The Cordova daily times., 1916-10-10
WILSON'S POLICY IN MEXICO |S
 ATTACKED


 out of war" are so ridiculously untrue that it is amusing to those who know the facts, declared Representative Charles F. Curry, of California, in a statement here today
 His refusal to recognize Huerta as the de facto president of Mexico, as was done by European nations, encour- aged bandit chiefs to continue their guerrilla warfare Since then his vacil- lating policy, putting on embargoes one day and lifting them the next, supporting one faction today and an other tomorrow, dictating who should not be a candidate for the presidency of Mexico, and his meddlesome mud ding generally, caused by his person al antipathy to Huerta, based on an uncomplimentary remark made about him by Huerta, prolonged the revolu- tions.
 President Wilson committed two acts of war against Mexico. One punitive expedition was for the avowed purpose Of compelling Huerta to fire a salute of twenty-one guns to our flag; a number of American marines and Mexicans were killed at Vera Cruz; the supply of note paper at the White House was exhausted. but the salute was not fired The second punitive expedition was after the raid on Columbus and was to get Villa, dead or alive Villa still lives and is at liberty.
 The president called for a confer ence of Mexican factions to establish a de facto government, but said he would not recognize the leader of any faction that failed to attend Car ranza was the only leader that re- fused to pay any attention to the con ference and President Wilson recog- nized him.
 Tn handling the Mexican situation the Wilson administration has invari- ably done those things it ought not to have done and left undone those things it ought to have done
 "The president has reiterated and his mouthpieces have claimed so af- ten that he is entitled to the credit of keeping us out of the European war that many persons accept the statements as true. Neither the all lies nor the central powers want the United States to become involved in the conflict.
 Nothing can involve us in that con flict unless we deliberately cease to maintain strict neutrality and blunder into it. The United States is three thousand miles away from the Euro pean conflict Denmark, Holland, Sweden, Norway and Switzerland are right at the doors of the warning na- tions, and yet these little countries are not involved. It is absurd for the presidents partisans to claim that he kept us out of war
 "The president is an exceedingly euridite, we'll meaning, kindly, pol ished gentleman, possessing more book learning and less wisdom than any of his predecessors. During the time he has occupied the presidential chair it has been demonstrated con- clusiyely that if is one of the most easy of intellectual efforts for a scholastic idealist to dream dreams, evolve theories and in imagination govern the world from a philosophers chair, but that when it comes to deal ing with flesh and blood, human na- ture, economic conditions, and inter national problems as they are it is an entirely different proposition. It is not dreams and theories but facts and conditions that must be consid- cred, not abstract philosophy, but con crete wisdom that must be used to ef- fectiyely govern a people in such a manner as to surely safeguard their rights and liberties and advance their prosperity at home and protect their national welfare and maintain the dig nity, honor and power of the common wealth abroad.
 "The people have not forgotten that after a conference with the president on diplomatic complications of an acute nature between our government and one of the European belligerents distinguished members of the senate foreign relations committee told sen ators and representatives, and ever stated to newspaper men, tha. the pre- sident had become very much excited