El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-08-10
A Mastery Defense

Can poucy, lSSueu as a campaign QOcumeu
in the form of an interview with Secretary
Of the Interior Franklin X. Lane, is one OF
the most wonderful. most monumental state
papers in the history of these United States
Mr.. Lane is logical in the extreme. He
shows plainly that President Wilson ''set
his face from the first against Intervention,
against going into Mexico and taking mat.
tors into our hands. His policy has been
Mexico for the Mexicans."
President Wilson believes that the doc.
trine Of sympathy should have a chance in
that country
In pursuance of this policy of sympathy
and non-interYention, following out this idea
Of brotherly love, Nj. Lane goes on to tell
us that Mr.. Wilson then forcibly went into
Mexico, interviewed, took matters into his
cwn hands, and seized Vera Cruz ''to show
Mexico that we were III earnest in our de-
mand that Huerto must CO." Mr.. Lane then
clearly points out that this forcible breaking
into the affairs of Mexico was in no sense
interference or aggression. but merely a
manifestation of our policy of hands off in
Mexico.
This ought to be quite apparent to any
one. 1t goes without saying that the seizure
by force of one of the principal ports of Mex.
leo and the deposition of her de facto presi-
dent is absolute nonintervention, the doc
trine of sympathy, a policy Of Mexico for
tie Mexicans.
Mr.. Lane then naturally proceeds to show
the success Of the nonintervention policy
by saying that it caused "a very intense fear
to seize upon Latln-Amerlca, as they beIlev-
cd In their hearts that we were on our
march southwark. $ = ' . When they pre-.
scented a plan of mediation the United States
had no choice but to accept IT,"
Mr.. Lane shows with graphic pen that
after we had( with the loss Of nineteen
American and some ESQ Mexican lives,
peacefully and in a friendly and sympathetic
name sliced Vera Cruz and deposed Huer-
ia, hostiIities became Imminent, but the
president sturdily withstood all pressure to
make him intervene. Even in tina crucial
hour, this noble and great man stood firm
and unyielding against the use of one Ameri-
lean gun or Warship, against the sacrifice
of one American life to interfere by force in
Mexico. He simply had set his face against
II, and they couldn't move it.
lis it not time," then says Mr.. Lane, ITO
try another policy than that Of force alone,
winch has failed so naiserabIy and wrought
such woe?" You can easily get Mr.. Lanes
idea. Having never used force in Mexico,
despite the malefic pressure brought to bear
apon our indomitable, firm and consistent
president, it is now high time that we quit
using force, which has failed SO miserably,
and try some other policy, such as we have
been trying all along. 1t is as PLAIN as a
erry-boat in a fog.
When it comes to lucidity and logic, Mr..
lane is unparalleled, unsurpassed, invinci-
,le. He says: /
The Mexicans do not believe In our
professions Of altruism. We must say
to Mexico one of two things. Either
you must keep our border safe and pro-
tect the rights of our nationals in Mex
leo, which you have not done, or we will
invade your country and restore order
ourselves; or we must say to Mexico,
we understand the effort you are max
ing to give the people a chance for life,
liberty and pursuit of happiness and we
will gladly help you If you ask our help
to accomplish this end.
"The last is the policy that the United
States has been seeking to put into eff
festS." +
Mr.. Lane goes Oh to show conclusively I
hat under no circumstance must we seek {
) help the poor Mexican until he asks us.
his policy is exemplified in the sending of /
le punitive expedition into Mexico, and i
le consequent breaking out of war, which a
in the killing of many of our sol a
iers, President Wilson thus having kept d
s out of war. No one, naturally, will go so 4
II as to dispute the fact that this invasion n
{ Mexico was by special request Of the '
people. In view Of the unvarying q
lilson policy, the mere fact that the Perish. a
lg army is Town in Mexico is prima facie I,
whence that the Mexican people asked us ii
send it. As a token of their sincerity, Il
viii recall that they shot down a Fl
lmber of our soldiers at Carrizai, and to {,
-ove their real desire to have us invade b
lem, they warned us that If we went a step il
they would shoot every American
'ldier who crossed the dead line. s.
II must be indeed a carping, unreasonable s.
itic who will not admit that we have thus s.
to the line of non-intervention in il
exico. It's success, as pointed out by Mr.. ii
ane, is clearly demonstrated by the fact a
at 1T has failed miserably." il
Mr.. Wilson's splendid spirit OF hope and ii
Ilpfulness, Of sympathy and noniuterfer ii
loea that same spirit which lifted and low te
ed the embargo IN arms Hntif II ressmbled A
grain elevator; that same noble spirit OF D,
straint which caused him to aid and pun
b villa, which moved him 70 nnrecognize in
ID recognize Carrahza, us a responsible e
,vernment which could not be held respon- is
Die, u which induced him to make an h,