The Alaska daily empire., 1916-03-07
NO CAUSE TOR INTERVENTIoN
fs,rned Editorial by Senator La Toilette ID
 La Fouette's weekly.)

No we will not intervene in Mexico-e1 Ae''' nv on any facts thus far presented ,..,..,,r.
 If is granted that much valuable property Do.e-o.. ~ to American mining companies and other American COT
 tiors bas been destroyed It Is admitted that afuln her of the employees of such companies cii1enS ol this country have lost their lives at tne nanuo u lesq Mexican bandits These cases do not s0anu au. ohers there have been from time to time on the one side of the Rio Grande more reVoiunB in 0H""S anything of recent occurrence
 Is ,s not unlikely that other American corpofation' win suffer loss and that other employees or 'nes' m terests will be sacrificed # they persist ID ua-. .ins their llves to protect their property interests Su1 es know the conditions They take the risk Ihey nave No, warned bv this government again and again GO leave Mexico They scorn the admonition They must accept the results
 These interests are very powerful They can al' ways command the backing of Q large secuon ol tue press They have the support or the great HauleS' inc organizations which would be directly oeneteu Dy war They forced the Mckinley administration into war with Spain They would force the Wilson aaministIa ton into war with Mexico.
 The government Of Mexico under Diaz was a mili- tarv despotism It pundered the Mexican people anu traded their brthrght to tho masters or American if nance The trials of actions to determine htle was mockery of justice.
 The speclal Interests which arc exploiting the ,rarican peope through control of timber, coal oil lands and water powers coveted me mineral "eaisn of Mexico They easily acquired their concessions un' der the Diaz government
 When the Mexican people revolted under the pro pressive and patriotic Madero, the Special Interests rearing that their Diaz concessions would be 1eopa zed throurh their press In this country clamored for intervention How nearly they succeeded, under the Taft administration the public will never know. large army was rushed to the Mexican border. Ihe sentiment of the country would not sanction the em- poyment of our army to aid directly indirectly to crush Niadero and the peril that menaceo our pe"Ve was averted for o time.
 NIadero succeeded He established an orderly gov ernmeut for that unahppy country He made progress and instituted many reforms. He was opposed at eV- cry step by Special Interests Revots were en couraged-financed by our American money it IS ai- leged furnished by those who silent partners Of the Diaz government
 Madero was betrayed and murdered Huerta set himself up as the ruler of MeXcao It was another military despotism Our special interests were for the Huerta government.
 The Mexican people again revolted. Carranza led the revolution He has established de facto govern ment now in control of most of the country which he has pacified.
 The same American interests which enjoyed the ta- vor of the Diaz despotsm and secretly aided to over throw the Madero government opposed to the Car ranza government for the same reason They fear that Carranza will democraze Mexico and restore the coun- try to the Mexican people Our special interests un- derstand full well that Carranzas high aim is to estab fish a government for the Mexican people Doubtless Carranza could win their favor and cooperation if he furnished guarantees that his government would adopt the Daz policy and rob his country or it's natural re- sources for the benefit Of the special interests which SO largely own and control the natural resources of the United States
 These financial lords want Mexico for what there lis in It. Any government which will make their prop erty rights and profits secure is good investment Any government having for its primary object the es- tabishment of ultimate democracy for the Mexican people ls in the view Of these interests bad govern ment.
 Our. special interests and their press sought to force this intervene to maintain the Diaz goyernment-a military despotlsm. They used all their power directly and indirectly to maintain the Huerta government-a military despotism.
 And that O government has been established Mexico which is manifestly making the interests of the Mexican people It's paramount object they are rais- ing another cry throughout the country for n- tervention.
 The cause that iustifles intervention must be suf ciently grave to justify Intervention for the pro lection of private property interests is all author ty to be condemned.
 True number of the employees of mining con- pany have been murdered by band of outlaws. This is most deplorable fact But the established govern ment of Mexico is making every effort to punish the crime It has already summary dealt with number of the murderers It is in hot pursuit of those still at large. No government on earth could have shown bet ter faith in such affair than has the carranza goye renment
 There Is no cause for intervention, and President Wilson win rot be forced by the American Congress into war with Mexico