New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-25
Sees U. S. POLICY
AS MEXICO'S RUIN
Mexican Censures Watch
full Meddling' of State
Department.
REIGN OF ANARCHY
TOLD OF IN LETTER
Saws Call for Relief May Come
from Nation Despoiled by
Warning Chiefs.

some interesting comments on con-
di,.ons in Mexico are contained In q
letter received recently by the secre-
tsry Of Columbia University from @
Young Mexican who contemplstes en-
tering the institution. Among other
things, the writer asserts, ANY one
who can see in the Washington-MeXi-
can diplomacy Of 1854 any pathway
leading to national greatness is more
discerning than l am" Following is
the text Of the communication:
Il am, however, very sorry to have
20 advise you that your pamphlet mas
not yet reached me. Everything IN
Mexico is, as you know, badly out OF
Joint, and this is especially true OF the
mail service, and we are thahAlul ioI
those communications mat ge' III
through the blockade.
The quarrel among the victors over
the division Of the SPOTS Is OF ltSeIl
had enough; II has had a very De
pressing effect upon society ana al
legitimate interests; but that is trl-
ainp in comparison with the effect
caused
RACES of the rowing bands Of thlevlng
sssassins, who come and 60 at will, ABB
solutely free of restraint. Complete
anarchy holds sway in this country,
and has done so for q good while.
ave are afraid for the terror by
night, for the arrow that fieth by day
and for the destruction that wasteth at
MONDAY and If those distressing con-
ditions continue much longer we may
find ourselves under the necessity OF
appealing TO your great hearted relief
committee women, as the Belglans
have already done under similar cir
cuustauces, 70 send US a pair OF SOCKS
and d side of bacon.
Should that occasion unfortunately
arise, you must not be surprised II our
cry for help should be accompanied by
the explanatory statement that in our
simple way of looking at things we
feel that our misfortunes are the natu-
raj result Of the State Departments
poIcv OF 'watchful meddling' in the
internal affairs of this country, and
that, as e consequence, the United
States has by its own act taken upon
itself substantial responsibility
which cannot consistently be ignored.
And | will 20 little further than
this, and say that when natlon De
comes so feeble Of soul and aim that
II cannot, or will not, promote its
own interest and stand for the rights
Of It's citizens in foreign state, it has
already begun TO decline, and only
awaits the occasion 10 fall before
more valorous foe that holds TO diff
fsrent ideals.
1--WE are yet in and Of the world, and
must adjust our conduct TO the worlds
conditions as they are, and not as
they ought 20 be, until such time as
the orderly processes of social and po-
iitical development shall have given to
mankind a higher conception of Fife
and duty.
~ could believe & to be my patriotic
obligation 20 offer myself as a sacri-
fee at our national altar if by that
means my country were TO gain any
thing Of moral grandeur, but any one
who can see In the Washington-Mexi-
can diplomacy Of 1874 any pathway
leading in the direction of national
greatness Is more discerning than / am.
Il may arouse some enthusiasm in
those who have fallen under its
Utopisn spell, but the day of rude
awakening will come sooner or later"