The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-06-20
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UNITED STATES SHOULD
rAkE STEPS ~ MEXICO

Having noticed Am article II the
Nox populi column ~ your issue Of
tie 18TH inst, written hy Dir. L.
smith of Shady Grove. Fla, wherein
Re questions the justice of President
Wilson's new Mexican policy, ! would
like 10 make . few comments on his
piece.
Mexico. at the present writing,
does not occupy a very important
place III public opinion the crisis
with Germany overshadowing 1t, but
the crimes committed in that country
during the present reign Of anarchy
efFecualiy puts 20 shame any Of the
so-called German outraEes," allow
ing that one is committed By q highly
civilized nation, while che other is De
work Of people little removed from
barbarism. Churches have been
deseerated and the property and
lives Of foreigners rathleaaIy as-
stroycd. Institutions Of learning and
valuable astronomical instruments
have suffered a like fate We, who
ruse 20 q man % avenRe ae sinking
Of tho Lusitania, sit quietly by and
witness the loss Of life and property
Of Americans and other foreigners ak
the hands Of marderous bandits. Ii
seems We have swallowed a camel
and choked on a gnat. Christianity and
civilization alike demand Intervention
60 save this miserable country from
itself. The better class Of Mexicans
would welcome deliyerance of thetr
country from the hands Of bands
and desperadoea, The people have
been kept in ignorance By scheming
politicians and military despots. and
now when the United States desires
60 rescue them from their oppres-
sors, We are told that the American
people viii not stand By the presi-
dent In his course Of action because
some capitalist bought propvrty
without consulting the American peo-
pie" Even If they are plutocrats,
and BY their actions justify the re-
sentiment Of the people towards them,
nevertheless they are Americans, and
deserve the protection due a. Amer
lean citizen.
We settled the trouble In Cuba and
the Philippines By q firm policy, why
not In Mexico No criticism for
/ President Wilson; be liz one of the
/ greatest presidents this country ever
had, and hate 70 think where the
country would be If some Of the brill
liant critics Of tie president was in
his place.
There Il another point In this
. question. If not in the mana oil
. / Christianity and civilization % ws
intervene In Mexico. then in the Mans
Of our own safety we should pat aF
end to the anarchy that Ii devastat
, ing that unfortunate country. WheE
, the present war closes no matter wht
il victorious, they win be in stringent
need Of money. Nearly all these
countries have loaned Mexico vas
, sums 81 money az different times
J and England and France have In
/ vcstments which amount TO severa
billion dollars each, while German.
has forty million dollars inyeste
therein. Much Of this property ha
+ been destroyed in the course Of "a
i present revolution, and Is it uurea
sonabe 10 suppose that these coun
tries viii take drastic measures t
J obtain their money at the termina
{ ton Of hostflities III Europe, If peac
4 Ii not brought about in Hexicog 1
, which case the integrity Of the Nor
roe doctrine plil certainly be tries
Once before England and Franc
= seized that country and set up
r. monarchial government because q
= indebtedness, but we forced them on
i because Of the superiority of on
Iarmy and navy, and they did not car
60 risk a war. Bot now the table
n are turned. They viii have the lsrR
Z navy and the army Of veterans, 90
) We win be unprepared for war.
III Ii this then not the time 60 brin
! about order In MeNlc82 / believe
. is. and / know President Wilson wi
T. do all ia HE power 60 bring order Oh
4 Of chaos. and / believe Ne may truI
!, say: eve take cur hats off 10 20
: Sir. Wilson"
3 EARL LeBARON.
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