Omaha daily bee., 1915-03-15
rh. snrc or silrer creel..

SILVER CREEK. Neb.. March ITO
the Editor of The Bee: In The Bee OF
March 10 under the heading OF Our Task
In Mexico you say:
Intervention would have been justified
G long time ago by the manifest inability
of the opposing factions there to end the
anarchy that still exists in Mexico"
Intervention would have ended the an
archy without a doubt, but it would have
been at the expense of uniting all the
factions IN a bitter war against us-a war
that would have lasted indefinitely,
guerrilla, perhaps. but neverthe less war
at cost OF hundreds OF millions Of dol
lars and tens OF thousand Of lives. In
PREVENTION now would result no differ
entity. On what ground. then, could in
tervention be justified?
Again you say:
watchful waiting has been given a
two years trial only to see bad become
worse
Very true, But did we have any watch.
fui waiting? Not a bit OF IL; but rather
q constant watching for opportunities
always at hand, to poke our probosciS
into what was none Of our business. and
that we have been always quick TO do
and without any waiting at all. II VIII
son had had the practical sense OF an
ordinary farm hand. or hired Girl, he
would have recognized Huerta as the
governments of Europe had already done
when he became the combined Protestant
pope and car OF the United States. BY
what train OF reasoning could any man
OF sense arrive at the conclusion that he
,lfh inf
perior? Had ne done that. It is probable
that anarchy would have soon ceased;
for the Indian-Huerta-was really the
strongest and most level-headed man
that had appeared, or has since appeared
on either side of the Rio Grande in this
whole shameful. wretched business.
And stiil again you say in the same
editorial:
President Wilson must formulate a
more emphatic policy and avoid repeti-
ton Of last summers bootless occupation
OF Vera Cruz"
But what sort OF policy can he form
save that Of armed intervention. since the
srape-iuice policy OF peaceful interven-
ton by modelling bTagadOeio has been
dismal. siekening failure? How, without
armed Intervention, could Wilson protect
our own citizens and those OF other for
eign oountriesg And what right would he
have to let some other country do IL as
you suggest he might doY What other
country is there TO now undertake the
tasks Two years agO he might. and
should. have asked the nations Of Europe
TO join with Us. and each protect its own.
even 90 the extent of each sending a con-
tingent Of troops 90 Mexico City. after the
manner OF the Boxer rebellion. There
was nothing IN the Monroe doctrine to
prevent IL; Il would have been effectual.
and VIC Should have escaped making the
MeNicans our mortal enemies as well az
TO have saved some hundreds OF millions
OF dollars We shall have to pay before we
get out OF this thing.
Since the great powers of Europe are
now al war with each other. neither all
nor any Of them could undertake the task
% paclfying Mexico. What better thing.
then. could Wilson do than 20 ask the
"A-B-C' governments OF South America
% undertake the job. with the assurance
that we would keep away from there and
hereafter mind our own businessG He
might however. TO facilitate their work,
turn over to those governments the three
or four million dollars Of Mexican money
We took by force al Vera Cruz and up to
this time have never accounted for.
What We have now 10 fesr-and the
danger is Imminent and very grave-ls