South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-02
pNITED STATES AND
WATCHING
WAR OVER BORDER.
Intervention Seems Imminent.
British Oil Interests Cause
Anxiety in That Country
Wilson Criticised.


WASHINGTON, April For the
knoment the public eye is turned again
towards Mexico. as Intervention pres
sure has been renewed. and the an
|archic elements shatter the last
remnants Of law and order in the
[and. The sinister "Mexican sItua-
|tion" once more has been forced up
ION the worn nerves of the officials Of
/ tne state department, VINO for "a few
months have been enabled To brush
aside their perennial troubles with
villa and CarranZa and Zapata while
|grappling with the problems created
81 the European war. The Mexican
<chieftains, however, have been insist
ent upon creating more trouble and
anxiety for the harassed leaders Of
diplomacy IL the capital
EVen In the midst of a world war,
Great Britain never has taken her eye
off Mexico. She could not afford to
DO so. Her interests there are too
East. Nearly all Of her new battle
cruisers and her dreadnaughts Of the
Queen Elizabeth type, now forcing her
way through the Dardanelles, are oil
burners, and England is dependent al
most entirely on Mexico for her oil
supply. For that reason the Cowdray
interests in Mexico are in effect ma
tional British interests and il is es-
sential that the COwdray concessions
be preserved.
Carranza Starts Objections.
The beginning of the present phase
OF the Mexican situation began when
CarranZa tried TO abolish certain OF
the Cowdray concessions around Tam
pico. The objections Of the United
States and Great Britain to this ac-
ton caused Carranza to rescind it, but
with the threat that he might renew
il at any time. Since that time other
elements in Mexico have been waxing
in strength, and economic conditions
IN the interior have grown so bad that
famine prevails in much OF the north
ern country.
The precarious conditions existing
in Mexico City already have been suf-
fciently exploited in the past few
weeks. They are an index to the real
state Of affairs in Mexico. So far as
the protection of foreigners in Mexico
is concerned, the United states gov
eminent has already taken formal
steps in the way of representations
TO such authority as exists in Mexico,
aud have received satisfactory replies
thereto. In the meantime, however,
control of the capital has passed from
one faction TO another, and while the
tension created by the evacuation of
Obregon has been temporarily stayed
will manifest itself again in agra
vated form
Intervention Seems Near.
The best opinion in Washington in
clines TO the belief that the United
States is nearer Intervention in Mex
leo today than at any time since POr-
trio Diaz was forced out OF the die
tatorship. There IS a great skepti-
cism as TO whether the Wilson admin
istration Will ever accept armed in
tervention as inevitable; but that the
president will be compelled to inter
fere In some way, either by support
ing one of the factions with all the
power at his command, TO the exclu-
sion OF the others, or by lending finan-
cial aid TO one Of the cOntendine
leaders, IS regarded as certain.
There IS every evidence that all the
Mexican factions are being financed
by American and European Interests
at the present time. An eminent lob
byist in Washington who some months
ago was CarranZa's counsel and rep
resentative, is now aligned with The
villa element. and II is assumed tina
the most powerful American element
in Mexico have made the same jump
Tt is doubtless true that many sinister
influences are having some share il
promoting the present anarchy anC