The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-24
JOINT INTERVENTION.
Nut by American Powers and Under the
Monroe Doctrine.


Monroe Doctrine.
To THE EDITOR or THE SuN--sir: Your
editorial article on "Joint Intervention" 10
very much to the point The time for ac-
ton u at hand. Mexico needs regulating.
and the United States 10 the country mat
can and should regulate II. The state OF
ferment In which It's political agitators
keep the country to press their own selhsh
ends IL . blot on modern civilization.
which, lot W hope. will soon be wiped
out with vigorous hand An end should
be put. and put quickly. to the petty dis
sensions Of those political mushrooms
which drain the resources Of the country.
are disastrous to both its commerce and
development, and even threaten the very
existence of the republic a. . nation OF
the world.
Just - the day has gone by when An
appeal to the sword determined the right
Of the conqueror to rule the conquered. %
has the time passed. In every civilized
community. when political factions decide
their differences by . call to arms. Even
though Ulster has threatened, Ulster lies
In the land where the curse Of Cromwell
means more than most Of US imagine, and
II 10 AZ certain a. It's very existence that
n Ulster should rise the last state Of Its
million and q half Of population would
b worse than Its nrst Ulster opposes
home rule and threatens the force Of
arms. Any one who knows the Irishman
knows that he comes from . nation Of
fighters and 10 a nrebrand; we'll. Ulster
would have very poor chance against
the three millions and a half Of people in
the rest OF the country. armed capable
and with untold resources to support them.
But Ulster won't rise, for Ulster knows
better than to make travesty Of the law
under which II has prospered.
with Mexico Il IL different Dissen-
sions are stirred up for political profit
by aspirants to the Presidency. The greed
for gain and the lust for power march
side By side into the National Palace
until some other aspirant aims to turn the
rascals out Blood 10 shed; property IL
destroyed; foreign holdings are threat
ened even at tho point OF the bayonet /;
foreign interests are endangered. and
foreign interference 10 more than invited
by the slaughter Of alien citisens In the
streets or across the border. How long
can these things last? American man.
hood. calm and cool. Is baited almost be-
yond endurance. II holds itself In check
as q restless steed Ia held In check with
the rein. But this cannot last long. for
the time has come for the United States
to place this relic OF barbarism, this
house divided AGAINST itself. In order.
Ever since tho deportation OF Porhrio
DiaH Mexico has been q boiling caldron
OF strife. American plantations there
have been entered and devastated, Amer
lean lives have been In dire peril. Bands
Of marauding revolutionlsts have openly
violated the rights Of their own and of
alien citizens, and the end Is not yet
May the day be not far distant when
American troops shall cross the border,
and. advancing over tho land, enter the
capital 20 dictate a course that shall pre-
vent further uprisings and forever Quell
the martial ardor OF these pernic,ous fre-
brands.
Once In occupation Of the capital the
United States. in conjunction with repre-
sentat!ves OF such other South American
republics as Argentina, Brazil and Chile
might 90 worse IMAM establish an Inter
national and permanent board Of regula.
ton. with headquarters In the Canal Zone
at Panama. whose duties would be Cd
to adjudicate the claims OF politica.
asprants to Office. 2) to determine
whether or not the proper time had come
for a reference OF the claims to the el.c.
'ors at large. and tD to control the use
Uf and regulate the distribution OF arms
Armed opposition to its pronouncements
would lead to international Intervention
al the expense OF the country involved
and In very few months the seethins
pot OF politics would simmer down The
American people have the right to protec,
their own. and where intervention Is 80
openly invited as II Is In Mexico God
grant they will intervene F.H.v.
| new YORK, February %.