The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-03-27
(By Associated Press,

I the originator of "watchful waiting"
and predicting that the people will
some day rejoice over the warning
against ''woe and desolation" that
would follow Intervention in Mexico,
Senator Joe T. Robinson, democrat,
of Arkansas, addressed friends and
neighbors of Mr.. Bryan at dinner
here tonight to celebrate the fifty
fourth anniversary of the secretary's
birth.
Senator Robinson recited the his
/ tory of Inflated" Meyico from the
days of Macmillan, asserting that
conditions today are worse than ever,
and that Mexico has continually de-
clined through a series of upheawals
until today the country is divided
with Huerta at the head of oEe as
sumed government and Carranza and
Villa attempting to reign supreme in
another.
Macmillan was benevolent. Ma
dero was generous. Huerta is maIig-
nant and revengeful. Macmillan was
self-sacrificing. Madero was patriot
ic. Huerta is cruel and avariciUus
His character is exemplified in his
declaration: 1t costs but thirty-five
cents to buy enough rope to hang a
rebel
THE vital, dominating leader of
the rebel armies is Villa; it is not
| CarranZa. Carranza is like MaderO.
Villa is like Huerta. His sagacity
and aggressiveness have made him
the master and the terror of northern
Mexico. villa recognizes neither law
nor custom. His most striking char
acteristic is vindictiveness, coupled
with a marked capacity for military
leadership. 1t is illustrated by his
now famous toast: 4 hope to live to
eat the beef that will fatten on the
grass which will grow on the graves
of all my enemies
THE slaughter of Benton and the
murder of Bauch, respectively Brit
ish and American subjects, by this
human tiger have alienated the SYM
pathy of the administration and con-
signed the cause of the constitution
alists to doubt, if not to doom, in the
minds and conscience of all our peo-
pie.
with Villa in command in the
north and Huerta in power in the
south, what hope has Mexico? If the
constitutionalist cause should tri-
umph, the fate of Madero may be-
come the lot of Carranza. Villa will
probably dominate him or destroy
him. The dark ages, with all their
horrors, tyranny, usurpation and tor
ture, cannot produce names more hid
eous in all that implies oppression
and outrage than the names of Huer-
ia and Villa, There is little choice
between these men. Huerta stands
for the old regime. Villa fights for
its destruction"
Senator Robinson predicted that
the cause of the constitutionalists
would be retarded, if not defeated,
"by its lawless leadership, which
seems to recognize no limitation uyon
its own wrath"
"The policy of our government is
| justified by conditions in Mexico"
Senator Robinson continued. "The
spirit of impotence which has
prompted some to advocate armed in
PREVENTION must be restrained. Our
experience in the Philippines and the
whole history of Mexico warn us
against hasty or inconsiderate action.
Intervention means long period of
occupation. 1t makes certain the
sacrifice of thousands of lives. More
than that, it contemplates the as
sumption of a burden which cannot
now be weighed. 1t would array all
Mexico against the United States and
unite all factions there against our ar
mics.
Let those who criticize the policy
OF 'watchful waiting anticipate the
results of armed Intervention. Let
them realize the many, turbulent
years of strife that must follow; the
blood that must inevitably flow; the
homes that must be made desolate;
the almost hopelessness of the prob
lem of bringing order out of chaos
and of establishing stable govern
ment in Mexico on principles unfa-
miliar to her people. Let them grasp,
| II they can. the additional naval and