The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-01-19

point Inc whole movement of the
administration was owing to the fact
that they absolutely declined from the
beginning to recognize the character
OF the Mexican population. 1t was
not our business, however desirable
it might be, to undertake to give Mex
leo new land laws or to choose q
president for her. We had no pro-
tectorate over Mexico, and to regu
late her internal affairs would have
been intervening In the affairs of an.
other country; but 1t was OF the ut
most Importance that in our course
toward that country We should not
forget of what the population con
sisted-50 per cent and more pure
blood Indians, some OF them in a
wild state; 30 per cent of half breeds
and perhaps 20 per cent OF pure
Spanish blood, the descendants of the
old Spanish conquerors. To suppose
with a population like that, with the
history of Mexico, which apparently
nobody took the trouble to read, that
you could build up a government as
we have, let us say, in the state of
Nebraska, that with those founda-
tions you could erect an American
government on American principles,
was a dream. When Huerta fell from
power the result of this refusal to
face conditions was seen.
What has been the condition Of Mex
leo since? Why as everybody has TAX
en- the trouble to study Mexican his
tory and to inform himself knew, the
first thing was that our two allies,
Villa and Carranza, fell to fighting
each other. 1t required no great In
telligence to predict that shat would
have been the case. We did not hear
so much of Carranza, but We can al,
remember how popular Villa was in
certain quarters. When | ventured
to have read into the Record 4 sketch
of that eminent persons life 1t was
resented, and defense, said to nave
been prepared in the State Depart.
ment. was made Of Villas character.
1t was currently rumore1 that 1t was
felt in the highest quarters that he
must be a good man because ne Meth
err drank or smoked. 1t is not appar-
ent that these premises were correct,
for | am told by other persons com.
petent to know, such as the Senator
from New Mexico (Mr. Fal) that he
Is guilty of both drinking and smoK-
ing; but even assuming that ne does
not indulge in those particular vices,
was 1t not a hasty inference that he
was therefore a good man in the in
ternational sense and devoid OF muir
oerous tendencies? At all events, he
seems to have been the ore man IN
Mexico who had distinct militia y ca
pacity.
AS / have said, after We got liu2cta
out Villa and Carranza fell to tight
ing with each other, ami look at Mex
leo today. 1t is a chaos o: fighting,
factions, the prey Of blnditi, with
predatory banads riding through the
country. The social organization has
collapsed, and anarchy Is polite
word to apply to the condition oil
things.
Mr.. President, | fear that it Is
now too late to adopt any policy that
would be effective there except a
complete military occupation Of the
country at great cost, which all oil
us wish to avoid, but 1t Is certain
that when the Mexican question was
presented to US there we're but two
possible policies. am speaking now
Of policies and not of personal AMI
mosities. One policy was to begin
by exerting all the power and infiu
ence We had under international law
and under treaties and In accordance
with the comfy OF nations to preverH
outrages to prevent wrongs, and ia
try to bring about pacifcation. That
Is the way We should have begun,
and then, in line with the policy OF
avoiding war at all hazards, we
should have refrained from any in
tervention beyond the efforts war
ranted by international law.
The other course was to enter
Mexico In sufficient force to take pos
session of and pacify the country and
try to bring back a government there
which would have the capacity of full
filling its international obligations
and at least establish order To that
course the United States was oppos
ed, and quite naturally and rightly;
but the course we did pursue war
neither OF those. We did not stay
out and We did not go In effectively
l should be sorry to shed the blood
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