence Of the conservative ele-
ment in Mexico and no disorders
have followed in the wake Of his
troops.
Without entering into a discus
sion Of the cheap politics which
have played so prominent a part
in bringing about the rupture be-
tween the United States and
Mexico, we cannot forbear ex-
pressing regret that the present
administration should have lent
itself to the furtherance Of the
aims Of the INSCRIPTIONS and
blood-thirsty Villa. AS the per-
sonal representative Of the Presi-
dent, John Lind was sent to Mex
leo supposedly for the purpose Of
bringing about the pacifcation Of
that country and the union of it's
warning factions. While appar-
emily negotiating with Huerta, he
was, on his own admission, in
sympathy with the rebels, and
went so far as to give them secret
instruction as to the best way of
avoiding the embargo placed on
the importation Of arms from the
United States into Mexico. In
other words, he was a spy. No
doubt, it was on the advice Of
John Lind that President Wilson
did, for a time, lift the embargo
and allow the Constitutionalists to
equip themselves with the arms
and ammunition which they have
used in their unholy warfare
against their fellow citizens.
The letters lately published
place John Lind in a very unen-
viable light before the decent peo-
pie of this country. It would be
difficult to imagine anything more
contemplate in the history of
American diplomacy than his
attitude as counsellor to the sworn
enemies Of the man whom all the
nations, except the United States,
recognized as President of Mexico.
When the impartial verdict Of the
historian of the future places this
episode in it's true light before the
American public, the present adj
ministration and it's henchman,
John Lind, will receive merited
execration for having brought the
United States to the verge Of an
unrighteous war to satisfy a puri-
tanical, un-American and unjusti-
fable desire to act as schoolmaster
to the Republics of the New
World. AS a diplomat John Lind
has everything to learn; and moth
ing can blot out the foul stain Of
hypocrisy and insincerity which
he has helped the Wilson regime
to place on the fair name of
America. He has made the United
States the laughing-stock Of self
respecting nations the world over.
A SEVERE ARRANGEMENT.