The daily sentinel., 1914-03-11
CANNOT STAMPEDE
WILSON INTO BLOODY WAR

, reau has given many versions of this
affair. but these yarns can not posi-
bly, be true, for the simple reason
that no one saw Benton after he en-
tered Villas headquarters except the
general and his men. They being the
sole witnesses OF the tragedy 1t is of
course impossible for anyone else to
tell what occurred. We Will prob
ably never secure a satisfactory re-
port of the occurrence.
Attitude of Europe.
We have II on the word of Secre-
tary Bryan that the jingoes state an
untruth when they say European
countries are attempting to dictate
this nations course in Mexico. The
United States is to have a free hand
so far as Europe is concerned.
1t is more than probable that Eu-
ropean countries do not approve of
our way of handling the Mexican sit
uation. But what OF that?
The same countries did not ap-
prove our course in adopting the
Declaration of Independence and the
Constitution of the United States,
and the many other government in
novations which we have seen fit to
secure for ourselves during the last
century We have not bothered our
heads about their opinions touching
those things and why should We give
any more thought to their views on
our foreign policy.
President Wilson is handling the
Mexican situation in the American
way, not the English way or the Ger
man way or the Russian way.
Placed in our position, England or
Germany or Russia would drag half
million of its young men from
the farm and the factory and hurl
them into Mexico to kill and be kill
ed. Then the government would in
crease the tax paid by the citizens
who remained at home in order to
raise funds to support the half mill
ion who were defending the flag
in Mexico. After several years of
this sort of thing Mexico would be
conquered and made colony or de-
pendency of England, Germany or
Russia. as the case might be. Then
the big bankers and captains OF in
dustry who lived in the victorious
nation would appear on the scene
and proceed to develop" Mexico.
They would gobble up all the rich
mines and oil lands and fertile plan
tations and exploit them for their
own glory and profit. The poor devils
who had done the fighting-that Is
those of them who were still alive
and out of the hospital-would be
sent home to resume work in the rae
tories and farms. They would have
no part in the glory or the profit OF
exploitation. They would be told
that they were not fitted for such
high achievements either by expert
ence or by education.
That's imperialism. That's the
European way of doing things. That's
why 1 100000 Europeans fled from
Eurore last year and sought an
asylum in this country.
The American Method.
The American way is quite differ
ent-at least the American way as
understood By this administration.
We are sorry to see the Mexican
people embroiled in civil war, but we
know that the path to liberty some
times leads through rivers of blood.
That was our experience. II required
four years OF armed conflict and
many years of painful readlustmeht
to settle the differnces between our
North and South. We told the world
to keep its hands out OF our family
QuAlTSl. t-hhia ~
in' and might have done so had II
not been for Russia. She narrowly
escaped a severe chastisement for her
and we compelled her
to pay good hard gold in settlement
of the Alabama claims.
When we recall these historical
facts we obtain saner view of the
Mexican problem and we are made
to realize that 1t is problem which
must be solved by the Mexican peo-
pie for themselves.
There is a congressman In Wash
ington who has very large nose.
While seated in restaurant one day
he observed that the gentleman
across the table from him was eyeins
this proboscis with keen curiosity.
''My friend" said the congressman,
Il notice you are interested in my
nose. You are wondering how it
attained such a splendid growth and
why it's ablaze with the rudy glow
Of health. | will tell you. l have