Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-11
Former Ambassador Declares the
Attitude Of the Present Admin
istration Has No Precedent in
the History Of the World.
"PoIicies Are Born of Scholastic
Dreams; IdeaIistic Minds Will
Be Held Responsible at Bar Of
History for All the Loss Of Life"

NEW YORK, Jan. 10.-Henry Lane
Wilson, former Ambassador to Mex
leo, arraigned President Wilson at
the dinner of the Rubber Club, in the
Astoria, for the policy OF
his administration toward Mexico
He declared the United States had
actually interviewed.
'If the government of General
Huerta had been recognized at Its
threshold, 1t would have made
peace throughout Mexico" he said,
"and thousands of lives would have
been saved and millions of dollars
worth of property, especially Of for
eigners and Americans. would not
have been destroyed. The Admins
tration at Washington saw At not
to accept my recommendation ID
recognize the government of Cen
erai Huerta and at that time pre-
dicted exactly what has occurred
there during the last six months
and exactly the conditions that pre-
vail there to-day.
1--WE have now actually inter-
vened in Mexico. Don't make any
mistake about that. Not by arms.
but we have nevertheless actually
interviewed in Mexico.
"And we have sent down there
private, special unofficial represen-
tatives of the President for the pur-
pose of telling the Mexican people
how they should govern their coun-
try, whom they should put into Of
dee and whom they should put out
Of Office"
Mr.. Wilson questioned any precs-
dent for the action Of Pre- ldent Will
son. asserting that fourteen millions
of Mexicans wanted Huerta to bt
sustained, not because they loved
him, but because they believed 1t wal
the only way to bring about peace.
whenever before has this Gov
eminent ordered Americans out OF
a foreign country without guaran-
tee of protection for their losses, or
announced a policy which makes US
virtual overlords Of everv republic
from the Rio Grande to Cape Horn
and makes 1t necessary to inter-
fere in every turbulent republic IN
that great empire.
Scholastic Dream" He Ayers.
"These are policies born OF
scholastic dreams, or perhaps OF
Ideas formed before unhappy divi-
sions made possible the exercise Of
power by theorists who see only the
North Star and not the vast firma-
ment and never remember that the
laws which control the whole
armament control the North Star.
"The President of this Republic.
and | have the greatest respect for
him, is a master Of the English Ian
guage and of eloquent and per-
sua sive diction. He can smite the
harp Of idealism, and from every
idealistic mind in this Republic will
come a response; from every mind
wandering in the bogs Of esthetic
dreams.
But these good people must
know, ought to know that at the
Judgment bar of history they will
be responsible for all the destruc-
ton of pronerty, for all the loss OF
life. for all the hatred and rancor In
Latin America and suspicion In
Europe; and finally for the sowing
of the seeds Of antagonism and
distrust between this country and
the greatest country in possibil-
ities near US for all time to come"
Mr.. Wilson stated earlier in hi!
address that the revolution of Made:i
against Diaz was financed very large
ly from the Cir, of New York; thai
the state Department contained re-
ports of secret service agents TO prove
that "a great oil company gave as
sistance to Madero."
The revolution against Huerta, HI
said, was due to the same companies
ut would be shock in certain
circles" he continued, "if they knew
that secretly and unknown to then
their policy has been suggested dur
ing the last six months or year b.
representatives of these internationa
corporations and trusts"
Madero, said Mr.. Wilson, met hi
death at the hands of The guard tina
was conveying him u the penitentiar
In Mexico City. FS 3orroborated tn
reports of the Atrocities committe
against Americana md other for
eigners In Mexico. or fifty to seven
ty-five thousand Americans in tn
country, thirty thousand left 1t, los
ing approximately s100000,000, aban
doning homes and businesses whic
they had labored to develop.
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