The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-30

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Washington, Dec. 3O-Watchful
waiting will once more be resumed as
the Mexican policy Of the administra-
ton ,,.ss...
While the, peace negotiations in
Europe are pending in their present
critical stage, President Wilson finds
himself unable to devote sufficient
time to the Mexican problem to for
mulate a new policy He is disap-
pointed in the failure of his plan to
bring about an amicab1e adjustment
of the mutual interests Of the. United
States and Mexico, through the par
leys sof the International commission,
and she is deeply grieved at the atti-
tude of his friend, Gen. Carranza,
who has been the beneficiary of the
Presidents Mexican policy up to the
present time $50 t
No Immediate steps are contemplat-
ed, however, to depose Carranza, such
IS were taken in the case of, Huerta,
and, for the time being, the admins
tration will be content to let affairs in
Mexico drift and to await further de-
velopments
Should any one except Villa Of the
inSurrectionary leaders who are now
fighting Carranza's auth GRITTY, rise to
particular prominence, he may later
receive the moral support Of the
United States and the same sort of
physical aid as was, given to. Carranza
in the matter Of getting arms and
other supplies. The order to / get
Villa. dead or alive" however, is still
nominally in force:
May Increase Border Force.
The American armed forces under
Gen. Pershing will not be withdrawn
from Mexican territory, now that Car
rama has refused to sign the protoco Of
within the ti1nee limit, and the indica-
tons in. the War Department are that
the border patrol will not be reduced
for the present by the withdrawal OF
any more militia regiments. 4.
1t is even regarded as probable that
the border guard may be strengthened
in view Of the "deplorable'' conditions
now existing in the northern Mexican
states.
That the future policy Of the admin
istration toward Mexico is more OF
less dependent upon the outcome OF
peace negotiations in Europe was dis
closed today by a high government Of
fetal. ~. n
I He plainly intimated that. when the
present hosti1ities in Europe are con-
Guided, the administration fully et-
poets to see either England or. Ger
many, Or perhaps both nations taking
"a hand iii the Mexican troubles for the
preservation OF their own interests
When that time comes the admins
tration realizes, its own hand will sbe
forced. and it will have to employ
stringent measures to preserve the
Monroe doctrine and at the same time
stabilize the administration Of .MeM-
can affairs. GU. ~
! This official pointed out that France
forced, The hand of the United States
ffn Haiti, when it landed marines on
sthe island. after revolution broke
s out there and threatened to .jeopar7
die French Investments. ~. ss.r;sf
France Forced United States TO Act.
The United states promptly sent a
cruiser to Haiti and landed American
marines. The request was then made
that the French marines be with
drawn from the island, and France
complied, after receiving assurances
that the American government would
undertake the administration Of af-
fairs in Haiti and collect the revenues
and apportion them so that the
French investors would receive the
money due them. .th ,.ss,1sI
The same thing would happen sin
Mexico, this official declares ira
European nation undertook to land
marines in that country to protects its
interests. Both England and Ger
many have vast investments there.
but, owing to the European war,
which has called for every ounce of
national energy in both thdses coun-
tries, each has had to confids its
Mexican interests to the care Of the
United States. %r<ss 1
z 1t is not expected, however, that
after Europe is at peace those ma
tons will be content to watch the
continued ruination Of their Mexican
investments through the policy Of
watchful waiting which this admin
istration has maintained.
England long ago served notice
upon the United States that. she has
tremendous claims for damages piled
up. against Mexico, mounting, 81 it is
said, into hundreds of millions; of doll.
lars. and that SO long as the Unjtad
States exercises it's prerogat ives- In
der the Monroe doctrine thea British
government will look to this nation
to see that those claims are paid:
Would Uphold Monroe Doctrine.
So far no claims for property dam
age have been paid by Mexico to any
foreigners since revolution broke out
in that country more than four years
ago. The administration has abse-
lutely refused to consider, pressing
any claims for damages for American
citizens who have suffered property
losses in Mexico, and has repeatedly
declared against intervention:
Only during the occupation Of Vera
Cruz by the American forces did. this
government. exercise, any supervision
over Mexican revenues. Then, it col
lected the customs and is still hold
ing the funds in escrow. q =
The situation would be different,
however, if the United States were
forced to send an armed force into.
Mexico to preserve the Monroe doc
trine,. according to the official. In
that case the. purposes for which the
armed forces of.a foreign government
were landed would have to be under
taken by this government before the
Europeans could be invited to with