The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-18

The American Congress Will shorty
gather In Washington. CHIEF among the
problems to come before II Will be the
next move of the United States on the
checker board OF Mexico.
There has been a suffelt OF talk ana
advice In regard to Mexico. some OF IL
was paid for. to wit The half dozen or
so books boosting this or that Mexican
personality and various writeups OF the
same character printed in the magazine
sections of American newspapers the
recompense to individual effort In set
ting those p~anegyrics together ranging
from 5000 to $4,000
There are two American attorneys
now in Washington openly WORKING un-
der admitted retainers-Charles =.
Douglas for Carranza and S~herburne q.
Hopkins for villa. Their counsel 10
| State Department heads is obviously m
| terested advice and probably mas peen
well discounted by the Government Tor
there came into being at the very open
ing OF 1918 an employment of a new
| group of extra legal Government oficials
-~"conhdential agents and private an-
visers'' men Of variously assorted at
tainments who read up Mexico IN inc
encyclopedias. ~journeyed around una
country IN the encourage or such Next
cans as hapSened to be in when they
called and then returned TO the United
States and submitted exhaustive reports
which nobody outside OF the members OF
the Wilson administration has yet seen.
These suppliers OF hidden facts in
cluded William Bayard Hale, an able
writer and an intimate friend OF the
President Reginald +. del Vale, an at
torney Of Los Angeles. Who had pre-
viously appeared In court representing
interests OF the Madero family Col. ..
A.. Robertson. an American resident OF
Monterey, Mexico John Lind, eN-GoN-
ernor Of Minnesota and an intimate
friend Of Mr.. Bryan. who got the TRIP
as a sop for not getting the Ambassador
ship to Sweden Richard l.. Metcalfe, a
protege OF Nj. Bryan Duval West, a
personal representative of the President
Paul Fuller and others known and un-
known. All came back from Mexico and
dumped their cargoes In Washington.
All Mexican information that had ac-
cunulated in the archives or the Gov
ernmert during the Taft administration
the Roosevelt administration and earlier
was discarded by the Wilson ADMINS
tration. Our Ambassador to Mexico city
was recalled and his counsel declined
plsinterested men Of character and
standing from the Southwest were coolly
insulted at the State Department. Thei'
names will be forthcoming. Mr.. Bryan
laughed to ridicule prophecies or dis
aster. He was cocksurc, insolent and
bitter in his remarks to protestants
against the Wilson administration IN
itial Mexican policy.
I'VE are going 10 make a clean slat'
down there" he old one caller. The
old order has got to go this Admins
tration stands for better things
Warnings were written in large lctter'
-.. 49,. a,ar,att,p.l canvas Df DublIt
opinion. DoZcis If prominently iniu
entail men. without regard 10 party o'
financial emoluments. went or sent th'1I
p~rotests 10 Washington. begging our oth
cials to recognize the de facto govern
mont OF Huerta and save the Unite
, States future trouble. London, Farl
and Berlin from their wealth or eNperi
ence in political Interference with IN
affairs OF distant sections OF the glob
also advised the recognition or HuertA
as their Governments had done so.
4 command IN Mexico Is worth onl
the force behind IT. Meddling with ~"
, tive authority in Mexico, however neces
sary for the rescue Of tn" country
was not justified II the intervenin
agent was not prepared TO give "
weakened native government efecti'
material assistance.
which brings us finally ~ the in
%portancc. personality n amazin
mower lodged for the time being in tN
confidential representatives of the Gov
eminent of the United states, namel
George r.. Carothcrs and John X. Sill
man. Mr.. C~arothers Is attached
villa Mr.. Silliman is attached to Ca