The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-29
Conditions Extreme in Score st
Cities and Help to Save Poo
pie Must Come Quickly
RED CROSS WILL
DISTRIBUTE SUPPLIES
Intolerable Situation May
Cause America to Call Fialt
On Internal Warfare. Il
Belief

wash ington. May 28.--A
! change in President Wilson's
Mexican policy Is about To take
| place. A statement will be mnda
by the President within few
days.
This statement probably will b
addressed to the American people,
but IL will carry am unmistalTa0l0
warning to- the warning factions in
| Mexico. Its terms VIII he more
general than specific, but IL viii
put the Mexican leaders ON notice
that they may expect action from
the United States unless they
speedily bring about an improves
ment of conditions In the South.
ern Republic.
of Administration was evidenced to-
| day by the President issuing an appeal
TO the American public to give money
to the American Red Cross with
which to purchase food for tens ~
thousands of destitute and starving
people throughout Mexico.
| In issuing his call to the public u
! contribute, the President is generally
considered to have committed the
United States Government to the task
| of seeing that access to the fanino
| points Is had Unless the course O3
the contending yeaders in Mexico -
radically altered, the United State
may. therefore. find itself compeIIe0
TO seize railroads and ports Of entry
| In order to make good on its deter.
mination to relieve the condition Qtx
| the starving noncombatants.
won't Permit People TO Starres
~The truth of the situation semes ~
be this: That the President and hIn
advisers have recognized the imp0S-
sibiiity of carrying the policy 0&
'watchful waiting to the extent NJ
permitting widespread starvation IN Z
Mexico. Only recently has the gravity
OF the situation impressed itself upon \
officials here The Presidents latest {
confidential adviser on Mexico. DuvAf
West. stated the situation in moss
forcible terms and startled officiaInA
into the realization that something
must be done speedily. Mr.. West
gave it as his opinion that there 49,
grave danger of al pestilence sweeping
over Mexico which might endangeE
American life on this side of the
border.
The appeal for funds for the RA0
Cross came as something OF sur
prise today. Before there was tiue.
however, for the full significance o.
the Presidents action to be realizedt
it was followed by this statement, tsssl
sued lat the White House. asssfss
statement Prom White House.
when the Presidents appeal fo33
aid for the Mexicans was issued, Is
was also stated at the executive of
fee that statement from the Presl~as
dent on the present situation itls
Mexico might be expected within
the next few days"
| The purpose of TINS statement TN
understood to be twofold' First, "a
satisfy the country that the policy
of drifting in Mexico is not TO ~
continued indefinitely; and secons1s
to give the factions in Mexico la4k 1
opportunity to take such action ~
is most likely to restore law. order
and government in Mexico.
In the coming statement the 4d@#
ministration will, it Is understood NJ
scribe conditions in Mexico as intoI-
cradle. Emphasis win be laid upon
the patience and the lof.g restraint
with which the United States haA
dealt with the Mexican problem. III
the face of not only great prov0cA.8
ton. but great pressure for drastic !
action.
The statement may be expected TO-
remind the Mexicans of the obliEA~
tons which me United States beakna
toward European governmenta IA n
connection with Nexico and point out \
the danger or grave complications
arising out of the fact that the 9TH
er powers look TO the United State
in measure to care for their inter-
ests in Mexico. The efforts o1x]
President Wilson to bring about bet
ter conditions probably will be re
cited and contrasted with the lack "a 4
appreciation the Mexican leaders m e
factions have shown for the attemp4s3
of the United States to help thAN;
and their country Il
VIII Eeutnfm No rhre4t - 49, s sssss
There is no expectation that thD@S
Presidents statement will contain any,
thing like threat OF American inteTk u
vention In Mexico. There - nothlM
so Indicate that she Frcsidssst4 ks1skSI
reached any sach stage in his coASt6 N a
,e5Eafiass OF the MAxteens pr0hIsMsssv Hx& 4k$z
is appreciated In administrator QNa3
tiers that the time has passed for fA1e
issuance OF statements about Mex1GM
which contain no dennite prouiN&
Improvement and that neither 4lx
American nor the MEXICAN public II
be impressed by any acknowledgements
which Ia not based on determfumA&r
to take action IL necessary
The Presidents coming stet11
undoubtedly will be In the nAtuY&
culated to impress the Mexican i1&(
with the adyisablltfy Of permlxkl1
unrestrictesl en- Try al ss1fSk 1HT
and 90 operation hi the Ke6 {{1zfG
FARES to- reasxs& tha Distress nf tx1
Ing OF the ncncomhA kAl,ts ASs
s.lestion was discussed at t4q S1N11
sonkinued