Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-13
CAItRiNZfs SImEwD MOVE.

carranza has agreed 10 tho invasion
Of Mexico by American forces for the
purpose Of hunting down and ending
the career Of pancho villa and has
ordered cooperation by tie forces Of
the DO facto government As a.
shrewd political stroke he has asked
permission for his forces to cross the
American border If 10 do so should
become necessary on what diplomacy
calls n "hot trail" II Ia probable
that the request will be granted
While no Carranza force ever would
crosse the American border. the fret
chief could point to the fact that tho
United states had granted the same
right 10 his aoldors that nc had grant.
ed 20 the American army thus
.shrewdly allaylng prejudice.
The chances, however are that un-.
less villa In ovcrtaken quickly aud
killed or captured. race hatred viii
cause the Mexlcans Of all factions 70
flock to his standard TO fight the AM
cricsn invaders and Carr0nsa Will find
himself without an army and com
PEELED TO flee from the country. Thus,
the occupation OF all of Mexico might
become necessary should such con
tingency arise, it Is doubtful II the
American flag ever would be returned
aeroag the RIO Gfande.
The administration has no wish TO
annex any portion Of the Mexican re-
public. The presidents desire Ia to
protect the American border from de-
predatlons and then leave the MeNl-
cans to work out their own salvation
"a best they may. Every people has
that right, so long as they confine their
actions TO their own internal affairs
Mexico must be reformed. Political
conditions must be changed. The
peon and the Indian must not only
have chance TO become men, with
full enjoyment Of the inaienable
rights of life, liberty and the pursuit
Of happiness. but the wealthy class
must understand that a public ofticH
is a public trust to be administered
for the greatest good TO the greatest
number
such reforms have rarely II ever
been brought about except by armed
revolution 1t required desperate
struggle OF eight years for the Am
erican colonies TO free themselves
from the british rule, aud the inter
nal strife between the patriots an
the tories WAS almost as FORMIDABLE.
az the war wagcd with the power 9
phe mother country. The upheaya
IN Mexico has been as nothing com
pared with that Of the French rcvo
lnilon. But as n result of the blood
struggles, the United states IS n IRE
and Independent nation and SO
France
Mexico must undergo the sum
sort of travail II a republic in fact a
well as in namc is to be born scout
u the Rio Gfande. President Wi
son fully reoogni1es these facts, an
II Is his purpose that as result &
the invasion there shalt be no dimlnu
ton Of McNieo's territory aud no "
ffingement upon the aspirations
dhe Mexican people for tree and IL
dependent republic.
But events arc moro powerful thu
policies. and there Is no man in tn
nation or In Mexico wise enough Il
day TO foreteil With certainty VIII.
changes will occur as a result OF VI
las raid into Columbus and the XII
ing OF sixteen Americans. The al
tasslnation Of "a man and woman
saraievo. Bosnia, June Is, 1914. hg
plunged an Europe and most Of Il
world into war within two month
That the war. thus commenced. VI
last more than two years is now cc
tain, and that IL viii not be end,
when August 1. 1917. arrives. IS all
safe guess The two youths vi
assasslnated the Austrian nrchdul
ana his wife could have no conce
ton of the consequences which Won
follow upon their mad act. We G.,
not guess what the result of villa
raid across the border of New MeXh
VIII be upon The United States or Il
republic OF Mexico.