The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-12
sWhere Are We At"

nounced upon taking office that no revolutionary
President who achieved Office by blood shed would
be recognized. Huerta was made the horrible
example" to demonstrate how this doctrine was
to be applied; and sure enough, the plan worked
after some delay, and eventually Huerta passed
on, thus vindicating the sacred word of the Great
Father at Washington.
But, meanwhile, the revolutionists in Peru, not
having heard of the anti-blood propaganda at
Washington, proceeded to shoot up their Presi-
dent, before the ink with which the Wilson creed
had been written was fairly dry, and out of the
scrimmage the Vice President appeared with bow
and flourish and asked for recognition as the full
hedged President of Peru
\ Was he put in the Huerta class and given the
cold storage eye?
He was not! He was accepted out of hand, as
completely as though he had been elected by the
unanimous vote of free people, instead of hav-
ing seized the government by bloody coup d'etat
Then the policy of "Watchfu Waiting" occu-
pied the boards for some months-wth occasional
lapses. Having announced non-nterference pol
icy, the President then proceeded to interfere with
Huerta in every possible way short of actual
armed attack. Accomplishing no results except
muddling conditions until they were worse than
ever, the non-interference doctrine exploded with
"a bang, and the American army and navy poured
into Vera Cruz because Mexico failed to salute
.
ordinate officer and few men for half an hour or
soand apologzed for it, AS result of this
seizure of Mexican territory, some twenty Amer
lean young men and hundred or so Mexicans
were killed. -,
After occupying Vera Cruz for several months
and giving the Mexicans better government than
they had ever known before, the victorious Amer
lean army emulated the King of France, who
according to Mother Goose, with $4,000 men,
marched up hill and then marched down again"
land the Mexicans did not salute the flag either
Having refused to interfere and having inter-
fered; having refused to invade Mexico and hav-
ing invaded it; having gone into Mexico and hav
ing gotten out having repeatedly said one thing
and done the other the President eventually got
his second wind" and in his Indianapolis speech
once more adopted the non-interference role. In
this remarkable address the President said:
Every people has a right to determine its own
form of government. Until the end Of the Diaz gov
ment eighty per of the people Of Mexico never
had look in in determining who should be their
governors or what their government should be-
y 1t is none Of my business and it is of your
= business how long they take in determining il.
1t is none of my business and of your bust.
ness, how they go about the business.
The country is theirs; the government is theirs,
them in getting it's THEIRS and far my in
huenee goes while am President nobody shall in,
h terfere with it.
However much one might agree or disagree with
to suit the most exacting mo shilIy shalIy about
Wilson," said his supporters.
Then came another flop in policy, "Watchful
Waiting" again went into the discard. The Presi-
dent said patience had ceased to be virtue and
that something must be done. He thereupon in
vited the "A. B. C." countries in to decide what
should be done with Mexico" and all eyes were
fixed the Niagara conference" to see what
would happen. What happened was that the con-
ference, after incubating for weeks gave the Mex
can revOlutiOnists some good advice, and every
last revolutOnist told the advisers 60 and study
the Presidents Indianapolis speech and mind
their own business! Among the most scornful
of these good advice regulators was Carranza
He not only told our great and good President
TO Ego away back and sit down" but he rubbed it
in by starting attacks Americans all along the
border and has killed, wounded, robbed, mobbed
burned and destroyed Americans with occa-
sional remonstrance but no effective hinderance
from Washington.
And then the President bethought himself of
the good old Bible adage that I'm a multitude of
counselors there is safety" and added to his aggre
cation OF political talent the wisdom of Costa Rica
and Peru and Patagonia and several other govern
ments whose foundations were laid in assassina-
ton, murder and blood, and asked them to help
decide what the United States should do with
Mexico!
And they have decided Carranza is to be rec
ognized He is to be furnished with guns and
powder to shoot liberty into his fellow country
menand once more these great United States
will adopt the policy Of "watchful waiting" -
watching Carranza execute his enemies as fast as
he can lay hands on them, and waiting until even
tuay the United States will be compelled to knock
the bottom out of the pot of hell-broth a-brewing
across the border and in the interest of the Mexi
cans Themselves and humanity in oanaraI