The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-07-14

. WIN us went t. 1. oakley, TcSlucI'
| correspondent of the London Times. to
see us through. There we found Wal
| ter Whiffen. Sutton also was there
Oakley vouched for us, and presently
we were taken to the Brazilian lega
ton and. after an hours parley. were
| released upon our agreement to leave
the city within "a hours and To send
no news by mail or cable during our
stay there.
Gen. Funston will not permit any
more Americans to leave Vera Cruz
for Mexico City. After the arrest of
the members of our party it was fear
ed here that we should never get back.
The Mexican Problem of Today.
Everywhere / asked two question: If
iiuerta can be induced to withdraw,
and if the Carranzistas will agree to a
compromise government, are there
within the country elements out Of
which a fairly representative govern
mcnt can be constituted. The sum of
the answers was that there remained
in the country the elements necessary
for the creation Of such a government
provided that the a. Il. G. powers will
give to the United States their moral
authorization to intervene by force of
arms to enforce compromise and to
support the new government i'm the
event of new revolutionary outbreaks.
If there be no threat of Intervention
and no promise of military support
there will be no compromise and no
stable government. | asked also if Il
presidential autocrat were still neces-
sary To Mexico. All but one of the gem
tlemen with whom | talked said mo"
always provided the United States will
take the same attitude toward Mexican
revolutionary disorders that it does to-
ward such disorders i'm Cuba. But al
though not "A few thought that Huerta
might be overthrow by revolution in
the city, or might be assassinated,
scarcely any thought he would resign.
Ills resignation, according to the MeXi-
can point of view, would mean that he
would be killed by his friends, and
properly so, because his resignation
would involve their financial and politi-
cal destruction. No one believes that
villa will agree to Compromise.
The military problem which presents
itself to the cXpedtionary force in Vera
cruz has received lttlc attention in
the mass of correspondence sent from
mere. l am afraid to estimate the
number of men who might force their
way through To Mexico City. An army
of not less than 10000 ought to he
available for the campaign, for any,
where from 10000 TO $4,000 might be
needed to guard the line of commune
cation between Mexico City and the
base. AT Vera Cruz the army of adj
vance itself ought to number $4,000
men in order that we might save lives
rather than make paladins of our sol
diers. | venture the opinion that the
advance on the capital will be along
the northerly route that follows the
line of the narrow gauge interoceanic
railway.
The war department should be ready |
to send to General Funston Immediate
~ the 10 troops of the Sixth cavalry
and the battalion of the Fourth artil- |
lery which remain i'm the United
States, as well as the Porto Rican regi- |
ment, because of its peculiar qualifica-
tons for "A campaign in a Spanish
speaking country. Ii will be necessary
TO secure large quantity of narrow
gauge rolling stock, for after the enc
my Is driven across the river toward
Jalapa the army can only advance as
far as its supplies. including water in
tank cars, can be brought forward nv
rail-
Mexico city might be captured with
IN "a short time after the openiny of
the campaign, but it would be silly To
try To forecast the period necessary for
the occupation of the country south of
the constitutional territory.
Nobody knows what the attitude of
ne Mexican people would he,