Arizona republican., 1915-09-03
MEXICO |S NOT
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Peaceful Arrangement, Says General Sampson, Cannot Be Secured by Dividing Southern Republic into Three Parts

Some time ago, David F.. Barrows professor of political science in the University of California in an article on Mexico declared that peace could be established there only by coercion. The attention of General A. J. Samp son was directed to this article by the Star of Ashtabula, O., where General Sampson is visiting and of the inter- view with him the star says:
 "A Star reporter met General A. J. Sampson. the well known lawyer and diplomat, who was visiting in the city recently Knowing of his long exper- fence in the American consular and diplomatic service, the reporter asked him what he thought of the plan of settling the Mexican troubles as out lined by Prof. Barrows of the Univer- sity of California in the Cleveland Press of the 18th inst He replied:
 After what I learned while serving as the American consular and diplo- matic representative in Mexico and South America for twelve or fifteeu years, under Presidents Harrison, Mo Kinley. Roosevelt and Cleveland for a short time, I cannot agree with some of his conclusions.
 He says. It would be futile for the United States to attempt to pick "a Mexican president and then he proposes (practically) to divide Mexico into three grand divisions. name three military leaders (presi- dents) as governors, one for each di- vision, designated for that service by no one, and by no authority and then have the United States enforce this ar rangement,' much more difficult thing than to select a president by the cooperation of the other six Latin American nations, now cooperating with the United States
 Suppose the United States was to attempt to make effective such a di- vision of Mexico, what civil law would govern the people of those three mili- tary zones. or would they be under an absolute military despotism, each di- vision governed according to the whim Of one of the three designated military rulers. or one-third presidents.
 What kind of cohesion would there be between them? None. What com mercial and business relations? None. What cooperation for up-building Mexico? None.
 "But the most important of all arguments against the plan proposed by the professor is the fact that 1t talk es money to run a government or an army (three armies in this easel and that under such an arrangement there could be no Mexican money is- sued that would be recognized by the three leaders. Neither would recognize the wish of another as to what should be the money of the country.
 One of the urgent and absolute needs of Mexico today is foreign loan to rebuild the waste places"
 Mexico must have foreign money to make her government a success.
 Under such a plan as proposed by the professor she could not borrow one dollar of foreign money No lender would accept the security CD such as she or they could offer
 She has no money now and can not have any until she has a united country with properly designated ruler
 Let us hope that the plan now be- ing worked out by Washington author ities. in combination with the other na- uons, may prove a success.
 Intervention never. Reasons many"