The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-11
President wilson's Purpose In Rec
Ognixing Carranxa.

RAMA u MS party as ne ue IactO
Government Of Mexico I've sought
within the boundaries Of that repub-
lie, 1t will not be found. The military
situation OF the Carranzlsta forces
does not Justify it.. The political cir
cumstances of its leader give II nj
support. The personal qualities Of
CARRANzA. the record of his dealings
with his followers, the history Of his
transactions with the United States,
all combine to demonstrate the fool
hardness, the desperation. Of a cours..
that would entrust to him the re.
Mobilization Of the disrupted nation.
Where. then. is the factor that has
induced President WILSON to adopt q
policy that can he made successful
only by the might Of this country, and
imposed on an unwilling people only
through u physical intervention in
n foreign quarrel?
The Congress Of the United States
will assemble in December. There
will be nm insistent demand for a
complete and open investigation by "A
committee Of its members into the
relations Of the Wilson Administrations
with Mexico. If. before this inevitable
demand Is heard. that Administration
has taken no definite step toward n
solution of the difficulties in Mexico.
there can he no reasonable argument
against. no definite and dignified OPP
position Ia. the projected inquiry. That
inquest the Administration. contem.
plating the chaotic outcome of its
vacillation. breads for its possibilities
OF exposure AMI humiliation. But II
an affirmative act has been prescribed.
no matter what unwisiom and reck-
l~essness 1t reveals. the Administration
believes that the inqulsitors may be
decently eyaded. and the revelation
of watchful waiting's painful history
postponed. II not forever avoided.
The explanation Of CARRANzA's vic
tory AT Washington. therefore. js
found. not where his contributions
to disorder and revolution have been
made. hut in the White House at
Washington, where indecision and
ineptitudc have created n crisis whose
necessities must at last be met.
Nor should the triumph Of CAR.
RAMA he underestimate, however
short may he his period for enjoying
its fruits. From the beginning he has
refused to concede. to compromise. to
give way. II he was To he used to
meet the exigencies Of our domestic
politics. he would have his price.
That price is now offered to him
In every stipulation in the contract
lays down the terms. Take
the portentous matter Of religious
federation:
The Carranza Government has given
guarantees that hereafter all religious
persons will receive full protection in
Mexico in the exercise or teaching Of
their beliefs, providing they have not
participated and will not participate in
the politics OF Mexico"
Some assurance on this subject
was essential 10 Mr.. WILSON: the
Catholics in this country have not
been silent while their fellows in the
church were prosecuted by the Car.
rama junto. Hence the guarantees"
but their exceptions illuminate their
real worth
"As a matter OF fact I, is considered
Fin Washington that the assurance
given by CARRANzA will not open the
way for the return to Mexico OF clergy
exiled from that country by him, as II
has been charged by the Constitutional
lists that the clergy expelled were so
treated because they sought to meddlt
In Mexican politics"
Moreover, the guarantees do not ey
tend to religious persons'-that is.
to priests and nuns-who may be ac-
cused in the future of participating
in Mexican politics. and the decision
as to what constitutes anticipation
rests with the Carranzista politicians.
Here Is religious freedom Of a novel
complexion. The political amnesty"
granted by CARRANzA is Of the same
nature: pardon for those whom he
decides to spare. the firing squad for
those whom he fears or upon whom
he would he revenged.
Obviously, CARRANzA must have
money. BY whom is it to be sup
plieIt american bankers" the Wash
ington dispatches say. will he called
upon to supply the funds to establish
the Carranza Government on n solid
basis" CARRANzA cannot get II cent
In this country unless he can present
the guaranty of the United States. Is
that obligation to he assumed without
a substantial agreement between the
United States and Mexico as to the
collection and distribution of Mexican
revenues! II 1T IL, the charge might
as well he made against the United
States Treasury originally ms at n
subsequent date. On the other hand,
II CARRANzA should consent, which
he would not, to confide the manage
ment Of Mexico's national finances