Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-01

an embargo was declared on all ex-
ports of arms except to the adherents
OF Carranza. There was an utter alb
sence of consistent policy.
L. s. Note Confesses Failure
For time we bestowed friendship
on Villa. Ultimately we recognized
CarranZa, not on the ground that he
had a constitutional government. but
that it was a de facto government. The
complete failure to secure protection
10 American citizens is shown con-
clusively in the note of the Secretary
OF State of June 20, 1916. in which he
thus described the conditions that have
obtained during the last three years:
For three years the Mexican repub-
lie has been torn with civil strife; the
lives of Americans and other aliens
have been sacrificed vast properties
developed by American capital and en-
terprise have been destroyed or rem
dered nonproductiVe; bandits have
been permitted to roam at will
through the territory contiguous to the
United States and to seize. without
punishment or without effective at
tempt at punishment, the property of
Am orleans, while the lives of citizens
of the United States who ventured TO
remain in Mexican territory or to re-
turn there to protect their interests
have been taken, in some cases bar
DGL OUS4E ldAGLli ana the uluLOSIGIS nave
neither been apprenended nor brought
to justice. 1t would be te-
dious to recount insta, ce after in
stance, outrage after outrage, atrocity
after atrocity, to illustrate the true ma
ture and extent of the widespread con-
ditionS of lawlessness and violence
which have prevailed"
No One Punished for MassaCrcs
The Santa Ysabel massacre, the raid
at Columbus, the bloodshed at Carl
zal are fresh in your minds. After the
Columbus raid we started a punitive
expedition We sent a thin line of
troops hundreds of miles into Mexico,
between two lines of railway, neither
of which we were allowed to use and
which we did not feel at liberty to
seize. We were refused permission to
enter the towns.
Though thus restricted, the enter
prise was still regarded by the Mex
leans as a menace. Our troops faced
hostile forces, and it is not remark
able that our men fell at Carrizal.
What other result could De expected?
We were virtually ordered to with
draw, and without accomplishing our
purpose we have been withdrawing
and we are now endeavoring to safe
guard our own territory. The entire
national guard has been ordered out,
and many thousands or our citizens
have been taken from their peaceful
employment and hurried to the Mex
lean border.
The administration was to seize and
punish Villa for his outrage on our
soil. It has not punished any one; we
went in only to retire, and future
movements are apparently to be de-
termined by joint commission.
The nation has no policy of aggres-
sion toward Mexico. We nave no de-
sire for any part of her territory. We
wish her to have peace, stability and
prosperity. We should be ready to aid
her in binding up her wounds, in re-
lieving her from starvation and dis
tress, and in giving her in every prac-
ticable way the benefits of our disin-
terested friendship.
Must Develop New Policy
The conduct of this administration
has created difficulties which we shall
have to surmount. We shall have to
overcome the antipathy ncedlessly Gre
ated by that conduct and to develop
genuine respect and confidence. We
shall have to adopt a new policy, a
policy of firmneSs and consistency,
through which alone we can promote
an enduring friendship. We demand
from Mexico the protection of the
lives and the property of our citizens
and the security of our border from
depredations. Much will be gained If
Mexico is convinced that we contem-
plate no meddlesome interference with
what does not concern us, but that
we propose to insist in a firm and can
did manner upon the performance of
international obligations. To a stable
government. appropriately discharging
it's international duties. we should
give ungrudging support. short
period of firm, consistent and friendly
dealing will accomplish. more than
many years of vacillation.
L. s. Neutral Rights Sacrificed
In this land of composite population
drawing its strength from every race,
the national security demands that
there shall be no paltering with Amer
lean rights. The greater the danger
of divisiVe influences, the greater is
the necessity for the unifying force of
a just, strong and patriotic position.
We countenance no covert policies,
no intrigues, no secret schemes. We are
unreservedly, devotedly whole heart
edly. for the United States. That is
the rallying point for all Americans.
That is my position. I stand for the
unflinching maintenance of all Amer
lean rights on land and sea.
We have had a clear and definite