El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-04
PREsENTATIvE MoNDELL. OF

X wyoming discussing the foreign
~ policy Of the United States, as
serted that so far as he could see the
attitude OF the United States towards
the warning powers in Europe had been
talr, frank and free, but, according 10
the official report of his speech in the
Congressional Record, he declared:
The same can not 1 regret 10 say.
be said in regard TO the attitude OF
our government under this administra-
ton toward our neighboring republic
on the south, relative to which 1 wish
10 submit few observations,
On the 9th OF this month one year
VIII have elapsed since I made my first
speech in the house Criticising the atti-
tude OF the administration toward the
government and the people OF Mexico.
~ that time the administration had
mad little more than a year in which
10 determine upon, advance, and carry
forward Its policy coward our neigh
boring republic.
That speech, temperate though II was,
was rOundly assailed on the other side
OF the chamber as an impertinent at
tempt 10 call into question the acts of
the president in exercising his consti-
LuLiOnal authority in dealing with for
elgn affairs; and even on this side
mere were gentlemen who, hoping that
by some chance or other the unhappy
situation IN Mexico might mend,
doubted the wisdom Of discussing the
matter at that particular iuncture La
ter IN the session and at various times,
particularly on March 3, April 90, April
-, May q, July Il and Is, I addressed
myself to various phases Of our rela-
lions with and policy toward Mexico
ana the warning factions there.
From Bad to Worse
Durlng the period covered by these
addresses il became increasingly appa-
rent 20 all careful observers and
thoughtful students of affairs in Mex
lco, and the acts and the attitude Of
our administration toward them, that
things were going from bad to worse
down there and that the administra-
tlons policy and lack OF policy was
becoming more and more untenable and
indetensible. And yet through il all
so generous is the attitude OF the
American people, and properly so, to-
ward the dealings of their government
with foreign powers, so haZy was the
PUBIC mind with regard to the real
situation in Mexico, and the actual
tacts with regard to our relations to
them and to the various factions, and
above all so keen was the public hope
mat IN some way or other peace and
order would be restored without the
necessity OF extensive, expensive, or
prolonged acts OF intervention. that the
average citizen was inclined TO with
hold censure Of acts and policies that
he could not and did not wholly ap-
prove.
CInIm Credit Too Soon.
This was the frame Of the public
mind when, just before the general
elections last fall, with the overthrow
OF Huerta, there came a Temporary
brief cessation Of hostilities on a large
scale, followed by the prompt issuance
OF the Democratic campaign book, with
its tervent and flamboyant praise and
eulogy Of the president for the alleged
restOl alton Of peace and order in Mex
leo.
Whether it was due to a promise to
try to be good until after our cleo
tiOn, or TO a safety Of murder and
plunder, on the part of those who had
been the recipients Of the administra-
non favors and the beneficiaries OF
It's policy, that brought about a brief
welcome respite from the more pro- ,
nounced and fragrant atrocities, 1 do