The Nome daily nugget., 1914-05-12


 | Many newspaper comments upon tn
 situation In Mexico and the opinion
 of people in general seem to favor in
 tervention and the reason given ID such 8 step is the protection of Amer ifan and foreign interests whicl amounts to many hundred of millfon' o. dollars. Of course we have born' insults from Mexico as a nation ant our citizens have been maltreated a' have those of foreign countries pu' these things follow from the condt- tiOns existing In any country when in a state of civil war where n people feel that foreign influence has had much to do In bringing about the un- fortunate condition in which the coun- try finds itself.
 The tendency of people Is t" per
 sonify governments and to think of
 nations as something apart from the
 people not recognizing the fundament- a, fact that a government Is an arti- flciai affair and has no rights other than those drawn from its population. It is only in recent times that the duty
 of one people towards another people
 has risen to greater importance than tho duty of a nation. dynasty or poli-
 tical state toward another. In deal-
 inx with the Mexican question Presi- dent Wilson has taken this more mod ern and advance view of the situation. Recognising that Mexico was without a government exercising tho rights drawn from its people and hence has no government with any clements of stability and the facts that the peo- pie are in arms fighting desperate bat ties to re- esta blish their constitutional form of government. the president looking to the hest interests of the people of Mexico rather than to this or that leader or to the protection Of property rights has exercised p:tienc" ard self control to remarkable de- gree.
 The people of the United States and of foreign countries are coming to re- gard his policy not only as humane but statesmanlike. Huerta or Car ranza or any other captain of military forces does not interest us. But we cannot stand nor ought we endure that outrage, barbarous cruelty. murder and pillage take place at our very door steps. It Is the people of Mexico who are getting the worst of it. It Is un- doubtedly the policy of the govern. ment to give the people of Mexico every opportunity to work out their own salvation if such can he done within a reasonable time. Looking to| he future. what Is needed in Mexico is not the substitution of one despotic ruler for another: peace at such al price has no germ of hope in 1t. What is needed is the union of patriotic Mexican citizens in securing a con- yress and min istry which dare to take lt in earnest such questions as land and peonage. which will ,ct not under hut with a president, ,rd which. may establish such a sys- em of elections which will foster and 'epress independence. While it Is fight to give neighbor nation full inc an opportunity to attend to it's ,wn troubles. the sentiment is rapid v crystalizing In the United States hat if this chaos continues. We will. z we do not already, owe 1t to the ,eoplc of Mexico to interfere and &C., .ure to them some government which will mean law and order, justice. and hc condition of civilization. To do this t seems that the time is about ripe when we must invade Mexico. For the are such that 1t seems ne- .cssary at this time to wiring n nation in order to help a people 'ctunlly.