Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-24
GERMANS ASSA|L
STAND OF i. S.
Wilson Compared TO Mikado of
Comic Opera Deny Peace
Is Object.

BERLIN, April 24.-While the
greater part of the responsible Ger
man press is maintaining reserve and
awaiting developments before ex-
pressing opinions in regard to the
Mexican situation. number of
papers which always exhibit an anti
Americaag tendency show ill-con-
cealed pleasure in their comments
on cable dispatches received here
which say that the rebels and Fed
erals will make common cause
against the Americans.
These despa tches, which appear to
please this anti-American section of
the press, say also that the American
operations in Mexico are at a stand
still, and that President Wilson is
completely Frustrated over the she'd
ding of blood and is faltering and I'M
decided in his policy as to the future.
These views, however, do not repre-
sent the views of the sensible Ger
mans.
The most bitter attack on the Will
son policy is made by the Nachrich-
ten of Hamburg, which says:
1.-THE issue of the Americans thorny
undertaking is extremely uncertain.
There is no doubt that the action is
tended ultimately to secure Ameri-
can paramountcy in Mexico. All as
surances to the contrary are mere idle
talk which deceives nobody.
President Wilson's neglect either
to recognize Huerta or to take steps
to re-establish order can only be de-
described as a complete failure of his
policy, a wanton act of cruelty to
Mexico and utter disregard for i'm
portant European interests. 1t is only
to be hoped from the German stand
point that the United States will son
make conditions in Mexico normal,
but it is impossible to dismiss the
suspicion that this is not the object.
1.-THE United States does not want
strong, settled Mexico, which might
become a menace to it's Panama ca
nal interests. We hope, however,
that fate will compel here to make a
thorough job of the present under
taking"
capture of Vera Cruz Is turning out
to be a veritable Pyrhics victory. 1t
compares President Wilson to the
Mikado in the comic opera of that
name, who could not bear to see
blood, and says that he is already
contemplating the idea of suspending
the campaign. The paper declares
that President Huerta calculated
rightly in refusing to submit TO die
tation from washington, while the
Americans, on the other hand, mis-
calculated badly. The ZeItung con-
cludes:
IF the object of the Americans
was to end the revolution in Mexico
they have attained their aim quicker
and in a different way from what
they had expected"
Die Post, a rabid war organ, COM
pares the American situation at Vera
Cruz and Tampico with taht of the
italians in Tripoli In 1911, except that
1t is worse. The paper Is ironical in
its comments on President Wilson's
declaration that there Is no war
against Mexico and that the fighting
at Vera Cruz is a punitive expedition
| against President Huerta. Die Post
says 1t is a game between a lion and
a scorpion, where the lion is liable to
get sting in his paw which will
| spoil his desire for fighting. 1t con-
cludes by saying:
"Above all, the Americans. for once,
| will have to show what they can do.
| The efficiency and capability of the
| American troops are regarded every
! where with skepticism."