The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1916-11-02
Scores
Wilson's Policies
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taken literally, the power Of this ma
ton to protect its citizens In peace
was destroyed. Since that time our
mails have been held up and opened.
our commerce destroyed. our citi-
Gems killed with impunity. The ma
tions of the world know that the
most they will receive from us is a
note-backed by nothing. 1t does
not follow that those who oppose
the administration want war. No
one in this country wants war. But
we do want honor. We want our ma
ton to stand for something. We want
our lives and property respected. We
want our nation conducted with q
knowledge of power behind every as
scrtion its chief executive makes.
Submission to aggression, surrender
of just rights, breeds contempt. and
in due time will destroy the peace
Of any nation.
in 1887 another great democrat.
Grover Cleveland. secured prompt
recognition of This country's rights
from Mexico. A lieutenant from the
Mexican army pursued Mexican girl
across the border, captured her on
soil of the United States. and
dragged her back into Mexico. She
was a Mexican girl, but she was on
American territory. Immediately
Cleveland ordered the army to the
border with instructions to go to
Mexico City, II necessary. to bring
back the man who had violated the
integrity Of American territory. The
Mexican lieutenant was delivered up
Immediately and imprisoned. That
was action that could be understood
by Mexicans. Today Mexicans mur-
der our people on our own soil with
impunity.
"You all are familiar with Presi-
dent Roosevelt's prompt action in the
famous Perdicaris incident. all Of
which shows that demands that you
L,ean, that are Just. that are bacl,e'l
with power of Infor cement. are ac-
ceded to without war. Unenforce-
ablc, insincere demands breed con-
tempt that will lead to aggresst 'c
and war.
"But the present administration
has not kept US out of war. When
our democratic friends discuss war
they carefully point to Europe. never
to Mexico, because there we have
gotten into war-a war that is mex
cusable, useless, ignoble. Was 1t wal
when our marines attacked Vera
Cruz, with a loss of 10 men killed.
and the death of over 100 Mexicans?
Ask the mothers and sisters of the
dead. Was it war when our army un-
der orders in Mexico was ambushed
and attacked at Carrizal? Ask the
parents of 1t. Adair, an Oregon boy
who was killed In that ambush. Yes
1t was war in the strictest sense
|inexcusable war. fraught with the d.
rest consequences for this country
and for Mexico. At a time when
comparative order was maintained In
Mexico, when the administration hat
declared that Mexico must be per
mitted to solve her own government
tai problems, the American navy wal
ordered to attack Vera Cruz upon thu
pretext that Mexico had refused Il
salute our flag in reparation for th'
mistaken arrest OF some American
marines-a mistake that was prompt
ly corrected and explained with apo
logy. The nag was not saluted ant
since that time 1t has been dragged II
the dirt, spat upon, insulted, in Mex
leo with impunity. American mel
have been killed, women ravished
millions of dollars of property de
stroyed without fear of punishment
or thought Of reparation. The rea
reason for waging war at Vera Cru
was not a real or fancied insult. Tha
war was started for the deliberate
purpose of meddling in Mexican af
fairs and destroying the only gov
ernment Mexico had, II we may be
lieve the statements of John Lind
the presidents personal representa-
tive in Mexico. Instead of keepinl
hands of Mexico. the president de
cided that Huerta must 60, Huerta
whose government had been recog
nized by most of the first class pow
ers of the world. 1t was not materia
whether we recognised Huerta. bu
It was important that we refrail
from assisting the murderous ban
dts who were assailing the Huert'
government. The president In hi